scholarly journals Does the Exposure of Urine Samples to Air Affect Diagnostic Tests for Urine Acidification?

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 1211-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joo-Hark Yi ◽  
Hyun-Jong Shin ◽  
Sun-Moon Kim ◽  
Sang-Woong Han ◽  
Ho-Jung Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Urine Samples ◽  
Urine Acidification

scholarly journals Influence of Selective Agents (EMJH-STAFF), Sample Filtration and pH on Leptospira Interrogans Serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae Cultivation and Isolation from Swine Urine

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Romana Steinparzer ◽  
Tamara Mair ◽  
Christine Unterweger ◽  
Adi Steinrigl ◽  
Friedrich Schmoll
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Urine Samples ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Leptospira Interrogans ◽  
Sample Storage ◽  
Clinical Specimens ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Swine Urine ◽  
Selective Agents ◽  
Phosphate Buffered Saline

Leptospira spp. cause the zoonotic disease leptospirosis, which occurs in numerous mammalians worldwide. Isolation is still important for serotyping and genotyping of Leptospira, which in turn is essential for epidemiological surveillance of leptospirosis and the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines. However, isolation of Leptospira from clinical specimens is inherently insensitive. This study was conducted to examine the influence of selective agents, sample filtration, sample pH and the use of phosphate buffered saline (PBS) buffer for sample storage to improve the success of cultivation and isolation of Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae from swine urine. EMJH (Ellinghausen McCullough, Johnson and Harris) medium including the selective agents sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, amphotericin, fosfomycin and 5-fluorouracil (STAFF) increased the success of Leptospira isolation from spiked swine urine samples. Sample filtration yielded only negative results. Isolation in EMJH-STAFF was successful from swine urine with a density as low as 104 Leptospira/mL, and urine with pH ≤ 7 impaired the cultivation rate. Cultivation and isolation were not improved by the addition of PBS to spiked urine samples prior to storage for 24 h at 4 °C. The results of the study demonstrate that cultivation and isolation of leptospires from swine urine can be improved by enhanced methods.

Quantification of Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical and urine specimens from women attending a genitourinary medicine clinic: implications for screening strategies

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 448-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
B J Thomas ◽  
T Pierpoint ◽  
D Taylor Robinson ◽  
A M Renton
Keyword(s):  
Chlamydia Trachomatis ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Dna Amplification ◽  
Population Screening ◽  
Urine Samples ◽  
Molecular Diagnostic ◽  
Antibody Staining ◽  
Direct Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Genitourinary Medicine

Population screening and intervention programmes can reduce the prevalence and incidence of infection with Chlamydia trachomatis , especially if sensitive molecular diagnostic tests are used. However, diagnostic tests that perform well on genitourinary medicine GUM clinic populations may be less useful for screening, particularly if the majority of infected subjects are asymptomatic and their samples contain fewer organisms. We have compared the extent of low organism load in cervical and urine samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic chlamydia positive women, by using a direct fluorescent antibody staining method and counting the chlamydial elementary bodies EBs . We have investigated the ability of an enzyme immunoassay EIA; MicroTrak and a DNA amplification ligase chain reaction; LCR assay to detect low numbers of organisms in cervical samples and the ability of the LCR assay to detect low numbers of organisms in urine. A low organism load 10 EBs was seen by direct fluorescent antibody DFA staining in about 30 of cervical samples and in about 75 of urines from chlamydia positive women; the proportions in symptomatic women were not significantly different from those in asymptomatic women. The EIA identified only 16 of cervical samples that contained 10 EBs by DFA staining; the LCR identified 100 of cervical samples and 93 of urine samples that contained 10 EBs by DFA staining. The findings suggest that the ability of chlamydial diagnostic tests to identify positive women should be similar among patients attending a GUM clinic and those taking part in a population screening programme, and that sensitive molecular assays such as the LCR should identify subjects with a low organism load in both groups.

888: Metabolomic Urine Samples Profiling Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry to Detect Bladder Cancer

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 295-295
Author(s):  
Michael Mullerad ◽  
Haleem J. Issaq ◽  
Alexander Kravtsov ◽  
Timothy Waybright ◽  
Brian Luke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Urine Samples

Images of Aging in the Psychotherapeutic Context

GeroPsych ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva-Marie Kessler ◽  
Catherine E. Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Process ◽  
Images Of Aging ◽  
Client Communication

Both psychotherapists and their clients have mental representations of old age and the aging process. In this conceptual review, we draw on available research from gerontology, social and developmental psychology, and communication science to consider how these “images of aging” may affect the psychotherapeutic process with older clients. On the basis of selected empirical findings we hypothesize that such images may affect the pathways to psychotherapy in later life, therapist-client communication, client performance on diagnostic tests as well as how therapists select and apply a therapeutic method. We posit that interventions to help both older clients and therapists to reflect on their own images of aging may increase the likelihood of successful treatment. We conclude by making suggestions for future research.

