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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948501/trend-in-sero-prevalence-of-hepatitis-b-virus-infection-among-pregnant-women-at-a-referral-hospital-northwest-ethiopia-five-year-data-analysis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Selamawit Enchalew, Demeke Nigusie, Habtemariam Molla, Senait Tadesse, Mulugeta Mihrete
BACKGROUND: Pregnant women infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) have a high rate of mother to child transmission and with adverse effects on their children. Recently, pregnant women were screened for HBV infection at a limited urban health facility of Ethiopia. The trend of HBV infection prevalence from year to year is unknown. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the trend in sero-prevalence of HBV infection among pregnant women at a Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, over a period of five years (2015 to 2019)...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948500/value-of-combined-detection-of-pct-crp-and-fib-in-differentiating-viral-infection-from-bacterial-infection-in-severe-pneumonia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
JiaQian Ma, LingLing Li, XiaoLiang Qie, Qian Zhao, LiTao Zhang, Ning Xu, XuRui Li, Hui Guo, HongLing Li, Jian Lv, JianGuo Li
BACKGROUND: The aim was to explore the value of combined detection of PCT, CRP, and FIB in differentiating severe pneumonia from viral infection and bacterial infection. METHODS: A total of 100 patients with severe pneumonia admitted to Hebei General Hospital from August 2020 to November 2021 were selected as the research objects, including 50 patients with viral pneumonia (as the viral group, n = 50) and 50 patients with bacterial pneumonia (as the bacterial group, n = 50)...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948499/contrast-media-ioversol-interferes-with-urinalysis
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Yangyang Tan, Xinjian Cai
BACKGROUND: Ioversol is a commonly used non-ionic radiological contrast media in medical imaging to enhance the visualization of blood vessels, tissues, or organs. However, if it is not completely excreted, ioversol can interfere with urinalysis and lead to abnormal test results. METHODS: This study reported a case where the contrast media ioversol interfered with Sysmex UN automated urine analyzer. RESULTS: UC-3500 displayed no test results except the error code "0401"...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948498/genomic-mutation-profiles-of-patients-with-acute-myeloid-leukemia-in-korea-a-single-center-experience
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Eunhee Han, Soorack Ryu, Dohyang Kim, Eun-Ha Koh, Jung-Hyun Byun, Dong-Hyun Lee
BACKGROUND: The emergence of next-generation sequencing (NGS) is currently leading the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and its treatment using a more genetic-level approach. The study aimed to find clinical and prognostic correlations with genomic mutation profiles in Korean patients with AML using NGS. METHODS: This retrospective study enrolled a total of 30 patients who were newly diagnosed with AML from February 2021 to October 2022 in Korea. NGS was used to identify the genetic profiles of 40 genes relevant to AML...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948497/kynurenine-and-beta-alanine-serum-levels-are-associated-with-the-expression-of-wnt-pathway-genes-in-patients-with-parkinson-s-disease
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Afsaneh Hajihassani, Alireza Nourazarian, Masoud Nikanfar, Delara Laghousi, Fatemeh Khaki-Khatibi
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. Despite its worldwide prevalence, there is currently no clear explanation for the mechanism of this disease. In addition, the lack of reliable and accurate biomarkers makes the early detection of PD difficult. Therefore, we examined serum beta-alanine and kynurenine levels and expression of Wnt pathway genes in leukocytes from patients with PD. METHODS: Ninety patients, 45 with PD and 45 healthy subjects, were enrolled in this study...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948496/epidemiology-of-hbv-hcv-coinfection-among-iranian-patients-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hamed Z Anvari, Maryam M Binabaj, Arezoo Asadi, Milad Abdi, Abolfazl Shakiba, Mohsen Heidary, Mohammad Sholeh
INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are major causes of hepatitis, an important disease affecting millions of people worldwide. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of HBV-HCV coinfection in Iran and evaluate the demographic and behavioral factors associated with a heterogeneity of results. METHODS: We used MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and 1 Persian database (Scientific Information Database) for a systematic search from January 1, 2005 to February 26, 2022...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948495/comparison-of-cerebrospinal-fluid-cellular-analysis-by-optical-microscopy-and-sysmex-xn-9000
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiu-Qin Ren, Xi Jiang, Ying-Qi Pi, Zhi-Kun Wu, Hong-Bo Jiang, Hua-Cheng Wang
