Computer-assisted pathology encoding and reporting system (CAPER).

abstract：:One of the functions of von Willebrand factor (vWF) is to serve as a carrier of clotting factor VIII (FVIII). Deficiency of this function results in the von Willebrand disease (vWD) variant type 2N, which resembles hemophilia A. We describe a new sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to study the ability ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Casonato A,Pontara E,Zerbinati P,Zucchetto A,Girolami A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay using oligonucleotide primers to detect mecA and 16S ribosomal RNA gene was developed to aid in identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Validation included 99 isolates of staphylococcus grouped into one of five categories: methicillin-susceptible coagula...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Salisbury SM,Sabatini LM,Spiegel CA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine dipstick jars often are left uncapped, which led the authors to wonder what effect prolonged air exposure might have on dipstick accuracy. Unexpired Ames Multistixs (Miles Inc., Elkhart, IN) were exposed to ambient air for intervals of up to eight weeks and were used to test urine for the presence or absence of ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cohen HT,Spiegel DM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the March 2004 implementation of American Association of Blood Banks standards regarding platelet bacterial detection, we began quantitative glucose screening of whole blood-derived platelets (WB-P). The glucose level was measured immediately before component release--often storage day 4 or 5--using the Glucomet...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： McKane AV,Ward N,Senn C,Eubanks J,Wessels L,Bowman R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is apparently the second report of a case of human meningoencephalitis caused by the nematode Micronema deletrix. The patient had severe granulomatous meningoencephalitis with numerous foci of hemorrhage and encephalomalacia. Numerous adult female and larval M. deletrix were in the brain. The organisms probably i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shadduck JA,Ubelaker J,Telford VQ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five cases of tubal or tubo-endometrioid metaplasia that occurred in patients from 21 to 51 years of age (mean 39 years) are described. The majority of the cases were seen in consultation. They were referred because of diagnostic problems resulting from features that have received little emphasis. The metaplasi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Oliva E,Clement PB,Young RH

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-100 protein was detected in a small number of human peripheral T-lymphocytes by a direct immunoperoxidase method with the use of monospecific antibody to S-100 protein. Complemented-mediated lysis using monoclonal antibodies revealed that the S-100+ T-lymphocytes bore OKT3, OKT8, and OKT11 antigens but not OKT4, OKM...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Takahashi K,Isobe T,Ohtsuki Y,Sonobe H,Yamaguchi H,Akagi T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The international sensitivity index (ISI) calibration of point-of-care-test (POCT) prothrombin time (PT) whole blood monitors is complex, requiring manual PT testing of 60 patients' and 20 healthy subjects' plasma samples. The possibility of reducing these numbers was studied by a Monte Carlo Bootstrap study for 2 POC...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poller L,Keown M,Chauhan N,van den Besselaar AM,Tripodi A,Jespersen J,Shiach C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma biomarker analysis requires intact unbiased starting material. We analyzed the effects on plasma protein profiles of protease inhibitor cocktails and preprocessing storage. Plasma from 12 healthy subjects collected with and without protease inhibitors was prepared immediately and after 2 hours of room temperatu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ayache S,Panelli M,Marincola FM,Stroncek DF

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 1985 to December 1990, 2,552 endomyocardial biopsy specimens from 209 heart transplant patients were studied. Forty-four (21%) patients developed 45 episodes of major human cytomegalovirus infection (HCMV). Human cytomegalovirus infection was primary in 13 of 44 patients. Thirty-one patients developed ep...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arbustini E,Grasso M,Diegoli M,Percivalle E,Grossi P,Bramerio M,Campana C,Goggi C,Gavazzi A,Vigano M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several adulterants are used to mask tests for abused drugs in urine. Adulterants such as "Klear" and "Whizzies" contain potassium nitrite, and "Urine Luck" contains pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC). The presence of these adulterants cannot be detected by routine specimen integrity checks (pH, specific gravity, and tem...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dasgupta A,Wahed A,Wells A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the significance of 40% or more leukemic cells in hand-mirror configuration in the bone marrow (hand-mirror cell leukemia), eight of 34 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and one of 17 cases of acute myeloblastic leukemia were collected from a six-year period. Five of the eight patients who ha...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Glassy EF,Sun NC,Okun DB

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen cases of disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI), representing a total of 27 bone marrow specimens, were studied. The patients ranged from 25 to 46 years of age and included ten immunocompromised and three immunocompetent hosts. Peripheral blood findings included anemia in all patients, leukopen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Farhi DC,Mason UG 3rd,Horsburgh CR Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum ferritin, serum iron, and unsaturated iron binding capacity were studied in 64 patients with beta homozygous thalassemia (BHT), 120 patients with beta heterozygous thalassemia, and 46 normal subjects. Incidence of iron overload seen in 32 BHT cases was similar in untransfused and transfused cases. Among heterozy...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saraya AK,Kumar R,Choudhry VP,Kailash S,Sehgal AK

