Swab Culture is Inaccurate Test for Determining Tonsillitis

A fascinating study came out in June 2017 that compared the bacteria found on the tonsil surface by swab versus bacteria found within a cor...

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Why Do Allergy Skin Prick and Blood Testing Results Sometimes Differ?

Image by Wolfgang Ihloff in Wikipedia For inhalant allergies, there is a high agreement (~80-90%) in results found between skin prick and bl...

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