Pathology
-
Letter Case Reports
Favourable outcome of pulmonary zygomycosis in haematological malignancy.
-
Comparative Study
Acute effects of environmental tobacco smoke and dried dung smoke on lung histopathology in rabbits.
To compare the effects of cigarette smoke and dried dung smoke exposure on the histopathology of lungs. ⋯ Although less than the effects of cigarette smoke, dried dung smoke had severe histopathological effects on rabbits' lungs.
-
To determine the incidence of diffuse pulmonary ossification (DPO) and its subtypes at autopsy and correlation with clinical and histological features. ⋯ Diffuse pulmonary ossification is uncommon and rarely diagnosed during life, but can easily be identified when sectioning the lungs at autopsy. There is recent renewed interest in diagnosing and determining the significance of DPO using high resolution computed tomography and thoracoscopic biopsy.
-
To demonstrate that Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF), a spotted fever group rickettsial infection caused by Rickettsia honei, is found not only on Flinders Island (Bass Strait), Tasmania, but elsewhere in south-east Australia. ⋯ These cases show that FISF extends beyond Flinders Island and most likely has the same distribution across south-east Australia as its vector, the reptile tick Aponomma hydrosauri. FISF should be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients from south-eastern Australia presenting with fever, headache and rash following a tick bite.
-
To assess the potential benefit of withdrawing or flushing away the heparin lock before collecting blood for culture from a central venous catheter. ⋯ Our results do not support the practice of withdrawing or flushing away the heparin lock before collecting blood for culture from a central venous catheter.