J Embil

Summary

Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: profiles oceans apart--Canadian and Saudi Arabian experiences
    J Embil
    Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
    J Chemother 13:28-33. 2001
  2. ncbi Oral antimicrobial therapy for diabetic foot osteomyelitis
    John M Embil
    Department of Medcicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Foot Ankle Int 27:771-9. 2006
  3. ncbi A case of diabetic Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankle
    John M Embil
    Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    Nat Rev Endocrinol 5:577-81. 2009
  4. ncbi The Wringer washing machine: an unusual cause of breast trauma
    John M Embil
    Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
    Plast Reconstr Surg 112:1046-8. 2003
  5. ncbi A post hoc subgroup analysis of meropenem versus imipenem/cilastatin in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized study of complicated skin and skin-structure infections in patients with diabetes mellitus
    John M Embil
    Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Clin Ther 28:1164-74. 2006
  6. ncbi Osteomyelitis of the maxilla caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    Mark A Cohen
    Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61:387-90. 2003
  7. ncbi Device-related infections: a review
    Donald C Vinh
    Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    J Long Term Eff Med Implants 15:467-88. 2005
  8. ncbi Rapidly progressive soft tissue infections
    Donald C Vinh
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Lancet Infect Dis 5:501-13. 2005
  9. ncbi Disability and quality of life in Canadian aboriginal and non-aboriginal diabetic lower-extremity amputees
    Bonnie L Meatherall
    Faculty of Mediciney, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:1594-602. 2005
  10. ncbi Foot ulcer and osteomyelitis
    John M Embil
    Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
    CMAJ 174:35-6. 2006

Collaborators

  • L E Nicolle
  • Z Memish
  • Stephen Douthwaite
  • Mark A Cohen
  • D J Hoban
  • G G Zhanel
  • Lavern M Vercaigne
  • Eric J Bow
  • Timothy C Fabian
  • Sarvajna Sacchidanand
  • B A Lipsky
  • Curtis Cooper
  • A R Berendt
  • J S Tan
  • Warren S Joseph
  • T M File
  • Elly Trepman
  • Donald C Vinh
  • Donna Goodridge
  • Shawn Verity
  • Doug Kralt
  • Mary Cheang
  • Shane Silver
  • Lyle Wiebe
  • Ramzi M Helewa
  • Bill Limerick
  • Kerry MacDonald
  • Michael P Sochocki
  • Andrew Czarnecki
  • Mark Oppenheimer
  • Catherine L Weber
  • Ian McIntyre
  • Kristin S Reid
  • Bruce D Martin
  • Frank Duerksen
  • J Neil Simonsen
  • Bonnie L Meatherall
  • Assunta Rendina
  • Karen E Doucette
  • Mary K Nagai
  • Bruce Light
  • Tracy MacNair
  • Greg Hammond
  • Pete Sarsfield
  • Nolan Finlayson
  • Pamela J Atherton
  • Cynthia G Boughen
  • Michael Goytan
  • Michael Sochocki
  • Jefrey L Huntington
  • Jeff A Sloan
  • Sate Hamza
  • John Toole
  • James M Zacharias
  • Abdulhakeem Al-Thaqafi
  • Brian Black
  • Peter Pieroni
  • Debra Bartley
  • George H F Ong
  • Cindy Boughen
  • John McIntyre
  • Mark Garrett
  • Lorna Guse
  • Robert Turner
  • Jeff Sloan
  • Laurel A Strain
  • Monica W Fricke
  • Hank M Fong
  • Joshua Koulack
  • Mark R Garrett
  • Joseph Kaufert
  • Amarjit S Arneja
  • Paul A Galbraith
  • Brenda J Binda

