Lyme disease is a tick-transmitted infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted by Ixodes ticks, colloquially called deer ticks. In British Columbia, the disease is transmitted... Read More

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in British Columbia are a public health concern, particularly the increasing rates of chlamydia and syphilis. In the spring of 2020, during the initial phase of... Read More

In 1980, I wrote an editorial for the BC Medical Journal entitled “The subspecialty of infectious disease (ID) and the multifaceted role of the ID physician.”[1] The current theme issue offers a... Read More

The practice of administering IV antibiotics in an outpatient setting was first described in Houston, Texas, in 1974, when an indwelling IV infusion set was used to treat chronic bronchopulmonary... Read More

The number of solid organ transplant recipients is steadily increasing in British Columbia. In 2020, 253 kidney transplants, 71 liver transplants, 32 heart transplants, and 51 double lung transplants... Read More