Antitoxin production in antibiotic-associated colitis?

abstract：:Late-stage ovarian carcinoma is almost universally fatal. BRCA mutations are associated with an improved outcome and enhanced sensitivity to platinum chemotherapy, yet recurrence and platinum resistance remain a major problem and highly effective regimens following platinum failure do not yet exist. Here we report a r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Osher DJ,Kushner YB,Arseneau J,Foulkes WD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two out of three cases of idiopathic fibrosis of the mediastinum there was also retroperitoneal fibrosis, and in one of them extensive fibrosis of the lungs. One of these, a fit middle-aged man, died suddenly with severe coronary artery stenosis due to fibrosis. The third case was that of a young man with a solitar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Light AM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes two cases of Osler's triad of pneumonia, meningitis, and endocarditis, as a result of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, also called Austrian's syndrome. In the first patient, a 51 year old non-alcoholic man, the aortic valve was affected and needed to be replaced in an emergency operation. The ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： du Cheyron D,Lesage A,Le Page O,Flais F,Leclercq R,Charbonneau P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary low grade marginal zone B cell lymphoma (MZL) of the breast and localised mammary amyloidosis are exceedingly rare entities. This report describes the case of a woman with long standing Sjögren's syndrome presenting with asymptomatic MZL of the breast showing plasmacytic differentiation, associated with local ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kambouchner M,Godmer P,Guillevin L,Raphaël M,Droz D,Martin A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide synthase (NOS), particularly endothelial and inducible forms (e/i-NOS), are expressed in various cancers, including breast cancer. In mammary fibroepithelial lesions, NOS expression in stromal cells has been reported to be lower in fibroadenomas than in phyllodes tumours. AIMS:To investigate NO...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tse GM,Wong FC,Tsang AK,Lee CS,Lui PC,Lo AW,Law BK,Scolyer RA,Karim RZ,Putti TC

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：AIMS:Mitochondrial diseases form one of the largest groups of inborn errors of metabolism. The birth prevalence is approximately 1/5000 in well-studied populations, but little has been reported from Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the genetics underlying mitochondrial disease in South Africa. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Meldau S,Owen EP,Khan K,Riordan GT

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and simple enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of specific IgG against Toxoplasma gondii was compared with the dye test on 533 serum samples. In general, results were comparable but not with sera that contained high concentrations of toxoplasma specific IgM or that had been heated at 56...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Francis JM,Payne RA,Joynson DH

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and quantitative expression of HBcAg in relation to serum HBeAg and liver histology before and after a trial of interferon in 50 patients with chronic type B hepatitis were evaluated using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. In general, both antisera showed a similar pattern in terms of the distribu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chu CM,Lin SM,Liaw YF

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：AIMS:Use of the polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB PCR) as a basis for making clinical decisions on the initiation of antituberculosis treatment was studied. METHODS:A retrospective study involving a cohort of 155 patients being investigated for tuberculosis in an infectious ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cheng VC,Yam WC,Hung IF,Woo PC,Lau SK,Tang BS,Yuen KY

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunochemical procedure for routine laboratory diagnosis of pregnancy utilizing adsorption of human chorionic gonadotrophin onto kaolin and the Ortho pregnancy test reagents is described. The method is suitable for quantitative assay of urinary human chorionic gonadotrophin and can be adapted for use with serum. I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： ORBAN TD

更新日期：1964-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For breast and prostate cancer, a gene expression signature of the tumour is associated with the development of distant metastases. Regarding head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the only known risk factor is the presence of > or =3 tumour-positive lymph nodes. AIM:To evaluate whether a HNSCC gene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Braakhuis BJ,Senft A,de Bree R,de Vries J,Ylstra B,Cloos J,Kuik DJ,Leemans CR,Brakenhoff RH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) increases after radical prostatectomy are thought to indicate recurrent disease, although some suggest they result from benign prostatic epithelial tissue left at surgical margins. AIMS:To investigate whether presence, location, and extent of benign prostatic tissue at ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kernek KM,Koch MO,Daggy JK,Juliar BE,Cheng L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are first-line molecularly targeted therapies in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who carry sensitising EGFR mutations, due to its superior survival outcomes compared with conventional chemotherapy regimens. In this study, we sought to identify clinic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ng IK,Kumarakulasinghe NB,Syn NL,Soo RA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelomatosis was diagnosed in a 64 year old man on the basis of a serum paraprotein band (type IgG lambda, 42 g/l), plasma cell infiltration of bone marrow, and multiple lytic lesions evident on skull x ray picture. Blood specimens taken into plain glass tubes showed bulky gelatinous clot formation with minimal clot r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Kane MJ,Wisdom GB,Desai ZR,Archbold GP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 5171 inpatients have been tested for HBAg and HBAb during the 18-month period ending in December 1972. The incidence of HBAg (0.116%) was similar to that in blood donors (0.119%) in the same area, being tested for the first time by the same technique. By contrast the incidence of HBAb in patients (0.271%) wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Payne RW,Barr A,Wallace J

