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In the newest Febrile Digest, we chat about SCORTCH as a framework for congenital infections. Check out our guest's overview: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32586930/
Some nice figs below fr the paper 👇
But where did "TORCH" come fr? I tried to take a look in this 🧵
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2/ From what I could tell, the ToRCH acronym originated in the 1970s and has been attributed to Dr. Nahmias: nature.com/articles/pr197…
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There was a proposal from Harold Fuerst for "STORCH" in 1975, to include the omitted syphilis
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…
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There was then "TORCHES" in 1976 from Dr. Brumback
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…
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Other suggestions have included "cheap torches" too, this from Dr. Ford-Jones in 1995: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7567307/
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Just a quick look at where these acronyms came from. Any other versions that you know of? Add them here!
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Stayed tuned for the upcoming cases in the series "Curious Congenital Conundrums"!!
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