Erik Ahlstrand (2013): Coagulase-negative Staphylococci in Hematological Malignancy. Örebro Studies in Medicine 95. Bacterial infections are common in hematological malignancy. Coagulasenegative staphylococci (CoNS) are among the most prevalent causes of bacteremia in patients with hematological malignancies. In this thesis, different aspects of CoNS in hematological malignancy have been studie...

Clonal non-malignant hematological disorders are a heterogeneous group of diseases that are particularly challenging for hematologists. Indeed, most obvious and frequent hematological diseases include a broad spectrum of malignancies, such as leukemias, lymphomas, myeloma, and other myeloproliferative or lymphoproliferative disorders. In recent years, all these diseases have been categorized by...

Hematological parameters, including red and white blood cell counts and hemoglobin concentration, are widely used clinical indicators of health and disease. These traits are tightly regulated in healthy individuals and are under genetic control. Mutations in key genes that affect hematological parameters have important phenotypic consequences, including multiple variants that affect susceptibil...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels proved to be associated with prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer or breast cancer, but its prognostic role in hematological malignancies was still unclear. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to comprehensively evaluate the association between serum 25(OH)D levels and prognosis of patients with hematological mal...

Remarkably little has been published on hematological phenotypes of the domestic dog, the most polymorphic species on the planet. Information on the signalment and complete blood cell count of all dogs with normal red and white blood cell parameters judged by existing reference intervals was extracted from a veterinary database. Normal hematological profiles were available for 6046 dogs, 5447 o...

Computational methods have been explored for predicting agents that produce therapeutic or adverse effects in cardiovascular and hematological systems. The quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) method is the first statistical learning methods successfully used for predicting various classes of cardiovascular and hematological agents. In recent years, more sophisticated statistical...

For very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, diagnostic and therapeutic decisions widely depend on hematological values. Although ethnic differences for hematologic parameters have been reported, few studies have been reported for Korean VLBW infants. This study aimed at defining the hematological reference values for medical research and clinical practice. Retrospectively we selected 149 infants ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of hematological malignancies at Al-Gamhouria Teaching Hospital from 2008 to 2010. Material and Methods: Hematological malignancies diagnosed at Al-Gamhouria Teaching Hospital, Department of Hematology-Oncology from January 2008 to December 2010 based on available hematological laboratory methods and histological examination were ret...

Disseminated tuberculosis can present in various ways including prolonged fever / pyrexia of unknown origin, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, meningitis and rarely extreme forms of hematological abnormalities such as pancytopenia and leukemoid reaction. We hereby report a case who presented with short history of fever, associated with vomiting and altered sensorium. He also had evidence of ...

This study describes the hemoglobin concentration ([Hb]) and hematocrit (HCT) of over 1,000 Tibetan and Han children, adolescents, and young adults who were born and raised at 3,200 m, 3,800 m, or 4,300 m in Qinghai Province, western China. At 3,200 m, no altitude effect is evident in the hematological characteristics of either group. At 3,800 m and 4,300 m, both groups show [Hb] and HCT values...