We enrolled 91 consecutive inpatients with COVID-19 at 6 hospitals in Toronto, Canada,
and tested 1 nasopharyngeal swab/saliva sample pair from each patient using real-time RT-…

The International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)
COVID-19 dataset is one of the largest international databases of prospectively collected …

Background We determined the burden of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) in air and on surfaces in rooms of patients hospitalized with coronavirus …

We analyzed population-based surveillance data from the Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases
Network to describe carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) infections …

Background The aim of this prospective cohort study was to determine the burden of SARS-CoV-2
in air and on surfaces in rooms of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and to identify …

To compare sensitivity of specimens for COVID-19 diagnosis, we tested 151
nasopharyngeal/midturbinate swab pairs from 117 COVID-19 inpatients using reverse-transcriptase …

Background Point-of-care tests (POCT) are promising tools to detect SARS-CoV-2 in specific
settings. Initial reports suggest the ID NOW™ COVID-19 assay (Abbott Diagnostics Inc, USA…

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that are associated with adipokine homeostasis
and insulin resistance. Whereas, smoking can disturb metabolic homeostasis. Present …

Background Data on household transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales
(CPE) remain limited. We studied risk of CPE household co-colonization and transmission …

OBJECTIVETo measure transmission frequencies and risk factors for household acquisition
of community-associated and healthcare-associated (HA-) methicillin-resistant …