BACKGROUND: This study was designed to compare the body fluid module of Sysmex XN9000 (XN-BF) with optical microscopy (OM) for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis after two-step cell slide centrifuge (TSCSC), defining the best procedure for CSF optical microscopy analysis. METHODS: Items of RBC, WBC enumeration and differentiation were observed. The cell count and morphologic evaluation of the cellular composition by OM was carried out both with and without two-step cell slide centrifuge (TSCSC) and were compared the data with XN-BF...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948494/incidence-of-the-mucopolysaccharidoses-in-tunisia-1999-2021
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fahmi Nasrallah, Moufida A Al Oueslati, Sameh Hadj-Taieb, Naief Al Qurashi, Heba I Aboalmagd, Wiem Zidi, Salima Ferchichi, Moncef Feki, Haifa Sanhaji
BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study aimed to describe and discuss the epidemiology of mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) in Tunisia. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with a MPS disorder in two referral laboratories in Tunisia between 1999 and 2021 were included. Diagnosis was based on clinical and radiological features and analysis of urinary glycosaminoglycans, and enzyme assay in some of the patients. RESULTS: Over the twenty-two years, 199 patients were diagnosed with MPS in Tunisia...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948493/the-comparison-of-biomolecular-changes-of-epstein-barr-virus-infection-in-nasopharyngeal-epithelial-cells-using-confocal-raman-microspectroscopy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Baogui Cheng, Wei Wu, Dayang Chen, Feifan Guo, Xiaowen Dou, Yafei Xu, Xiuming Zhang, Dan Xiong
BACKGROUND: Due to its unique fingerprinting properties, Confocal Raman microscopy (CRM) can be used to examine the biomolecular changes of viruses invading and manipulating host cells. Recently, the biochemical changes due to the invasion and infection of B lymphocyte cells, nerve cells, and epithelial cells by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) have been reported. However, biomolecular changes in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells that result from EBV infection are still poorly understood. METHODS: In continuation of our prior investigation of EBV infection in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells, we tried to expound on biomolecular changes in EBV-infected nasopharyngeal epithelial cells using Raman microspectroscopy...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948492/plasma-reference-ranges-for-brain-injury-biomarkers-nfl-nfh-mcp-1-and-mmp-9-in-healthy-chinese
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Huimin Zhu, Xiaodong Jia, Zhenjuan Fang, Chengyi Zhang, Ningning Wang, Haoxiao Chang, Wei-Na Jin, Fu-Dong Shi, Wenyan He
BACKGROUND: Brain injury triggers neuroaxonal injury and neural death, that leads to the development of secondary sequelae. Throughout this process, brain injury factors released into circulation via the injured neurovascular unit are important prognostic parameters. Plasma NfL, NfH, MCP-1, and MMP-9 have been identified as potential indicators in this regard. METHODS: Using a microfluidic ELISA platform, we measured plasma from 273 healthy subjects that underwent quantifications of NfL, NfH, MCP-1, and MMP-9 levels...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948491/the-potential-roles-played-by-mir-2113-and-mir-568-in-the-severe-sars-cov-2-infection-pathogenesis
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Mojdeh Lashkari, Ashraf Kariminik, Mohammad J S Banavandi
BACKGROUND: Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly associated with over-expression of some immune-related molecules and inflammation. MicroRNAs are known to regulate the expression of various molecules, including those related to immune function. However, the specific roles played by miR-2113 and miR-568 in the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19 remain unclear. METHODS: In this project, levels of miR-2113 and miR-568 were explored in 70 severe COVID-19 patients in parallel with 70 healthy subjects using real-time PCR technique...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948490/elevated-cea-misdiagnosed-as-lung-cancer-ultimately-confirmed-pulmonary-cryptococcosis
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Jiao Jiang, Wen Yang, Hong Q Ren, Qian Zhao, Ai S Fu, Yan L Ge
BACKGROUND: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a polysaccharide complex present in the human respiratory system, which can reflect the presence of tumors in the human body and has important value in the monitoring of lung cancer [1], but sometimes serum CEA provides limited help. We reported a case of multiple consolidation of the lungs with elevated serum CEA, initially misdiagnosed as lung cancer and eventually confirmed by bronchoscopic lung biopsy as pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). METHODS: Appropriate laboratory examination, chest computed tomography (CT) scan, and bronchoscopy lung biopsy were used to explore the latent etiology...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948489/serial-changes-of-donor-derived-cell-free-dna-in-pancreas-transplant-recipients
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Heejeong Kim, Byung Hyun Choi, Hyun Ji Lee, Kyung-Hwa Shin, Hyung-Hoi Kim
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948488/left-lung-high-density-shadow-combined-with-elevated-nse-ultimately-confirmed-as-pulmonary-aspergillosis
