This report presents evidence that dogs recover from acute canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) after 16 days of doxycycline treatment (10 mg/kg of body weight every 24 h). Blood PCR was as valuable as splenic aspirate PCR for early diagnosis of acute CME. Splenic aspirate PCR was, however, superior to blood PCR for the evaluation of ehrlichial elimination.

The plague is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the Y. pestis strain INS, which was isolated from swollen lymph gland aspirate (bubo aspirate) of an infected patient from a pneumonic outbreak in 2010 in northern Peru.

RATIONALE Stent implantation into atherosclerotic plaques releases, apart from particulate debris, soluble substances that contribute to impaired microvascular perfusion. OBJECTIVE To quantify the release of vasoconstrictors and to determine the efficacy of coronary dilators to attenuate their action. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a distal protection/aspiration device, coronary arterial blood w...

BACKGROUND Surgical stress accelerates postoperative metabolism, while simultaneously compromising gut activity. The dysfunction may be worsened by early feeding. These patients are not expected to fully meet their optimum metabolic requirements using current nutritional regimens. For optimum postoperative enteral nutrition, we must automatically match the patients' feeding site inflows to thei...

Rationale: Stent implantation into atherosclerotic plaques releases, apart from particulate debris, soluble substances that contribute to impaired microvascular perfusion. Objective: To quantify the release of vasoconstrictors and to determine the efficacy of coronary dilators to attenuate their action. Methods and Results: Using a distal protection/aspiration device, coronary arterial blood wa...

Fine-needle aspirate samples hold the potential for gaining valuable insight into the molecular details and prognostic indicators for certain types of cancer in a limited volume of relatively pure tumor cells. Although limited, such clinical samples can be used with high efficiency when analyzed in conjunction with gene-dense expression microarrays. For this reason, it is essential to retrieve ...

Bone marrow plasma cell infiltration (PCI), as measured by aspirate morphology and/or trephine immunohistochemistry, has long been an integral element in the diagnosis of plasma cell myeloma (PCM). According to the updated criteria of the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG), demonstration of clonal bone marrow plasma cells ≥10% by either aspirate or trephine biopsy is required in additio...

Objective. To describe the usefulness of intraoperative frozen section in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid nodules where fine needle aspirate biopsies have evidence of follicular neoplasm. Study Design. Retrospective case series. Methods. All patients have a fine needle aspirate biopsy, an intraoperative frozen section, and final pathology performed on a thyroid nodule after initiation of...

BACKGROUND While Candida pneumonia is life-threatening, biomarker measurements to early detect suspected Candida pneumonia are lacking. This study compared the diagnostic values of measuring levels of (1, 3)-β-D-glucan in endotracheal aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and serum to detect suspected Candida pneumonia in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. METHODS This prospecti...

BACKGROUND Blind placement of a nasogastric feeding tube is a common nursing procedure. Confirmation of the correct position in the stomach is warranted to avoid serious complications such as misplacement in the lung. Testing pH of aspirate from a tube is one of the techniques to confirm the tip position. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the auscultatory method and pH measurement with ...