Corticosteroids as adjunctive treatment in Austrian's syndrome (pneumococcal endocarditis, meningitis, and pneumonia): report of two cases and review of the literature.

abstract：:A 19 year old man presented with unilateral testicular swelling and pain. An initial diagnosis of epididymo-orchitis was modified to a presumed testicular neoplasm following ultrasonography. The final diagnosis of isolated testicular vasculitis was established following histological examination of the orchidectomy spe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Warfield AT,Lee SJ,Phillips SM,Pall AA

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the measurement of vitamin B(12) absorption by counting the radioactivity of 5 ml. serum obtained eight to 10 hours after the ingestion of an oral dose of 0.5 mug. vitamin B(12) labelled with 0.5 muc. (57)Co are compared with those obtained with the urinary excretion (Schilling) test. Inadequate urine c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Forshaw J,Harwood L

更新日期：1966-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique devised by Moore (1960) for determining the sensitivity of staphylococci to mercuric chloride was investigated and the effect of variations in the medium determined. An alternative technique, in which paper discs impregnated with phenyl mercuric nitrate are used, was found to give identical results. Thre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： GREEN SM

更新日期：1962-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Lung cancer predictive biomarker testing is essential to select advanced-stage patients for targeted treatments and should be carried out without delays even during health emergencies, such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. METHODS:Fifteen molecular laboratories from seven different European countries compa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Malapelle U,Pisapia P,Iaccarino A,Barberis M,Bellevicine C,Brunnström H,de Biase D,De Maglio G,Ericson Lindquist K,Fassan M,Fontanini G,Gruppioni E,Hofman P,Merkelbach-Bruse S,Molina Vila MA,Pujals A,Rapa I,Righi L,Ro

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the effect of 10 day triple treatment on H pylori eradication and associated gastritis. METHODS:Fifty patients with H pylori positive non-ulcer dyspepsia were treated for 10 days with amoxicillin, tinidazole, and bismuth salts. Histological examination of the antral mucosa was performed before (T0), s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Di Napoli A,Petrino R,Boero M,Bellis D,Chiandussi L

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs of a clinical chemistry laboratory in a district general hospital were studied. The system used has certain advantages over the conventional Cooper Lybrand method. The time taken by technicians to perform tests was more variable than expected and the cost of sample collection was higher than process-cost for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stilwell JA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histological diagnosis of pT4 stage is used as the basis for offering adjuvant therapy to patients with colorectal cancer. Histological features diagnostic of pT4 stage in colorectal cancer include: (1) presence of tumour perforation, (2) invasion of an adjacent organ, (3) direct or discontinuous tumour extending to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Swamy R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Neisseria species other than N gonorrhoeae and N meningitidis normally comprise part of the commensal bacterial flora of the oropharynx, they may occasionally act as opportunistic pathogens. Infections in which these organisms have been implicated include cases of endocarditis, meningitis, septicaemia, otitis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johnson AP

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of adult T cell leukaemia neoplastic T cell infiltration in the skin was accompanied by an increase in Langerhans cells. This is in keeping with the view that Langerhans cells may induce antigen-specific and allogenic T cell activation. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shamoto M

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper records the results of the intravenous inoculation of chick embryos with type 5 gonococci and establishes that these strains are pathogenic. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hafiz S,Jennings R,McEntegart MG,Jephcott AE

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This memorandum proposes a standardized system of reporting the histology of human lymph nodes based on commonly used simple staining techniques. The purpose is to provide a uniform, internationally acceptable system by which the histological structure of lymph nodes can be correlated with other parameters of immunolo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cottier H,Turk J,Sobin L

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ultraviolet light (UV) is known to cause DNA damage in the epidermis. The damaged DNA is repaired or deleted by apoptosis to prevent the generation of cancer. It has been suggested that a deficient apoptotic mechanism may predispose individuals to skin cancer. Therefore, the response of normal controls and patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Murphy M,Mabruk MJ,Lenane P,Liew A,McCann P,Buckley A,O Flatharta C,Hevey D,Billet P,Robertson W,Javed S,Leader M,Kay E,Murphy GM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (Q-RT-PCR) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) detection and explore the potential of using glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA as an internal control to exclude false negative results. METHODS:SAR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong SC,Chan JK,Lee KC,Lo ES,Tsang DN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1971 and 1972, 71 cultures of neisseriae that attacked lactose were received by this laboratory. All strains except one from an eye swab were from the nasopharynx of healthy subjects. Nineteen similar strains from the nasopharynx were isolated in this laboratory. The characteristics of these strains were compar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pykett AH

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the presence of carcinoma in situ (CIS) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and to see if the number of biopsy sites facilitates detection of CIS. METHODS:Formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded biopsy specimens (n = 285) from 187 patients with NPC in 1987 were studied for the presence of CIS ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chan CW,Nicholls JM,Sham JS,Dickens P,Choy D

