A civilian case of fatal meningococcemia due to Neisseria meningitidis, group Y.

abstract：:It has been suggested that kallikrein inhibition may predispose patients with the lupus inhibitor to thrombosis by interfering with the Factor XII-mediated activation of plasminogen. To further investigate this suggestion, the authors measured kallikrein inhibition in 19 patients with the lupus inhibitor. They found t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Killeen AA,Meyer KC,Vogt JM,Edson JR

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of reports have highlighted discrepancies between the DuPont aca and fibrometer-based methods for quantitating plasma fibrinogen levels. Although many authors have suggested that the presence of fibrin(ogen) degradation products are in some way responsible for the discrepancies, no direct test of this hypothe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hoffman M,Greenberg CS

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens is a little-known spiral bacterium. Presented here are two septicemia cases similar in that both occurred in rural northern Virginia, both patients presented with dental infection, and in both cases the organism was first suspected to be Campylobacter. The morphology, motility, bi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Park CH,Hixon DL,Endlich JF,O'Connell P,Bradd FT,Mount PM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the 1978 CAP Hematology Survey were analyzed for the effect of sodium and calcium salts of heparin on the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT). The results indicate that the sodium salt of heparin prolongs the APTT more than the calcium salt at a heparin concentration of 0.2 units/ml. Furthermore, th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Banez EI,Triplett DA,Koepke J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:T-cell large granular lymphocytic (T-LGL) leukemia is associated with B-cell lymphomas (BCLs), especially small BCLs. We aimed to explore and expand upon its association with BCLs. Methods:We retrospectively studied clinicopathologic features of T-LGL leukemia patients with coexisting BCL from January 2001 t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goyal T,Thakral B,Wang SA,Bueso-Ramos CE,Shi M,Jevremovic D,Morice WG,Zhang QY,George TI,Foucar KK,Bhattacharyya S,Bagg A,Rogers HJ,Bodo J,Durkin L,Hsi ED

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (IPF/CFA) are rare and typically terminal events, but their relationship to underlying patterns of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias is unknown. We reviewed autopsy material from patients who died of diffuse alveolar damage in the c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rice AJ,Wells AU,Bouros D,du Bois RM,Hansell DM,Polychronopoulos V,Vassilakis D,Kerr JR,Evans TW,Nicholson AG

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of blood cells to determine immunologic status is becoming an important clinical application of flow cytometric analysis. For a wider use of immunophenotyping technology in clinical laboratories, the authors developed a rapid method to detect monoclonal antibody-labeled cells using forward light scatter/abs...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kim YR,Paseltiner L,Kling G,Yeh CK

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This session of the 2013 Society of Hematopathology/European Association for Haematopathology Workshop was dedicated to B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL)/lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) with recurrent translocations and not otherwise specified. METHODS:In this review, we summarize the cases discussed duri...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Loghavi S,Kutok JL,Jorgensen JL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant B-cell lymphomas represent a heterogenous group of lymphoreticular disorders that involve the skin in about 20% of reported cases. Skin involvement may be primary or secondary (ie, the result of hematogenous spread). Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas (PCBCLs) are thought to take a comparatively favorable co...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sepp N,Weyer K,Haun M,Zelger B,Thaler J,Faber V,Fritsch P,Grünewald K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unilateral multicystic mass in the connective tissue adjacent to the vas deferens in a 46-year-old man is reported. Anatomically, it was distinct from the epididymis and vas and contained no sperm. The epithelial lining was simple, ciliated, and cuboidal to columnar. The cysts were surrounded by connective tissue co...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schned AR,Seremetis GM,Rous SN

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical microscopy (fluids) laboratory evaluates almost every body fluid that is obtained in the hospital. Because the fluids laboratory functions at all hours, it is often the first laboratory to receive a body fluid. In addition to its primary purpose of quantitating categories of cells, the medical technologis...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ben-Ezra J,Stastny JF,Harris AC,Bork L,Frable WJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While plasmacytosis is a common occurrence in early post-bone marrow transplantation biopsy specimens, the significance of plasma cells in such specimens from patients with multiple myeloma (MM) is unknown. We attempted to retrospectively determine, by morphologic assessment of plasma cell percentage, immunohistologic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maia DM,Kell DL,Goates JJ,Warnke RA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Serologic testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has experienced a changing landscape of available assays coupled with uncertainty surrounding performance characteristics. Studies are needed to directly compare multiple commercially available assays. METHODS:Residual serum ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Manthei DM,Whalen JF,Schroeder LF,Sinay AM,Li SH,Valdez R,Giacherio DA,Gherasim C

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the magnitude, significance, and origin of an analytic bias that emerged between our point-of-care (POC) and our central laboratory (CL) methods for the measurement of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and evaluated the analytic accuracy of 7 commonly used HbA1c methods relative to the National Glycohemoglobin Standar...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Holmes EW,Erşahin C,Augustine GJ,Charnogursky GA,Gryzbac M,Murrell JV,McKenna KM,Nabhan F,Kahn SE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For quality-control purposes, federal regulations require cytology laboratories to compare Papanicolaou smear and cervical biopsy reports, if available, and determine the cause of any discrepancies. The authors reviewed 56,497 cervicovaginal smears, of which 1,582 (2.8%) had a subsequent cervical biopsy or endocervica...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Joste NE,Crum CP,Cibas ES

