The Compu-pet 100: a versatile dispenser-diluter for the mechanization of microbiological techniques.

abstract：:Liver diseases are associated with complex haemostasis defects, in which platelets, coagulation, and fibrinolysis may all be affected. The low plasma concentrations of clotting factors often found can be the result of many changes such as impaired synthesis, increased catabolism due to intravascular coagulation, or al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Knot E,Ten Cate JW,Drijfhout HR,Kahlé LH,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-nine specimens of liver tissue from 53 infants with neonatal hepatitis or its sequelae were examined without knowledge of the alpha1-antitrypsin phenotype. Distinctive, diastase-resistant, PAS-positive, pure magenta-coloured, sharply defined globules, 2-20 microns in diameter were found in periportal and parasep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Talbot IC,Mowat AP

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate an indirect immunofluorescence flow cytometry technique in a series of patients with large fetomaternal haemorrhage (FMH). METHODS:Patient samples identified by Kleihauer testing in local laboratories as having FMH > 4 ml were sent for flow cytometric analysis. In a proportion of cases the mothers rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johnson PR,Tait RC,Austin EB,Shwe KH,Lee D

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:Aztreonam blood agar, a new selective medium for Gram positive aerobic bacteria, was evaluated in comparison with conventional media for skin swabs. Aztreonam agar increased the number of isolates of Staphylococcus aureus by 17%. By producing purer growths on primary isolation, it significantly speeded up the identifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wood W,Harvey G,Olson ES,Reid TM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the problems involved in undertaking immunohistochemistry (IHC) and nuclear morphometry using Bouin's fixed prostate biopsies. METHODS:Archival Bouin's fixed and formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded prostatic biopsies were immunostained for three nuclear biomarkers (minichromosome maintenance prot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ananthanarayanan V,Pins MR,Meyer RE,Gann PH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of adult onset Langerhans' cell histiocytosis associated with dysgerminoma in a 35 year old Chinese woman is reported. The patient had a history of dysgerminoma of left ovary 15 years previously and had undergone surgery followed by radiotherapy and an uneventful recovery. She presented again in March 1994...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ng WK,Lam KY,Ng IO

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The separation of mesothelial hyperplasia from early malignant mesothelioma remains one of the most difficult problems in histopathology. Inconclusive cases are termed "atypical mesothelial hyperplasia" and treated expectantly. A 49 year old male pipeline engineer was diagnosed as having atypical mesothelial hyperplas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Scurry J,Duggan MA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described whereby inclusion-bearing cells identified by light microscopy in stained smears of urinary sediment were reprocessed for examination in the electron microscope. The nuclei of the abnormal cells were found to contain numerous virus particles, 35 nm in diameter, which morphologically resembled ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Coleman DV,Russell WJ,Hodgson J,Pe T,Mowbray JF

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of interstitial pneumonia are described. They were characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration of the alveolar walls and protein-rich exudate into the alveolar cavities, with localized hyaline membrane formation. Coxsackie B5 virus was isolated from the lungs of both patients at necropsy. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Flewett TH

更新日期：1965-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoinfective strongyloidiasis is often fatal in immunosuppressed patients or in immunocomprised hosts. An interesting case of Strongyloides stercolaris hyperinfection was seen in an immunocompetent patient. This report describes a case of fatal strogyloidiasis in a 79 year old man, who had suffered gastrointestinal d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mayayo E,Gomez-Aracil V,Azua-Blanco J,Azua-Romeo J,Capilla J,Mayayo R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cryptococcal meningo-encephalitis is described. Treatment with the fungicidal agent amphotericin B resulted in temporary improvement, but the patient relapsed and died 17 months after diagnosis. The pathology and treatment of the disease are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： RIPPEY JJ,ROPER WA,JEANES AL,BRIGHT MV

更新日期：1965-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of ERBB2 (HER2) status in breast carcinomas has become critical in determining response to the humanised monoclonal antibody trastuzumab. The current joint College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines for the evaluation of HER2 status in breast carcinoma involve ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gruver AM,Peerwani Z,Tubbs RR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens from 95 patients attending a venereal diseases clinic were examined for gonococci by three methods--a conventional culture technique using modified Thayer-Martin medium, microscopy of a Gram-stained direct smear, and the Microcult system. For 56% of the specimens the results by all three methods agreed. Assu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Williams RJ,Ratnatunga CS,Hamilton-Miller JM,Brumfitt W

