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Alexander Lawandi (MD/MSc)

Junior Scientist
Centre for Translational Biology
Department of Medicine (McGill)

Research Profile

 Fundamental: 70%
 Clinical: 10%
 Epidemiology: 20%
 Evaluation: 0%
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Latest Publications

  1. Lieu, A., Harrison, L. B., Harel, J., Lawandi, A., Cheng, M. P. & Domingo, M.--. C. (2024). The microbiological outcomes of culture-negative blood specimens using 16S rRNA broad-range PCR sequencing: a retrospective study in a Canadian province from 2018 to 2022. Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 62, p. e0151823.
  2. Lawandi, A., Oshiro, M., Warner, S., Diao, G., Strich, J. R., Babiker, A., Rhee, C., Klompas, M., Danner, R. L. & Kadri, S. S. (2024). The authors reply. Critical care medicine, vol. 52, p. e31-e33.
  3. Lieu, A., Lee, T. C., Lawandi, A., Tellier, R., Cheng, M. P. & Dufresne, P. J. (2023). Microbiological characterization of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia using quantitative PCR from nasopharyngeal specimens: a retrospective study in a Canadian province from 2019 to 2023. Journal of clinical microbiology, p. e0091323.
  4. Del Corpo, O., Senécal, J., Hsu, J. M., Lawandi, A. & Lee, T. C. (2023). Rapid phenotypic testing for detection of carbapenemase- or extended spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales directly from blood cultures: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 29, p. 1516-1527.
  5. Lawandi, A. (2023). Bloodstream Infections in Sepsis: Better the Devil You Know. Critical care medicine, vol. 51, p. 1261-1263.
  6. Cheng, M. P., Paquette, K., Lawandi, A., Stabler, S. N., Akhter, M., Davidson, A. C., Gavric, M., Jinah, R., Saeed, Z., Demir, K., Sangsari, S., Huang, K., Mahpour, A., Shamatutu, C., Caya, C., Troquet, J.-M., Clark, G., Rush, B., Wong, T., Stenstrom, R., Sweet, D. & Yansouni, C. P. (2022). qSOFA does not predict bacteremia in patients with severe manifestations of sepsis. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada, vol. 7, p. 364-368.
  7. Lawandi, A., Oshiro, M., Warner, S., Diao, G., Strich, J. R., Babiker, A., Rhee, C., Klompas, M., Danner, R. L. & Kadri, S. S. (2023). Reliability of Admission Procalcitonin Testing for Capturing Bacteremia Across the Sepsis Spectrum: Real-World Utilization and Performance Characteristics, 65 U.S. Hospitals, 2008-2017. Critical care medicine, vol. 51, p. 1527-1537.
  8. Sohani, Z. N., Butler-Laporte, G., Aw, A., Belga, S., Benedetti, A., Carignan, A., Cheng, M. P., Coburn, B., Costiniuk, C. T., Ezer, N., Gregson, D., Johnson, A., Khwaja, K., Lawandi, A., Leung, V., Lother, S., MacFadden, D., McGuinty, M., Parkes, L., Qureshi, S., Roy, V., Rush, B., Schwartz, I., So, M., Somayaji, R., Tan, D., Trinh, E., Lee, T. C. & McDonald, E. G. (2022). Low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (LOW-TMP): protocol for a phase III randomised, placebo-controlled, dose-comparison trial. BMJ open, vol. 12, p. e053039.
  9. McDonald, E. G., Butler-Laporte, G., Del Corpo, O., Hsu, J. M., Lawandi, A., Senecal, J., Sohani, Z. N., Cheng, M. P. & Lee, T. C. (2021). On the Treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: Current Practice Based on Outdated Evidence. Open forum infectious diseases, vol. 8, p. ofab545.
  10. Lee, T. C., Wilson, M. G., Lawandi, A. & McDonald, E. G. (2021). The Reply. The American journal of medicine, vol. 134, p. e536-e537.
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