The present state of aspirin and clopidogrel resistance

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (03) ◽  
pp. 285-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. Guyer
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Arterial Thrombosis ◽  
Cardiovascular Events ◽  
Treatment Success ◽  
Antiplatelet Agents ◽  
Antiplatelet Drug ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Testing Method ◽  
Pharmacological Response ◽  
Platelet Physiology

SummaryAntiplatelet therapy has demonstrated significant clinical benefit in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome. However, as with any treatment strategy it has been unable to prevent all cardiovascular events. This is far from surprising when considering the complexity of arterial thrombosis and more specifically platelet physiology. This lack of treatment success has provoked the introduction of various diagnostic tests and testing platforms with the intent of guiding and optimizing clinical treatment. Such tests have resulted in the generation of clinical data that suggest suboptimal response to antiplatelet agents such as aspirin and clopidogrel.In the case of both aspirin and clopidogrel, this suboptimal response has been termed resistance. Drug resistance would imply a lack of pharmacological response that has not been specifically investigated in many of the clinical studies performed to date. Rather, the term resistance has been used to describe various facets of platelet activation and aggregation relative to the testing method. Many of these measured parameters are not addressed in the therapeutic intent of the antiplatelet drug in question.

Optimizing Diagnostic Test Sequences: The Probability Modifying Plot

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. de Vries Robbé ◽  
A. L. M. Verbeek ◽  
J. L. Severens
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Decision Trees ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Test Sequence ◽  
Optimal Sequence ◽  
Specific Test ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Modelling Techniques

Abstract:The problem of deciding the optimal sequence of diagnostic tests can be structured in decision trees, but unmanageable bushy decision trees result when the sequence of two or more tests is investigated. Most modelling techniques include tests on the basis of gain in certainty. The aim of this study was to explore a model for optimizing the sequence of diagnostic tests based on efficiency criteria. The probability modifying plot shows, when in a specific test sequence further testing is redundant and which costs are involved. In this way different sequences can be compared. The model is illustrated with data on urinary tract infection. The sequence of diagnostic tests was optimized on the basis of efficiency, which was either defined as the test sequence with the least number of tests or the least total cost for testing. Further research on the model is needed to handle current limitations.

Detection of the Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Mutations in Arab and Iraqi-Jewish Patients by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Analysis of Blood or Urine Samples

1991 ◽  
Vol 66 (04) ◽  
pp. 500-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Peretz ◽  
U Seligsohn ◽  
E Zwang ◽  
B S Coller ◽  
P J Newman
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Base Pair ◽  
Restriction Analysis ◽  
Urine Samples ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
Glanzmann’S Thrombasthenia ◽  
Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia ◽  
Base Pair Deletion ◽  
Polymerase Chain

SummarySevere Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is relatively frequent in Iraqi-Jews and Arabs residing in Israel. We have recently described the mutations responsible for the disease in Iraqi-Jews – an 11 base pair deletion in exon 12 of the glycoprotein IIIa gene, and in Arabs – a 13 base pair deletion at the AG acceptor splice site of exon 4 on the glycoprotein IIb gene. In this communication we show that the Iraqi-Jewish mutation can be identified directly by polymerase chain reaction and gel electrophoresis. With specially designed oligonucleotide primers encompassing the mutation site, an 80 base pair segment amplified in healthy controls was clearly distinguished from the 69 base pair segment produced in patients. Patients from 11 unrelated Iraqi-Jewish families had the same mutation. The Arab mutation was identified by first amplifying a DNA segment consisting of 312 base pairs in controls and of 299 base pairs in patients, and then digestion by a restriction enzyme Stu-1, which recognizes a site that is absent in the mutant gene. In controls the 312 bp segment was digested into 235 and 77 bp fragments, while in patients there was no change in the size of the amplified 299 bp segment. The mutation was found in patients from 3 out of 5 unrelated Arab families. Both Iraqi-Jewish and Arab mutations were detectable in DNA extracted from blood and urine samples. The described simple methods of identifying the mutations should be useful for detection of the numerous potential carriers among the affected kindreds and for prenatal diagnosis using DNA extracted from chorionic villi samples.

Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance of Two Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Jin Ju Kim ◽  
Yonggeun Cho ◽  
Sang-Guk Lee
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Diagnostic Performance
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