Cultures positive for M. tuberculosis were obtained in 68 patients (86%) using first bronchial washing specimens, and the first or second bronchial washing specimen was diagnostic in 77 patients (98%).
The stage of albuminuria was defined as normoalbuminuria (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio [ACR] <30 mg/g), microalbuminuria (ACR 30 299 mg/g), or macroalbuminuria (ACR ≥300 mg/g) by using first morning urine specimen.
Women were followed quarterly and tested for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) or Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infection by nucleic-acid amplification testing (Roche Amplicor®) using first-catch urine specimens.
Clinicians collected a second respiratory specimen using a sterile Dacron swab that was stored in viral transport media at 4°C for <72 hours before shipment to CDPH.
Basal glycaemia, glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c), haemoglobin, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, serum creatinine after overnight fasting for at least 12 hr, and the UACR in a urine sample collected in the first morning urine specimen, using the most recent value of the last 12 months.
In this experiment, we used first specimens of the SCH tumor (HER2 IHC score 2+) because, in clinical specimens, those judged as HER2 IHC score 2+ are considered to be equivocal and the FISH test is recommended to make a final diagnosis for trastuzumab application.
TNM staging was based on the reported imaging findings, the surgeon's intraoperative findings, and the pathologic evaluation of the resected specimens using the sixth edition of the American Joint Commission on Cancer Staging Manual.18 All patients were followed until date of death or last follow-up.
Our primary analyses focused on the MEHP levels in the first urine specimen collected from each infant; in secondary analyses, we incorporated first and, where available, second and third specimens, using repeated-measures regression to compare MEHP levels across exposure groups.
Second, the type of biological specimen used in experiments might influence gene expression.
The ultimate fate of a specimen, used to track missing specimens, or specimens used in a destructive analysis.
