Penn State University
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Medicine
Povidone Iodine Rectal Preparation at Time of Prostate Needle Biopsy is a Simple and Reproducible Means to Reduce Risk of Procedural Infection
Jay D. Raman 1, Kathleen K. Lehman 1, Kalyan Dewan 2, Girish Kirimanjeswara 2
1Division of Urology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 2Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Penn State University
Here, we present a protocol for use at the time of transrectal ultrasound guided prostate needle biopsy (TRUS PNB) that is a simple and cost-effective means to reduce infections following the procedure.
Immunology and Infection
An Immunohistopathologic Study to Profile the Folate Receptor Beta Macrophage and Vascular Immune Microenvironment in Giant Cell Arteritis
Shirley Albano-Aluquin 1, Jozef Malysz 2, Michal Kidacki 3, Manohar Ratnam 4, Nancy J. Olsen 1
1Department of Medicine, Penn State University, 2Department of Pathology, Penn State University, 3Penn State College of Medicine, 4Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
The protocol illustrates the use of histopathologic examination and immunohistochemistry to profile the folate receptor beta macrophage and its relationship with the total immune cell infiltrate in temporal artery biopsies in giant cell arteritis.
