The antimicrobial removal device. A microbiological and clinical evaluation.

abstract：:The authors quantified creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) isoenzyme activity and mass in the serum of 81 uremic and 20 nonuremic (control) patients who had no clinical or electrocardiographic evidence of acute myocardial infarction. CK-MB was quantified by three methods: electrophoresis, the QuiCK-MB (International Immunoassa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Medeiros LJ,Schotte D,Gerson B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the value in cervical cytology of a recently developed technique by which it is possible to remove thick tissue specimens, called microbiopsies, from cervical smears and to process them for histologic examination. In 12 (48%) of 25 cervical smears in which microbiopsies were found, the histologic sections ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mravunac M,Verbeek DH,Sanders-Eras M,Besseling R,Wijnen-Dubbers C,Smedts F

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:p53 protein expression was evaluated in a series of 204 primary colorectal adenocarcinomas by immunohistochemistry using frozen tissue sections and monoclonal antibody DO-7. Nuclear staining of more than 5% of neoplastic cells was observed in 124 (60.8%) adenocarcinomas, which were classified as p53 positive. p53 immu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lanza G Jr,Maestri I,Dubini A,Gafa R,Santini A,Ferretti S,Cavazzini L

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) are now available for immunophenotyping non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) in paraffin-embedded tissue sections. To determine the reliability of these reagents in predicting the genotype, 44 cases of NHL were studied with the alkaline phosphatase-anti-alkaline phosphatase technique wi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Elghetany MT,Kurec AS,Schuehler K,Forbes BA,Duggan DB,Davey FR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 2 male patients in whom hepatosplenic gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma (HSTL) developed 6 and 10 years after renal transplantation. The onset was abrupt with systemic symptoms, cytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. The histologic examination of the spleen (case 1), liver, and bone marrow revealed sinusoidal infilt...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Khan WA,Yu L,Eisenbrey AB,Crisan D,al Saadi A,Davis BH,Hankin RC,Mattson JC

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of physiologic temperature variations on antibiotic-induced killing of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus faecalis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae were studied. At concentrations less than or equal to four times the minimal bactericidal concentration, the activity of each of the antibiot...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mackowiak PA,Ruderman AE,Martin RM,Many WJ,Smith JW,Luby JP

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three laboratories participated in an interlaboratory testing program offered by the College of American Pathologists for the radioimmunoassay (RIA) of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Thirty correctly reported a sample with 1.9 ng of endogenous CEA per ml as less than 2.5 ng. For samples with added exogenous CEA...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reynoso G,Keane M,Konopka S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clq precipitins were assayed in a model system by absorption nephelometry. Polyethylene glycol was used to extract immune complexes so that sufficient sensitivity with minimal interference could be achieved. Using a double beam spectrophotometer, we found that the reaction of immune complexes with Clq occurred rapidly...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levinson SS,Goldman J

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the anti-estrogen receptors (ER) SP1, 6F11, and 1D5 antibodies in breast carcinoma cases with different ranges of positive cells to evaluate whether this could generate different therapies for patients. We selected 66 cases of breast cancer, each of which was immunostained with the 3 antibodies. 1D5 was le...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bogina G,Zamboni G,Sapino A,Bortesi L,Marconi M,Lunardi G,Coati F,Massocco A,Molinaro L,Pegoraro C,Venturini M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of five patients who had sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy accompanied by osseous involvement by the disease are presented. Four of the five patients were children. The bone lesions were multiple in four cases and solitary in one. The long bones were most commonly involved (three patients); ot...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walker PD,Rosai J,Dorfman RF

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antithrombin assay (AA) and an antithrombin assay modified by the addition of heparin (H-AA) were performed using sera from healthy subjects, patients predisposed to thrombosis, and patients with thromboembolic disease. Characteristic AA, and H-AA patterns were found in each group. Normal controls and four of 39 "p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Innerfield I,Stone ML,Mersheimer W,Clauss RD,Greenberg J

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are wide variations in the preparation of histologic sections from endoscopic esophageal biopsy specimens. We evaluated serial step sections from 261 esophageal or gastroesophageal junction biopsies at 4 levels to determine the first level at which goblet cell metaplasia (GCM) was detected. Deeper step sections ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chitkara YK,Eyre CL

