Chronic granulomatous pleuritis caused by nocardia: PCR based diagnosis by nocardial 16S rDNA in pathological specimens

Nocardiosis is an uncommon infection caused by the aerobic actinomycete nocardia. Identification of the pathogen is essential for the definitive diagnosis and for an effective treatment. This report describes a case of c...

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Consensus primers for detecting monoclonal immunoglobulin heavy chain rearrangement in B cell lymphomas. Uchiyama M, Maesawa T, Yashima A, et al.J Clin Pathol 2003;56:778–9. The second author should have been Mae...

Fibrin deposition in pregnancy

The effects of placental insufficiency on the fetal lung

Red cell or serum folate? Results from the National Pathology Alliance benchmarking review

Over the three year study period, approximately 80 National Health Service trusts each year submitted data on the number of red cell and serum/plasma folate tests that were undertaken in their department. As a result of...