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine peripheral blood and skeletal muscle from patients with chronic fatigue syndrome for exogenous retrovirus. METHODS:Blood samples from 30 patients and muscle biopsy specimens of 15 patients were examined for retroviral sequences by DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and Southern blotting hy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gow JW,Simpson K,Schliephake A,Behan WM,Morrison LJ,Cavanagh H,Rethwilm A,Behan PO

更新日期：1992-12-01 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

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

abstract：:Advanced non-small cell lung cancer samples are tested for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations. Their detection by direct sequencing is time-consuming. Conversely, the length analysis of fluorescently labelled PCR products is easier. To avoid labelled primers and the automated capillary electrophore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Malapelle U,Russo S,Pepe F,Sgariglia R,De Luca C,Bellevicine C,Pallante P,Troncone G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotype of 320 strains of Proteus mirabilis from clinical material was determined. Using 20 O antisera and four H antisera 61% of strains could be fully identified and 90% partially identified. A large number of serotypes were recognized but no difference was found between the serotype of organisms infecting the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Louvois J

更新日期：1969-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In decalcified (5% nitric acid) and undecalcified (glycol-methacrylate or resin embedded) routinely processed bone specimens osteoclasts against resorbing surfaces were identified with monoclonal antibodies directed against leucocyte common antigen (LCA) (PD7/26, 2B11), CD68 (KP1), and gpIIIa (Y2/51) but not against H...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Athanasou NA,Puddle B,Quinn J,Woods CG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture of peroral biopsy specimens from duodenal mucosa in vitro for 22 hours using a basic culture medium resulted in the formation of crypt cell nodules. The addition of collagen and serotonin to the culture medium increased the occurrence of the nodules and, invariably, their size. The nodules were situated on the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Challacombe DN,Wheeler EE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe the prostatic adenectomy specimens of six patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) who failed to respond to long term treatment with a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, finasteride. METHODS:Histological sections from six cases of BPH who had been treated with finasteride were investigat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Montironi R,Valli M,Fabris G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of fimbriate strains amongst Escherichia coli freshly isolated from infected urines did not differ significantly from the proportion amongst commensal Esch. coli isolated from the bowel and from non-infected urines. It is concluded that fimbriae play no major role in the pathogenesis of Esch. coli urina...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Buck AC

更新日期：1967-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The chemokine receptor CXCR7 is found on glioma cells and glioma-associated vessels and dependent upon its localisation on tumour or endothelial cells the CXCR7 receptor can mediate glioma cell invasion and tumour angiogenesis. Its expression predicts survival in several types of cancers. METHODS:We immunohistoch...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Birner P,Tchorbanov A,Natchev S,Tuettenberg J,Guentchev M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a rapid, sensitive, and specific non-isotopic in situ hybridisation (NISH) procedure for the detection of Epstein-Barr virus in formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissues. METHODS:Two low molecular weight RNAs, designated EBER-1 and EBER-2 (Epstein-Barr encoded RNA), were used: cells latently infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Khan G,Coates PJ,Kangro HO,Slavin G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultrastructural cytochemical study of lysosomal acid phosphatase was performed on leukemic cells in a case of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia of T cell origin (T-CLL). The cells showed inclusion bodies known as parallel tubular arrays, which often lay within acid phosphatase-positive, membrane-bound spaces. This sugg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Capron F,PErrot JY,Boucheix C,Reynes M,Tricottet V,Bernadou A,Diebold J

更新日期：1982-02-01 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