AIMS A new diagnostic strategy to improve the detection of pathogens in heart valves (HVs) from patients with infective endocarditis (IE) was evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS Three hundred and fifty seven HVs surgically removed from 326 patients with proven IE or suspicious intra-operative findings, examined by 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and culture were retrospectively analysed a...

Background: Early diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia is very essential since it is a major cause of neurologic morbidity and mortality. The present study was undertaken to investigate the association between nucleated red blood cells count (RBCs) per 100 white blood cells (WBCs) and perinatal asphyxia with respect to its severity and prognosis. Materials and Methods: A prospective case-control stu...

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a neutrophil-derived protein whose concentration increases in plasma and urine with ongoing renal damage. Urinary leucocytes can be a potential source of urinary NGAL. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of urinary neutrophil count and other urinary parameters on urinary NGAL values in urine with negative culture. Urinalysis, ...

Different non-specific immune parameters and their seasonal changes in spotted Catfish Arius maculates from Vellar estuary was investigated. It was undertaken for a year which included four main seasons of a year such as summer (April-June), Pre Monsoon (July-september), Monsoon (October-December) and Post Monsoon (JanuaryMarch). The Physico-chemical parameters (Temperature, pH, Salinity and Ra...

The study of the morphology White Blood Cells (WBCs) further contributes to clinical diagnosis blood diseases. In this research paper, we come up with an image segmentation enhancement by combining Fourier Fast Transform on smear capture and classical thresholding. (FFT) is a very powerful tool in processing it was used segment extract WBCs. Our method uses combined filtering Inverse for extrac...

The present study was conducted to examine different dietary levels of iron (FeSO4) on some haematological parameters of ship sturgeon, Acipenser nudiventris including red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBCs), differential WBCs, hematocrit (Hct), Hemoglobin (Hb), the mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), the mean corpuscular volume (M...

background: diazinon is an organophosphate pesticide which is widely used in paddy fields located in northern parts of iran, though it is prohibited to be used in many countries. objectives: the purpose of the present study was to investigate sublethal effects of diazinon on blood parameters of common bream abramis brama. methods: in sublethal toxicity test, fish were exposed to diazinon concen...

Leukemia (blood cancer) is an unusual spread of White Blood Cells or Leukocytes (WBCs) in the bone marrow and blood. Pathologists can diagnose leukemia by looking at a person’s blood sample under microscope. They identify categorize counting various cells morphological features. This technique time-consuming for prediction leukemia. The pathologist’s professional skills experiences may be affec...

Introduction.Neonatal sepsis is a disease process, which represents the systemic response of bacteria entering the bloodstream during the first 28 days of life. The prevalence of sepsis is higher in male infants than in females, but the exact cause is unknown. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway, which leads to the production of NADPH. NADPH is...

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is an oral pathogen and etiologic agent of localized aggressive periodontitis. The bacterium is also a cardiovascular pathogen causing infective endocarditis. A. actinomycetemcomitans produces leukotoxin (LtxA), an important virulence factor that targets white blood cells (WBCs) and plays a role in immune evasion during disease. The functional receptor for ...