Rare infectious diseases - Topics

How registries for rare infectious diseases collect cases Why rare infections get missed in the emergency room Can a rare infection be treated with an unapproved drug legally How long it takes to get diagnosed with a rare infection What whole genome sequencing adds when every standard test is negative The cost of treating an infection that fewer than a hundred people get How reference laboratories diagnose what local labs cannot What orphan drug designation means for a rare infection treatment What it feels like to be the first case in your country Why trials for rare infection drugs recruit so slowly How patients find specialists who have seen their rare infection before When a doctor should refer a patient to a tropical or rare disease center How prion disease is usually confirmed only after death Fatal familial insomnia: the inherited prion disease that runs in families What happens to a family when a relative is diagnosed with CJD Why case reports are harder to publish in microbiology journals now