1.Species identification on 43 clinical non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria isolates from Gansu Province, China
Xin ZHANG ; Jing CAI ; Yuan JIANG ; Daijue WEI ; Kai LI ; Chongxiang TONG
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses 2017;33(2):173-177
To understand pathogen spectrum of nontuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) and the dominant NTM in Gansu Province and provide the scientific basis for the effective prevention and treatment of NTM diseases,875 Mycobacteria isolates were collected from 2012 to 2014 in Lanzhou Pulmonary Hospital,NTM species were identified by means of PNB/TCH differentiate medium and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis respectively.Forty-six isolats of NTM were identied from 875 PNB/TCH.Then with 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis,the NTM strains were identified to 3 strains of Nocadia and 43 strains of NTM,including M.intracellulare,M.kansasii,M.avium,M.senegalense,M.gordonae,M.szulgai,M.peregrinumand M.fortuitum.Among them,there were 31 strains of M.intracellulare,which accounted for 72.09% of the total number of NTM strains.The dominant nontuberculosis Mycobacteria in Gansu Province were mainly M.intracellulare.The application of molecular biology can rapidly and accurately identify the species of nontuberculosis Mycobacteria,and can provide relevant evidence for clinical diagnosis and therapy.
2.Exploration of Modern Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Model:from Target to State
Lili ZHANG ; Chongxiang XUE ; Ling ZHOU ; Runyu MIAO ; Linhua ZHAO ; Ye LEI ; Jiliang FANG ; Yaoping TANG ; Juexian SONG ; Shipeng SUN ; Xiuyang LI ; Xiaolin TONG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;64(22):2269-2274
It is the current confusion encountered by integrated Chinese and Western medicine that how to find the breakthrough direction of integrating Chinese and Western medicine, from crossover to integration to innovation, and open up a new horizon of integrated Chinese and Western medicine. The progress of Chinese medicine lay in expanding the scope of diagnosis and treatment with the help of modern diagnostic and therapeutic equipments and developing “micro” identification, while the progress of Western medicine lay in looking at “macro” and developing systemic medicine and integrated medicine, both of which are in the direction of each other. The “state-target identification and treatment” may become an important way to build a modern diagnosis and treatment system of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, and the thinking mode of “from target to state” is a further refinement and development on the basis of the theoretical system of “state-target identification and treatment”, which provided a clearer solution for the current stage of the integrated Chinese and Western medicine model, and pointed out the important development direction for the future integrated Chinese and Western medicine. From the perspective of strategic level and diagnosis and treatment practice, it integrated the “target-state” thinking mode into the modern diagnosis and treatment model of the integrated Chinese and Western medicine, i.e., “Western medicine as the basis and treating with Chinese medicine; Chinese medicine as the basis and treating with Western medicine”. On the one hand, Western medicine should strengthen the reference to the traditional theories and holism of Chinese medicine, and advocate a higher level of education on the integrated Chinese and Western medicine under the guidance of the traditional theories of Chinese medicine. On the other hand, the “from target to state” mode of thinking should be applied to guide the establishment of diagnostic and treatment strategies and clinical selection of medicines in clinical practice, so as to locate the target and adjust the body state in a gradual and orderly manner, and to provide practical methods for the modern clinical work of the integrated Chinese and Western medicines. Chinese and Western medicine systems can learn from each other, combine organically, give full play to their respective strengths, and form an internal law, so as to make breakthroughs and innovations in the integrated Chinese and Western medicine model.