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a histological spectrum of liver disease, from simple steatosis through to cirrhosis. As the worldwide rates of obesity have increased, NAFLD has become the commonest cause of liver disease in many developed countries, affecting up to a third of the population. The...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dyson JK,McPherson S,Anstee QM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Heightened B-cell receptor (BCR) activity in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is well established, and a subset of patients with relapsed DLBCL can benefit from BCR-targeted therapies. Universal outreach of such emerging therapies mandates forming a global landscape of BCR molecular signalling in DLBCL, inclu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Masir N,Akhter A,Roshan TM,Florence CS,Abdul-Rahman F,Tumian NR,Kean-Chang P,Elyamany G,Shabani-Rad MT,Mansoor A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two families with severe sex-linked muscular dystrophy, high levels of alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (HBD), lactate dehydrogenase (LD), aspartate transaminase (AspT), aldolase, and creatine phosphokinase (CPK) were found in the sera of three young affected males. In both families the mother had a raised level...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johnston HA,Wilkinson JH,Withycombe WA,Raymond S

更新日期：1966-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was postulated that the short chain fatty acids (SCFA) produced by anaerobic bacteria might serve as microbial markers in purulent material. Eighteen pus specimens from various sources were analysed by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC), and the SCFA detected were compared with the microorganisms isolated by conventio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ladas S,Arapakis G,Malamou-Ladas H,Palikaris G,Arseni A

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amoebicidal and amoebistatic action in vitro of 24 compounds was tested on two strains of Acanthamoeba, A. polyphaga and A. castellanii, isolated from eye infections in this country. For comparison, the Ryan strain of A. castellanii and Naegleria gruberi L-1 were also examined. Nine compounds showed sufficient act...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nagington J,Richards JE

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 12-month period, 40 146 blood donors were tested for the presence of high titre antitetanus antibodies. An attempt has been made to define the most suitable donors, those with antitetanus antibody titres of 4 IU/ml or above, by virtue of titre, sex, location, and length of time since most recent immunisation...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wiseman IC,Gascoigne ME

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine how epithelial and stromal thymidine phosphorylase expression affects angiogenesis, rapid tumour growth, and decreased apoptotic activity in cervical cancer at varying stages of progression. METHODS:Epithelial and stromal thymidine phosphorylase expression, the microvessel count (reflected by factor ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fujiwaki R,Hata K,Iida K,Maede Y,Koike M,Miyazaki K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutrophil shape change response to a chemotactic formylpeptide was assessed. Neutrophil bipolar shape formation (BSF) was also simultaneously assessed with a Boyden chamber-based neutrophil migration assay. Both assays were precise and relatively reproducible; the average coefficient of variation for the BSF assa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lord RA,Roath S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitor of plasminogen activator has been identified in human platelets by the technique of sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and zymography. The inhibitor has a molecular weight of about 40 000 and is distinct from known plasma protease inhibitors. It is associated almost exclusively wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Booth NA,Anderson JA,Bennett B

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the association between Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and HLA-DR antigen (class II antigen) expression. METHODS:Fifty endoscopic gastric biopsy specimens were studied for the presence of H pylori, degree and type of inflammation, and for HLA-DR antigen expression in the epithelium. The cases ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wee A,Teh M,Kang JY

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the potential efficiency of molecular markers specific for neoplastic change--mutations of the K-ras oncogene and the p53 tumour suppressor gene--in diagnosing pancreatic carcinoma. METHODS:Archival cytology samples obtained from 17 patients with established pancreatic carcinoma were assayed for alte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： van Es JM,Polak MM,van den Berg FM,Ramsoekh TB,Craanen ME,Hruban RH,Offerhaus GJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic renal failure, blood samples for laboratory analysis are often taken via dialysis catheters. This report describes a case of gross spurious hypernatraemia in a blood sample collected from a patient undergoing haemodialysis. After centrifugation of the blood sample in question, the separator ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Srivastava R,Murphy MJ,Card J,Severn A,Fraser CG

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of women with non-specific genital infection were treated for two weeks with tetracycline 250 mg six-hourly and minocycline 100 mg twice daily respectively. Cultures for yeasts were performed before treatment and at the end of the first and second weeks. Before treatment yeasts, mostly Candida albicans, wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Oriel JD,Waterworth PM

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven commercially available screening tests for rheumatoid factor and two quantitative tests have been compared with the standard Rose-Waaler test in a series of 477 sera from patients with various joint diseases. Markedly different results were obtained, and on the basis of our findings suggestions are made as to wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： MacSween RN,Hughes H,Breen C,Kitchen P,Cathcart B,Buchanan WW

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an ovarian serous epithelial neoplasm of borderline type admixed with sarcomatous elements is reported. This combination seems to be extremely rare with only four cases previously reported. It may represent a type of collision tumour or the development of a sarcoma in a growth with borderline differentiation...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Allen C,Stephens M,Williams J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the sources of fetal haemoglobin (HbF) as an indicator in cancer. An immunohistochemical study was carried out on some of the most common kinds of cancer. All of these cancers had serologically high levels of HbF as evaluated previously. METHODS:Immunoaffinity-purified anti-HbF was immunohistochemicall...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wolk M,Martin JE,Reinus C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00