A transport method for swab specimens submitted for aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "classical" antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (C-ANCA) pattern seen on indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) is characterised by granular cytoplasmic staining showing central or interlobular accentuation, and is strongly associated with antiproteinase-3 antibodies (PR3-ANCA) and Wegener's granulomatosis. H...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong RC,Silvestrini RA,Savige JA,Fulcher DA,Benson EM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm (SPEN) is an uncommon pancreatic tumour. Very rarely it has also been described outside the pancreas, usually arising from heterotopic pancreatic tissue. This report summarises all the published extrapancreatic SPENs and documents the sixth such case arising from heterotopic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tornóczky T,Kálmán E,Jáksó P,Méhes G,Pajor L,Kajtár GG,Battyány I,Davidovics S,Sohail M,Krausz T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological findings are described in four cases of a new aminoaciduria in which homocystine is excreted in the urine. All the patients were mentally retarded children. Three of them presented diagnostic features of Marfan's syndrome. Necropsy on one case and biopsy findings in the others are described. Fatty change ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： GIBSON JB,CARSON NA,NEILL DW

更新日期：1964-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To institute recommendations from a laboratory turnround time study; to evaluate audit methods; and to quantify improvements achieved. METHODS:Changes to result report distribution and specimen delivery were affected by posting results directly from the laboratory followed by the introduction of a twice daily cou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smellie WS,Galloway PJ,Johnston JI

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This best practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in laboratory medicine: (i) "minor" blood platelet count and haemoglobin abnormalities; (ii) diagnosis and monitoring of anaemia caused by iron deficiency; (iii) secondary hyperlipidaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia; and (iv) glycated haemog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smellie WS,Forth J,Bareford D,Twomey P,Galloway MJ,Logan EC,Smart SR,Reynolds TM,Waine C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of skip lesions in an unselected series of temporal artery biopsies and compare the results with other series. METHODS:The study was a retrospective review of 102 consecutive temporal artery biopsies taken in a five year period (1992-1997) in one large hospital. RESULTS:35 cases (34.3%)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poller DN,van Wyk Q,Jeffrey MJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:A case of abnormal chromatin clumping (ACC) which arose during the course of a myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative syndrome is described in a 61 year old woman who died of haemorrhage 43 months after diagnosis. Mature granulocytes exhibited the same nuclear abnormality described in other patients reported. Unusually, s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gardais J

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of liquid media to detect the production of beta-lactamase by beta-lactamase producing organisms has been compared with the conventional method of inoculation on to agar media. Pharyngeal cultures were obtained from 162 children treated with penicillin for acute tonsillitis. beta-lactamase producing organisms ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brook I,Gober AE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:In the natural history of gastric cancer, non-invasive neoplasia (NiN) precedes invasive carcinoma. A histological classification of gastric NiN has recently been proposed by a World Health Organisation international panel of experts. Genetic instability is known to be among the molecular pathways invol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rugge M,Bersani G,Bertorelle R,Pennelli G,Russo VM,Farinati F,Bartolini D,Cassaro M,Alvisi V

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is the preferred surgical technique for staging the axilla in clinically node-negative breast cancer. Accurate intraoperative staging allows for the immediate performance of an axillary clearance in node-positive patients. We assessed the Metasin assay for the intraoperative analys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith GJ,Hodges E,Markham H,Zhang S,Cutress RI

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cases of large-cell lymphoma, diagnosed as centroblastic (5), B-immunoblastic (5) or true histiocytic (5). lymphoma and one case of malignant histiocytosis were studied with monoclonal antibodies. Each diagnosis was based on morphological as well as marker studies. A panel of monoclonal and heterologous antibo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： van der Valk P,van den Besselaar-Dingjan G,Daha MR,Meijer CJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect method of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is described to assess the reactivity of antisera used for the identification of peptide hormone producing cells by immunocytochemistry. Compared with radioimmunoassay and immunodiffusion, the ELISA method has the advantages of simplicity and sensitivi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nierwenhuijzen Kruseman AC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoglobin (Hb) Bonn is a newly described benign Hb variant that causes falsely depressed oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry. It was found to be associated with mild haemolysis. Since its first report in a German family, no further cases have been documented in the literature. We report the first Chinese...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： So CC,Chan AY,Chow EY,Lin SY,Yip SF,Szeto SC,Chan LC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine a model for the evaluation of appropriateness of testing in an emergency biochemistry laboratory. METHODS:A model was devised in which incoming emergency test requests were categorised as appropriate or inappropriate. Explicit criteria were used to define eight minor categories, which were chosen to ref...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smellie WS,Murphy MJ,Galloway PJ,Hinnie J,McIlroy J,Dryburgh FJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper urges the benefits of applying more widely a method for pathology laboratory costing originally devised for a clinical chemistry department, and illustrates these with examples drawn from costing studies in three clinical laboratories. Heads of pathology departments, laboratory managers, administrators and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Broughton PM,Woodford FP

