BC Centre for Disease Control

The BC Drug and Poison Information Centre handled 95 cases of bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban) exposure in 2013. Eighty-one cases involved adults, with 22 therapeutic errors, 47 cases of suspected... Read More

Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) are bacteria with an acquired genetic resistance to broad-spectrum antibiotics, including the carbapenem family of drugs. Provincial data from as early as... Read More

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection. Three of four sexually active Canadians will develop an HPV infection.[1] There are more than 100 HPV strains and about... Read More

Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern that threatens the effective treatment of infectious diseases.[1] A recent report published by the World Health Organization on the global surveillance of... Read More

When a patient presents with acute onset diarrhea, do you test? When you see several patients with vomiting and diarrhea over a short period, do you report to public health? In BC, summer marks... Read More