Molecular diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis from blood samples using different genetic markers: A simple, sensitive and less invasive diagnostic approachon March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Harish Kumar Shah, K.R. Rajesh, P.A. Fathima, R.S. Aiswarya, P.M. Ajithlal, Prasanta Saini
Observational assessment of the utilization of donated point of care tests and glycemic control at free and charitable clinics across the United Stateson March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Sonak D. Pastakia, Heidi Schutz, Tena Tiruneh, Ariana Gordillo De Vivero, Lindsey Dodds
Indirect reference intervals for TSH in a sample of lebanese pregnant womenon March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Dollen Eid, Nizar El Bcherawi, Georges Abi Tayeh, Nada El Ghorayeb, Marie-Hélène Gannagé-Yared
Preparation of recombinant myoglobin and investigation of the liquid antigen stability for quality control materialson March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Yu-Hui Wang, Xi-Feng Sun, Chun-Xin Xu, Feng-Qiang Sun, Rong-Rong Wang, Xiao-Kun Bian, Zhan-Zhao Wang, Qiang Wu
Biogenic amine testing in the South African public health care systemon March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): D. Legg-E’Silva, E.M. Cave, T. Snyman, S. Currin, N. Kone, K.L. Prigge
D-dimers or more? Assessing the role of laboratory factors in predicting and confirming pulmonary embolism in high-risk orthopedic patientson March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Bartosz Borowski, Mateusz Haratym, Piotr Piech, Jaromir Jarecki, Grzegorz Staśkiewicz
Impact of hemolysis on the levels of proteins associated with aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases in a multicentric clinical researchon March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Masroor Anwar, Km Renu, Abhinay Kumar Singh, Abhilasha Nayal, Bharat Thyagarajan, Peifeng Hu, Jinkook Lee, Sharmistha Dey, A.B. Dey
Impact of using cross-over CV and mean for two different lots of assay control on implementation of Westgard rules in chemical diagnostic testson March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Ayman Mohamed Nabil, Hayat Mirza Alsaif, Muneer Ahmad Aljamaan, Abdullah Abdullah H. Algafly, Rashad Hassan aleid, Raji Ali Helal, Zainab Ali Hussain almutawah, Amani Abdulkareem S. Alzayer, Walaa Ali Hussain Almutawah, Badr Abdullah Motlaq AlKhalaf
Analytical validation of a LC-MS/MS based in vitro diagnostic kit for the quantification of L-tyrosine and taurocholic acid for liver fibrosis diagnosison March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Guoxiang Xie, Kejun Zhou, Wenting Sun, Fengjie Huang, Lu Wang, Zhangbao Zhou, Wei Jia
Complete blood count in neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU): Performance comparison between POCT Sight OLO® and Sysmex XN-9100™ hematology analyzerson March 13, 2025 at 7:28 am March 13, 2025 Publication date: April 2025 Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 44 Author(s): Francesca Nencini, Alessandro Bonari, Sara Ciullini Mannurita, Alessandra Mongia, Francesca Romano, Maria Garieri, Edda Russo, Silvia Sastrucci, Graziella Marrani, Martina Tonelli, Stefano Salti, Niccola Funel, Amedeo Amedei, Carlo Dani, Alessandra Fanelli
A quantitative assay system for protein C activity, the regulator of blood coagulation, based on a chromogenic method mimicking the blood coagulation cascade November 29, 2023 Publication date: Available online 27 November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory MedicineAuthor(s): Ryo Matsuda, Ruri Someya, Mutsumi Kobayashi, Eri Nakao, Momoka Hamasaki, Misuzu Shigeta, Hinako Hatae, Hiroyuki Kuma
Clinical performance of a quantitative pan-genus <em>Leishmania</em> Real-time PCR assay for diagnosis of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis November 7, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): Juan David Ramírez, Liyong Cao, Adriana C. Castillo-Castañeda, Luz Helena Patino, Martha S. Ayala, Carlos Cordon-Cardo, Emilia Mia Sordillo, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi
Establishment of trimester-specific reference intervals of renal function tests and their predictive values in pregnant complications and perinatal outcomes: A population-based cohort study November 7, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): Lican Han, Lin Liu, Lanlan Meng, Shaofei Su, Yifan Lu, Zhengwen Xu, Guodong Tang, Jing Wang, Hongyuan Zhu, Yue Zhang, Yanhong Zhai, Zheng Cao
