Blood

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A 41-year-old woman from Cameroon with infertility. 
  • A cytogenetic comparison of the responses of mouse and human peripheral blood lymphocytes to 60Co gamma radiation. 
  • A low-serum medium for tendon cells: effects of growth factors on tendon cell growth and collagen production. 
  • A magnetization-driven gradient echo pulse sequence for the study of myocardial perfusion. 
  • A neutrophil derived factor(s) stimulates [3H]thymidine incorporation by vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro. 
  • A theoretical study of inertial cavitation from acoustic radiation force impulse imaging and implications for the mechanical index. 
  • ASTEROID HYALITIS: A STUDY OF SERUM CALCIUM LEVELS IN AFFECTED PATIENTS. 
  • Abnormalities of platelet aggregation in the vaso-occlusive crisis of sickle-cell anemia. 
  • Advantage of rare HLA supertype in HIV disease progression. 
  • An atlas of genetic influences on human blood metabolites. 
  • An enzymatic spectrophotometric method for the determination of pyruvic acid in blood. 
  • An ultrasensitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay to detect asymptomatic low-density Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in small volume blood samples. 
  • Antibodies that inhibit fusion of human immunodeficiency virus-infected cells bind a 24-amino acid sequence of the viral envelope, gp120. 
  • Aspergillus DNA contamination in blood collection tubes. 
  • Assessments of thrombogenicity by three in vitro techniques. Student Research Award in the Undergraduate, Master Candidate, or Health Science Degree Candidate Category, 21st annual meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, San Francisco, CA, March 18-22, 1995. 
  • Asymmetric-echo, short TE, retrospectively gated MR imaging of the heart and pulmonary vessels. 
  • Autologous serum and plasma rich in growth factors in ophthalmology: preclinical and clinical studies. 
  • Automated blood culture systems. 
  • BacT/Alert: an automated colorimetric microbial detection system. 
  • Bancroftian filariasis and membrane filters: are night surveys necessary? 
  • Blood Versus Crystalloid Cardioplegia in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 
  • Blood culture contamination in Tanzania, Malawi, and the United States: a microbiological tale of three cities. 
  • Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections. 
  • Bone marrow-derived lymphoid cells (B cells): functional depletion with cobra factor and fresh serum. 
  • Brain and blood metabolite signatures of pathology and progression in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomics study. 
  • Calcineurin is essential for Candida albicans survival in serum and virulence. 
  • Can AIDS be prevented after injury with contaminated instruments? 
  • Candida endocarditis: contemporary cases from the International Collaboration of Infectious Endocarditis Merged Database (ICE-mD). 
  • Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University. 
  • Cellular autophagocytosis induced by deprivation of serum and amino acids in HeLa cells. 
  • Changes in lipid values and lipoprotein patterns of serum samples contaminated with bacteria. 
  • Chemotactically responsive and nonresposive forms of a continuous human monocyte cell line. 
  • Circulating and binding characteristics of wild-type factor IX and certain Gla domain mutants in vivo. 
  • Clinical comparison of an agar slide blood culture bottle with tryptic soy broth and a conventional blood culture bottle with supplemented peptone broth. 
  • Clinical importance of identifying coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood cultures: evaluation of MicroScan Rapid and Dried Overnight Gram-Positive panels versus a conventional reference method. 
  • Clot-blood contrast in fast gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • Combinatorial phenotypic signatures distinguish persistent from resolving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia isolates. 
  • Comparative morphology, respiration, and phagocytic function of leukocytes from blood and joint fluid in rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Comparison of BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC and WAMPOLE ISOLATOR 10 (lysis-centrifugation) systems for detection of bacteremia, mycobacteremia, and fungemia in a developing country. 
  • Comparison of Isolator 1.5 and BACTEC NR660 aerobic 6A blood culture systems for detection of fungemia in children. 
  • Comparison of acridine orange, methylene blue, and Gram stains for blood cultures. 
  • Comparison of direct and standard antimicrobial disk susceptibility testing for bacteria isolated from blood. 
