Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance

This clinical research group collaborates with the Ontario Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program, public health units, hospitals, laboratories, physicians and infection control practitioners in a series of studies describing the epidemiology and impact of infectious diseases and emerging antimicrobial resistance.

Recent Studies

• Laboratory based survey for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Ontario, Canada
  
  
• Survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Toronto area hospitals
  
  
• Quality of Life in Patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  
  
• Emergence of Streptococcus iniae as a human pathogen
  
  
• Data
  
  
• Publications/Presentations