About A Prepared Mind – In R&D

“Chance favors the prepared mind” is the short form of a statement by Louis Pasteur which actually reads: “In the fields of observation chance favours only the prepared mind” or ” Dans les champs de l’observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits prepares”. [1] There is no better example Continue reading About A Prepared Mind – In R&D

CDC Report on Pan-Resistant NDM Klebsiella in Nevada– A Sad Tale

During the past few weeks the case of a patient with MDR Klebsiella infection has made the news. We are told that this particular pathogen is “resistant to 26 antibiotics”. We were informed that the patient had multiple prior hospitalizations in India, supposedly the origin of the uncontrolled untreatable infection. Continue reading CDC Report on Pan-Resistant NDM Klebsiella in Nevada– A Sad Tale

Strep Infections in High Places

George Washington, age 67,  had a bad peritonsillar or epiglottal abscess; indeed, he died from it as his personal physicians resorted to extensive blood letting and did not dare lance the abscess.  He would have recovered with penicillin, I guess, but in his days the best treatment option for quinsy was surgical drainage. Continue reading Strep Infections in High Places