  • Comparison of microscan broth microdilution, synergy quad plate agar dilution, and disk diffusion screening methods for detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococcus species. 
  • Comparison of real-time PCR and microscopy for malaria parasite detection in Malawian pregnant women. 
  • Conclusions about the effects on fertilization of time from aspiration to incubation and blood in the aspirate depend on the use of appropriate statistical techniques. 
  • Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures. 
  • Control of phenylalanine hydroxylase synthesis in tissue culture by serum and insulin. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of BACTEC plus anaerobic/F to standard anaerobic/F as the anaerobic companion bottle to plus aerobic/F medium for culturing blood from adults. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of BacT/ALERT standard aerobic and standard anaerobic blood culture bottles inoculated directly or after transport in sodium polyanethol sulfonate tubes. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of BacT/ALERT standard aerobic medium with BACTEC standard aerobic medium for culturing blood. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of BacT/alert FA plus and FN plus blood culture media with BacT/alert FA and FN blood culture media. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of VersaTREK and BacT/ALERT blood culture systems. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of new pediatric medium with adsorbent polymeric beads (PF Plus) versus charcoal-containing PF medium in the BacT/alert blood culture system. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of plastic and glass bottles of BacT/ALERT FA medium for culturing organisms from blood of adult patients. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of plastic versus glass bottles of BacT/ALERT PF medium for culturing blood from children. 
  • Controlled clinical comparison of the BacT/ALERT FN and the standard anaerobic SN blood culture medium. 
  • Controlled comparison of a new Becton Dickinson agar slant blood culture system with Roche Septi-Chek for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Controlled comparison of original vented aerobic fan medium with new nonvented BacT/ALERT FA medium for culturing blood. 
  • Controlled comparison of the BACTEC high-blood-volume fungal medium, BACTEC Plus 26 aerobic blood culture bottle, and 10-milliliter isolator blood culture system for detection of fungemia and bacteremia. 
  • Controlled comparison of the BacT/Alert and BACTEC 660/730 nonradiometric blood culture systems. 
  • Controlled evaluation of 5 versus 10 milliliters of blood cultured in aerobic BacT/Alert blood culture bottles. 
  • Controlled evaluation of BACTEC PLUS 27 and Roche Septi-Chek anaerobic blood culture bottles. 
  • Controlled evaluation of BACTEC Plus 26 and Roche Septi-Chek aerobic blood culture bottles. 
  • Controlled evaluation of Bactec Peds Plus/F and Bactec lytic/10 anaerobic/F media for isolation of Salmonella enterica serovars typhi and paratyphi A from blood. 
  • Controlled evaluation of Trypticase soy broth in agar slide and conventional blood culture systems. 
  • Controlled evaluation of hypertonic sucrose medium at a 1:5 ratio of blood to broth for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in supplemented peptone broth. 
  • Controlled evaluation of the agar-slide and radiometric blood culture systems for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Controlled evaluation of the volume of blood cultured in detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Controlled multicenter evaluation of a bacteriophage-based method for rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus in positive blood cultures. 
  • Correction of diet-induced hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and skeletal muscle insulin resistance by moderate hyperleptinemia. 
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) shedding is highly correlated with markers of immunosuppression in CMV-seropositive women. 
  • Depression of lymphocyte transformation and exacerbation of Behcet's syndrome by ingestion of english walnuts. 
  • Design and evaluation of a new, low pressure loss, implantable artificial lung. 
  • Detection of bloodstream pathogens in a bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated pediatric population in Malawi: a pilot study. 
  • Development of an analytical method to quantify PBDEs, OH-BDEs, HBCDs, 2,4,6-TBP, EH-TBB, and BEH-TEBP in human serum. 
  • Diagnostic microbiology updates. 
  • Diagnostic utility of postmortem blood cultures. 
  • Differential effects of sphingomyelin hydrolysis and resynthesis on the activation of NF-kappa B in normal and SV40-transformed human fibroblasts. 
