Salmonella, Shigella, and yersinia.

abstract：:Recent developments in the surgical pathology of the vulva include updated classifications of non-neoplastic epithelial disorders and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasias. Several histologic variants of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with distinct clinicopathologic features have been described. The concept of super...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Johnson TL

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides surgical pathologists an overview of health information systems (HISs): what they are, what they do, and how such systems relate to the practice of surgical pathology. Much of this article is dedicated to the electronic medical record. Information, in how it is captured, transmitted, and conveyed...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Sirintrapun SJ,Artz DR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility testing of microorganisms isolated from blood cultures should follow the guidelines of the NCCLS in the selection of antimicrobial agents and the method for testing. Standardized testing can be performed on isolated colonies from pure subcultures of the blood/broth mixture. Direct susceptibility testing...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Mirrett S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methodologic aspects including causes of factitious hyperphosphatemia and hypophosphatemia are summarized. The differential diagnosis of hyperphosphatemia is reviewed under its three broad causes: decreased glomerular filtration rate, increased exogenous or endogenous phosphate load, and increased renal tubular phosph...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Bourke E,Yanagawa N

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After more than 6 decades of clinical practice, the transplant community continues to research noninvasive biomarkers of solid organ injury to help improve patient care. In this review, we discuss the clinical usefulness of selective biomarkers and how they are processed at the laboratory. In addition, we organize the...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Choi J,Bano A,Azzi J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and adaptation of synthetic substrates has introduced new concepts and methodologies to the coagulation laboratory. Synthetic substrates offer potentially improved standardization over conventional testing, providing a rapid, sensitive, and specific way to measure enzymes directly. ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Musgrave KA,Triplett DA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews cytomorphology of rare malignant tumors of the breast: squamous carcinoma, metaplastic carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, apocrine carcinoma, secretory carcinoma, lipid-rich carcinoma, and carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous features. It is important to bear in mind the cytomorphology and diagnos...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Khalbuss WE

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbed liver parenchymal cell function adversely impacts on the hemostasis system, the extent of which correlates with the degree of liver disease. Because liver parenchymal cells synthesize most factors of the clotting and the fibrinolytic systems, levels of these procoagulant and anticoagulant as well as profibri...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Mammen EF

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in the genome of hepatitis B virus has been associated with a number of clinical parameters, but there is a paucity of functional data to show a causal relationship. For example, variants of the core and X genes have been linked with the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis, viral replication efficiency, and se...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Carman WF

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2014 to 2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD), through the sheer size of the outbreak and combined experience within both resource-rich and resource-poor settings, allowed for more information to be gained about the clinical and pathologic features of EVD. This review highlights the range of aspects of EVD that the autho...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Brown CS,Mepham S,Shorten RJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a system for collecting usage metrics from widely distributed automation systems. An application that records and stores usage data centrally, calculates run times, and charts the data was developed. Data were collected over 20 months from at least 28 workstations. The application was used to plot...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Benn N,Turlais F,Clark V,Jones M,Clulow S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma represents a substantial source of risk within dermatology and dermatopathology. This article seeks to provide general pathologists, dermatologists and dermatopathologists with an overview of the basics principles of medical malpractice litigation, a review of the essentials of reporting and the importance of...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： High WA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry immunophenotyping of the hematopoietic cells from the bone marrow can help with diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of chronic myeloid neoplasms. Unlike with B-cell neoplasms, there is no simple phenotypic test to substitute for clonality. Therefore, antigen panels to evaluate myeloid neoplasms are larger...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Shi M,Nguyen P,Jevremovic D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute accidental iron poisoning is a common serious and potentially fatal intoxication in the young child. Approximately 1 per cent of such poisoning have a fatal outcome, and outcome is closely related to the early onset of coma or shock. Long-term prognosis is excellent for all survivors of the acute episode, althou...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Henretig FM,Temple AR

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exciting era exists as a result of the introduction of novel markers of myocardial damage. The prognostic implications of troponins, even in the setting of "minor myocardial damage," are potentially of immense value to patient care. We need to take the next step and assess the outcomes of interventions in these set...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Tymchak WJ,Armstrong PW

