Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Aspergillus spp. by Using a Composite Correlation Index (CCI)-Based Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Method Appears To Not Offer Benefit over Traditional Broth Microdilution Testing.

spp. cause serious invasive lung infections, and is the most commonly encountered clinically significant species. Voriconazole is considered to be the drug of choice for treating infections; however, rising resistance rates have been reported.

Genotypic characterization of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quebec, 2002-2012.

Background: The increasing emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis presents a threat to the effective control of tuberculosis (TB). Rapid detection of drug-resistance is more important than ever to address this scourge. The purpose of this study was to genotypically characterize the first-line antitubercular drug-resistant isolates collected over 11 years in Quebec.

Blastomyces gilchristii as Cause of Fatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Since the 2013 description of Blastomyces gilchristii, research describing the virulence or clinical outcome of B. gilchristii infection has been lacking. We report molecular evidence of B.

Differential effects of estrogen receptor alpha and beta specific agonists on social learning of food preferences in female mice.

There is an evolutionary advantage to learning food preferences from conspecifics, as social learning allows an individual to bypass the risks associated with trial and error individual learning. The social transmission of food preferences (STFP) paradigm examines this advantage. Females in the proestrus and diestrus phases of the estrous cycle show a prolonged preference for the demonstrated food relative to estrus and ovariectomized females.