  • Differentiation of erythroleukemia cells in vitro: properties of chemical inducers. 
  • Disseminated Nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures. 
  • Does this patient have a severe upper gastrointestinal bleed? 
  • Early and late onset sepsis in late preterm infants. 
  • Effect of agitation and terminal subcultures on yield and speed of detection of the Oxoid Signal blood culture system versus the BACTEC radiometric system. 
  • Effect of altered headspace atmosphere on yield and speed of detection of the Oxoid Signal blood culture system versus the BACTEC radiometric system. 
  • Effect of human serum on inhibition of growth of Staphylococcus aureus by antimicrobial agents. 
  • Effect of long-term feeding of albino rats on rice and on rice-tapioca diets on the blood and on the liver. 
  • Effect of pyridoxal on growth of nutritionally variant streptococci and other bacteria on sheep blood agar. 
  • Effect of sodium polyanetholesulfonate and gelatin on the recovery of Gardnerella vaginalis from blood culture media. 
  • Effect of xenogeneic chimerism in a human/sheep model on natural antibody. 
  • Effects of genital tract inflammation on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 V3 populations in blood and semen. 
  • Efficacy of autologous blood injection for treating overfiltering or leaking blebs after glaucoma surgery. 
  • Endocarditis caused by Bacillus subtilis. 
  • Enriched brucella medium for storage and transport of cultures of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni. 
  • Evaluation of modified trypticase soy broth versus supplemented peptone broth in the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Fast measurement of blood T1 in the human carotid artery at 3T: Accuracy, precision, and reproducibility. 
  • Fungal pathogen reduces potential for malaria transmission. 
  • Genetic relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from paired blood and respiratory specimens. 
  • Glucokinase gene transfer to skeletal muscle of diabetic Zucker fatty rats improves insulin-sensitive glucose uptake. 
  • Group B Streptococcus and Escherichia coli infections in the intensive care nursery in the era of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. 
  • Growth of nutritionally variant streptococci on common laboratory and 10 commercial blood culture media. 
  • Growth of nutritionally variant streptococci on laboratory media supplemented with blood of eight animal species. 
  • HIV Resistance and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Regimen in HIV-Infected Infants in Northern Tanzania. 
  • HIV infection is active and progressive in lymphoid tissue during the clinically latent stage of disease. 
  • HIV-1 intrapatient sequence diversity in the immunogenic V3 region. 
  • Hemodynamic effects of prolonged hyperoxia. 
  • Human Factor XIII from plasma and platelets. Molecular weights, subunit structures, proteolytic activation, and cross-linking of fibrinogen and fibrin. 
  • Human complement regulatory proteins protect swine lungs from xenogeneic injury. 
  • Human erythrocyte antigens. III. Characterization of a panel of murine monoclonal antibodies that react with human erythrocyte and erythroid precursor membranes. 
  • Identification of HIV-1 genitourinary tract compartmentalization by analyzing the env gene sequences in urine. 
  • Immunosurveillance by hematopoietic progenitor cells trafficking through blood, lymph, and peripheral tissues. 
  • In Vitro Evaluation of the Fresenius Kabi CATSmart Autotransfusion System. 
  • In vitro and in vivo efficacies of the azole SCH56592 against Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • In vivo and in vitro effects of acute graft-versus-host serum in the rat. 
  • In-vitro modelling of the bactericidal activity of teicoplanin versus flucloxacillin as used in surgical prophylaxis, against Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Increasing fructose 2,6-bisphosphate overcomes hepatic insulin resistance of type 2 diabetes. 
  • Inhibition of cell proliferation by an RNA ligand that selectively blocks E2F function. 
  • Integration of GWAS SNPs and tissue specific expression profiling reveal discrete eQTLs for human traits in blood and brain. 
  • Intravenous amoxicillin/clavulanate for the prevention of bacteraemia following dental procedures: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Jaundice. Value of five-day steroid test in differential diagnosis. 
  • Leptin in the newborn mouse. Plasma concentrations, characterization of the circulating hormone, and tissue source. 
