M. Louie

Publication List Details

Period

2000 - 2001

Number

45

Co-Authors

Finite size scaling of domain chaos (2001)

Cross, M. C., Louie, M., Meiron, D.

Numerical studies of the domain chaos state in a model of rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection suggest that finite size effects may account for the discrepancy between experimentally measured values...

Finite Size Scaling of Domain Chaos (2000)

M. C. Cross, M. Louie

this paper we present results that further the comparison between theory and experiment for the state known as domain chaos [1] in rotating Rayleigh-Bnard convection.

Finite Size Scaling of Domain Chaos (2000)

Cross, M. C., Louie, M., Meiron, D.

Numerical studies of the domain chaos state in a model of rotating Rayleigh-Benard convection suggest that finite size effects may account for the discrepancy between experimentally measured values...

Evaluation of Three Rapid Methods for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Louie, L., Matsumura, S. O., Choi, E., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

The probe-based Velogene Rapid MRSA Identification Assay (ID Biomedical Corp., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and the latex agglutination MRSA-Screen (Denka Seiken Co., Tokyo, Japan) were...

PCR Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Directly from Stools: Evaluation of Commercial Extraction Methods for Purifying Fecal DNA

Holland, J. L., Louie, L., Simor, A. E., Louie, M.

Rapid identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 is important for patient management and for prompt epidemiological investigations. We evaluated one in-house method and three commercially available...

Evaluation of a Latex Agglutination Test (MRSA-Screen) for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

Louie, L., Majury, A., Goodfellow, J., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

The MRSA-Screen (Denka-Seiken, Tokyo, Japan) latex agglutination test was evaluated for its ability to detect PBP 2a from 200 clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS; 84...

Synergy Testing of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium against Quinupristin-Dalfopristin in Combination with Other Antimicrobial Agents

Matsumura, S. O., Louie, L., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

Using checkerboard and time-kill assays, we evaluated the in vitro activity of quinupristin-dalfopristin (RP 59500) alone and in combination with five other antimicrobial agents against 12 clinical...

Application of Multiplex PCR for Detection of Non-O157 Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Bloody Stools: Identification of Serogroups O26 and O111

Louie, M., Read, S., Simor, A. E., Holland, J., Louie, L., Ziebell, K., ...

Primers were designed to amplify sequences of verocytotoxin genes and eaeA genes of Escherichia coli O26:H11, O111:H8, and O157:H7 in a multiplex PCR assay. This assay successfully detected E. coli...

Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci from Blood Culture Bottles by Using a Multiplex PCR Assay

Louie, L., Goodfellow, J., Mathieu, P., Glatt, A., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

Rapid detection and accurate identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococci are critical for the effective management of infections caused by these organisms. We describe a multiplex PCR-based...

Canadian national survey of prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network.

Simor, A E, Louie, M, Low, D E

The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 1,089 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained from 39 laboratories across Canada between October 1994 and August 1995 were determined. A total of...

Impairment of monocytic function after influenza virus infection.

Louie, M, Yoo, J, Moran, T, Mayer, L, Sperber, K

In order to analyze the immunosuppression associated with influenza virus infection, we investigated monocytic function in macrophage hybridoma cell lines 5 weeks after infection with two strains of...

Comparison of E test and agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia.

Yao, J D, Louie, M, Louie, L, Goodfellow, J, Simor, A E

Currently recommended dilution test methods for the determination of antimicrobial susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia are labor-intensive and often impractical in many...

Comparison of ribotyping, arbitrarily primed PCR, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes.

Louie, M, Jayaratne, P, Luchsinger, I, Devenish, J, Yao, J, Schlech, W, ...

Fifty-one clinical isolates of Listeria monocytogenes (15 isolates from two outbreaks and 36 epidemiologically unrelated isolates) were typed by conventional serotyping, ribotyping (RT), pulsed-field...

Evaluation of enzyme immunoassay for detection of salivary antibody to Helicobacter pylori.

Simor, A E, Lin, E, Saibil, F, Cohen, L, Louie, M, Pearen, S, ...

The Helisal test is a quantitative enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of Helicobacter pylori-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in saliva. This test was evaluated in comparison with culture and...

Evaluation of nutritive capacities of 10 broth media.

Scythes, K D, Louie, M, Simor, A E

Ten broth media were evaluated for their ability to support the growth of low inocula of selected fastidious aerobic, microaerophilic, and anaerobic bacteria. Thioglycolate medium USP (Oxoid,...

Investigation of a pseudo-outbreak of Nocardia asteroides infection by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR.

