Table 2.

Correlation between findings of scanning electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry.

SEM	Immunohistochemistry
	Platelet		Fibrinogen		RBC
	r	p	r	p	r	p
Fibrin fibers	0.430	0.041	0.117	0.594	− 0.327		0.127
Fibrin sponges	− 0.265	0.222	0.192	0.380	− 0.123		0.576
Fibrin bundles	0.263	0.226	0.362	0.090	− 0.196		0.370
Platelet	0.048	0.827	0.097	0.659	− 0.169		0.442
Fibrin-platelet mixture	− 0.002	0.993	− 0.360	0.091	− 0.061		0.781
Leukocyte	− 0.185	0.399	0.020	0.927	0.369		0.083
Concave RBC	0.204	0.351	0.278	0.199	− 0.304		0.158
Polyhedrocyte	− 0.158	0.471	− 0.048	0.826	0.455		0.029
Echinocyte	0.017	0.939	0.278	0.198	0.268		0.217
Balloon RBC	0.130	0.555	0.270	0.212	− 0.463		0.026
Intermediate RBC	0.310	0.149	0.331	0.123	− 0.160		0.467
Biofilm	0.303	0.159	0.364	0.087	− 0.292		0.176
Pore	0.327	0.128	0.281	0.194	− 0.409		0.053

SEM, scanning electron microscopy; RBC, red blood cell.