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the relative strengths of association between 23 most commonly ordered laboratory tests and the adverse outcome as indicators of relative criticalness. The lowest and highest results for 23 most commonly ordered laboratory tests, 24 hours prior to death during critical care unit (CCU) stay or discharge f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yang Z,Tan EH,Li Y,Lim B,Metz MP,Loh TP

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptex was compared to routine laboratory identification methods available. The results from Streptex sometimes required several attempts before final identification could be achieved. In the main, group D streptococci other than Strep. faecalis failed to group with the Streptex antisera, and this method cannot ther...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Waitkins SA,Ratcliffe JG,Anderson RD,Roberts C

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera can produce nuclear or perinuclear immunofluorescence staining in neutrophils which may be caused by antibodies with differing antigenic specificities. These include perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (P-ANCA), granulocyte specific antinuclear antibody (GS-ANA), and antinuclear antibody (ANA). Ther...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chowdhury SM,Broomhead V,Spickett GP,Wilkinson R

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common serious primary immunodeficiency. This paper describes the immunological consequences of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a patient with familial CVID subsequently treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS:Serial me...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jolles S,Tyrer M,Johnson M,Webster D

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma clearance of intravenously administered folic acid was abnormally rapid in all of five patients studied with untreated hyperthyroidism; in three, the basal serum L. casei folate level was subnormal. Four of these patients and another patient were studied at various intervals after partial or complete correc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lindenbaum J,Klipstein FA

更新日期：1964-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic extracts were prepared from Aspergillus fumigatus, A niger, A flavus and A terreus for use in enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunodiffusion (ID) tests for Aspergillus antibodies to determine whether the use of antigenic extracts from species other than A fumigatus increased the sensitivity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Froudist JH,Harnett GB,McAleer R

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of 12 commonly used anti-HIV-1/HIV-2 enzyme immunoassays was evaluated. The assays, each of which utilises at least one synthetic HIV antigen, were tested against a panel of 1092 specimens previously designated anti-HIV positive. In a total of 13 104 tests there were eight false negative results attrib...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McAlpine L,Parry JV,Shanson D,Mortimer PP

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apocrine morphology is a common phenomenon encountered in everyday breast pathology practice, and is defined as cuboidal or columnar cells exhibiting abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm, prominent apical granules, a low nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio, and round nuclei with pale chromatin and prominent nucleoli. Apocri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： D'Arcy C,Quinn C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the significance of flat epithelial atypia (FEA) on core biopsy by evaluating the proportion of cases upgraded to in-situ and invasive carcinoma on further sampling with vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) or diagnostic surgical biopsy. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed of all core biopsies contai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rajan S,Sharma N,Dall BJ,Shaaban AM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that a correct qualitative assessment of axillary nodal status can be established by examining only a limited number of lymph nodes. METHODS:Slides from 499 pN1 or pN0 axillary dissection specimens relating to symptomatic breast cancer cases operated on at our institution between 1991 and 1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cserni G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of florid rheumatoid heart disease with complete heart block is described, and the histopathology of the atrioventricular conducting tissue is described in detail. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harris M

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The study sought to determine whether mast cell counts in endobronchial biopsies of large airways are related to mast cell counts in the small airways. METHODS:Lungs, obtained postmortem from 10 subjects who had died of non-respiratory causes, were fixed in inflation. Mast cell densities (cells/mm(3)), de...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Carroll ML,Carroll NG,Gundersen HJ,James AL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Venous invasion (VI) is a known independent prognostic indicator of recurrence and survival in colorectal cancer. The guidelines of the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) state that, in a series of resections, extramural VI should be detected in at least 25% of specimens. However, there is widespread variabili...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Messenger DE,Driman DK,McLeod RS,Riddell RH,Kirsch R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the role of needle core biopsy (NCB) in the preoperative assessment of impalpable breast lesions, mainly derived from the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) and to assess our own modifications to a suggested system for the classification of breast NCBs. METHODS:The NCB, fine needle aspiration ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ibrahim AE,Bateman AC,Theaker JM,Low JL,Addis B,Tidbury P,Rubin C,Briley M,Royle GT

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00