Infectious Diseases

B.C. study finds only one-third of prescribing for female outpatients with uncomplicated cystitis was fully appropriate in terms of drug, dose and duration of therapy.

With not national system to track pertussis, the Medical Post sought out data on the disease. Numbers range from none in the NWT to more than 3,500 in Quebec in July.

National Advisory Committee on Immunization also issues guidance on flu vaccines for older adults, as well as the transition from quadrivalent to trivalent influenza vaccines.

A report into a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary child-care facilities that saw hundreds fall ill says it was likely tied to meat loaf at one meal, but how it got there can’t be determined for sure.

Dr. Nasia Safdar, a professor of infectious medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses why infection rates have gone up and how you can protect yourself as a hospital patient or visiting family member.

In late 2022, Ontario’s four main pediatric hospitals became overwhelmed with really sick young children, a situation that forced them to cancel surgeries and redeploy staff to intensive care units and emergency departments.

Blacklegged ticks are disease vectors carrying infections you might know less about.

Dr. Helen Bygrave of Doctors Without Borders said in a statement that the injections could ‘reverse the epidemic if it is made available in the countries with the highest rate of new infections.’