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Amrita Bharat
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Research
Latest papers
Preparedness for Candida auris in Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) hospitals, 2024
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2026
Rapid identification of microbial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance from bloodstream infections using long-read sequencing.
Microbial genomics · 2026
Phylogenomic analysis and genetic mechanisms of antifungal resistance in clinical isolates of Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabratus) from across Canada, 2013-2020.
Microbiology spectrum · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $50,000
From Local to Global: Expanding Canadian One Health Leadership Through International Partnerships to fight AMR
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $1,522,350
Understanding the epidemiology and burden of invasive Candidal infections and antifungal resistance in Canadian hospitals (Can-EPI-R)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
37 publications.
Preparedness for Candida auris in Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) hospitals, 2024
Tan C, Bharat A, McGill E, Mitchell R, Varsaneux O, Cannon K, Charles MK, Comeau JL, Davis I, Delport J
Rapid identification of microbial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance from bloodstream infections using long-read sequencing.
Lerminiaux N, Fakharuddin K, Adam HJ, Bharat A, Golding GR, Martin I, Mulvey M, Mataseje LF
Phylogenomic analysis and genetic mechanisms of antifungal resistance in clinical isolates of Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabratus) from across Canada, 2013-2020.
De Luca DG, Alexander DC, Dingle TC, Dufresne PJ, Fuller J, German GJ, Haldane D, Hoang LM, Jiao L, Kus JV, Li L, Malejczyk K, Sheitoyan-Pesant C, Stein M, Graham M, Van Domselaar G, Bharat A
Dogs fed raw meat-based diets are vectors of drug-resistant Salmonella infection in humans.
Bernaquez I, Dumaresq J, Picard I, Gaulin C, Dion R, Weaver K, Walker M, Kearney A, Bharat A, Fafard J, Bekal S
Comparison of broth microdilution and Etest® methods for susceptibility testing of amphotericin B in Candida auris.
De Luca DG, Li XR, Alexander DC, Dingle TC, Dufresne PJ, Hoang LM, Kus JV, Sheitoyan-Pesant C, Bharat A
BenchAMRking: a Galaxy-based platform for illustrating the major issues associated with current antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene prediction workflows.
Strepis N, Dollee D, Vrins D, Vanneste K, Bogaerts B, Carrillo C, Bharat A, Horan K, Sherry NL, Seemann T, Howden BP, Hiltemann S, Chindelevitch L, Stubbs AP, Hays JP
Molecular epidemiology and in silico prediction of ciprofloxacin resistance in Salmonella enterica in Canada, 2017-2022.
Wilke M, Mistry K, Thumbi D, Li X, Charlebois A, Cormier A, Mickanuck K, Avery B, Murphy C, Deckert A, Kearney A, Campbell J, Christianson S, Alexander D, El Bailey S, Bekal S, Chui L, Ding X, Dingle T, Haldane D, Hoang L, Minion J, Patel S, Zahariadis G, Nadon C, Mulvey M, Carson C, Reid-Smith R, Bharat A
FungAMR: a comprehensive database for investigating fungal mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance.
Bédard C, Pageau A, Fijarczyk A, Mendoza-Salido D, Alcañiz AJ, Després PC, Durand R, Plante S, Alexander EMM, Rouleau FD, Jordan DF, Jay A, Giguère M, Bernier M, Sharma J, Maroc L, Gervais NC, Menon ACT, Gagnon-Arsenault I, Bakker S, Rhodes J, Dufresne PJ, Bharat A, Sellam A, De Luca DG, Gerstein A, Shapiro RS, Quijada NM, Landry CR
One Health study of mobile colistin resistance (mcr) in Salmonella enterica in Canada, 2017-2022.
Mistry K, Thumbi D, Li XR, Charlebois A, Avery BP, Deckert AE, Cormier AC, Murphy C, Kearney A, Campbell J, Christianson S, Alexander DC, El Bailey S, Bekal S, Chui L, Ding X, Dingle T, Haldane D, Hoang L, Minion J, Patel S, Zahariadis G, Nadon C, Mulvey MR, Carson CA, Reid-Smith RJ, Bharat A
First Canadian report of transmission of fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis within two hospital networks confirmed by genomic analysis.
McTaggart LR, Eshaghi A, Hota S, Poutanen SM, Johnstone J, De Luca DG, Bharat A, Patel SN, Kus JV
From Local to Global: Expanding Canadian One Health Leadership Through International Partnerships to fight AMR
Principal investigators: Herrera Diaz, Mariana D; Bharat, Amrita K; Cienfuegos-Gallet, Astrid V; Jiménez, Judy N; Keynan, Yoav; Vanegas, Johanna M
Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Environmental Surveillance; Global Health; International Collaborations; Microbiome; Omics; One Health; Provincial Collaborations; Resistone; Workshop
Understanding the epidemiology and burden of invasive Candidal infections and antifungal resistance in Canadian hospitals (Can-EPI-R)
Principal investigators: McGeer, Allison J; Kus, Julianne V
Keywords: Antifungal Resistance; Epidemiology; Fungal Infections
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Allison McGeer and Jennie Johnstone: 21 shared papers
- Deborah Yamamura and Allison McGeer: 11 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Allison McGeer: 9 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Jennie Johnstone: 8 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Deborah Yamamura: 7 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Susy Hota: 7 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Julianne Kus: 6 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Susy Hota: 4 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Samir Patel: 4 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Andrew McArthur: 3 shared papers
- Deborah Yamamura and Jennie Johnstone: 3 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Amrita Bharat: 3 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Amrita Bharat: 2 shared papers
- Deborah Yamamura and Julianne Kus: 2 shared papers
- Deborah Yamamura and Amrita Bharat: 2 shared papers
- Susy Hota and Jennie Johnstone: 2 shared papers
- Susy Hota and Amrita Bharat: 2 shared papers
- Samir Patel and Amrita Bharat: 2 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Julianne Kus: 1 shared paper
- Anna Majury and Amrita Bharat: 1 shared paper
- Andrew McArthur and Allison McGeer: 1 shared paper
- Andrew McArthur and Amrita Bharat: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Yamamura and Samir Patel: 1 shared paper
- Allison McGeer and Edward Topp: 1 shared paper
- Edward Topp and Amrita Bharat: 1 shared paper
- Adnane Sellam and Amrita Bharat: 1 shared paper
- Julianne Kus and Amrita Bharat: 1 shared paper
- Jennie Johnstone and Amrita Bharat: 1 shared paper
- Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
- Pathology & Molecular Medicine
- Medicine
- Microbiologie et maladies infectieuses
- Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
- Civil Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at University of Manitoba, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Allison McGeer
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Susy Hota
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Samir Patel
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Deborah Yamamura
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Dominik Mertz
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Julianne Kus
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Jennie Johnstone
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Anna Majury
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Andrew McArthur
Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Edward Topp
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Adnane Sellam
Microbiologie et maladies infectieuses
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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