Of the archived S. pyogenes strains collected during 2008 2010, few strains were from patients diagnosed with scarlet fever; therefore, we analyzed S. pyogenes strains isolated from throat and superficial wound specimens from outpatients <15 years of age.
Furthermore, we did note a significant correlation between loss of CAR and tumour growth in accordance with observations in bladder cancers made by Sachs et al (2002), who found a significant reduction of CAR protein in invasive vs superficial tumour specimens, and Okegawa et al (2001), who detected significantly lower CAR mRNA levels in stage T3/T4 compared with T1 bladder tumours.
Ectopic gastric mucosa of the fundic type (d) Fig. 7 Superficial ulceration lesion specimen (a, b) showing lack of mucosal epithelium and infiltration of inflammatory cells immediately under the polypoid lesion (c, arrow).
Elevated temperatures caused minor superficial damage to the specimens: lateral hairline cracks, parallel to transverse reinforcement, were noted.
We could not isolate W. chitiniclastica from swab specimens of superficial lesions or ear swab specimens.
On post mortem examination, mild mucosal thickness was noted in three bile duct specimens while superficial inflammation of the bile duct was noted in five animals.
E-CD expression was preserved in all specimens of superficial and nodular BCC, and was reduced in 10 of 15 infiltrative BCCs.
After meniscectomy, extensive loss of PRG4-positive cells was observed in the superficial zone of LTP specimens, both COV and UNCOV regions, corresponding to areas of degenerative change.
We examined 71 primary superficial spreading cutaneous melanoma specimens (thickness ≥ 1 mm) from patients with a minimum follow up of 5 years.
In addition, although all patients in this study underwent a microbiological test, a large proportion of specimens were superficial swabs and therefore the culture results may largely reflect colonization.
