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Turns out you're right Praziquantel Send a noteboard - 18/08/2011 10:36:42 PM
I'm a histotech planning on going to med school for pathology. And I have heard of both techs and pathologists getting acquired CJD. :tinfoilhat: So maybe tissue being dead has something to do with it.

Hmm.

I did some more reading on it and there are cases of that, but it did involve direct contact with infected organs/tissues. It's only spread by contact with brain and CSF, so the patients don't need to be put on isolation protocols.

And we have one patient on our service now who might have it (that's another reason why I read up on it). At first it looked a lot like HSV, but PCR was negative. Patient also has some of the EEG pattern. We're waiting for CSF protein 14-3-3 findings, but we might have to just do a brain biopsy if that's negative. Either way, our path lab will love us :dead:
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For the second time, another disease has been declared "eradicated" LadyLorraine - 16/08/2011 11:11:20 PM 1064 Views
Something scary about "animal" diseases- rebelaessedai - 16/08/2011 11:51:45 PM 630 Views
I was reading about prions at Cracked.com earlier. Joel - 17/08/2011 01:51:29 AM 662 Views
don't be ridiculous, you don't need to encounter ANY animal LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 02:02:04 AM 569 Views
Technically, humans are animals, but that was actually my point. Joel - 17/08/2011 02:29:46 AM 712 Views
lol that's hysterical LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 03:15:49 AM 575 Views
Wiki is vague on this. Ghavrel - 17/08/2011 07:52:09 AM 579 Views
from what we were taught LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 08:12:06 AM 576 Views
And another scary thing- rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 03:57:28 PM 572 Views
yah, prions are a scary scary thing. LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 01:58:53 AM 579 Views
Well, my paranoia is grounded. rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 04:01:02 PM 561 Views
oh it's definitely grounded. LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 06:33:29 PM 555 Views
Re: Something scary about "animal" diseases- Praziquantel - 17/08/2011 04:45:27 AM 591 Views
Sorry. rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 03:58:39 PM 629 Views
Re: Sorry. Praziquantel - 17/08/2011 09:46:59 PM 596 Views
Interesting. rebelaessedai - 18/08/2011 08:30:39 PM 586 Views
lol you know what's funny? LadyLorraine - 18/08/2011 10:21:53 PM 539 Views
Wait, what? We do?? rebelaessedai - 19/08/2011 07:02:46 PM 672 Views
oh there's no huge funny stories LadyLorraine - 20/08/2011 02:31:35 PM 483 Views
Turns out you're right Praziquantel - 18/08/2011 10:36:42 PM 645 Views
Huh. rebelaessedai - 19/08/2011 07:05:04 PM 492 Views
*shudder* *NM* Avendesora - 17/08/2011 06:57:33 PM 260 Views
If Rinderpest = Foot & Mouth, it most certainly wasn't gone from the First World years ago. Tim - 17/08/2011 05:51:41 PM 599 Views
no, that's not what I meant LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 06:30:28 PM 537 Views
Ah, that's obvious now I read it again. Tim - 17/08/2011 06:52:57 PM 558 Views
yah, as far as they know the chunnel wasn't the cause either LadyLorraine - 18/08/2011 02:34:37 AM 616 Views
In a way, I'm glad I never heard of it, and hope I don't have to deal with it! *NM* Nolan - 17/08/2011 06:36:28 PM 282 Views
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