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Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc
Retirement has joyous advantages and frustrating drawbacks, like most major lifestyle changes. For me, I enjoy working at my own pace without holding to deadlines imposed by others, and I relish the chance to pursue... Read More
After a prolonged period of decline, the rate of genital chlamydia infection in BC has steadily increased since 1998.[1] The 2007 rate of 227.6 per 100000 rose to 239.3 in 2008, in parallel with Canadian rates. This... Read More
The rapidly growing use of new macrolide antibiotics such as azithromycin and clarithromycin in British Columbia and Canada has been associated with increasing levels of macrolide resistance in gram positive organisms... Read More
In 1997 national goals were set for maintaining infectious syphilis rates below 0.5 per 100000 population and preventing all endemic congenital syphilis cases. Such optimism proved unfounded; that same year infectious... Read More
Point-of-care HIV tests are screening tests for use in the clinic setting that provide immediate results on fingerstick blood specimens. These antibody-based tests have similar properties to laboratory-based screening... Read More
In the 1998 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Guidelines, azithromycin (1.0 gm orally as a single dose) replaced doxycycline (100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days) as treatment of choice for chlamydia... Read More
Although BC has been experiencing an outbreak of infectious syphilis (IS; primary, secondary, and early latent syphilis) since 1997, there have been recent important changes in the epidemic. Prior to 2003, British... Read More
When HIV infection becomes legally reportable in British Columbia on 1 May 2003, there will be important implications for health care providers and patients. For this initiative to be successful and do no harm, the... Read More
Introduction In November 2000 a group of provincial experts, including representatives from the BC Centre for Disease Control, doctors who provide abortions, and staff from the three major abortion clinics in... Read More