Objective To discuss the early recognition and treatment of group B streptococcus (GBS) infection caused neonatal meningitis and subdural effusion. Method The onset, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment process were retrospectively analyzed in one case of typical GBS infection caused neonatal meningitis and subdural effusion. Results The subject was late-onset GBS infection, with insidious onset, rapid progress, slow clinical recovery, and highly sensitive to vancomycin. During the treatment, the subject had relapses. The subdural effusion had been found. After extension of vancomycin treatment, the subject recovered. Conclusions The late onset GBS infection should be taken seriously in clinical, pay attention to the complications such as purulent meningitis, subdural effusion, hydrocephalus, and be early treated with adequate and effective antibiotics.

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The experiment was performed on neurons freshly isolated from rat DRG by using whole cell patch clamp techniques. When 60 cells responded to GABA were treated with SKF38393, a selective agonist of dopamine Dl receptor, it was found that except one cell which exhibited a slight potentiation( l0.0%,l/60), the inhibition by SKF38393 of GABA-activated current was predominant (88.33%,53/60), while the remainders were of no effect( l.66%,6/60). In 50 neurons tested , when the neurons were treated with R(-)-NPA prior to the application of GABA for 30sec, It was found that GABA-activated membrane currents were inhibited (76%,38/50) , enhanced (2%,l/50) , no effected markedly (22%,11/50). The effect of SKF38393 and R(-)-NPA was dependent on the concentration of SKF38393 and R(-)-NPA . By intracellular application of 10-4mol/L H7, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase , via micropipette the inhibition of SKF38393 and R(-)-NPA was abolished apparently as compared with the control .

Background Postoperative ametropia, especially large astigmatism after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) for keratoconus often results in poor visual acuity.Though postoperative ametropia can be corrected by wearing glasses or performing corneal refractive surgery, the visual quality of patients is still poor, and the operations are difficult to implement because of insufficient corneal thickness.Toric intraocular collamer lens (TICL) implantation appears to have good corrective efficacy on severe astigmatism,but the research on the eyes after DALK is still less.Objective This study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TICL implantation for the ametropic eyes following DALK for keratoconus.Methods This study protocol was approved by Ethic Commission of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital,and written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to any medical procedure.A self-controlled serial observational research was carried out.Eight ametropic eyes of 8 patients who received the DALK for keratoconus before 18 months were enrolled in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital from August 201 1 to March 2012, with the spherical diopter range from 0 D to-7.5 D and cylindrical diopter range from-2.5 D to-6.0 D.TICL implantation was performed on the eyes.The eye examinations were carried out before surgery and 1 week,3 months,6 months, 1 year and 2 years after surgery,including uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) ,best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) ,comprehensive optometry, corneal astigmatism degree, the central corneal thickness and anterior chamber depth (ACD), corneal endothelial cell counts (ECD) ,intraocular pressure.The examination outcomes were compared before and after surgery.The intraoperative and postoperative complications were observed to evaluate the safety of TICL implantation for the ametropic eyes following DALK for keratoconus.Results The UCVA and BCVA were obviously improved at 6 months after TICL implantation in comparison with before surgery and maintained stable during the follow-up duration.The mean spherical diopter was from-0.5 D to-1.0 D and the mean cylindrical diopter was from-0.5 D to-2.0 D after surgery.The corneal endothelial cell counts were (2 520.2 ± 307.2) , (2 496.2 ± 306.2) , (2 469.6±304.5) , (2 432.0 ± 305.4), (2 383.4 ± 309.4)/mm2, and the intraoeular pressures were (14.57 ± 3.75), (16.62±4.21), (16.57±3.56), (15.66±3.37), (15.13±3.48) mmHg, showing insignificant differences among different time points (F =0.375,P =0.825;F =9.871, P =0.394).No significant differences were found in mean ACD and intraocular pressure between before and after surgery (t =1.56 ,P =0.16).The axial deviation of TICL was less than 10° in all the operated eyes 6 months after surgery.No intraoperative and postoperative complications were found during the follow-up duration.Conclusions TICL implantation is a safe and effective alternative and viable approach to myopic and astigmatism patients following DALK for keratoconus.

