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Patrick H.P. Wong, MD, FRCPC
Case data A 91-year-old man was assessed by the infectious diseases service at Surrey Memorial Hospital after 3 months of swelling and erythema in the third digit of his left hand. He reported spontaneous development... Read More
Between 2009 and 2020, 20 546 people in Canada were reported to have tuberculosis.[1] However, multidrug-resistant (defined as resistance to isoniazid and rifampin) and pre-extensively drug-resistant/extensively drug-... Read More
Chronic hepatitis B is caused by a small DNA virus called hepatitis B virus (HBV), a prototype member of the Hepadnaviridae family and the Orthohepadnavirus genus that infects mammals.[1] Chronic hepatitis B has a... Read More