Laboratory Medicine 2014

First Case of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis Caused by Cryptococcus arboriformis

Hyungjun Im, M.D., Jeong Don Chae, M.D., Minseok Yoo, M.D., So-Young Lee, M.D., Eun Ju Song, M.D., Su-Ah Sung, M.D., Young Hwan Hwang, M.D., Jeong Hwan Shin, M.D., and Young-Uk Cho, M.D. Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, and Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Eulji General Hospital, College of Medicine, Eulji University, Seoul; Department of Laboratory Medicin...

New laboratory markers for the management of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Rheumatoid arthritis, the most prominent of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, represents an important social health problem. Recent insights into the immunopathogenic mechanism of this complex and multiform illness might open new perspectives for a more appropriate laboratory approach. In this review we focus on the most relevant pathogenetic mechanism; indicating the laboratory biomarker...

Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis with Septicemia with Providencia rettgeri and Clostridium perfringens

Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis with Septicemia with Providencia rettgeri and Clostridium perfringens Sung Kuk Hong, Sue Shin, Jong-Hyun Yoon, Eui-Chong Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boramae Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Col...

Laboratory test support for Ebola patients within a high-containment facility.

Clinical implications of a recent adjustment to the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay: some results.

*Corresponding author: Maria Franzini, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pisa, Italy; and Departments of Laboratory and Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy, Phone: + 39-50-3153309, Fax: + 39-50-3152166, E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] Silvia Masotti, Claudio Passino and Aldo Clerico: Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pi...