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:In this study, 2 patient populations, using different elution strategies, were compared to evaluate eluate yields under more and less restrictive conditions. An informative eluate was defined as one in which an antibody that could be clinically significant was detected in the eluate but was not detectable in the plasm...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Veeraputhiran MK,Pesek GA,Blackall DP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We further characterize the heterogeneous carcinomas of the papilla of Vater (CPVs) in relation to various clinicopathologic patient characteristics and patient survival. Of the 71 reevaluated CPVs, 32 were intestinal, 26 were pancreatobiliary, 6 were mixed, 4 were mucinous, and 3 were poorly differentiated carcinomas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kohler I,Jacob D,Budzies J,Lehmann A,Weichert W,Schulz S,Neuhaus P,Röcken C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared immunohistochemical expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), c-met, alpha-inhibin, estrogen receptor (ER), and progesterone receptor (PR) in 10 pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms (PMCNs), 8 hepatobiliary cystadenomas (HBCs), and 6 simple liver cysts (SLCs).All HBCs and PMCNs were in women (mean ages...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lam MM,Swanson PE,Upton MP,Yeh MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of variables thought to affect measurement of prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) were examined in an effort to determine more precisely their effects on these measurements. On the basis of these studies, it is proposed that blood specimens be anticoagulated with one part 3.8% (w./v.) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koepke JA,Rodgers JL,Ollivier MJ

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine whether micromorphometric features of positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) from patients with melanoma are useful for predicting further nodal involvement in completion lymph node dissection (CLND) specimens. Of 986 patients with melanoma undergoing SLN biopsy between Marc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Scolyer RA,Li LX,McCarthy SW,Shaw HM,Stretch JR,Sharma R,Thompson JF

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using microscopic screening criteria employed in the study of sputum in acute bacterial pneumonia, the authors evaluated 644 sputum samples from 347 patients submitted for mycobacterial bacterial culture. After microscopic examination, these specimens were processed using standard mycobacterial laboratory technics. Sa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Isaac-Renton JL,Puselja BB,Allen EA,Grzybowski S,Black WA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of bcl-2, CD10, and CD20 was examined by multicolor flow cytometry in 78 samples including lymph node or other tissue biopsy specimens containing follicular lymphoma (FL; n = 17), reactive hyperplasia (RH; n = 28), or other malignant lymphomas (n = 20), as well as bone marrow aspirates (n = 13). The pre...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cook JR,Craig FE,Swerdlow SH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of spurious red blood cell parameters caused by serum cold agglutinins has been well characterized for the Coulter counters but not the Ortho ELT-8. The pattern consists of a spurious increase in mean corpuscular volume (MCV), a discrepancy between the hemoglobin and the hematocrit, the latter falsely redu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Solanki DL,Blackburn BC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunostaining of cell cycle-related antigens, especially Ki-67, DNA polymerase alpha, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen, has become an important method to assess the proliferative activity of tumors. These three nuclear antigens were studied by immunohistochemical analysis of cytologic smears. These smears were ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sasano H,Miyazaki S,Nishihira T,Sawai T,Nagura H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mesothelin (MSLN) is a differentiation antigen found to be overexpressed in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) and is a potential treatment target in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. METHODS:From institutional archives, 114 cases of resected pancreatic mucinous cysts were identified, includin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Frank R,Li S,Ahmad NA,Sepulveda AR,Jhala NC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared prothrombin times (PTs) and international normalized ratios (INRs) for blood samples drawn into plastic vs glass collection tubes. We collected 60 venous blood samples into 4.5-mL glass and 2 plastic tubes (2.7 and 3.5 mL). An additional 153 samples, including 63 from warfarin-anticoagulated patients, were...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fiebig EW,Etzell JE,Ng VL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic adenoiditis is defined as the presence of numerous brightly fluorescent IgE mast cells (FIEMC) demonstrated in formalin-fixed adenoid tissue by the trypsin-immunofluorescent method. A prospective study of 606 routinely accessioned cases seen during a 39-month period revealed 98 positive cases. Correlation wit...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Loesel LS

更新日期：1984-02-01 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：:A case of unilateral gonadoblastoma in association with a ruptured ectopic tubal pregnancy is presented. The patient had normal menstrual history prior to a missed period followed by abdominal pain and the passage of clots. The surgical specimens, in addition to the ruptured tubal pregnancy, showed nodular foci of typ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pratt-Thomas HR,Cooper JM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lean methodologies have been applied in many industries to reduce waste. We applied Lean techniques to redesign laboratory workstations with the aim of reducing the number of times employees must leave their workstations to complete their tasks. At baseline in 68 workflows (aggregates or sequence of process steps) stu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yerian LM,Seestadt JA,Gomez ER,Marchant KK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is believed to develop from histologically identifiable intraductal lesions known as pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs) that undergo a series of architectural, cytologic, and genetic changes, a progression model similar to the adenoma-carcinoma sequence in the colon. The apomucin ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Swartz MJ,Batra SK,Varshney GC,Hollingsworth MA,Yeo CJ,Cameron JL,Wilentz RE,Hruban RH,Argani P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00