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Research Article

• Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from sputum in cystic fibrosis. (1 October, 1978)

  P D Sparham, D I Lobban, D C Speller
• Transient skin flora: their removal by cleansing or disinfection in relation to their mode of deposition. (1 October, 1978)

  H A Lilly, E J Lowbury
• A test for 'hygienic' hand disinfection. (1 October, 1978)

  G A Ayliffe, J R Babb, A H Quoraishi
• Sensitivity of urine-grown cells of Providencia stuartii to antiseptics. (1 October, 1978)

  B Thomas, L Sykes, D J Stickler
• Incomplete anaerobiosis as a cause of metronidazole 'resistance'. (1 October, 1978)

  S E Milne, E J Stokes, P M Waterworth
• A simple manganous chloride and Congo red disc method for differentiating Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Neisseria meningitidis. (1 October, 1978)

  T O Odugbemi, M G McEntegart, S Hafiz
• Astrovirus-associated gastroenteritis in children. (1 October, 1978)

  C R Ashley, E O Caul, W K Paver
• Further studies on the umbilical cord and its water content. (1 October, 1978)

  J M Scott, R Wilkinson
• Catecholamines and free fatty acids in plasma of patients undergoing cardiac operations with hypothermia and bypass. (1 October, 1978)

  J Hirvonen, P Huttunen, L Nuutinen, A Pekkarinen
• An improved method for the diagnosis of polycythaemia. (1 October, 1978)

  D P Bentley, W H Thomson, J A Napier
• Haemoglobin A2 levels in vitamin B12 and folate deficiency. (1 October, 1978)

  L A Henshaw, J L Tizzard, K Booth, M E Beard
• A direct binding assay for rheumatoid factor serum antiglobulins using fluorescein-labelled Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin-G. (1 October, 1978)

  I Singh, G E Francis
• Demonstration of immunoglobulin in cryostat and paraffin sections of human tonsil by immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase techniques. Effects of processing on immunohistochemical performance of tissues and on the use of proteolytic enzymes to unmask antigens in sections. (1 October, 1978)

  R C Curran, J Gregory
• Atheroembolism. (1 October, 1978)

  W F Kealy
• Carcinoid tumour of the uterine cervix. (1 October, 1978)

  T F Warner
• Technical quality control in histopathology. (1 October, 1978)

  W T Barr
• Urine cytology by a filter imprint method. (1 October, 1978)

  R Buchanan, M J Sworn, J H Hawthorne
• Comparison of radioimmunoassay and enzyme immunoassay for detecting hepatitis B surface antigen in serum from freshly donated blood and selected blood products. (1 October, 1978)

  R Hopkins, S Ross, T Jordan, A D Watt
• Prediction of red cell mass from weight and height: a nomogram. (1 October, 1978)

  R W Payne
• Bacterial contamination of laboratory forms. (1 October, 1978)

  B Chattopadhyay, E Thomas