Louie, L, Louie, M, Simor, A E

Molecular strain typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis was used to investigate a cluster of four Nocardia asteroides isolates associated with...

Susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.

Louie, M, Simor, A E, Szeto, S, Patel, M, Kreiswirth, B, Low, D E

We collected 103 clinical Enterococcus faecium isolates from across Canada, performed standard broth microdilution susceptibility testing, and compared these results with results from the MicroScan...

Comparison of the new MicroScan Pos MIC Type 6 panel and AMS-Vitek Gram Positive Susceptibility Card (GPS-TA) for detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus species.

Szeto, S, Louie, M, Low, D E, Patel, M, Simor, A E

We compared the MicroScan Pos MIC Type 6 panel and AMS-Vitek Gram Positive Susceptibility Card (GPS-TA) to agar dilution screen plates for the detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in 182...

Multiple determinants of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 attachment-effacement.

Dytoc, M, Soni, R, Cockerill, F, De Azavedo, J, Louie, M, Brunton, J, ...

Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of the serotype O157:H7 belong to a class of gastrointestinal pathogens that adhere to epithelial cells in a characteristic pattern known as attaching and...

Expression and characterization of the eaeA gene product of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7.

Louie, M, De Azavedo, J C, Handelsman, M Y, Clark, C G, Ally, B, Dytoc, M, ...

In enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, the eaeA gene produces a 94-kDa outer membrane protein called intimin which has been shown to be necessary but not sufficient to produce the...

Comparison of Helicobacter pylori and attaching-effacing Escherichia coli adhesion to eukaryotic cells.

Dytoc, M, Gold, B, Louie, M, Huesca, M, Fedorko, L, Crowe, S, ...

Adhesion of Helicobacter pylori was reported previously to be morphologically identical to "attaching and effacing" Escherichia coli. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to define the...

Prevalence of bloodborne infective agents among people admitted to a Canadian hospital.

Louie, M, Low, D E, Feinman, S V, McLaughlin, B, Simor, A E

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence rates of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) and the hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) among people...

Multicenter Comparison of Nucleic Acid Extraction Methods for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus RNA in Stool Specimens

Petrich, A., Mahony, J., Chong, S., Broukhanski, G., Gharabaghi, F., Johnson, G., ...

The emergence of a novel coronavirus (CoV) as the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) catalyzed the development of rapid diagnostic tests. Stool samples have been shown to be...

Evaluation of Three Rapid Methods for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Louie, L., Matsumura, S. O., Choi, E., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

The probe-based Velogene Rapid MRSA Identification Assay (ID Biomedical Corp., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and the latex agglutination MRSA-Screen (Denka Seiken Co., Tokyo, Japan) were...

PCR Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Directly from Stools: Evaluation of Commercial Extraction Methods for Purifying Fecal DNA

Holland, J. L., Louie, L., Simor, A. E., Louie, M.

Rapid identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 is important for patient management and for prompt epidemiological investigations. We evaluated one in-house method and three commercially available...

Evaluation of a Latex Agglutination Test (MRSA-Screen) for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

Louie, L., Majury, A., Goodfellow, J., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

The MRSA-Screen (Denka-Seiken, Tokyo, Japan) latex agglutination test was evaluated for its ability to detect PBP 2a from 200 clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS; 84...

Synergy Testing of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium against Quinupristin-Dalfopristin in Combination with Other Antimicrobial Agents

Matsumura, S. O., Louie, L., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

Using checkerboard and time-kill assays, we evaluated the in vitro activity of quinupristin-dalfopristin (RP 59500) alone and in combination with five other antimicrobial agents against 12 clinical...

Application of Multiplex PCR for Detection of Non-O157 Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Bloody Stools: Identification of Serogroups O26 and O111

Louie, M., Read, S., Simor, A. E., Holland, J., Louie, L., Ziebell, K., ...

Primers were designed to amplify sequences of verocytotoxin genes and eaeA genes of Escherichia coli O26:H11, O111:H8, and O157:H7 in a multiplex PCR assay. This assay successfully detected E. coli...

Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci from Blood Culture Bottles by Using a Multiplex PCR Assay

Louie, L., Goodfellow, J., Mathieu, P., Glatt, A., Louie, M., Simor, A. E.

Rapid detection and accurate identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococci are critical for the effective management of infections caused by these organisms. We describe a multiplex PCR-based...

Canadian national survey of prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network.

Simor, A E, Louie, M, Low, D E

The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 1,089 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained from 39 laboratories across Canada between October 1994 and August 1995 were determined. A total of...

Impairment of monocytic function after influenza virus infection.

