Lactic acid is of low predictive value for the diagnosis of bacterial infection in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid samples containing residual blood

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1. Editorial
2. Biomarkers of cardiovascular risk – matters of prediction and precision
3. Reviews
4. Inflammatory markers, cholesterol and statins: pathophysiological role and clinical importance
5. C-reactive protein and venous thromboembolism: causal or casual association?
6. Perspectives
7. Statistical methods for assessment of added usefulness of new biomarkers
8. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
9. ThalassoChip, an array mutation and single nucleotide polymorphism detection tool for the diagnosis of β-thalassaemia
10. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
11. Glycated hemoglobin vs. the oral glucose tolerance test for the exclusion of impaired glucose tolerance in high-risk individuals
12. Impact of glucuronide interferences on therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole by tandem mass spectrometry
13. Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected aortic dissection
14. Quantification of coagulation factor XIII activity by a thio-NADH based assay using factor XIII immuno-depleted plasma as a diluent for calibration
15. Qualitative detection of the Marburg I alloenzyme of factor VII-activating protease by an immunoassay and its comparison to PCR testing
16. Fatty acid composition of serum phospholipids in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with or without CF related liver disease
17. Development and validation of a combined method for the biomonitoring of omega-3/-6 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acids in different matrices from human and nutritional sources
18. Evaluation of the Sysmex UF-1000i^® urine flow cytometer in the diagnostic work-up of suspected urinary tract infection in a Dutch general hospital
19. Association between coffee consumption and the estimated glomerular filtration rate in the general Japanese population: preliminary data regarding C-reactive protein concentrations
20. Lactic acid is of low predictive value for the diagnosis of bacterial infection in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid samples containing residual blood
21. Accuracy of the Precision^® point-of-care ketone test examined by liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in the same fingerstick sample
22. Cancer Diagnostics
23. Combination of polymorphisms within the HDAC1 and HDAC3 gene predict tumor recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma patients that have undergone transplant therapy
24. Global DNA methylation: comparison of enzymatic- and non-enzymatic-based methods
25. Determination of biological variation of α-fetoprotein and choriogonadotropin (β chain) in disease-free patients with testicular cancer
26. Infectious Diseases
27. Investigation of the relationship between apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms and hepatitis B virus infection in northern China
28. Helicobacter pylori infection and the severity of gastritis are not associated with iron deficiency in a group of Brazilian patients
29. Cardiovascular Diseases
30. Proatrial natriuretic peptide is a better predictor of 28-day mortality in septic shock patients than proendothelin-1
31. The relationship between aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen and heart rate variability parameters in heart failure patients: a potential serum marker to evaluate cardiac autonomic control and sudden cardiac death
32. Relationship of hepatic steatosis and alanine aminotransferase with coronary calcification
33. Letters to the Editor
34. Novel mutation at codon 110 of the human APOE gene: impact on genotyping with fluorescent hybridization probes
35. A simple, fast and inexpensive automated technique for measurement of plasma nitrite
36. Development of an innovative serological test for detection of antibodies to Treponema pallidum
37. Erratum
38. Controversies on quotient reporting to standardise laboratory results
39. Acknowledgement
40. Acknowledgement