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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 1047 Views
Something scary about "animal" diseases- rebelaessedai - 16/08/2011 11:51:45 PM 603 Views
I was reading about prions at Cracked.com earlier. Joel - 17/08/2011 01:51:29 AM 643 Views
don't be ridiculous, you don't need to encounter ANY animal LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 02:02:04 AM 558 Views
Technically, humans are animals, but that was actually my point. Joel - 17/08/2011 02:29:46 AM 697 Views
lol that's hysterical LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 03:15:49 AM 549 Views
Wiki is vague on this. Ghavrel - 17/08/2011 07:52:09 AM 557 Views
from what we were taught LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 08:12:06 AM 560 Views
And another scary thing- rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 03:57:28 PM 548 Views
yah, prions are a scary scary thing. LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 01:58:53 AM 570 Views
Well, my paranoia is grounded. rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 04:01:02 PM 552 Views
oh it's definitely grounded. LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 06:33:29 PM 545 Views
Re: Something scary about "animal" diseases- Praziquantel - 17/08/2011 04:45:27 AM 578 Views
Sorry. rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 03:58:39 PM 584 Views
Re: Sorry. Praziquantel - 17/08/2011 09:46:59 PM 586 Views
Interesting. rebelaessedai - 18/08/2011 08:30:39 PM 578 Views
lol you know what's funny? LadyLorraine - 18/08/2011 10:21:53 PM 525 Views
Wait, what? We do?? rebelaessedai - 19/08/2011 07:02:46 PM 646 Views
oh there's no huge funny stories LadyLorraine - 20/08/2011 02:31:35 PM 467 Views
Turns out you're right Praziquantel - 18/08/2011 10:36:42 PM 625 Views
Huh. rebelaessedai - 19/08/2011 07:05:04 PM 479 Views
*shudder* *NM* Avendesora - 17/08/2011 06:57:33 PM 253 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 574 Views
no, that's not what I meant LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 06:30:28 PM 525 Views
Ah, that's obvious now I read it again. Tim - 17/08/2011 06:52:57 PM 544 Views
yah, as far as they know the chunnel wasn't the cause either LadyLorraine - 18/08/2011 02:34:37 AM 584 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 277 Views
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