Sentence examples for of the primary specimens from inspiring English sources

The characteristics of the primary specimens used in our experiments are depicted in Table 1.

Of the primary specimens, 1,339 respiratory specimens were sputum, bronchial washings, and bronchial and tracheal aspirates; 658 were nonrespiratory specimens.

Of the primary specimens tested by LiPA, the AFB smear microscopy was positive in 1,137 (56.9%), negative in 821 (41.1%), and not performed in 39 (2.0%).

Partial sequences of virus from the primary specimens (shown in parentheses) included 1,378 bp of the hemagglutinin (HA) gene (CSF, BAL, NP), 1,350 bp of the neuraminidase gene (BAL), 810 bp of the matrix gene (NP), and 687 bp of the polymerase basic 2 (PB2) gene (NP).

Despite the fact that some were isolated up to 20 years ago, there was an impressive degree of concordance with the primary specimens from which they were derived, indicating a high degree of stability in long-term routine culture.

It is unlikely that direct susceptibility testing from CSF specimens, as done with MODS on sputum specimens, will yield a high sensitivity due to the low numbers of bacilli in the primary specimen.

The PB2 sequence showed the presence of E627 in both the primary specimen and isolate, establishing the lack of a well-known mammalian adaptation motif (5, 12 ).

pCR was defined as an absence of tumor cells in the primary specimen and sampled lymph nodes.

Histological sections of the resected primary specimens were reviewed by a senior pathologist according to the criteria of WHO histological classification [ 28].

All M. pneumoniae PCR positive specimens were cultured and 42 (44%) of the 96 primary specimens yielded positive isolates.

All of the primary tumour specimens were immediately fixed in 10% (v v−1) formalin, and then embedded in paraffin.