Pavillon Jean-Coutu, Room 2181
Phone: 514-343-6111 #5207
Fax: 514-343-6120
E-mail: daniel.thirion@umontreal.ca

Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Phone: 514-338-2222 #2666

Teaching Domains

• Infectious diseases pharmacotherapy

• Antimicrobial pharmacology

• Pharmaceutical care in infectious diseases

• Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials

Research Themes

• Impact of antimicrobial use on emerging bacterial resistance and emerging infectious diseases

• Appropriate use of antimicrobials in clinical practice

• Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery

• PK/PD of antimicrobials

Current Research Projects

• Risk of Clostridium difficile diarrhea associated with antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery

• Impact of a clinical practice guide on antimicrobial use for prophylaxis in clean surgery

• A retrospective and prospective evaluation of posaconazole in patients with invasive fungal disease

Selected Publications

Thirion DJG, Duglielmo BJ. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgical Procedures. Dans: Koda-Kimble MA, Young LY, Alldredge BK, Corelli RL, Guglielmo BJ, Kradjan WA et al. éd. Applied Therapeutics; The Clinical Use of Drugs. 9e éd. Philadelphie, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008;57(1):57-58.

Nault V, Beaudoin M, Thirion DJG, Gosselin M, Cossette B, Valiquette L. Antimicrobial stewardship in acute care centres: A survey of 68 hospitals in Qubec. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol 2008;19(3):237-242.

Weiss K, Bergeron L, Bernatchez H, Goyette M, Savoie M, Thirion D. Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea rates and global antibiotic consumption in five Quebec institutions from 2001 to 2004. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2007;30:309-314.

Snippets for Snappy Antimicrobial Therapy (www.publicationsprism.com). Thirion DJG, éd. Montréal: Publications PRISM; 2007.

Nenciu LM, Laberge P, Thirion DJG. Telithromycin Induced Digoxin Toxicity and ECG Changes. Pharmacotherapy 2006;26(6):872-6.

Pham CQD, Thirion DJG. The art of assessing metronidazole toxicity. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006;4(9):1184.

Beaulieu M, Thirion DJG, Williamson D, Pichette G. Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea Outbreaks: the Name of the Game is Isolation and Cleaning. Clin Infect Dis 2006;42:725.

Abou-Atmé B, Lupien J, Bussières JF, Thirion DJG.  Applicabilité du système de classification anatomique, thérapeutique et chimique et dose définie journalière aux établissements de santé québécois pour mesurer l’utilisation des médicaments. Pharmactuel 2006;39:37-43.

 

Last update :  2010-04-13