Detail Information

Publications32

  1. ncbi Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: profiles oceans apart--Canadian and Saudi Arabian experiences
    J Embil
    Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
    J Chemother 13:28-33. 2001
    ..Although these lower rates may appear reassuring, the trend in MRSA observed in two capital cities, Winnipeg, Canada and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are consistent with a widespread global increase in MRSA...
  2. ncbi Oral antimicrobial therapy for diabetic foot osteomyelitis
    John M Embil
    Department of Medcicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Foot Ankle Int 27:771-9. 2006
    ..Limited data are available regarding the treatment results of oral antimicrobial therapy, with or without limited office debridement for diabetic foot osteomyelitis...
  3. ncbi A case of diabetic Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankle
    John M Embil
    Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    Nat Rev Endocrinol 5:577-81. 2009
    ..Examination showed collapse of the longitudinal arch with a rocker bottom deformity and a plantar ulcer under the plantar midfoot bony prominence...
  4. ncbi The Wringer washing machine: an unusual cause of breast trauma
    John M Embil
    Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
    Plast Reconstr Surg 112:1046-8. 2003
  5. ncbi A post hoc subgroup analysis of meropenem versus imipenem/cilastatin in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized study of complicated skin and skin-structure infections in patients with diabetes mellitus
    John M Embil
    Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Clin Ther 28:1164-74. 2006
    ....
  6. ncbi Osteomyelitis of the maxilla caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    Mark A Cohen
    Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61:387-90. 2003
  7. ncbi Device-related infections: a review
    Donald C Vinh
    Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    J Long Term Eff Med Implants 15:467-88. 2005
    ....
  8. ncbi Rapidly progressive soft tissue infections
    Donald C Vinh
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Lancet Infect Dis 5:501-13. 2005
    ..We provide a concise overview of the differential diagnosis and approach to management of community-acquired rapidly progressive skin and soft tissue infections...
  9. ncbi Disability and quality of life in Canadian aboriginal and non-aboriginal diabetic lower-extremity amputees
    Bonnie L Meatherall
    Faculty of Mediciney, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:1594-602. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Although the majority of participants in this study generally felt satisfied with their current status, major functional changes were noted after LEA that had a large negative impact on QOL...
  10. ncbi Foot ulcer and osteomyelitis
    John M Embil
    Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
    CMAJ 174:35-6. 2006
  11. ncbi Blastomycosis of bones and joints
    Mark Oppenheimer
    Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canad
    South Med J 100:570-8. 2007
    ..Osseous blastomycosis can mimic bacterial infection and should be included in the differential diagnosis of bone and joint infection in patients who have visited or who live in geographic regions where B dermatitidis is endemic...
  12. ncbi Foot and ankle problems of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease
    Ian McIntyre
    University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Foot Ankle Int 28:674-86. 2007
    ..There is little information available about the profile of lower extremity morbidity in diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the Canadian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal population...
  13. ncbi Gemella morbillorum septic arthritis of the knee and infective endocarditis
    Andrew Czarnecki
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Am J Orthop 36:E7-9. 2007
  14. ncbi The man who got too close to his cows
    Shane Silver
    Department of Dermatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 60:419-20. 2008
    ..His diagnosis was confirmed by skin biopsy demonstrating fungal elements and culture yielding T. verrucosum. The farmer was successfully treated with itraconazole...
  15. ncbi An elderly woman with a diffuse annular eruption
    Donald C Vinh
    Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
    Clin Infect Dis 46:1581, 1624-5. 2008
  16. ncbi Risk factors for infectious spondylodiscitis in patients receiving hemodialysis
    Ramzi M Helewa
    Faculty of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:567-71. 2008
    ..These risk factors included bacteremia, receipt of blood products, invasive procedures, and establishment of vascular access. The death rate was greater for case subjects than for control subjects (odds ratio, 2.7)...
  17. ncbi Clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with pulmonary blastomycosis
    Doug Kralt
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    Mycopathologia 167:115-24. 2009
