Comparison of the Vitek 2 system with the CLSI broth microdilution, disk diffusion, and sterol quantitation methods for determining fluconazole susceptibility against Candida spp.

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1. Review
2. Elevated serum γ-glutamyltransferase activity is associated with increased risk of mortality, incident type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular events, chronic kidney disease and cancer – a narrative review
3. Minireview
4. Artificial intelligence for diagnostic purposes: principles, procedures and limitations
5. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
6. Association between serum alkaline phosphatase and C-reactive protein in the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2006
7. Association between serum uric acid and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Korean adults
8. Plasma osteopontin concentrations in preeclampsia – is there an association with endothelial injury?
9. Determination of globotriaosylceramide in plasma and urine by mass spectrometry
10. Effect of inflammation induced by prolonged exercise on circulating erythroid progenitors and markers of erythropoiesis
11. The Beckman DxI 800 prolactin assay demonstrates superior specificity for monomeric prolactin
12. Stability of cerebrospinal fluid/serum glucose ratio and cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentrations over 24 h: analysis of repeated measurements
13. O-β-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase in erythrocytes of Italian air force acrobatic pilots
14. Validation and Outcome Studies
15. Experimental validation of specificity of the squamous cell carcinoma antigen-immunoglobulin M (SCCA-IgM) assay in patients with cirrhosis
16. Performance analysis of the ARCHITECT anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
17. Reference Values and Biological Variations
18. Applicability of common reference intervals for serum creatinine concentrations to the Croatian population
19. Laboratory reference intervals during pregnancy, delivery and the early postpartum period
20. Determination of serum holotranscobalamin concentrations with the AxSYM active B₁₂ assay: cut-off point evaluation in the clinical laboratory
21. Definition of reference ranges for the platelet distribution width (PDW): a local need
22. Cancer Diagnostics
23. Mean leukocyte telomere length and risk of incident colorectal carcinoma in women: a prospective, nested case-control study
24. Heat shock protein 27 is over-expressed in tumor tissues and increased in sera of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma
25. Soluble mesothelin related peptides (SMRP) and osteopontin as protein biomarkers for malignant mesothelioma: analytical validation of ELISA based assays and characterization at mRNA and protein levels
26. A novel sensitive immunoassay by nucleic acid barcode dot and its application in the detection of prostate-specific antigen
27. Prostate cancer screening: clinical impact of WHO calibration of Beckman Coulter Access^® prostate-specific antigen assays
28. Infectious Diseases
29. Use of flow cytometry (Sysmex^® UF-100) to screen for positive urine cultures: in search for the ideal cut-off
30. Letters to the Editor
31. Improving laboratory efficiencies through significant time reduction in the preanalytical phase
32. Comparison of the Vitek 2 system with the CLSI broth microdilution, disk diffusion, and sterol quantitation methods for determining fluconazole susceptibility against Candida spp.