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pet guinea pigs are presented to veterinary clinics for routine care and treatment of clinical diseases. In addition to obtaining clinical history and exam findings, diagnostic testing may be required, including hematological assessments. This article describes common blood collection methods, including venipuncture s...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Zimmerman K,Moore DM,Smith SA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease prevention requires sociopolitical change, which in turn requires the participation of those for whom the change is intended, including demographic groups at high risk for disease, appropriate governmental authorities, and essential health care personnel. Multiparous women of lowest socioeconomic status, the d...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Suba EJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary bacterial serology relevant to medicine involves poly- and monoclonal antibodies to study pathogenic bacteria and nonpathogenic organisms useful in controlling infectious diseases. Monoclonal antibody applications include immunodiagnostics, prophylaxis and serotherapy, and microbial biotechnology and mole...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Conway de Macario E,Macario AJ

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs ingested in overdose can have altered pharmacokinetics of absorption, distribution, and elimination. The pathophysiologic consequences of overdose can also change a drug's pharmacokinetic properties. Many toxicologic interventions are based on modifying the drug's pharmacokinetics (e.g., impairing absorption or ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Platt D

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India is a global leader in diabetes, currently with second largest pool of diabetes in the world. Asian Indian phenotype is uniquely predisposed to develop type 2 diabetes because of strong familial aggregation as well lifestyle factors of imprudent diet and sedentary physical habit. The typical Asian Indian phenotyp...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Joshi SR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable advances have been made in identifying women whose pregnancies are at the greatest risk for fetal Down syndrome and other aneuploidies. Maternal serum tests and ultrasonography in either the first or second trimester provide effective prenatal screening. However, the most efficacious protocols are based o...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Shamshirsaz AA,Benn P,Egan JF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formal medical and public health microbiology (MPHM) fellowship programs play a key role in preparing future clinical microbiology laboratory directors for their leadership and management responsibilities. Given the continually evolving MPHM field, fellowships must remain adaptable to changes in the field, providing t...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Pritt BS,Bowler CA,Theel ES

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard business inventory procedures can be cost effective when they are adapted to hospital laboratory inventory management in a 500-bed hospital. The investment in a central laboratory store-room and one additional employee yields financial benefits and indirect service benefits. The system requires consistent use...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Weinstein W,Wenk RE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the start of the twenty-first century, a dramatic change occurred in the clinical laboratory community. Concepts from Metrology, the science of measurement, began to be formally applied to clinical laboratory field methods, resulting in a new appreciation of metrological calibrator traceability. It is a change beca...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Armbruster D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade has witnessed the transformation of first-trimester Down syndrome screening from an aspiration to a clinical reality. First-trimester screening now equals or exceeds the diagnostic accuracy of conventional midtrimester screen while realizing an important desire of pregnant women for early diagnosis. Be...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Bahado-Singh RO,Argoti P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An obvious advantage of a combined PAP and PSA measurement is the increased sensitivity of detection. Furthermore, the use of both markers in monitoring patients with prostatic carcinoma offers the advantage of a greater number of patients with objective parameters for follow-up. ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Saito Y

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple, inexpensive procedures for rapid identification of the common bacterial pathogens are outlined in detail. When the tests are judiciously applied, most isolates can be identified within minutes or hours, and strains that require more extensive testing for accurate identification will be recognized. ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Barry AL

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Point-of-care testing is an emerging specialty in laboratory medicine and has attracted considerable interest in the medical literature. This article presents a general overview of point-of-care testing including its history, menu, clinical utility, aspects of analytical performance, regulatory issues, and management ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Lee-Lewandrowski E,Lewandrowski K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify specific strains within a given species of pathogen is an important aid in the rational development of effective measures to prevent and control nosocomial infections. The efforts of both microbiologist and hospital epidemiologic are facilitated greatly by the availability of the newer molecula...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Sader HS,Hollis RJ,Pfaller MA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing psychotropic medications for the treatment of mental illnesses, including antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and antipsychotics, are clinically suboptimal. They are effective in only a subset of patients or produce partial responses, and they are often associated with debilitating side effects that discourage...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Zandi PP,Judy JT

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00