Evaluation of newly-developed glycated hemoglobin clinical analytic reagents and chromatography column on Tosoh HLC-723 G8 Analyzer November 7, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): Bo Yuan, Wei Yang, Na Zhang, Hongyan Shi, Shuangpeng Dong
Detection of respiratory pathogenic bacterial nucleic acid detection by Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification in patients with bacterial pulmonary infections November 7, 2023 Publication date: Available online 7 November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory MedicineAuthor(s): Chuanzhu Wang, Ziyun Zhang, Xuedong Wang, Boke Zhang
Total human chorionic gonadotropin is a more suitable diagnostic marker of gestational trophoblastic diseases than the free β-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin November 7, 2023 Publication date: Available online 6 November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory MedicineAuthor(s): Hirokazu Usui, Atsuko Mikiya, Eri Katayama, Natsuko Nakamura, Asuka Sato, Hideo Matsui, Makio Shozu, Kaori Koga
Treatment of graft versus host disease with photopheresis interferes in voriconazole therapeutic drug monitoring: A case study November 7, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): Adriana Sassone, Juliana Testard, Andrea Saulo, Analia Julia, Paula Schaiquevich
Model of implementing proficiency testing in Vietnam, a developing country October 4, 2023 Publication date: Available online 28 September 2023Source: Practical Laboratory MedicineAuthor(s): Hy Triet Van, Van Thanh Tran, Manh Tuan Ha, Quang Huy Vu
Comparative analysis of platelet depleted plasma prepared on the Roche 8100 automation line and manually centrifuged platelet poor plasma for routine coagulation assays September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Mustafa A. Barbhuiya, Ron Livingston, Sue Baranoski, Michael H Creer, Olajumoke Oladipo
Verification of the Bühlmann fCAL turbo faecal calprotectin assay on the Binding Site Optilite benchtop analyser September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): S.A. Handley, N.P. Dote, T. Wanandy, L. Prentice
Comparison of random urine protein/creatinine ratio with 24-hour urine protein in suspected pre-eclampsia September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Lily Olayinka, Emily Garnett, Brian Burnett, Sridevi Devaraj
Evaluation of the Abbott Alinity m STI assay for diagnosis of the primary causes of sexually transmitted infections in the United States September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Colette Matysiak, Annie Cheng, James E. Kirby
Performance evaluation of QuantStudio 1 plus real-time PCR instrument for clinical laboratory analysis: A proof-of-concept study September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Ziran Wang, Jie Yi, Qi Yu, Yiwei Liu, Rui Zhang, Dong Zhang, Wenhang Yang, Yingchun Xu, Yu Chen
Evaluation of an automated system for the quantitation of human Herpesvirus-6 DNA from clinical specimens September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Jordan Mah, ChunHong Huang, Malaya K. Sahoo, Benjamin A. Pinsky
Comparison of the clinical performance of the Atyp.C parameter of the UF-5000 fully automated urine particle analyzer with that of microscopic urine sediment analysis September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Kenichi Shukuya, Yoshihumi Morita, Takashi Hisasue, Yoshikazu Ono, Satoshi Tomiyasu, Makoto Kurano, Yutaka Yatomi, Masami Tanaka
Analytical performance verification of a high throughput system for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viral load quantifications September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Javeria Aijaz, Jibran Khan, Fouzia Naseer, Dheeraj Kumar, Shakir Hussain
Immune biomarkers associated with COVID-19 disease severity in an urban, hospitalized population September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Allison B. Chambliss, Mayada Aljehani, Brian Tran, Xingyao Chen, Elizabeth Elton, Carolina Garri, Nolan Ung, Naim Matasci, Mitchell E. Gross
Capillary blood stability and analytical accuracy of 12 analytes stored in Microtainers® September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Elizabeth Fontaine, Cristian Saez
