Actinomycosis is a very rare disease caused by Actinomyces israelii, saprophytic bacterium of the oropharynx and genital tract women. Its diagnosis made difficult lack clinical radiological specificity. We report three cases patients with actinomycosis various locations, but similar management. These recall radio-clinical therapeutic aspects this infection. They underline necessity microbiologi...

background and aims: influenza virus is a major pathogen involved in respiratory illnesses during winter seasons. a variety of diagnostic methods have been developed to identify influenza viruses in clinical specimen. methods: nasal and pharyngeal samples taken from patients were inoculated into madin-darby canine kidney (mock) cells and embryonated chicken eggs (eces). the culture media was as...

adenocarcinoma of the stomach was the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide through most of the 20th century. usual presentations of gastric cancer include anorexia, epigastric pain or discomfort and weakness. rarely, patients present with unusual clinical manifestations. in this article, we report two cases with uncommon presentations of gastric adenocarcinoma. the first patient was ...

The effect of serum-clot contact time on laboratory results was studied by dividing each blood specimen into four blood collection tubes. The control sera were separated from the clot within 30 min of the collection. The other tubes were incubated at 32 degrees C, and the sera were separated at 3, 6, and 24 h. The sera were stored at 4 degrees C and analyzed at the same time. The stability of t...

The Banff classification was introduced to achieve uniformity in the assessment of renal allograft biopsies. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of specimen adequacy on the Banff classification. All renal allograft biopsies obtained between July 2010 and June 2012 for suspicion of acute rejection were included. Pre-biopsy clinical data on suspected diagnosis and time from r...

Gestational trophoblastic disease (MTG) groups together conditions that are very variable from a clinical, biological and metastatic potential point of view.We report case ruptured molar pregnancy, diagnosed by picture hemorrhagic shock, confirmed histological examination the surgical specimen. Monitoring was assaying plasma BhCG levels.

Specimen transfer under controlled environment conditions, such as temperature, pressure, and gas composition, is necessary to conduct successive complementary in situ characterization of materials sensitive to ambient conditions. The in situ transfer concept is introduced by linking an environmental transmission electron microscope to an in situ X-ray diffractometer through a dedicated transmi...