CCDR: Volume 49-9, September 2023: Common Infectious Diseases Caused by Bacteria

Table of contents

Advisory Committee Statement

A National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) update on invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) epidemiology and program-relevant considerations for preventing IMD in individuals at high risk of exposure
A Pham-Huy, J Zafack, C Primeau, O Baclic, M Salvadori, S Deeks on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization

Epidemiologic Study

A Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Children (PICNIC) multi-centre Canadian descriptive analysis of Haemophilus influenzae bacteremia in children: Emerging serotypes
C Frankel, J Robinson, S Khan, M Alghounaim, J McDonald, A Lopez, S Fanella, J Gunawan, J Wong, J Comeau, J Bowes, R Slinger, A Kalia, A Roberts, K Leifso, M Ulanova, M Barton

Commentary

Public health risks of raw milk consumption: Lessons from a case of paediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome
A Silveira, J Pinheiro Carvalho, L Loh, M Benusic

Outbreak Report

Community Legionella outbreak linked to a cooling tower, 2022
S Rebellato, C Lee, C Gardner, K Kivilahti, J Wallace, D Hachborn, J Fenik, A Majury, J Kim, A Murphy, J Minnery

Infographic

Screening recommendations for chlamydia and gonorrhea during pregnancy in Canada, 2023

Surveillance

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Canada, 2021
P Sawatzky, B Lefebvre, M Diggle, L Hoang, J Wong, S Patel, P Van Caessele, J Minion, R Garceau, S Jeffrey, D Haldane, L Lourenco, G Gravel, M Mulvey, I Martin

Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins, Canada, 2022
C Abalos, A Gauthier, A Davis, C Ellis, N Balbontin, A Kapur, S Bonti-Ankomah