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Pitfalls in the diagnosis & management of Wilson Disease

In this month's @Clin_Chem_AACC features:
- False + ceruloplasmin(⬆️triglycerides)
- False + hepatic copper(?lab error)
- Patient harm (neuropathy, pancytopenia) due 2 copper deficiency on hi dose zinc
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Case report: clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/65/8/9…
Commentary by Twomey highlighting role of IT and QA from clinical pathology: clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/65/8/9…
Commentary by me on the importance of patient-centered testing: clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/65/8/9…
Patients will tell us their diagnosis - if we are listening

Tests can be helpful but also misleading. This story is a cautionary tale.

Thinking about a zinc tweetorial. In the meantime, here's a link to ceruloplasmin #tweetorial
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Antibiotic testing. Let's go.

Tentatively calling this #tweetorial "Antibiotic testing: why and how and huh?"

Important caveat: this is a HUGE topic. I’m mostly going to focus on 1) basic rationale and 2) laboratory methods. And 3) try not to say anything wrong/misleading!
Question #1: Why would a person want to know if bacteria A is resistant to antibiotic B?
And the answer is ...

All are legit answers! But it's very situation dependent and you'd have different reasons for each. Let’s go through them.
#tweetorial #pathtweet #asmclinmicro
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