DOI: 10.1055/s-00044881

Journal of Laboratory Physicians

Issue 04 · Volume 9 · October 2017 DOI: 10.1055/s-010-45709

Original Article

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Vadalà, Maria; Laurino, Carmen; Palmieri, Beniamino: The memory lymphocyte immunostimulation assay in immune system disorders: Is useful or useless?
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Bhattacharjee, Debashish; Mondal, Santosh Kumar; Garain, Pratima; Mandal, Palash; Ray, Rudra Narayan; Dey, Goutam: Histopathological study with immunohistochemical expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in placentas of hyperglycemic and diabetic women
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Gupta, Ankit; Capoor, Malini R.; Shende, Trupti; Sharma, Bhawna; Mohindra, Ritin; Suri, Jagdish Chander; Gupta, Dipender Kumar: Comparative evaluation of galactomannan test with bronchoalveolar lavage and serum for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematological malignancies
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Tiewsoh, Jutang Babat Ain; Dias, Meena: Screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in healthcare workers and students and its susceptibility to mupirocin in a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India
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Rao, P. V. L. N Srinivasa; Bitla, Aparna R.: Simultaneous determination of arginine, citrulline, and asymmetric dimethylarginine in plasma by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography
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Sachdeva, Rohit; Sharma, Babita; Sharma, Rajni: Evaluation of different phenotypic tests for detection of metallo-β-lactamases in imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Lall, Sujata; Nataraj, Gita; Mehta, Preeti: Use of culture- and ELISA-based toxin assay for detecting Clostridium difficile, a neglected pathogen: A single-center study from a tertiary care setting
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Sibyl, Siluvai; Bennadi, Darshana; Kshetrimayum, Nandita; Manjunath, Maurya: Correlations between gingival crevicular blood glucose and capillary blood glucose: A preliminary report
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Patwardhan, Vrushali; Kumar, Dinesh; Goel, Varun; Singh, Sarman: Changing prevalence and antibiotic drug resistance pattern of pathogens seen in community-acquired pediatric urinary tract infections at a tertiary care hospital of North India
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Deepa, R.; Ravichandran, Mythry; Banu, S. Thasneem; Sharmila, R.: Evaluation of Nordmann, Dortet, and Poirel test for the identification of extended spectrum betalactamase production among urinary isolates of Escherichia coli
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Prakash, Suman Susan; Rajshekar, Deepashree; Cherian, Anusha; Sastry, Apurba Sankar: Care bundle approach to reduce device-associated infections in a tertiary care teaching hospital, South India
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Kulkarni, Sughosh S.; Madalgi, Radhika; Ajantha, Ganavalli S.; Kulkarni, Raghavendra D.: Identification of genus Acinetobacter : Standardization of in-house PCR and its comparison with conventional phenotypic methods
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Chandekar, Sushama A.; Amonkar, Gaythri P.; Desai, Heena M.; Valvi, Nitin; Puranik, Gururaj V.: Seroprevalence of transfusion transmitted infections in healthy blood donors: A 5-year tertiary care hospital experience
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Wadhwa, Teena; Baveja, Usha; Kumar, Navin; Govil, Deepak; Sengupta, Sharmila: Clinical manifestations of nocardiosis: Study of risk factors and outcomes in a tertiary care hospital
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Shastri, Jayanthi; Williamson, Manita; Vaidya, Nilima; Agrawal, Sachee; Shrivastav, Om: Nine year trends of dengue virus infection in Mumbai, Western India
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Rudresh, Shoorashetty Manohara; Ravi, Giriyapur Siddappa; Sunitha, Lakshminarayanappa; Hajira, Sadiya Noor; Kalaiarasan, Ellappan; Harish, Belgode Narasimha: Simple, rapid, and cost-effective modified Carba NP test for carbapenemase detection among Gram-negative bacteria
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Mukhopadhyay, Madhumita; Das, Chhanda; Kumari, Madhu; Sen, Ankita; Mukhopadhyay, Bedabrata; Mukhopadhyay, Biswanath: Spectrum of meningioma with special reference to prognostic utility of ER,PR and Ki67 expression
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Lupinacci, Felipe S.; Bussius, Daniel; Acquesta, Felipe; Fam, Gustavo; Rossi, Raphael; Navarini, Alessandra; Mimica, Marcelo J.: High prevalence of clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolates in São Paulo, Brazil
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Singh, Seema; Malhotra, Rubina; Grover, Pragati; Bansal, Renu; Galhotra, Shipra; Kaur, Rupinderjit; Jindal, Neerja: Antimicrobial resistance profile of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing the anterior nares of health-care workers and outpatients attending the remotely located tertiary care hospital of North India

Case Report

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Arpita, Saha; Manoj, Jain; Kaushik, Saha; Anish, Srivastava: Metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to urinary bladder: A rare case report with review of literature
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Khadanga, Sagar; Karuna, Tadepalli; Dugar, Dharmendra; Satapathy, Shakti Prasad: Chromobacterium violaceuml-induced sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction, resembling melioidosis in an elderly diabetic patient: A case report with review of literature
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Kumar, Prabhat; Sakwariya, Abhishek; Sultania, Amit Ranjan; Dabas, Renu: Hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis with diabetic ketoacidosis: A rare presentation of type 1 diabetes mellitus
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Rai, Preeti; Sharma, Geetika; Singh, Deeksha; Garg, Jyoti: Rare presentation of mixed autoimmune hemolytic anemia in children: Report of 2 cases
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Agrawal, Sonu; Sharma, Geetika; Srigyan, Deepankar; Nag, Hira L.; Kapil, Arti; Dhawan, Benu: Chronic osteomyelitis by Aeromons hydrophilal: A silent cause of concern
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Purwar, Shashank; Metgud, Sharada C.; Karadesai, Shankar G.; Nagamoti, Mahantesh B.; Darshan, Arathi; Tiwari, Shreshtha: Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis

Letter to the Editor

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Sharma, Pradeep: Estimated glomerular filtration rate and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio are renal markers associated with risks of cardiovascular diseases
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Supriya, Mahajan; Nayak, Suman Lata; Gupta, Ekta: Utility of hepatitis C virus RNA as the screening test for diagnosing hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients