Yves Longtin

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yves Longtin is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yves Longtin has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Infectious Diseases, 24 papers in Epidemiology and 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yves Longtin's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (22 papers), Infection Control in Healthcare (19 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (17 papers). Yves Longtin is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (22 papers), Infection Control in Healthcare (19 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (17 papers). Yves Longtin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and United States. Yves Longtin's co-authors include Didier Pittet, Hugo Sax, Liam Donaldson, Susan E. Sheridan, Lucian L. Leape, Jean Longtin, Benedetta Allegranzi, Bianka Paquet-Bolduc, Sylvie Trottier and Christophe Garenc and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Yves Longtin

68 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Patient Participation: Current Knowledge and Applicability to Patient Safety

2009 596 citations Yves Longtin, Didier Pittet et al. profile →
Covid-19 vaccine acceptance, hesitancy, and refusal among Canadian healthcare workers: A multicenter survey

2021 184 citations Leighanne Parkes, Yves Longtin et al. American Journal of Infection Control profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yves Longtin	1.4k	619	485	341	260	73	2.5k
Virginia Roth	920 0.7×	572 0.9×	161 0.3×	224 0.7×	312 1.2×	72	2.2k
Abbas Al Mutair	1.1k 0.8×	346 0.6×	287 0.6×	156 0.5×	154 0.6×	153	2.9k
Mehrdad Askarian	935 0.7×	494 0.8×	348 0.7×	201 0.6×	212 0.8×	156	2.7k
Caroline Quach	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 2.4×	217 0.4×	357 1.0×	147 0.6×	216	3.5k
Rhonda L. Stuart	935 0.7×	1.0k 1.7×	393 0.8×	201 0.6×	161 0.6×	124	2.5k
Ajay K. Sethi	2.1k 1.6×	1.4k 2.3×	418 0.9×	244 0.7×	334 1.3×	107	3.4k
Shaheen Mehtar	865 0.6×	606 1.0×	276 0.6×	183 0.5×	131 0.5×	93	2.5k
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti	838 0.6×	727 1.2×	368 0.8×	420 1.2×	114 0.4×	216	2.8k
Monika Pogorzelska‐Maziarz	693 0.5×	478 0.8×	844 1.7×	169 0.5×	337 1.3×	100	2.2k
Julie Storr	1.2k 0.9×	224 0.4×	425 0.9×	583 1.7×	283 1.1×	75	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yves Longtin

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Zanichelli, Veronica, Jacqueline Wong, Zahra Sohani, et al.. (2025). P-225. Effect of isolating Clostridioides difficile asymptomatic carriers on the incidence of healthcare-associated C. difficile infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Dendukuri, Nandini, Yves Longtin, Alice Banz, et al.. (2025). Determination of the performance of a novel diagnostic test for Clostridioides difficile toxins A and B using latent class analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 63(5). e0180724–e0180724. 1 indexed citations

Frenette, Charles, Ian Schiller, Nandini Dendukuri, et al.. (2024). The changing epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile infection and the NAP1/027 strain in two Québec hospitals: a 17-year time-series study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). e99–e99. 2 indexed citations

Charest, Hugues, Judith Fafard, Sara Carazo, et al.. (2023). Timing and Predictors of Loss of Infectivity Among Healthcare Workers With Mild Primary and Recurrent COVID-19: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78(3). 613–624. 1 indexed citations

Prosty, Connor, et al.. (2023). Clinical Outcomes and Management of NAAT-Positive/Toxin-Negative Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78(2). 430–438. 12 indexed citations

Harel, Josée, et al.. (2023). A Burkholderia stabilis outbreak associated with the use of ultrasound gel in multiple healthcare centres in Montréal, Canada, May–October 2021. Canada Communicable Disease Report. 49(7/8). 314–319.

Racine, Étienne, Guy Boivin, Yves Longtin, et al.. (2022). The REinfection in COVID‐19 Estimation of Risk (RECOVER) study: Reinfection and serology dynamics in a cohort of Canadian healthcare workers. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 16(5). 916–925. 11 indexed citations

Carazo, Sara, Yves Longtin, Denis Talbot, et al.. (2022). Risk and protective factors for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among healthcare workers: A test-negative case–control study in Québec, Canada. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44(7). 1121–1130. 3 indexed citations

Longtin, Yves, et al.. (2022). Investigation of individual nurses’ relative hand hygiene performance using an anonymous automated electronic hand hygiene monitoring system and a nursing assignment schedule. American Journal of Infection Control. 51(2). 149–153. 1 indexed citations

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Longtin, Yves, Leighanne Parkes, Hugues Charest, et al.. (2021). Persistence of infectivity in elderly individuals diagnosed with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection 10 days after onset of symptoms: A cross-sectional study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44(4). 659–662. 4 indexed citations

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Longtin, Yves, Hugues Charest, Caroline Quach, et al.. (2021). Infectivity of healthcare workers diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) approximately 2 weeks after onset of symptoms: A cross-sectional study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43(1). 102–104. 7 indexed citations

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Veillette, Marc, Luc Bhérer, Samira Mubareka, et al.. (2021). Positive no-touch surfaces and undetectable SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in long-term care facilities: An attempt to understand the contributing factors and the importance of timing in air sampling campaigns. American Journal of Infection Control. 49(6). 701–706. 32 indexed citations

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Bhatnagar, Sahir, Liane S. Feldman, Yves Longtin, et al.. (2019). Development and validation of a clinical risk calculator for mortality after colectomy for fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 87(4). 856–864. 4 indexed citations

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Mataseje, Laura, et al.. (2018). Investigation of a Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak using whole genome sequencing versus a standard epidemiologic investigation. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 7(1). 140–140. 14 indexed citations

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Paquet-Bolduc, Bianka, Christophe Garenc, Philippe Gervais, et al.. (2017). Impact of Isolating Clostridium difficile Carriers on the Burden of Isolation Precautions: A Time Series Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 66(9). 1377–1382. 6 indexed citations

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Kong, Ling Yuan & Yves Longtin. (2017). Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia. New England Journal of Medicine. 377(6). e8–e8. 1 indexed citations

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Lévesque, Simon, Christophe Garenc, Charles Frenette, et al.. (2017). Trends in the use of laboratory tests for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection and association with incidence rates in Quebec, Canada, 2010-2014. American Journal of Infection Control. 45(9). 964–968. 12 indexed citations

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Longtin, Yves, Bianka Paquet-Bolduc, Rodica Gilca, et al.. (2016). Effect of Detecting and Isolating Clostridium difficile Carriers at Hospital Admission on the Incidence of C difficile Infections. JAMA Internal Medicine. 176(6). 796–796. 156 indexed citations

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Longtin, Yves, Sylvie Trottier, Bianka Paquet-Bolduc, et al.. (2012). Impact of the Type of Diagnostic Assay on Clostridium difficile Infection and Complication Rates in a Mandatory Reporting Program. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 56(1). 67–73. 183 indexed citations

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Longtin, Yves, Philippe Sudre, Patrice François, et al.. (2009). Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: risk factors for infection, and long-term follow-up. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15(6). 552–559. 21 indexed citations

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