Vol 50, Issue 6

Fabiano de Jesus Santos, Dayse de Oliveira Figueira, Joyce Eliza de Oliveira SouzaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):398-401DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140047 ABSTRACT Introduction: The most common cause of diagnostic error is related to errors in laboratory tests as well as errors of results interpretation. In order to reduce them, the laboratory currently has modern equipment which provides

Tatiana Maria Costa de Campos Barbosa, Maria das Graças Carvalho, Josianne Nicácio Silveira, Júnia Garib Rios, Flávia Komatsuzaki, Lara Carvalho Godói, Guilherme Hideki Yoshizane CostaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):402-409DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140048 ABSTRACT Introduction and objective: The determination of homocysteine plasma levels has been reported as a risk marker of interest in severe diseases involving endothelial

Anderson Magalhães Oliveira, Marcio Vasconcelos Oliveira, Claudio Lima SouzaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):410-416DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140049 ABSTRACT Introduction: Because of the increase in diagnostic resources, laboratory tests have become an essential tool in diagnostic elucidation. Therefore, we observe an increase in the number of tests request. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of laboratory tests requests by

Daiane Cardozo, Gislene Maria Botão Kussen, Laura Lúcia CogoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):417-420DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140050 ABSTRACT Introduction: Urinary tract infection is quite frequent in a hospital environment, and the urine culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of this disease, because it allows bacterial identification and performing antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Culturenegative urine samples result of

Ruan Carlos Gomes da Silva, Amanda Cristina de Oliveira Silva, Sibele Ribeiro de OliveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):421-427DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140051 ABSTRACT Introduction: The emergence and spread of isolated carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) have complicated the treatment of nosocomial infections, since its production is not easily identified by the sensitivity tests, routinely performed in clinical

Cristiane Martins, Antônio Carlos de Castro Gama, Daniela Valcarenghi, Anna Paula de Borba BatschauerJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):428-433DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140052 ABSTRACT Introduction: Tuberculosis promotes an acute phase response with an increase of blood reactants, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), among others, which are associated with increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Objective: Evaluate the ESR and

Jailton Lobo da Costa Lima, Giwellington Silva Albuquerque, Lílian Rodrigues Alves, Kaliny Benicio Torres, Luciana Rezende Bandeira de Mello, Polliana Guabiraba e Silva Cavalcanti, Paulo Sérgio Ramos Araújo, Maria Amélia Vieira MacielJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):434-436DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140053 ABSTRACT We report two cases of sepsis in critically ill patients in two tertiary care hospitals in