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Jiao Jiang, Qian Li, Hong Q Ren, Qian Zhao, Wen Yang, Ai S Fu, Yan L Ge
BACKGROUND: Detection of serum neuron specific enolase (NSE) has high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of lung cancer, especially small cell lung cancer, but sometimes serum NSE provides limited help. We report a case of high-density shadow of the left lung and elevated serum NSE which mimicked lung cancer. It was ultimately confirmed to be pulmonary aspergillosis (PA) by bronchoscopic alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and next-generation sequencing (NGS). METHODS: Appropriate laboratory tests, chest computed tomography (CT) scan, bronchoscopic alveolar lavage fluid, and next-generation sequencing were used to explore latent causes...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948487/anti-hbs-assay-for-post-vaccination-seroepidemiology-monitoring-diagnostic-concern
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LETTER
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948486/detection-of-npm1-mutations-in-acute-myeloid-leukemia-by-using-drop-off-droplet-digital-pcr-and-its-clinical-application
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ye Jin, Zi-Jun Xu, Di Yu, Pei-Hui Xia, Dong-Ming Yao, Qian Yuan, Ting Li, He-Lin Xiang, Ji-Chun Ma, Xiang-Mei Wen, Jiang Lin, Jun Qian
BACKGROUND: Nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) mutations, which occur in 25 - 30% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and 50 - 60% of AML with normal karyotype, have been identified as an important marker for stratification of prog-nosis in AML. This study aimed to establish a new quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, the drop-off droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), for rapid and sensitive detection of NPM1 mutations in AML. METHODS: We established the drop-off ddPCR system and verified its performance...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948485/clinical-utility-of-sars-cov-2-rapid-antigen-test-in-the-emergency-department
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dong-Hyun Lee, Jinyeong Kim, Soorack Ryu, Jieun Kim, Eunhee Han, Hyuk Joong Choi
BACKGROUND: Rapid screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was important in the emergency department during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the standard method for detecting SARS-CoV-2, but it requires several hours to provide results. Instead, the rapid antigen test (RAT) has a short turnaround time and can be used at the bedside but shows low sensitivity. To overcome these shortcomings, the clinical utility of stepwise testing of RAT with RT-PCR in the emergency department was analyzed...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948484/lipocalin-2-levels-insulin-resistance-and-urinary-albumin-excretion-in-type-2-diabetes-subgroups
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yeonsook Moon, Moon Hee Lee, Noriyoshi Fujii, Tatsuyoshi Fujii, Jong Weon Choi
BACKGROUND: Lipocalin-2 (LCN2) level in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) subgroups has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate LCN2 levels, insulin resistance, urinary albumin excretion, and inflammation status in T2DM subgroups. METHODS: A total of 251 patients with newly diagnosed T2DM were evaluated. LCN2, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), FPG, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels were measured...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948483/leukocyte-cell-population-data-cpd-as-a-discriminating-tool-between-active-tuberculosis-and-lung-cancer
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tingting Sun, Zhonglan Luo, Jie Luo, Shaoli Deng
BACKGROUND: Cell population data (CPD) are parameters of cell size, shape, and content that can be used in the differential diagnosis of diseases such as leukemia, bacterial or viral infection, and dengue fever. The aim of this study was to screen for CPD parameters that can be used to differentiate active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB) from lung cancer (LC) and to assess their efficacy. METHODS: Whole blood samples from 84 APTB patients, 109 LC patients, and 95 healthy volunteers were collected from January 2019 to November 2019...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37948482/evaluation-of-the-relationship-between-feno-and-clinical-risk-stratification-for-early-mortality-in-pulmonary-embolism
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bugra Kerget, Hatice B Ozkan, Elif Y Ucar, Leyla Saglam
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common complication of deep vein thrombosis that causes high mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to determine the relationship between clinical risk scoring for early mortality and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in PE patients. METHODS: The study included a total of 98 subjects, 68 patients diagnosed with PE in the emergency department, and 30 healthy controls. Patients with PE were grouped according to clinical scoring of early mortality risk as low (n = 20), moderate-low (n = 24), and moderate-high (n = 24) risk...
November 1, 2023: Clinical Laboratory
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