Can neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio be a non-invasive indicator of the presence of duodenal ulcer related <em>Helicobacter pylori</em> in dyspeptic patients? September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Zeynal Doğan, Murat Kekilli
Analytical performances of a new rapid assay of soluble ST2 for cardiac and inflammatory diseases and establishment of the reference intervals for children and adolescence in China September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Zhicheng Ye, Chuanshu Chen, Shiwei Chen, Menghua Xu, Jin Xu
A case of false positive opiate immunoassay results from rifampin (rifampicin) treatment September 25, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): K.H. Brian Lam, Lu Song, Vincent Buggs, Gopal Vithlani, Imir G. Metushi
Evaluation of creatine kinase (CK)-MB to total CK ratio as a diagnostic biomarker for primary tumors and metastasis screening September 25, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): Yan Li, Yongxin Chen, Beibei Shao, Junjun Liu, Ruiguo Hu, Feng Zhao, Xiaofeng Cui, Xia Zhao, Yujiao Wang
Development of RNA/DNA automated extraction and purification device for infectious disease diagnosis September 25, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): Kyosuke Mukae, Osamu Takei, Fumi Imai, Takehiko Kamijo
Loop mediated isothermal amplification as a molecular diagnostic assay: Application and evaluation for detection of Enterohaemorrhagic <em>Escherichia coli</em> (O157:H7) September 25, 2023 Publication date: November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 37Author(s): Degisew Yinur, Biniam Moges, Aliyi Hassen, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema
Quantification of soluble very low-density lipoprotein receptor in human serum using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay September 25, 2023 Publication date: Available online 21 September 2023Source: Practical Laboratory MedicineAuthor(s): Yoshiharu Tokita, Kazuya Miyashita, Katsuyuki Nakajima, Sadao Takahashi, Akira Tanaka
WITHDRAWN: A novel digital PCR assay targeting major <em>BCR::ABL1</em> fusion transcripts September 25, 2023 Publication date: Available online 19 August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory MedicineAuthor(s): Soo Jung Lee, Jong-Mi Lee, Ari Ahn, Sung-Eun Lee, Yuna Hong, Gun Dong Lee, Hyun-Woo Song, Min-Sik Song, Seung-Shick Shin, Myungshin Kim, Yonggoo Kim
Validation of a short turnaround time automated method for the 24/7 determination of plasma <span class=”small-caps”>d</span>-lactate on Roche Cobas c502 September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Adrien Turban, Sophie Gaubert, David Luque-Paz, Céline René, Nicolas Collet, Maxime Pawlowski, Claude Bendavid, Charles R. Lefèvre
Complete laboratory diagnosis of Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Raquel Galván, Patricia Fernández-Riejos, Pilar María Sánchez Martínez, Carmen Rodríguez-Chacón, Catalina Sánchez Mora, Antonio León-Justel
Monitoring tacrolimus toxicity following Paxlovid administration in a liver transplant patient September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Robert D. Maynard, Phillip Bates, Nichole Korpi-Steiner
Urinary and serum levels of high mobility group box 1 September 25, 2023 Publication date: August 2023Source: Practical Laboratory Medicine, Volume 36Author(s): Toshihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Yoshida, Daisuke Hatanaka, Michiko Kusakari, Hidehiro Takahashi, Shinji Katsuragi, Shingo Yamada, Takashi Kamohara
Quantification of soluble very low-density lipoprotein receptor in human serum using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay September 21, 2023 To investigate the regulation of soluble very low-density lipoprotein receptor (sVLDL-R), which is cleaved mostly from the extracellular domain of VLDL-R II, we generated two rat monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against human sVLDL-R, and used them to develop a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to measure sVLDL-R levels in human serum or plasma. The ELISA had …
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Publication date: Available online 6 November 2023Source: Practical Laboratory MedicineAuthor(s): Hirokazu Usui, Atsuko Mikiya, Eri Katayama, Natsuko Nakamura, Asuka Sato, Hideo Matsui, Makio Shozu, Kaori Koga