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with an acute burn was noticed to have spuriously elevated platelet counts on an automated system. The major factor accounting for this discrepancy was the presence of numerous microspherocytes which were in the same size range of platelets. It is thus important to add microspherocytosis as an additional cau...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Akwari AM,Ross DW,Stass SA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method using the RNA polymerase chain reaction technique to diagnose infection retrospectively using single-stranded RNA enteroviruses in paraffin-embedded tissue blocks is reported. This method takes advantage of extreme sequence conservation in the 5' untranslated region of the enteroviral genome and uses two roun...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Redline RW,Genest DR,Tycko B

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary osteomyelitis in a teen-aged boy that mimicked Ewing's tumor radiologically showed small Gram-negative rods on the original smear. The organism isolated was an obligately anaerobic bacterium, finally identified as Clostridium sphenoides. This finding underlines the need for microbiologic analysis of orthopedic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Isenberg HD,Lavine LS,Painter BG,Rubins WH,Berkman JI

更新日期：1975-09-01 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:To evaluate the prevalence of potentially unnecessary repeat testing (PURT) and the associated economic burden for an inpatient population at a large academic medical facility. Methods:We evaluated all inpatient test orders during 2016 for PURT by comparing the intertest times to published recommendations. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hueth KD,Jackson BR,Schmidt RL

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to find descriptors to identify chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Sézary, granular, and villous lymphocytes among normal and abnormal lymphocytes in peripheral blood. METHODS:Image analysis was applied to 768 images from 15 different types of lymphoid cells and monocytes to determine four discrim...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Puigví L,Merino A,Alférez S,Boldú L,Acevedo A,Rodellar J

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoperoxidase strains for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostatic acid phosphatase (PAcP), epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), and cytokeratins (MAK 6 and CK-KES) were performed on 1 case of squamous cell carcinoma of the prostate and on 13 cases of squamous metaplasia of prostatic epithelium in an effort to demo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lager DJ,Goeken JA,Kemp JD,Robinson RA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data collection can be enhanced with the use of computers. Care must be taken, however, to ensure that the data collected have a purpose and meet either the quality assessment needs or business functions of the transfusion service. Required data elements are frequently in several data repositories and must be merged t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Butch SH

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Edoxaban, an oral direct factor Xa inhibitor, does not require routine monitoring. However, assessment of the anticoagulant effects may be required in certain situations. METHODS:We investigated the effects of edoxaban on prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and thrombin gene...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Morishima Y,Kamisato C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The metaplastic intestinal epithelium in Barrett esophagus (BE) occasionally contains Paneth cells; however, little is known regarding the prevalence and significance of Paneth cell metaplasia (PCM) in BE. METHODS:We evaluated 757 esophageal biopsy specimens with intestinal metaplasia (IM) for PCM. Outcome ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen W,Frankel WL,Cronley KM,Yu L,Zhou X,Yearsley MM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a retrospective analysis of colonic spirochetosis in 14 cases: females, 3; males, 11; children, 4; adults, 10. Two men had HIV infections. All children and both HIV-infected men had abdominal complaints, diarrhea, or both. Most other adults underwent colonoscopy for polyp screening (n = 4) or follow-up of...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koteish A,Kannangai R,Abraham SC,Torbenson M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structure resembling a sulfur granule found in histologic sections of endometrium from patients with intrauterine contraceptive devices is described. It is distinguished from a true sulfur granule on morphologic grounds and is further characterized as a foreign substance, most probably fragments of the synthetic con...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Brien PK,Roth-Moyo LA,Davis BA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:A report on the multicenter evaluation of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper CA System (MBT-CA; Bruker Daltonics, Billerica, MA) for the identification of clinically important bacteria and yeasts. Methods:In total, 4,399 isolates of medically important bacteria and yeasts were assessed in the MBT-CA. These included ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wilson DA,Young S,Timm K,Novak-Weekley S,Marlowe EM,Madisen N,Lillie JL,Ledeboer NA,Smith R,Hyke J,Griego-Fullbright C,Jim P,Granato PA,Faron ML,Cumpio J,Buchan BW,Procop GW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The probabilities of low transferrin saturation, folic acid, or vitamin B12 levels in association with various erythrocyte indices was determined from the prevalences of these abnormalities and the distributions of the indices among 206 hospitalized and 1,000 ambulatory anemic patients. At mean corpuscular hemoglobin ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Griner PF,Oranburg PR

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression and amplification of the HER-2 oncogene in patients with breast cancer has correlated with early onset of metastasis, resistance to hormonal therapy and some forms of chemotherapy, and shortened survival. Therefore, evaluation of this putative prognostic or predictive factor seems critical. Because diff...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gancberg D,Lespagnard L,Rouas G,Paesmans M,Piccart M,Di Leo A,Nogaret JM,Hertens D,Verhest A,Larsimont D

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific radioimmunoassays, sensitive to plasma levels of less than 1% of normal, were developed for protein C and Factor X. In 31 normal subjects, mean plasma antigen levels were as follows: protein C, 3.23 +/- 0.79 microgram/mL (2 SD); Factor X, 7.74 +/- 1.81 microgram/mL. In patient son chronic warfarin therapy, pr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Epstein DJ,Bergum PW,Bajaj SP,Rapaport SI

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00