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Kevin Elwood, MD
Dr Donald Enarson died unexpectedly at age 75 on 2 June 2022. Known to everyone as Don, he attended medical school at the University of Alberta, graduating in 1970. He trained in internal medicine at Vancouver... Read More
The finding of acid-fast bacilli in a sputum specimen rightly raises concern for pulmonary tuberculosis. The reality is that most positive smears will grow atypical or nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), ubiquitous... Read More
Scope of problem More than 60 years after the development of effective antimycobacterial therapy, tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant problem in British Columbia. Provincial TB rates exceed the Canadian average,... Read More
I thank Dr Porzecanski for pointing out an inconsistency in my article. The 1950s marked the time when immigration patterns began to change in Canada. There was a post-war surge in the number of immigrants... Read More
Canada is a favored destination for immigrants from many parts of the world. In 2006 the World Health Organization reported that 83% of all tuberculosis cases occurred in three geographical regions—Africa, Southeast... Read More
World Tuberculosis Day, recognized on 24 March of each year, raises public awareness about tuberculosis (TB). The global TB epidemic causes several million deaths per year, mostly in the developing world where HIV... Read More
Therapeutic interventions in medicine can seldom be solely directed at one target. When basic research identified tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF–α) as one of the key cytokines involved in several chronic inflammatory... Read More
Preventive options for tuberculosis (TB) consist of treatment of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) or immunization with Bacille Calmette-Guèrin (BCG). BCG vaccine is an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis... Read More
See responses to this article. The authors have met on two occasions to discuss the current drug review process in British Columbia. We are dissatisfied with, and have concerns about, the Therapeutics Initiative.... Read More
Dr Edward Allen, known to all as Ted, passed away on 21 June 2016 at the age of 86. Dr Allen graduated in medicine from the University of Cape Town in 1953 and within 5 years decided to immigrate to Canada with his... Read More