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null Makeda Semret, MD, M.Sc., FRCP(C)

Investigator, RI-MUHC, Glen site

Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, MUHC

 

Keywords

antimicrobial stewardship • antimicrobial resistance • infectious diseases

Research Focus

My research focuses on evaluating the impact of interventions designed to optimize antimicrobial use in healthcare settings, examining both clinical and system-level outcomes across diverse contexts.

Selected Publications

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  • Semret M, Schiller I, Jardin BA, Frenette C, Loo VG, Papenburg J, McNeil SA, Dendukuri N. Multiplex Respiratory Virus Testing for Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Prospective Assessment of Antimicrobial Use and Clinical Outcomes Among Hospitalized Adults. J Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 15;216(8):936-944. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix288. PMID: 29149338.

  • Semret, Makeda et al. “Prolonged empirical antibiotic therapy is correlated with bloodstream infections and increased mortality in a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia: bacteriology testing matters.” JAC-antimicrobial resistance vol. 2,3 dlaa039. 7 Jul. 2020, doi:10.1093/jacamr/dlaa039. PMID: 34240055.

  • Ombelet S, Ronat JB, Walsh T, Yansouni CP, Cox J, Vlieghe E, Martiny D, Semret M, Vandenberg O, Jacobs J; Bacteriology in Low Resource Settings working group. Clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings: today's solutions. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 5. pii: S1473-3099(18)30093-8. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30093-8. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 29519767.

  • Gebretekle G., Mariam D., Taye W., Fentie A., Degu W., Alemayehu T., Beyene T., Libman M., Fenta T., Yansouni C., Semret M. “Half of Prescribed Antibiotics Are Not Needed: A Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention and Clinical Outcomes in a Referral Hospital in Ethiopia.” Frontiers in public health vol. 8 109. 9 Apr. 2020, doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00109. PMID: 32328474.

  • Gebretekle G., Mariam D., Abebe W., Amogne W., Tenna A., Fenta T., Libman M., Yansouni C., Semret M. “Opportunities and barriers to implementing antibiotic stewardship in low and middle-income countries: Lessons from a mixed-methods study in a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia.” PloS one vol. 13,12 e0208447. 20 Dec. 2018, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208447. PMID: 30571688.