QIDP, a Liberal Hand-Out from FDA

On our blog site, ‘QIDP’ stands for “Qualified Infectious Diseases Product” but when you look up ‘QIDP’ on the internet, you will find that it also stands for “Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional”. Looking at the more recent crop of ID products that garnered QIDP status, you wonder whether there is Continue reading QIDP, a Liberal Hand-Out from FDA

CMV Connections: Paul-Bunnell Negative Mononucleosis and ‘Changelings’

Mononuclesosis is an EBV infection that can be diagnosed with the heterophil antibody test developed by Paul and Bunnell. The test is based on the agglutination of sheep erythrocytes with the blood of EBV infected patients. P-B heterophil serology is negative in ‘mononucleosis’ caused by CMV. In this day and Continue reading CMV Connections: Paul-Bunnell Negative Mononucleosis and ‘Changelings’

Google Search for News on “Antibiotics”

The top-line news articles that come up on a Google search when one enters the term “antibiotics” is truly an eclectic bunch. Here is Page 1 of search results after eliminating some duplications. We have a few comments on these headlines for “Breaking News”. Antibiotics, not surgery, could treat appendicitis Continue reading Google Search for News on “Antibiotics”