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic value of glypican 3 (GPC3) immunostaining on needle biopsy specimens has not been well assessed. In this study, 120 liver needle biopsy specimens, including 46 from cirrhotic livers and 74 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), were immunohistochemically examined for expression of GPC3. The results showed st...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Anatelli F,Chuang ST,Yang XJ,Wang HL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of HER-2/neu oncogene amplification has become clinically important in the present management of breast cancer and may have important applications in other areas of clinical oncology and scientific research. In situ hybridization is an extremely accurate and sensitive technique for assessing amplificatio...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta D,Middleton LP,Whitaker MJ,Abrams J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is the leading cause of mortality from transfusion therapy. Recipient, donor, and blood product risk factors may have important roles in the occurrence of TRALI. A case-control pilot study of 6 TRALI cases in which HLA-antibody concordance was found and 20 control subjects...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sanchez R,Bacchetti P,Toy P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prognostic utility of multifocal extraprostatic extension (EPE) on biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. METHODS:We conducted retrospective analysis of biochemical recurrence and prognostic pathologic variables in 673 men with stage pT3a/pT3b prostate cancer from 2000 to 201...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Farchoukh L,Laframboise WA,Nelson JB,Bastacky S,Parwani AV,Dhir R

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:With the new screening and treatment guidelines and the prospect of human papillomavirus vaccination for adolescents, the current total volume of Papanicolaou (Pap) tests will be significantly reduced. We used available data to assess the current supply and demand in the cytotechnology labor market and how an expected...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eltoum IA,Roberson J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloproliferative diseases (MPDs) are not associated with consistent cytogenetic or molecular abnormalities. Demonstration of clonal cell growth by analysis of X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) patterns in females provides a promising tool for diagnosis. However, this technique can be complicated by excessive l...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mitterbauer G,Winkler K,Gisslinger H,Geissler K,Lechner K,Mannhalter C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the specificity of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) as a marker for lymphoblastic lymphoma in the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, the authors assayed malignant cells from 142 patients with non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma, as well as cells from normal lymphoid tissue controls. Neoplastic cells from ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Braziel RM,Keneklis T,Donlon JA,Hsu SM,Cossman J,Bollum FJ,Jaffe ES

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to compare the quality of immunohistochemical assays of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) and to compare the intermethod variability of assays from different manufacturers. immunohistochemical staining was entrusted to the following laboratories in Japan: Kyowa Medex, de...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arihiro K,Umemura S,Kurosumi M,Moriya T,Oyama T,Yamashita H,Umekita Y,Komoike Y,Shimizu C,Fukushima H,Kajiwara H,Akiyama F

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a minimally invasive method possibly representing a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) of different causes. We first describe herein the morphologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical features of previously unreported eosinophilic globular deposi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rossi G,Andreani A,Morandi P,Marchioni A,Corradini P,Cappiello G,Bortolotti M,Qosja A,Manzini C,Ferri C,Richeldi L,Cavazza A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is one of the most important monitoring procedures for long-term control of diabetes mellitus. Several analytical methods have been developed for the measurement of glycohemoglobin (GHb). Those most frequently used are ion-exchange chromatography for HbA1c and affinity chromatog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hamwi A,Schweiger CR,Veitl M,Schmid R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of antibodies belonging to IgG class of immunoglobulins with specificity for short ragweed and Bermuda grass in the sera of nonatopic subjects and patients with inhalant allergy (at the time of initial diagnosis, following specific immunotherapy was investigated with an enzyme immunoassay. The intra-ass...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ali M,Ramanarayanan MP,Nalebuff DJ,Fadal RG,Willoughby JW

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old man presented with a malignant tumor involving abdominal lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and lungs, with associated protracted fever and night sweats. The tumor consisted of large pleomorphic cells, often surrounding microabscesses. Intracytoplasmic S100 protein, surface T6, Leu-3a (T4), and HLA-DR antigens ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chan WC,Zaatari G

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following normalization of blood glucose levels, a marked change in the MCV and in the calculated hematocrit was observed in five patients with transient severe hyperglycemia. The addition of varied concentrations of glucose to blood samples from healthy volunteers and from patients with microcytic, macrocytic, and no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Holt JT,DeWandler MJ,Arvan DA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiences of the CAP Survey Program in reticulocyte counts and morphologic identification of reticulocytes from 1971 to 1974 are reviewed. Problems of morphologic identification are reflected in an excessive variance of reticulocyte counts. Statistical sources of variations in counting are identified. The older, ori...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gilmer PR Jr,Koepke JA

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of HLA class I antigens in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) was studied by the immunoperoxidase technique. In the normal testicle, the interstitial cells of Leydig as well as most of the germ cells were significantly stained. In typical seminoma, 75% of the tumor cells in stage I and 30% in stage II ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Klein B,Klein T,Konichezky M,Nyska A,Livini E,Levine I,Zamir R,Kooperman O,Lurie H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00