Identification of Candida auris by use of the updated Vitek 2 yeast identification system, version 8.01: a multilaboratory evaluation study

…, PJ Dufresne, SF Dufresne… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that has been systematically
incorrectly identified by phenotypic methods in clinical microbiology laboratories. The Vitek 2 …

Epidemiology of Candida kefyr in patients with hematologic malignancies

SF Dufresne, KA Marr, E Sydnor, JF Staab… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida kefyr is an emerging pathogen among patients with hematologic malignancies (HM).
We performed a retrospective study at Johns Hopkins Hospital to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of urinary excreted fungal galactomannan-like antigens for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis

SF Dufresne, K Datta, X Li, E Dadachova, JF Staab… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Mortality associated with invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains high, partly because of delayed
diagnosis. Detection of microbial exoantigens, released in serum and other body fluids …

Serious fungal infections in Canada

SF Dufresne, DC Cole, DW Denning… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
There are currently no nationwide epidemiological data on fungal infections in Canada. We
estimated the burden of serious fungal diseases using literature review and modeling, as per …

[HTML][HTML] Clostridium difficile infection after adult autologous stem cell transplantation: a multicenter study of epidemiology and risk factors

CD Alonso, SF Dufresne, DB Hanna, AC Labbé… - Biology of Blood and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We sought to describe the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) among adult
recipients of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) within the first …

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in health care workers from 10 hospitals in Quebec, Canada: a cross-sectional study

…, Y Longtin, MP Cheng, A Carignan, SF Dufresne… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected health care workers.
We sought to estimate SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among hospital health care workers in …

Prevalence and mechanisms of azole resistance in clinical isolates of Aspergillus section Fumigati species in a Canadian tertiary care centre, 2000 to 2013

M Parent-Michaud, PJ Dufresne… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Azole resistance among Aspergillus fumigatus isolates is a growing concern
worldwide. Induction of mutations during azole therapy, environment-acquired mutations caused …

Successful Treatment of Disseminated Anncaliia algerae Microsporidial Infection With Combination Fumagillin and Albendazole

…, C Lavallée, Y Qvarnstrom, SF Dufresne - Open Forum …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Anncaliia algerae myositis is a life-threatening, emerging microsporidiosis among
immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of disseminated A algerae infection in a man …

A Rapid and Efficient Method for the Extraction of Histone Proteins

…, E St-Hilaire, E Bonneil, SF Dufresne… - Journal of Proteome …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Current protocols used to extract and purify histones are notoriously tedious, especially when
using yeast cells. Here, we describe the use of a simple filter-aided sample preparation …

Incidence of invasive aspergillosis following remission–induction chemotherapy for acute leukemia: a retrospective cohort study in a single Canadian tertiary care …

S Barkati, SF Dufresne, S Bélanger… - … Open Access Journal, 2014 - cmajopen.ca
Background The decision to use universal primary antimould prophylaxis to prevent invasive
aspergillosis in patients with acute leukemia depends on the incidence of infection at …