    ..The most frequent clinical infections involve the lung, skin, and bone. Pulmonary manifestations range from asymptomatic self-limited infection to severe diffuse pneumonia causing respiratory failure...
  18. ncbi Health related quality of life in patients with Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankle
    Michael P Sochocki
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada
    Foot Ankle Surg 14:11-5. 2008
    ..We hypothesized that the quality of life in patients with Charcot arthropathy may be aggravated by Aboriginal ethnicity and rural residence because of limited access to timely specialty healthcare...
  19. ncbi Treatment of Charcot foot and ankle with a prefabricated removable walker brace and custom insole
    Shawn Verity
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Foot Ankle Surg 14:26-31. 2008
    ..We hypothesized that a removable walker brace may be successfully used in the management of the Charcot foot and ankle...
  20. ncbi Blastomyces dermatitidis osteomyelitis of the tibia
    Catherine L Weber
    Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Am J Orthop 36:29-32. 2007
  21. ncbi Diabetic foot complications in a northern Canadian Aboriginal community
    Kristin S Reid
    School of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Foot Ankle Int 27:1065-73. 2006
    ..The results suggest that programs for prevention and early detection of complications are needed, including foot screening, provision of appropriate footwear, and foot care...
  22. ncbi Becaplermin: recombinant platelet derived growth factor, a new treatment for healing diabetic foot ulcers
    Mary K Nagai
    Infection Control Unit, MS673, 820 Sherbrook St, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1R9, Canada
    Expert Opin Biol Ther 2:211-8. 2002
    ..Becaplermin is safe and easy to use, being applied once-daily and at present, becaplermin is the only growth factor licensed for use in wound healing...
  23. ncbi Breast implant infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum group: report of case and review
    Donald C Vinh
    Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man, Canada
    J Infect 52:e63-7. 2006
    ..A prolonged course of anti-mycobacterial therapy, based upon susceptibility results, allowed for eradication of the infection and subsequent successful re-implantation of the prosthesis...
  24. ncbi The ketolides: a critical review
    George G Zhanel
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Drugs 62:1771-804. 2002
    ..The addition of the ketolides in the era of antibacterial resistance provides clinicians with more options in the treatment of respiratory infections...
  25. ncbi Disseminated zygomycosis: a rare cause of infection in patients with hematologic malignancies
    Karen E Doucette
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
    J Trauma 55:568-70. 2003
  26. ncbi Efficacy and safety of tigecycline monotherapy compared with vancomycin plus aztreonam in patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections: Results from a phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial
    Sarvajna Sacchidanand
    Victoria Hospital, Bangalore Medical College, Fort, Bangalore, India
    Int J Infect Dis 9:251-61. 2005
    ..To compare the effect of tigecycline monotherapy, a first-in-class, expanded broad spectrum glycylcycline, with the combination of vancomycin and aztreonam (V + A) in the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI)...
  27. ncbi Meropenem versus imipenem-cilastatin for the treatment of hospitalized patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections: results of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind comparative study
    Timothy C Fabian
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 6:269-82. 2005
    ..Meropenem, a broad-spectrum carbapenem with potent in vitro activity, is postulated to be an effective monotherapy for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI)...
  28. ncbi Diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections
    Benjamin A Lipsky
    Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98108-9804, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 39:885-910. 2004
  29. ncbi Microbiological evaluation of diabetic foot osteomyelitis
    John M Embil
    Clin Infect Dis 42:63-5. 2006
  30. ncbi Quality of life of adults with unhealed and healed diabetic foot ulcers
    Donna Goodridge
    College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
    Foot Ankle Int 27:274-80. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with diabetic foot ulcers experience profound compromise of physical quality of life, which is worse in those with unhealed ulcers...
  31. ncbi Bed utilization of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Canadian tertiary-care center
    Curtis L Cooper
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:483-4. 2002
  32. ncbi Health-related quality of life in diabetic patients with foot ulcers: literature review
    Donna Goodridge
    College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 32:368-77. 2005
    ....