Microscopic evaluation of sputum specimens submitted for Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture.

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the standard of care for the initial workup of thyroid nodules, but there is no consensus algorithm to manage patients with benign results. We examined performance characteristics of initial and repeat satisfactory FNAs for all 402 patients who underwent thyroid surgery during a recent ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Flanagan MB,Ohori NP,Carty SE,Hunt JL

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three brands of blood collection tubes were studied for their influence on the prothrombin time (PT) and international sensitivity index (ISI) for 5 commercial thromboplastin reagents. With all reagents, PTs were shorter in Vacutainer (Becton Dickinson Vacutainer Systems, Plymouth, England) samples than in S-Monovette...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： van den Besselaar AM,Hoekstra MM,Witteveen E,Didden JH,van der Meer FJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper's purpose is to document a case of unilateral tonsillar malakoplakia. Escherichia coli was repeatedly cultured from the lesion, and the isolate was studied by expert microbiologists who found no abnormalities in its biologic properties. The course of the lesion was followed by repeated punch biopsies before...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kalfayan B,Seager GM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fresh open lung biopsy material from 57 patients was incubated with fluoresceinated complement and immunoglobulin antisera. An indirect immunofluorescent assay using neonatal lung as substrate was conducted as well. Direct immunofluorescent patterns could be categorized into interalveolar septal capillary deposition, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Magro CM,Morrison C,Pope-Harman A,Rothrauff SK,Ross P Jr

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures from the gallbladder and blood of a 60-year-old man with acute cholecystitis grew Haemophilus aphrophilus. This organism, an unusual isolate in clinical specimens, is most frequently seen in patients with either endocarditis or brain abscesses. Haemophilus aphrophilus may be distinguished from Eikenella corro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huck W,Britt MR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of changes in cytology laboratory costs, including the costs of new technologies, on the cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer prevention has not been studied. Using University of Iowa laboratory detection rates and costs, a decision model determined the cost-effectiveness of the laboratory with and without...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Raab SS,Zaleski MS,Silverman JF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A catenoidal, or saddle-shaped, configuration of the interventricular septum, concave toward the left ventricular cavity in the transverse plane, but convex toward the left ventricular cavity in the apex to base plane, occurs in idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis and possibly may lead to septal hypertrophy and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hutchins GM,Moore GW,Skoog DK

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasing evidence suggests involvement of inflammation in the atherosclerotic process. We examined cytokines and other inflammatory markers in 865 patients with chest pain in whom coronary angiography revealed no evidence of CAD or CAD...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Martins TB,Anderson JL,Muhlestein JB,Horne BD,Carlquist JF,Roberts WL,Carlquist JF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and characteristics of intracellular immunoglobulin inclusions in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are described. Lymphoma cells from three patients with immunoblastic sarcoma contained classic cytoplasmic, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive Russell bodies. Immunoperoxidase staining revealed monoclonal IgG (k) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： van den Tweel JG,Taylor CR,Parker JW,Lukes RJ

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni has recently been recognized as a significant cause of enteritis in humans. The organism has been previously postulated to cause illness by direct invasion of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, but this has not been documented. Reported is a case of Campylobacter enteritis ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Duffy MC,Benson JB,Rubin SJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms with abnormalities of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene (FGFR1) are a rare and aggressive disease group that harbors translocations of FGFR1 with at least 14 recognized partner genes. We report a case of a patient with a novel t(17;21)(p13;q22) with RUNX1 rearrangement a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kumar KR,Chen W,Koduru PR,Luu HS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clotting tests based upon the activated partial thromboplastin time are disturbed by heparin. This brief communication shows that Factor XII clotting activity in plasma samples heparinized in vitro and in vivo can be measured accurately by means of an aPTT-test using congenitally deficient substrate plasma when the pl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lämmle B,Tran TH,Duckert F

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the dispensing and inoculating characteristics of the MIC-2000 micro-broth dilution system and compares its ability to determine minimum inhibitory concentrations with that of the reference macro-broth dilution method. Micro-well filling showed a coefficient of variation of 6.8%, and micro-well...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Woolfrey BF,Ramadei WA,Quall CO

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer with microsatellite instability (MSI) may occur sporadically or be inherited in cases of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome. However, there is no consensus as to which patients must be tested and how to test MSI. In this study, MSI was tested by immunohistochemical analysis an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bouzourene H,Taminelli L,Chaubert P,Monnerat C,Seelentag W,Sandmeier D,Andrejevic S,Matter M,Bosman F,Benhattar J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs-Ag) testing in a large volunteer blood donor population are described. Counterelectrophoresis and three versions of solid-phase radioimmunoassay technic are compared and evaluated. Initial results suggested that the radioimmunoassay technic are compared and evaluated. In...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dodd RY,Ni LY,Mallin WS,Greenwalt TJ

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an unusual variant of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) discovered in a patient with a 90-fold increase in serum ALP. The variant ALP was indistinguishable from the bone isoenzyme when subjected to chemical inhibition, heat inactivation, lectin precipitation, and routine electrophoresis. However, treatme...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schreiber WE,Gorecki T,Bernstein V

