Abstract:
:The ability of the College of American Pathologists Microbiology Surveys subscriber laboratories to perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing accurately has improved slightly since 1984. Currently (1989 surveys), the accuracies for disk diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration antimicrobial susceptibility testing were 98.2% and 96.1%, respectively. Disk diffusion testing has recently (since 1986) become more popular, along with rapid automated systems, such as the AMS-Vitek System (St Louis, Mo). Rapid tests for beta-lactamase and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase have performed well. Quality control procedures have switched to a cost-effective weekly frequency pattern for nearly 70% of laboratories. Some antimicrobial susceptibility testing problems still exist among anaerobic bacterial methods, procedures for fastidious organisms (Haemophilus, Streptococcus species, Moraxella, pneumococci, gonococci), tests for oxacillin-resistant staphylococci, and the methods for use against nonenteric gram-negative or gram-positive bacilli. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing users subscribing to the College of American Pathologists surveys should strictly follow the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards interpretive and quality control criteria to assure the best performance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, 1988, compliant College of American Pathologists proficiency sample program.
journal_name
Arch Pathol Lab Medjournal_title
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicineauthors
Jones RN,Edson DCsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-05-01 00:00:00pages
429-36issue
5eissn
0003-9985issn
1543-2165journal_volume
115pub_type
杂志文章abstract::We describe tubular antigen-positive immune-complex nephritis in a case of feline renal amyloidosis. Amyloid deposition was observed in mesangial area, and thickening of capillary walls was shown in the majority of the glomeruli. This case was also characterized with typical fluorescent granular depositions of cat IgG...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Crystal-storing histiocytosis is an uncommon form of nonneoplastic histiocytic proliferation that in most patients complicates an underlying lymphoproliferative or plasma cell disorder. Lung is a common site of involvement in patients with localized disease. We present an illustrative example from a 54-year-old woman ...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.5858/arpa.2013-0252-CR
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2001)125<0271:PMMOTL>2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma arising in the ampulla of Vater. The patient, a 74-year-old woman, presented with a 3-cm ulcerated mass located in the ampullary region. She died of disease 8 months after surgery. Microscopically, the tumor was extensively necrotic. It was composed of islands and trabec...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2003)127<221:LCNCOT>2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Five cases of early gastric carcinoma were diagnosed during a one-year period at the Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. All five patients were symptomatic and were diagnosed by a combination of endoscopy, roentgenology, brush cytology, and biopsy specimens. No cases of early gastric carcinoma were ...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1977-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas is a rare entity with low malignant potential and excellent overall prognosis. It has nonspecific clinical presentations such as abdominal pain and nausea, with vague radiologic features. Histologic features of this neoplasm are usually specific. The tumor shows minimally...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.5858/arpa.2016-0322-RS
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[974:SANTOT]2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Keratin and carcinoembryonic antigen immunoperoxidase staining were applied to lung cancer cells in paraffin sections of cell blocks from sputa and bronchial washings. The results correlate well with cytologic diagnosis. The large cell carcinomas are nonreactive with both antibodies. ...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The importance of demonstrating linearity for a clinical chemistry analytical system has caused considerable debate. Disagreement about the way linearity is demonstrated has led to some misunderstanding about just what linearity means to the analytical goals. In many cases where linearity is evaluated by statistical m...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1047:TCOBSP]2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2003)127<0283:ALRSOI>2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The final decade of the last century of the second millennium ad has seen dramatic changes in all aspects of science and health care. In transfusion medicine, the blood supply is the safest it has ever been. Newer refinements and innovations are continuously being researched and implemented to achieve and further enha...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1043/0003-9985(1999)123<0672:IOIOTM>2.0.CO;2
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The costs of producing quality medical care and the proper allocation of resources to assure quality are major contemporary concerns. Minimalists attempt to improve quality and lower costs through the application of the theory, "less is more." Bureaucracies make the same attempt through the denial of payments for "unn...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although atrial myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, the synchronous occurrence of myxomas of the intestine and the heart has not been reported in the English literature. We report a case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with small bowel obstruction by a pedunculated mass that was found to be a my...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2003)127<0481:MOTSBI>2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Recent discoveries have expanded the spectrum of nonneoplastic pulmonary lymphoproliferative disorders and have provided new insights into their pathogenesis and treatment. OBJECTIVE:To review the thoracic manifestations of immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related sclerosing disease and summarize current concepts and di...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1043/1543-2165-134.5.691
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,评审
doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2003)127<0432:SFTITC>2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5858/arpa.2012-0546-OA
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The lymph nodes from 50 axillary node dissections were evaluated by light microscopy and immunohistochemistry for the presence of dermatopathic lymphadenitis-like histologic features. On the basis of hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections alone, a histologic continuum was observed ranging from minimal paracortical changes...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of epithelioid sarcoma was studied light microscopically, ultrastructurally, and immunohistologically. The tumor was a deep antebrachial mass in a 57-year-old man, and led to antebrachial amputation. Light microscopically, the tumor consisted of nodules that often had central necrosis. The cells were uniform, w...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:As we write, novel antibodies that may well alter the routine practice of surgical neuropathology are in development, characterization, and the early stages of clinical use. These will be used for purposes of tumor subclassification, as prognostic markers, as identifiers of potential therapeutic targets, and as...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[500:TDDOCN]2.0.CO;2
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The performance of participants on the 1990 Comprehensive Blood Bank Surveys of the College of American Pathologists was consistent with the high quality of past surveys. The surveys include challenges in ABO and Rh typing, crossmatching, transfusion decisions, unexpected antibody detection and identification, and sup...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Anorectic agents, such as aminorex and fenfluramine derivatives, have been associated previously with the development of primary pulmonary hypertension. The combination diet drug phentermine-fenfluramine (or "phen-fen") was recently marketed in the United States. We describe a case of a 39-year-old woman with rapidly ...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1043/0003-9985(1999)123<0539:CVLAAI>2.0.CO;2
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The concentration of neuron-specific enolase (NSE, gamma-subunit of enolase) in tumor extracts of 25 nonargyrophilic and seven argyrophilic carcinomas of the female breast was measured by radioimmunoassay. The mean concentration of NSE in nonargyrophilic carcinomas was 89 ng/mg of protein, (range, 9 to 281 ng/mg), and...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:- Intradepartmental consultation is a routine practice commonly used for new diagnoses. Expert interinstitutional case review provides insight into particularly challenging cases. OBJECTIVE:- To investigate the practice of breast pathology consultation at a large tertiary care center. DESIGN:- We reviewed bre...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5858/arpa.2016-0371-OA
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:The role of pathologists' assistants (PAs) in terms of surgical and autopsy prosection has been well established; however, the role of PAs in areas beyond surgical and autopsy pathology, such as laboratory administration and management, education, and research, is not so well understood. OBJECTIVE:To determine...
journal_title:Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5858/arpa.2011-0629-OA
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00