According to the International Dairy Federation, the quality of raw milks shall be evaluated by the determination of "total" bacterial counts, or standard plate count (SPC); after serial dilution of the milk samples, the SPC is determined on Plate Count Agar (PCA) by the "pour plate" method; the viable bacteria are enumerated after aerobic incubation for 2 or 3 days, at 32 °C or 30°C respectively.

Background and Aim: Diabetes is a type of metabolic disorder characterized by increased blood glucose, which due to insulin resistance, deficiency, or both. Changes in cell parameters diabetes are controversial. The present study aimed assess the diabetic patients compared healthy individuals.
 Methods: This cross-sectional was performed on 540 cases (270 270 individuals) over 20 years old...

Erratum Erratum to " Are the review criteria for automated complete blood counts of the International Society of Laboratory Hematology suitable for all hematology laboratories? " [Rev. In the article " Are the review criteria for automated complete blood counts of the International Society of Laboratory Hemato-logy suitable for all hematology laboratories? " , published in Rev Bras Hematol Hemo...

Dear Editor, Dengue is an important arbovirus infection. This infection can result in an acute febrile illness. The important hematological abnormalities included hemoconcentration and thrombocytopenia (1). Due to the decreased platelet count, the patient might develop petechiae and hemorrhagic complication. In endemic area, the presumptive diagnosis of dengue is usually derived by the cl...

conclusions according to the results of this study, effect of biochemical interfering factors on test results of impedance cell counter must be considered in clinical laboratories. results comparison between case and control groups revealed that uremia caused significant increase in mcv and rdw levels (p < 0.05) and had no effect on mch level (p > 0.05). both hyperglycemia and hyperlipemia caus...

Background: Azathioprine is an immunosuppressive agent that is used in a variety of dermatologic, digestive and hematologic disorders in both humans and small animals. Aims: The effects of long term Azathioprine administration on complete blood count, rate of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes, serum immunoglobulins and protein concentrations of mixed-breed dogs were evaluated in this study. Methods: 24...

BACKGROUND The complete blood count is one of the most common routine tests. This study aimed to evaluate possible effects of the antioxidant taurine on the complete blood count of whole blood stored at room temperature and at 4ºC over seven days. METHODS Venous blood samples of 25 healthy males were distributed into two sets of tubes with each set of four tubes containing 50 µL of solutions ...