  • Lethal and pre-lethal effects of a fungal biopesticide contribute to substantial and rapid control of malaria vectors. 
  • Little evidence of human infection with equine influenza during the 2007 epizootic, Queensland, Australia. 
  • Local replication of simian immunodeficiency virus in the breast milk compartment of chronically-infected, lactating rhesus monkeys. 
  • Macrophage tumor killing: influence of the local environment. 
  • Minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations of 44 antimicrobial agents against three standard control strains in broth with and without human serum. 
  • Modulation of one of three murine bone marrow stromal cell lines to adipose cells by serum and insulin. 
  • Monolayer growth and differentiated function of porcine and rat granulosa cells following cryopreservation. 
  • Mouse liver cell culture. II. Primary culture. 
  • Multicenter evaluation of a Candida albicans peptide nucleic acid fluorescent in situ hybridization probe for characterization of yeast isolates from blood cultures. 
  • Multicenter evaluation of the Candida albicans/Candida glabrata peptide nucleic acid fluorescent in situ hybridization method for simultaneous dual-color identification of C. albicans and C. glabrata directly from blood culture bottles. 
  • Multicenter evaluation of the Staphylococcus QuickFISH method for simultaneous identification of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci directly from blood culture bottles in less than 30 minutes. 
  • Multiparameter-fluorescence activated cell sorting analysis of retroviral vector gene transfer into primitive umbilical cord blood cells. 
  • Myocardial function is normal after rapid cooling of the in vivo neonatal heart. 
  • Neonatal meningitis: what is the correlation among cerebrospinal fluid cultures, blood cultures, and cerebrospinal fluid parameters? 
  • Nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide have no effect on the blood-gas solubilities of sevoflurane and isoflurane. 
  • O-Alkyl dioleoylphosphatidylcholinium compounds: the effect of varying alkyl chain length on their physical properties and in vitro DNA transfection activity. 
  • OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard. Implications for the occupational health nurse. 
  • PLASMA ANGIOTENSINASE ACTIVITY IN NORMAL AND TOXEMIC PREGNANCY. 
  • Performance of nucleic acid amplification following extraction of 5 milliliters of whole blood for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia. 
  • Plasma glutamine and oxypurine content in patients with gout. 
  • Platelet-derived growth factor enhances granulosa cell luteinizing hormone receptor induction by follicle-stimulating hormone and serum. 
  • Population, behavioural and environmental drivers of malaria prevalence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 
  • Prevalence and distribution of human Plasmodium infection in Pakistan. 
  • Prevalence of non-A, non-B hepatitis/hepatitis C virus antibody in laboratory quality-assurance sera. 
  • Proof of alleged transmission of hepatitis C virus by a conjunctival blood splash. 
  • Properties of mouse leukemia viruses. XVI. Suppression of spontaneous fetal leukemias in AKR mice by treatment with broadly reacting antibody against the viral glycoprotein gp 71. 
  • Pulmonary and systemic host response to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in normal and immunosuppressed mice. 
  • Pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine efficacy and selection for mutations in Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase in Mali. 
  • Quantitation of Candida CFU in initial positive blood cultures. 
  • RNA-Seq optimization with eQTL gold standards. 
  • Radioprotection of whole-body gamma irradiation induced alterations in lipid metabolism of liver and plasma by AET (S-2, aminoethyl isothiuronium Br. H. Br.) and serotonin in rats. 
  • Rapid detection of Enterococcus spp. direct from blood culture bottles using Enterococcus QuickFISH method: a multicenter investigation. 
  • Rate of vascularization of coralline hydroxyapatite spherical implants pretreated with saline/gentamicin, rTGF-beta 2, and autogenous plasma. 
  • Recent and innovative methods for detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Recurrent pseudobacteremias traced to a radiometric blood culture device. 
  • Reducing the risk of oral contraceptive-induced thrombosis. 
  • Regulation of connective tissue growth factor expression in the aqueous humor outflow pathway. 
  • Regulation of sugar transport in cultured diploid human skin fibroblasts. 
