Before being immersed in 10% formalin, the biopsy specimen was placed on a small piece of filter paper and was checked by the operator to evaluate whether the specimen was adequate or the biopsy was successful.
In fact, the morphology visible in hawthorn flowering and fruiting voucher specimens is adequate for identification of most western North American species (Dickinson 2012) because, being long-lived woody perennials, wild hawthorns are readily marked and vouchered at both seasons for comparison (Hildreth et al. 2007).
All readers agreed that all biopsy specimens were adequate.
In the remainder, the stool specimens were adequate, and hence sufficient to exclude poliomyelitis, in 4285 (86.1%) of cases.
Because the reservoir of carbapenemase producers remains the intestinal flora, fecal and rectal swab specimens are adequate for performing this screening.
Determine if swab specimens are adequate (or even preferred) alternatives to stool sample collection and testing, stratified by clinical presentation, for viral, bacterial, parasitic and C. difficile.
This study indicates that urine specimens are adequate for screening high-risk groups for C. trachomatis by the SDA method (BDPT).
The project will achieve the following objectives: Determine if swab specimens are adequate (or even preferred) alternatives to stool sample collection and testing, stratified by clinical presentation, for viral, bacterial, parasitic and C. difficile.
Also, when the specimen size is adequate, the level of experience of the pathologist may even be more important [ 19].
If the extent to which a chemical partitions into various biologic matrices is known, then alternative specimens may be used if the desired specimen is not adequate.
