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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: profiles oceans apart--Canadian and Saudi Arabian experiencesJ 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...
Oral antimicrobial therapy for diabetic foot osteomyelitisJohn 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...
A case of diabetic Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankleJohn 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...
The Wringer washing machine: an unusual cause of breast traumaJohn M Embil
Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Plast Reconstr Surg 112:1046-8. 2003
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 mellitusJohn 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....
Osteomyelitis of the maxilla caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMark 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
Device-related infections: a reviewDonald C Vinh
Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Long Term Eff Med Implants 15:467-88. 2005....
Rapidly progressive soft tissue infectionsDonald 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...
Disability and quality of life in Canadian aboriginal and non-aboriginal diabetic lower-extremity amputeesBonnie 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...
Foot ulcer and osteomyelitisJohn M Embil
Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
CMAJ 174:35-6. 2006
Blastomycosis of bones and jointsMark 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...
Foot and ankle problems of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal diabetic patients with end-stage renal diseaseIan 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...
Gemella morbillorum septic arthritis of the knee and infective endocarditisAndrew Czarnecki
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Am J Orthop 36:E7-9. 2007
The man who got too close to his cowsShane 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...
An elderly woman with a diffuse annular eruptionDonald C Vinh
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Clin Infect Dis 46:1581, 1624-5. 2008
Risk factors for infectious spondylodiscitis in patients receiving hemodialysisRamzi 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)...
Clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with pulmonary blastomycosisDoug 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...
Health related quality of life in patients with Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankleMichael 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...
Treatment of Charcot foot and ankle with a prefabricated removable walker brace and custom insoleShawn 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...
Blastomyces dermatitidis osteomyelitis of the tibiaCatherine L Weber
Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Am J Orthop 36:29-32. 2007
Diabetic foot complications in a northern Canadian Aboriginal communityKristin 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...
Becaplermin: recombinant platelet derived growth factor, a new treatment for healing diabetic foot ulcersMary 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...
Breast implant infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum group: report of case and reviewDonald 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...
The ketolides: a critical reviewGeorge 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...
Disseminated zygomycosis: a rare cause of infection in patients with hematologic malignanciesKaren E Doucette
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
J Trauma 55:568-70. 2003
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 trialSarvajna 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)...
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 studyTimothy 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)...
Diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infectionsBenjamin 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
Microbiological evaluation of diabetic foot osteomyelitisJohn M Embil
Clin Infect Dis 42:63-5. 2006
Quality of life of adults with unhealed and healed diabetic foot ulcersDonna 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...
Bed utilization of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Canadian tertiary-care centerCurtis L Cooper
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:483-4. 2002
Health-related quality of life in diabetic patients with foot ulcers: literature reviewDonna Goodridge
College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 32:368-77. 2005....
