Catlab Reports Bulletin
The Catlab Reports Bulletin is published monthly. Until the publication of the Catlab website, it was mailed electronically to our clients. It consists of a monograph related with laboratory topics. Each month it addresses a different area of Catlab; the topics can be more specific (concrete diagnostic techniques) or deal with more generic aspects (Quality, Management, …).
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY –Phenotype and Genotype of HLA-B27 The presence of the antigen HLA-B27 has been closely associated for more than 30 years with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
MICROBIOLOGY – Determination of viral producers of gastroenteritis during 2010 The type of sample studiedwas stool, and the total number of samples studied was 2,195. Of these, 10 % tested positive for Rotavirus.
CYTOGENETIC - Y chromosome microdeletions
Infertility is a problem that affects 10-20% of couples. In some cases, the cause is microdeletions in the distal portion of chromosome Y.
BIOCHEMISTRY - Vitamin D
It is a generic set of substances of similar chemical structure name. Among other functions, plays an important role in the intestinal absorption of calcium and bone metabolism
Cytogenetics - Quantification of BCR-ABL reorganitation
There are some recurring cytogenetic abnormalities hematologic malignant diseases, and the first to be described was the translocation t (9; 22) (q34, q11
BIOCHEMISTRY-Free Testosterone and bioavailable testosterone
Many working groups proposed as clinically more useful, the utilitzación of free testosterone and bioavailable testosterone, based on calculations Vermeulen
IMMUNOLOGY - Request proteinograms and diagnostic utility
At present, the main and almost unique application of protein electrophoresis study is monoclonal gammopathies them being essential to detect oligo or monoclonal immunoglobulins increases
MICROBIOLOGY - Fecal parasites
From Catlab we has made a study of the determination of fecal parasites in 2009.This year a total of 23126 determinations of fecal parasites, of which 1850 (8%) were positive
QUALITY - Work algorithms in Catlab
From Catlab are working on finding mechanisms and criteria agreed with our clients to help physicians in their diagnosis and followed patients, while streamlining the analytical demand.
QUALITY - Catlab catalog
In October 2009 he broadcast Catlab your own catalog of evidence PDF.The updates will be made quarterly via computer, so it is advised not to make copies on paper.