BC Centre for Disease Control

In December 2018 an adult woman presented with a 2-month history of fever, chills, fatigue, weight loss, and headache. Her blood culture tested positive for Brucella canis. She helped transport... Read More

Despite being both preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.[1] In 2017, an... Read More

Care cascades Care cascades are visual tools used to track patients’ journeys across illness and care stages such as screened or diagnosed, referred to care, treatment assessment, treatment, and... Read More

Exposure to lead in Canada has fallen dramatically with its removal from paint, gasoline, plumbing, and other consumer and industrial products. Nevertheless, lead toxicity still occurs.  A 64... Read More

Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) continue to be a public-health and infection-prevention and control problem globally. CPOs refer to gram-negative bacteria, normally found in the gut, that... Read More