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    Peter White resigns?

    The Royal Free Hospital Department of Infectious Diseases wanted to enrol me on the PACE trial in 2004. I had been referred there for the investigation and treatment of a specific infection, yet my first appointment was with their CFS clinic. Peter White was involved with their CFS Clinic then...
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    Comment by 'Jelly' in 'ME Mortality'

    Very interesting, Sally. I nearly died from heart failure a couple of years ago, after being ill since 1983. Looks like ME knocks a decade or so off our lives, as MS is known to do. I'm in awe of your bog. I have been researching various infections that are misdiagnosed as ME for some 20 years...
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    Fungal infection in cerebrospinal fluid from some patients with multiple sclerosis.

    What if the pathogenic fungus is not Candida albicans? I think that a lot of us are infected with a fungus called Sporothrix globosa, a recently identified subspecies of Sporothrix schenckii. Schenck grew Sporothrix on grape pulp at room temperature 120 years ago so it should be good enough for...
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    Can people have rust fungus infections?

    You could try growing it on grape pulp at room temperature (20ish deg C). Stop using mouthwashes for a few days, then work up some saliva (not sputum) from your cheeks and spit it into a jar of grape pulp. I think that a lot of us are infected with Sporothrix globosa, a recently identified...