LabCorp buys Esoterix

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LabCorp is becoming Like WalMart.

Could it get any bigger?

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> > > > > > > I know you have done this before, but if you could give

> me

> > a

> > > > > > summary

> > > > > > > of how you went about this.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > I remember you said you had the help of a

microbiologist.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > So, you were ill. And you took matters into your own

> hands.

> > > > WHere

> > > > > > did

> > > > > > > you buy your petri dishes or whatever mediums are

> > necessary,

> > > > and

> > > > > > you

> > > > > > > have said previously microscopes on ebay are cheap adn

> > good.

> > > > What

> > > > > > is

> > > > > > > a good standard power microscope that I could buy that

> is

> > > > cheap

> > > > > on

> > > > > > > ebay? I really don't have any clue. I do probably have

> > > access

> > > > to

> > > > > > > people who would help train me.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Then, where do you get the sample? Is it a blood

sample?

> Or

> > > > did

> > > > > > you

> > > > > > > buy bacteria and just test abx on them? I'm assumign

> theres

> > > > some

> > > > > > way

> > > > > > > you figured out what you had and when it was inhibited

> you

> > > > used

> > > > > > that

> > > > > > > abx until it wasnt then switched.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > I know you've told the story before but I'd like to

hear

> it

> > > > again.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Also, do you just crumble up the tablets, or do you

> always

> > > try

> > > > to

> > > > > > get

> > > > > > > abx in capsule form so they are powder?

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > I don't know if i have the wherewithal todo all this

but

> > I'm

> > > > > > curious

> > > > > > > and have been for a while now. IT is intersting what

you

> > > said

> > > > > > about

> > > > > > > rifampin and drug resistant tb.