Surface plasmon enhanced auto-fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy for low-level detection of biological pathogens.

The current culture-based bacterial detection technique is time-consuming and requires an extended sample preparation methodology. We propose the potential of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and surface plasmon-enhanced auto-fluorescence spectroscopy (SPEAS) for the label-free identification and quantification of bacterial pathogens at low concentrations collecting its unique auto-fluorescence and Raman signatures utilising highly anisotropic three-dimensional nanostructures of silver nano dendrites (Ag-NDs). The SERS data facilitates qualitative bacterial identification using the spectral features coming from the bacterial cell wall compound, and the SPEAS data was utilised to gain unique auto-fluorescence spectra present on the bacterial cell wall with enhanced quantification.

Vascular involvement in adenomyosis: report of a large series of a common phenomenon with observations on the pathogenesis of adenomyosis.

The occurrence of vascular involvement in adenomyosis has been noted earlier, but there has been little detailed study of this phenomenon. In this study, we examined a large series of uteri with adenomyosis (n=434), specifically looking for the presence of adenomyotic foci within vascular channels. Vascular involvement was identified in 54 cases (12.

Myoepithelial neoplasms involving the vulva and vagina: report of 4 cases.

We report 4 myoepitheial neoplasms involving the vulva (2 cases) or vagina (2 cases) in patients aged 40 to 45. Two tumors were composed entirely of ovoid or spindle-shaped cells, one entirely of epithelioid cells, and in the other, there was a mixture of spindled and epithelioid cells. Small foci of ductal differentiation with squamous metaplasia were present in one case and a minor stromal component, which varied from myxoid to hyalinized, in all cases.