Publications

Christianson, S., G. R. Golding, J. Campbell, MR Mulvey, and the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. 2007.  Comparative genomics of Canadian epidemic lineages of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45: 1904-1911. Link

Mulvey, M. R., L. MacDougall, B. Cholin, G. Horsman, M. Fidyk, and S. Woods, and the Saskatchewan CA-MRSA Study Group. 2005. Emergence of the USA400 Clone of Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada. Emerging and Infectious Diseases. 11:844-850. Link

McDonald RM, N.A. Antonishyn, T. Hansen, L.A. Snook, E. Nagle, M.R. Mulvey, P.N. Levett, and G.B. Horsman. 2005. Development of a triplex real-time PCR assay for the detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin genes in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43:6147-6149.  Link

Presentations

Irvine, JD, K. Leach, P. Levett, G. Horsman, S. Paton, D. Stockdale, M. Khan, M. Nsungu, M. Mulvey and NARP Steering Committee.  Northern Antimicrobial Resistance Partnership (NARP): A research partnership for CA-MRSA and antimicronial resistance in northern communities: Part 1. 2nd International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health: Solutions Not Problems. April 20-22, 2007. Montreal. Quebec. 

Leach, K., J.D. Irvine, S. Paton, B. Szklarczuk, D. Stockdale, B. Brooke, M. Mulvey and NARP Steering Committee Northern Antimicrobial Resistance Partnership Part Two – A Partnership in Educational Interventions in the Community. 2nd International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health: Solutions Not Problems. April 20-22, 2007. Montreal. Quebec.  Download PDF

Mulvey, MR, L. MacDougall, B. Cholin, R. McDonald, E. Nagle, and G. Horsman.  Emergence of a Community Acquired MRSA Clone Harbouring the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Toxin in Saskatchewan. Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID) Montreal, Canada, 2003.

Graessli, A., J. Irvine, D. Stockdale, M. Nsungu, S. Woods, M. Khan, M. Mulvey and NARP. Prescribing Practices of Antimicrobials (AMs) for Common Infections in Northern Saskatchewan. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 72nd Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases (CACMID), November 7-10, 2004.  Regina, Sask. Download PDF

Christianson, S, M. R. Mulvey. A Comparative Genomic Hybridization Study of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 72nd Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases (CACMID), November 7-10, 2004. Regina Sask.  Download PDF

McDonald, R., K. Keller, L. Snook, E. Nagle, C. Selin, M. Mulvey, N.
Antonishyn, P.N. Levett, and G. Horsman.  Distribution of a
Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain in
Saskatchewan.  Poster Presentation. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 72nd Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases (CACMID), November 7-10, 2004. Regina Sask.

Mulvey, M. R., L. MacDougall, B. Cholin, D. Spreitzer, T. Du, R. McDonald, E. Nagle, G. Horsman, M. Fidyk, and S. Woods.  Emergence of a Community-Associated MRSA Clone Harboring the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Toxi in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. 11th Annual International Symposium on Staphylococci & Staphylococcal Infections, Charleston, SC. (C-15), 2004. Download PDF

Christianson, S, M. R. Mulvey. A comparative genomic hybridization study of epidemic strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada. 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Prague, Czech Republic, May 1-4, 2004 (Poster number P1012)

McDonald, R.R.  (November 2004)  Distribution of CA-MRSA in Saskatchewan.
Oral Presentation.  NARP Update Meeting.  Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

McDonald, R.R., K. Keller, A. Obarianyk, T. Hansen, E. Nagle, C. Selin, M.
Mulvey, N. Antonishyn, P.N. Levett, and G. Horsman. (May 2005)  Surveillance
of a Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain
in Saskatchewan.  Poster Presentation. 7th International Meeting on
Microbial Epidemiological Markers.  Victoria, BC.

Levett, P. N. (December 2005). NARP presentation to Nipawin lab staff.
Nipawin.

McDonald, R. R., P. N. Levett, R. Kitzul, K. L. Montgomery, T. Du, D. A. Boyd, N. A. Antonishyn, G. B. Horsman and M. R. Mulvey.  P1.11 The Identification of Clostridium difficile Containing Binary Toxin in Saskatchewan.  Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI)/Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), Victoria, BC.

Siemens C. G., G. R. Golding, M. R. Mulvey and the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program.  Characterization of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Negative CMRSA7 (USA400) Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.  Third International Symposium on resistant Gram-Positive Infections. Oct, 2006. Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada. Download PDF

Siemens, C. G., R. McDonald, P. Levett, G. Horsman, M. Kahn, M. Nsungu, J. Irvine, M. R. Mulvey and the Northern Antimicrobial Resistance Partnership.  Characterization of Mupirocin Resistance in MRSA from Saskatchewan.  .  Third International Symposium on resistant Gram-Positive Infections. Oct, 2006. Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada

Christianson, S., M. R. Mulvey.  A Comparative Genomic Hybridization Study of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada.  The 1st Annual Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Research Forum.  Fort Gary Hotel, Winnipeg, MB.  March 20 – 21, 2006. 

Christianson, S., M. R. Mulvey.  Comparative Genomic Hybridizations of Hospital and Community-Associated MRSA in Canada.  45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, December 16 – 19, 2005. Download PDF