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a readily applicable polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based technique which would permit the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Bactec phials at an earlier stage than currently available methods. METHODS:Mycobacterial cells cultured in Bactec 12B medium were harvested by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cormican MG,Barry T,Gannon F,Flynn J

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostic factors in predicting outcomes in patients with head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are limited to the clinical-pathological parameters, including lymph node metastasis, location, grade and stage of the disease. AIM:To determine whether the expression of these proteins has a value in pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mhawech-Fauceglia P,Dulguerov P,Beck A,Bonet M,Allal AS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number and density of argyrophil endocrine cells were morphometrically calculated in gastric fundal mucosal biopsy specimens taken from 64 patients with pernicious anaemia (five with gastric carcinoids, 15 with nodular argyrophil cell hyperplasia, 44 with diffuse argyrophil cell hyperplasia) and from 14 healthy co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sjöblom SM,Sipponen P,Karonen SL,Järvinen HJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features and special investigations in a case of multiple myelomatosis are described. The finding of exfoliated ;myeloma cells' in the urine of this case is thought to be unique, these cells closely resembling the myeloma cells seen in the bone marrow. The necropsy findings indicated that the origin of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： PROWSE CM,BLECHER TE

更新日期：1962-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate a new enzyme immunoassay (EIA) method for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin by comparing it to cytotoxicity assay. To investigate the nature of false negative and false positive EIA results by evaluating clinical and therapeutic parameters. METHODS:737 consecutive diarrhoeal specimens collected ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vargas SO,Horensky D,Onderdonk AB

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe osteomalacia (confirmed by the examination of thin undecalcified bone biopsy sections) associated with hypophosphataemia developed in a 60 year old woman. A skeletal x-ray survey showed a lytic lesion in the right proximal femur, and this was curetted, showing a vascular tumour. The patient's symptoms improved ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McClure J,Smith PS

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidance by bacteriologists and changes in theatre and ward disciplines have greatly improved the results of urological surgery in recent years. The most noteworthy successes have been in treatment of chronic retention with renal failure, and in prevention of the bacteraemia which may occur following removal of the po...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： MITCHELL JP,GILLESPIE WA

更新日期：1964-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Whole slide images (WSI) have been used in many pathology applications such as teleconsultation, teaching and research, but not in primary diagnostics. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of using WSI in primary diagnostics of paediatric pathology specimens and placental tissue. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Al-Janabi S,Huisman A,Nikkels PG,ten Kate FJ,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine tumour samples immunohistochemically for MUC1 (episialin), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and c-erbB-2, since the disruption of the cell-cell adhesion system by MUC1 and the c-erbB oncoprotein family is known to be important in the development of metastasis in human cancers. METHODS:93 tumour ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Guddo F,Giatromanolaki A,Koukourakis MI,Reina C,Vignola AM,Chlouverakis G,Hilkens J,Gatter KC,Harris AL,Bonsignore G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T(4)-free thyroxine index was used as the thyroid function test of first choice in a district general hospital for one year. Ninety-two patients were assessed both initially and at follow up by a single physician. The index agreed with clinical assessment in 69 out of 74 patients in whom diagnosis was unequivocal....

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Howorth PJ,Ward RL

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of the serum complement components, C3 and C4, in patients with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and miscellaneous gastrointestinal disorders were compared with those of normal blood donors. Significant increases of both components were found in all three patient groups, the highest being in patients with C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ross IN,Thompson RA,Montgomery RD,Asquith P

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effect of pregnancy on C4d concentrations and to assess whether C4d remains a useful disease activity marker in the management of connective tissue diseases during pregnancy. METHODS:Plasma C3, C4, and C4d concentrations were measured in 83 women at various stages of normal pregnancy and compared...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hopkinson ND,Powell RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A latex enzyme immunoassay (LEIA) for detecting IgG class antibody to rubella virus was compared with the latex agglutination test (LA) and a haemagglutination inhibition assay (HI). Of 243 sera tested, four discrepant results were observed among all three techniques, corresponding to borderline values. Except for one...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Duverlie G,Roussel C,Driencourt M,Orfila J

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish whether abnormalities in the course of the vertebral artery occur and whether they are relevant to arterial injury associated with head and neck movements. METHODS:Twenty vertebral arteries were carefully dissected at necropsy and abnormalities in course were noted, along with any other bony or carti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johnson CP,Scraggs M,How T,Burns J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is an infection, congenital or acquired, caused by Toxoplasma gondii. A pilot study using toxoplasmin skin antigen was undertaken to establish the incidence of the infection in the London area as a preliminary to a larger study of the effects of the infection upon pregnancy, the foetus, and the newborn i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ruoss CF,Bourne GL

更新日期：1969-11-01 00:00:00