Microwave-assisted tissue processing for same-day EM-diagnosis of potential bioterrorism and clinical samples

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 577-590

  Schroeder, Josef A ^a   Gelderblom, Hans R ^b   Hauroeder, Baerbel ^c   Schmetz, Christel ^d   Milios, Jim ^e   Hofstaedter, Ferdinand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e Milestone srl Microwave Lab Systems   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Clinical urgent samples; Electron microscopy; Emerging infectious diseases; Microwave assisted processing; Rapid processing; Same day diagnosis; Tissue embedding

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; MICROWAVES; PATHOLOGY;

BIOTERRORISM; CLINICAL URGENT SAMPLES; EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED PROCESSING; RAPID PROCESSING; SAME-DAY DIAGNOSIS; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOPSY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PARASITOSIS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BIOTERRORISM; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROWAVES; PARASITIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYNX; MICROSPORIDIA; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SARS CORONAVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33745808777     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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