visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar is endemic in certain regions of india. in endemic areas, the con-stellation of fever, progressive weight loss, weakness, pronounced splenomegaly, anemia, leukopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia is highly suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. demonstration of the parasite in liver, splenic or bone marrow aspirates is confirmatory. we present a case in which le...

Uninfected dogs (n = 10) and those naturally infected with leishmaniasis (n = 10) were subjected to several diagnostic tests, namely: hemoculture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of hemoculture, indirect immunofluorescence (RIFI), cytological examination of lymph node aspirate, culture of lymph node aspirate and PCR of lymph node aspirate. RIFI – followed by PCR of lymph node aspirate culture –...

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery thrombus aspiration is a simple, rapidly performed, and relatively inexpensive adjunctive therapy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It may protect the microcirculation from distal embolization and improve distal coronary blood flow, although this is not a universal finding. Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis pointed to an increased risk of stroke...

Studies have compared the role of bone marrow aspirate cytology and trephine biopsy for diagnosing various hematological disorders but fewer studies have compared the relative value of imprint cytology with aspirate and trephine biopsy. The present study was conducted to compare the role of bone marrow aspirate, touch imprint and trephine biopsy to formulate an effective and rapid method for di...

STUDY OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to determine whether tracheal aspirate cultures correlate with protected specimen brush (PSB) cultures in the diagnosis of probable ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). DESIGN Retrospective evaluation of 52 episodes of clinical pneumonia in 38 patients who underwent bronchoscopy and PSB as well as tracheal aspirate cultures. SETTING The study took...

Background: The RightLevelpHTM indicator is a new device designed to measure pH of gastric aspirate obtained via nasogastric tube while minimizing exposure of the operator. Study Objectives: In vivo and in vitro validation of the RightLevelpHTM indicator. Methods: Patients (23) undergoing general anesthesia had placement of a nasogastric tube and gastric pH electrode catheter following endotrac...

We appreciate Dr. Drewinko’s clarification of the term “aspirate” as used in our report. Although the technique of the aspirate smear preparations was described in Materials and Methods, the more precise term “aspirate smear preparation” would be more appropriate. The experience by others as described by Dr. Drewinko has in general demonstrated the superiority of cellularity determination using...