Louie, M, Yoo, J, Moran, T, Mayer, L, Sperber, K

In order to analyze the immunosuppression associated with influenza virus infection, we investigated monocytic function in macrophage hybridoma cell lines 5 weeks after infection with two strains of...

Comparison of E test and agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia.

Yao, J D, Louie, M, Louie, L, Goodfellow, J, Simor, A E

Currently recommended dilution test methods for the determination of antimicrobial susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia are labor-intensive and often impractical in many...

Comparison of ribotyping, arbitrarily primed PCR, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes.

Louie, M, Jayaratne, P, Luchsinger, I, Devenish, J, Yao, J, Schlech, W, ...

Fifty-one clinical isolates of Listeria monocytogenes (15 isolates from two outbreaks and 36 epidemiologically unrelated isolates) were typed by conventional serotyping, ribotyping (RT), pulsed-field...

Evaluation of enzyme immunoassay for detection of salivary antibody to Helicobacter pylori.

Simor, A E, Lin, E, Saibil, F, Cohen, L, Louie, M, Pearen, S, ...

The Helisal test is a quantitative enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of Helicobacter pylori-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in saliva. This test was evaluated in comparison with culture and...

Evaluation of nutritive capacities of 10 broth media.

Scythes, K D, Louie, M, Simor, A E

Ten broth media were evaluated for their ability to support the growth of low inocula of selected fastidious aerobic, microaerophilic, and anaerobic bacteria. Thioglycolate medium USP (Oxoid,...

Investigation of a pseudo-outbreak of Nocardia asteroides infection by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR.

Louie, L, Louie, M, Simor, A E

Molecular strain typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis was used to investigate a cluster of four Nocardia asteroides isolates associated with...

Susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.

Louie, M, Simor, A E, Szeto, S, Patel, M, Kreiswirth, B, Low, D E

We collected 103 clinical Enterococcus faecium isolates from across Canada, performed standard broth microdilution susceptibility testing, and compared these results with results from the MicroScan...

Comparison of the new MicroScan Pos MIC Type 6 panel and AMS-Vitek Gram Positive Susceptibility Card (GPS-TA) for detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus species.

Szeto, S, Louie, M, Low, D E, Patel, M, Simor, A E

We compared the MicroScan Pos MIC Type 6 panel and AMS-Vitek Gram Positive Susceptibility Card (GPS-TA) to agar dilution screen plates for the detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in 182...

Multiple determinants of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 attachment-effacement.

Dytoc, M, Soni, R, Cockerill, F, De Azavedo, J, Louie, M, Brunton, J, ...

Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of the serotype O157:H7 belong to a class of gastrointestinal pathogens that adhere to epithelial cells in a characteristic pattern known as attaching and...

Expression and characterization of the eaeA gene product of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7.

Louie, M, De Azavedo, J C, Handelsman, M Y, Clark, C G, Ally, B, Dytoc, M, ...

In enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, the eaeA gene produces a 94-kDa outer membrane protein called intimin which has been shown to be necessary but not sufficient to produce the...

Comparison of Helicobacter pylori and attaching-effacing Escherichia coli adhesion to eukaryotic cells.

Dytoc, M, Gold, B, Louie, M, Huesca, M, Fedorko, L, Crowe, S, ...

Adhesion of Helicobacter pylori was reported previously to be morphologically identical to "attaching and effacing" Escherichia coli. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to define the...

Prevalence of bloodborne infective agents among people admitted to a Canadian hospital.

Louie, M, Low, D E, Feinman, S V, McLaughlin, B, Simor, A E

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence rates of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) and the hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) among people...

Multicenter Comparison of Nucleic Acid Extraction Methods for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus RNA in Stool Specimens

Petrich, A., Mahony, J., Chong, S., Broukhanski, G., Gharabaghi, F., Johnson, G., ...

The emergence of a novel coronavirus (CoV) as the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) catalyzed the development of rapid diagnostic tests. Stool samples have been shown to be...

Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Stool Specimens by Commercially Available Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays▿

Louie, L., Simor, A. E., Chong, S., Luinstra, K., Petrich, A., Mahony, J., ...

Three commercially available real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays (the Artus RealArt HPA coronavirus LightCycler, the Artus RealArt HPA coronavirus Rotor-Gene, and the EraGen severe acute...

Running in the real world: adjusting leg stiffness for different surfaces.

Ferris, D P, Louie, M, Farley, C T

A running animal coordinates the actions of many muscles, tendons, and ligaments in its leg so that the overall leg behaves like a single mechanical spring during ground contact. Experimental...