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of microcystic adenoma (glycogen-rich cystadenoma) of the exocrine pancreas in a 62-year-old white female presenting with adult-onset diabetes mellitus is reported. Clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural findings are discussed with particular emphasis on the presence of myoepithelial cells, a morphologi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nyongo A,Huntrakoon M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for a simple, sensitive, specific, and inexpensive test for immunoglobulin M antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc IgM). A solid phase passive hemagglutination test (SP-PHA) was developed for this purpose and compared with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. Hepatitis B core an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Petchclai B,Khupulsup K,Kurathong S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DRC (dendritic reticulum cell) antigen expression was studied in 38 cases of B-cell lymphomas including follicular lymphoma. The results of this study showed DRC-1 to be expressed in 1/3 of small lymphocytic; 3/3 of mantle zone lymphoma (MZL); 10/10 of follicular, small cleaved; 6/7 of follicular, mixed; 1/2 of follic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mori N,Oka K,Kojima M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the liver is characterized by neoplastic mucinous and/or biliary epithelium surrounded by ovarian-type stroma. Immunohistochemical studies have shown that the ovarian-type stroma expresses estrogen receptor, suggesting potential hormonal responsiveness. The molecular biology of mu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Van Treeck BJ,Lotfalla M,Czeczok TW,Mounajjed T,Moreira RK,Allende DS,Reid MD,Naini BV,Westerhoff M,Adsay NV,Kerr SE,Rizvi SH,Smoot RL,Liu Y,Davila J,Graham RP

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the expression of cytokeratin (CK) 7, CK20, CDX-2, and p16 in 119 cervical adenocarcinomas (65 usual type [50 invasive; 15 in situ], 37 intestinal type [21 invasive; 16 in situ], 10 endometrioid, 5 adenosquamous, and 2 signet-ring carcinomas) in comparison with 55 cases of rectal adenocarcinomas. The percen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saad RS,Ismiil N,Dubé V,Nofech-Mozes S,Khalifa MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prototype food-bound vitamin B12 (food-B12) absorption test has been developed in which 57Co-B12 was incorporated in vitro into egg yolk (yolk-B12) and served to volunteers in 50-g cooked portions together with toast and coffee for breakfast. Six hours later, 1 mg nonlabeled B12 was given intramuscularly and 24-hour...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Doscherholmen A,Silvis S,McMahon J

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic control achieved by an anticoagulant clinic may be assessed by calculation of the proportion of time spent by the patients within the prothrombin time target range aimed for by the clinic. Three calculation methods for such assessment have been described by other investigators. The three methods were compa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： van den Besselaar AM,van der Meer FJ,Gerrits-Drabbe CW

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old previously healthy man developed cervical adenopathy associated with mild constitutional symptoms. Corynebacterium ovis was isolated in pure culture from lymph node tissue on two separate occasions, and small gram positive organisms were identified in both lymph nodes with tissue gram stain. Histopatholo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goldberger AC,Lipsky BA,Plorde JJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a newly developed molecular biology technique that can significantly amplify DNA or RNA. The process consists of repetitive cycles of specific DNA synthesis, defined by short stretches of preselected DNA. With each cycle, there is a doubling of the final, desired DNA product such...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Remick DG,Kunkel SL,Holbrook EA,Hanson CA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Travenol Hem-O-Scan and the Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) system for determination of the oxygen dissociation curve and P50 values have been evaluated. Using the Hem-O-Scan, an oxygen dissociation curve and P50 value may be obtained on 2 microliter of blood in 40 min, though the pH is not measured. In the IL sys...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nelson MG,Savage GA,Cooke PJ,Lappin TR

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus was the site of a true histiocytic lymphoma. Immunohistochemical demonstration of lysozyme and alpha-1-antitrypsin in the tumor cells indicated the histiocytic nature of the tumor. Five fetal and five adult thymus glands were studied for the presence and distribution of true histiocytic cells. Histiocytes w...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Szporn AH,Dikman S,Jagirdar J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil function was determined in resting and phagocytic cells by an assay of hexose monophosphate shunt activity performed on small volumes of whole blood. This new micromethod clearly differentiated between zymosan-stimulated and unstimulated hexose monophosphate shunt activity. Furthermore, the whole blood micr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： King JW,McCall CE

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-month-old girl, whose parents are first cousins, was hospitalized following a series of severe infections. Results of functional granulocytic tests permitted the diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease (lack of nitroblue tetrazolium dye reduction, impaired bactericidal activity for Staphylococcus aureus but no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corberand J,De Larrard B,Vergnes H,Carrière JP

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workload recording as designed by the College of American Pathologists has proven to be an invaluable aid in the assessment of overall laboratory operation. The administrative information derived from the compilation of these workload statistics is utilized to provide effective and these workload statistics is utilize...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Norbut AM,Foulis PR,Mendelow H

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00