The usefulness of the buffy coat smear and panbacterial polymerase chain reaction in early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.

قایسه کشت خون و بافی کوت رنگ امیزی شده با اکریدین اورنج در تشخیص سپتی سمی ناشی از میکروارگانیسمها

Background: Different methods, with varying degrees of specificity and/or sensitivity, are used for diagnosis of sepsis. The present study was designed to determine and compare the sensitivity and specificity of blood culture with Acridine Orange (A.O.) stained smear of buffy coat in patients with sepsis. Material and methods: This research was conducted on 101 hospitalized patients with clin...

Rapid diagnosis of neonatal septicemia by buffy coat smear examination and C-reactive protein test in correlation with blood culture

Comparison of fine needle aspiration and direct skin smear in the diagnosis of acute cutaneous leishmaniasis: polymerase chain reaction as a reference method

Background: Accurate diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis wouldavoid unnecessary treatment and scar formation. Direct smear isthe most common method for the diagnosis of this disease but itsnegative result could not rule out the infection; so, the need formore sensitive methods is obvious. We conducted this study tocompare the efficiency of direct skin smear with smears preparedby fine needle a...

Procalcitonin as a Marker of Neonatal Sepsis in Intensive Care Units

Background: The appropriateness of using serum levels of procalcotonin (PCT) for early diagnosis of newborn sepsis is still controversial. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to compare the usefulness of PCT with those of serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and white blood cell (WBC) counts in the diagnosis and response to treatment of neonatal sepsis. Methods: A total of 47 ...

Peripheral blood buffy coat smear : A promising tool for diagnosis of visceral

11 Confirmative diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is still being a challenge at the primary 12 health care facilities in most of the rural endemic areas in the Indian sub-continent. Conventional 13 methods for parasitological confirmation are risky and require skilled personnel hence, 14 unreachable to the poor people in the endemic region. Buffy coat smear microscopy, as a 15 minimally ...