  • Rejection criteria for endotracheal aspirates from pediatric patients. 
  • Relationship between serum lactate and ionized calcium in open-heart surgery. 
  • Relevance of the number of positive bottles in determining clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci in blood cultures. 
  • Relief of blood-induced arterial vasospasm by pharmacologic solutions. 
  • Remarks concerning testing parameters for blood cultures. 
  • Reply to 'Quantification of HIV-1 RNA on Dried Blood Spots' AIDS 24:475-6. 
  • Resistance differences between blood and crystalloid cardioplegic solutions with myocardial cooling. 
  • Risk factors for invasive candidiasis in infants >1500 g birth weight. 
  • S-nitrosohemoglobin deficiency: a mechanism for loss of physiological activity in banked blood. 
  • Septic arthritis caused by Propionibacterium acnes. 
  • Serotypes and penicillin susceptibility of pneumococci isolated from blood. 
  • Serum dilution test for bactericidal activity. I. Selection of a physiologic diluent. 
  • Serum immunoglobulins. I. Levels in normal children and in uncomplicated childhood allergy. 
  • Serum withdrawal induces apoptotic cell death in Ki-ras transformed but not in normal differentiated thyroid cells. 
  • Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. 
  • Simultaneous Detection of Major Drug Resistance Mutations of HIV-1 Subtype B Viruses from Dried Blood Spot Specimens by Multiplex Allele-Specific Assay. 
  • Stimulation of cartilage amino acid uptake by growth hormone-dependent factors in serum. Mediation by adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate. 
  • Subcultures of BACTEC-positive but gram or acridine orange stain-negative NR 6A and 7A blood culture bottles are unnecessary. 
  • The association of third-generation cephalosporin use and invasive candidiasis in extremely low birth-weight infants. 
  • The clinical significance of positive blood cultures: a comprehensive analysis of 500 episodes of bacteremia and fungemia in adults. I. Laboratory and epidemiologic observations. 
  • The geography of malaria genetics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A complex and fragmented landscape. 
  • The pathogenesis of Trypanosoma congolense infection in calves. I. Clinical observations and gross pathological changes. 
  • The role of irradiation in solid organ transplantation. 
  • The significance of microbial cultures of the hematopoietic support for patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy. 
  • Tissue compatibility of interfacial polyelectrolyte complexation fibrous scaffold: evaluation of blood compatibility and biocompatibility. 
  • Ultrasonically encoded photoacoustic flowgraphy in biological tissue. 
  • Urinary tract infection concordance with positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures in the neonatal intensive care unit. 
  • Use of autologous blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells at point-of-care to protect against implant thrombosis in a large animal model. 
  • Using CF11 cellulose columns to inexpensively and effectively remove human DNA from Plasmodium falciparum-infected whole blood samples. 
  • Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation. 
  • Utility of obtaining blood cultures in febrile neutropenic patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Utility of paired BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC blood culture vials for detection of bacteremia, mycobacteremia, and fungemia. 
  • Validation of performance of plastic versus glass bottles for culturing anaerobes from blood in BacT/ALERT SN medium. 
  • Value of terminal subcultures for blood cultures monitored by BACTEC 9240. 
  • Visual loss due to central serous chorioretinopathy during corticosteroid treatment for giant cell arteritis. 
  • Work in progress: in vitro analysis of pleural fluid analogs by proton magnetic resonance. Preliminary studies at 1.5T. 
  • gammadelta T cells are a component of early immunity against preerythrocytic malaria parasites. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Bradford, William Dalton, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • Buckley, Rebecca Hatcher, James Buren Sidbury Professor of Pediatrics, in the School of Medicine, Immunology
  • Cianciolo, George James, Associate Professor in Pathology, Pathology
  • Cohen-Wolkowiez, Michael, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
  • Fisher, Deborah Anne, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Nightingale, Kathryn Radabaugh, Theo Pilkington Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Steinbach, William J., Samuel L. Katz Professor of Pediatrics, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship