Brett Edwards

MD Infectious Diseases/TB/NTM @UCalgaryMed;
Interests include Mycobacterial disease and drug resistance; opinions are my own

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

Great read.

Deflating the 2 billion statistic, then, reinforces that “this is one of the world’s nastiest pathogens, not some symbiont that we live with in peace”

Wise words from Dr. Behr

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

A small group of researchers is on a years-long crusade to set the record straight on one of tuberculosis's most persistent myths.

@KatherineJWu reports: https://t.co/lZV2Gx4olF

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@KanjiJamil Didn’t even know it was available abroad! What types of foods?

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@KanjiJamil @TheOriginalUma @AnthonyLieuMD @AshSonpar Amazing! Congratulations!

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@UAlberta_Pharm @ca_hughes9 @UAlberta Congratulations @ca_hughes9 !

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@CThornton32 @accpchest @AlbertaPHdoc @BraedonMcdonald 🙌🏼 🙌🏼

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@shaq_MD @DrugsJournal @UCalgaryMed @UCalgary Thanks Shaqil!

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

An honour to collaborate on this review on the growing anti-mycobacterial pipeline https://t.co/x48AvxYvhU with a true expert in mycobacterial pharmacology, Dr. S. Field. Published in @DrugsJournal #tuberculosis #TB @UCalgaryMed @UCalgary

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@AlbertaPHdoc @JAMA_current Congrats Jason!

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@GermHunterMD @DukeAdultID @DukeU @UofA_ID @UAlberta_DoM Congrats!!

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@AnthonyLieuMD @byron_berenger Cronobacter??

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@CThornton32 Thanks Christina!

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

Pleased to share our work on this utilizable biomarker in M. avium PD: Time to Positive Culture Detection Predicts Mycobacterium avium Pulmonary Disease Severity and Treatment Initiation | Annals of the American Thoracic Society | Articles in Press https://t.co/fNkShpIqw4

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@rdcooper57 Thanks Ryan!

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@HIVDocSK @Wjaconnors @sebpoule @DanielleShmyr Similarly, have not pursued it

[Graeme Meintjes @graemein]

Resistance to bedaquiline in TB ... unfortunately an emerging problem with wider use in South Africa. Supporting adherence and treatment completion, and ensuring its use in effective regimens are key to prevention.

https://t.co/WsSkpEp4b7

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@raynelllang26 @19ToZero @SciReports @UCalgaryMed @ABInnovates Great stuff @raynelllang26 !!

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@UofA_ID @KanjiJamil @m_croxen @NathanZelyas @CDC_EIDjournal Congrats @KanjiJamil !

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@SamuelBB91 @AnthonyLieuMTL @IDFellowsCup @JordanKM19 @PBenoit93 @kdemirmtl @mhugsmd @DolceLaurie @OlivierChris @jen_losie @bibby_dr @IlyseDarwish @Bougeley @kwad_m @sdvaughan @KanjiJamil @kbrownmd 😂

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@CThornton32 What a time to be alive

[Brett Edwards @bdedwards2015]

@angie_rasmussen Expertise combined with sound available evidence, experience, and rationality. This is incredibly helpful. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.