Objective To investigate the predictive value of the non-invasive indicator deceleration capacity of heart rate (DC) in the sudden cardiac death (SCD) after acute myocardial infarction. Methods A total of 417 myocardial infarc?tion patients with ST-segment elevation in sinus rhythm were enrolled in this study. DC was assessed from data of 24-hour ECG Holter. Regular follow-ups were carried out within 12 months. The SCD events were recorded and compared with pa?tients without SCD. Results During 12 months of follow-up, 20 patients were died due to SCD (4.8%). Compared with sur?vival group, patients showed significantly lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF, 0.393 ± 0.065 vs 0.528 ± 0.042, P<0.05) and DC [(2.85±1.66) ms vs (5.49±1.71) ms,P<0.05]in SCD group. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that lower LVEF(<0.35)[RR: 2.167(1.384-4.661), P=0.013]and DC (DC<4.5 ms)[RR: 3.706(2.709-5.374),P=0.020]were risk factors for the occurrence of SCD. The prediction sensitivity by the decreased LVEF and DC was 52.1%and 76.4%respectively, and the specificity was 84.5%and 86.1%respectively. Conclusion The decreased value of DC after acute myocardial infarction can predict the SCD events.

Objective To explore the activity of daily living in patients with schizophrenia and its related factors. Methods 200 patientswith schizophrenia were investigated with the questionnaire about general condition, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)and Activity of Daily Living Scale (ADL) when hospitalized. The relationship between the scores of ADL and sexuality, age, education level,marital status, profession before the disease attacking, household, disease type, course of the disease, frequency of attacking and hospitalizationor scores of PANSS was analyzed. Results The score of ADL was significantly above the normal level (t=32.206, P=0.000) in theschizophrenics. The score of ADL was not significantly different among the patients in different gender, education level, marital status, profession,household and the frequency of hospitalization (P>0.05), but was significantly different among the ages (F=3.851, P=0.023) and diseasetype (F=19.793, P=0.000). The score of ADL positively correlated with the course of the disease (r=0.161, P=0.023), frequency of attacking(r=0.396, P=0.000) and the difference value between the numbers of attacking and hospitalization (r=0.425, P=0.000), so as the totaland each factors scores of PANSS (P=0.000), but did not correlated with frequency of hospitalization (r= 0.097, P=0.174). By multiple regressionanalysis, only 3 factors score of PANSS, the frequency of attacking and the difference value between the numbers of attacking andhospitalization entered into the regression equation (F=53.630, P=0.000). Conclusion The patients with schizophrenia generally fall in activityof daily living. The more serious the disease, the more frequent the attacking and the more the difference value between the numbers ofattacking and hospitalization, the poorer the activity of daily living was.

Objective To study the changes of colonic motility in chronic stress-induced depression rat model,the association between interleukin 6 (IL-6) and depression and its effects on contraction of colonic smooth muscle in vitro.MethodsThere were 30 healthy adult Wistar rats,of which chronic stress-induced depression model was created in 15 rats and the other 15 rats were in control group.The ratio of sugar consumption to body weight and the percentage of sugar preference were tested in these two rats groups through sugar preference experiments.The behavioral changes of two rats groups were detected by open field test.Colonic motility was evaluated with simulated fecal discharge experiment,and the serum IL-6 level was measured with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).IL-6 in colon tissue at mRNA level was determined by RT-PCR.The contraction ability of rat colonic smooth muscle was observed.The colonic smooth muscle of control group was treated with different concentration of IL-6,the effects of IL-6 on normal colonic smooth muscle and its response to acetylcholine (Ach) were evaluated.Results In model group,the ratio of sugar consumption to body weight was 0.12±0.03,the percentage of sugar preference was 16.17％ ±2.61 ％,total walking distance was (741.54 ± 341.10) cm and total times of upright was 15.69 ± 8.00,which were all significantly lower than those of control group (0.18±0.02,25.54 ％ ± 2.32 ％,1336.20 cm±698.80 cm and 24.87±7.90,respectively) (P=0.041,0.044,0.002 and 0.001).It took (109.78±48.00) min for defecating in model group,which was significantly longer than that of control group (28.00±11.10) min (P=0.002).The IL-6 levels were high both in the serum and colon tissue of model group rats.The response of colonic smooth muscle to Ach was weaker in model group than that of control group (P=0.035).In model group,there were no significant difference in the response of colonic smooth muscle to IL-6 at 200,500 and 1000 pg/ml (P =0.935、0.825、0.766 ).After Ach added,there was significant difference in the response to Ach between IL-6 at 500,1000 pg/ml (R=1.1480±0.1000 and 1.1361±0.1500) and control group only added with Ach (R=1.6100±0.4500) (P=0.000 and 0.004).ConclusionIL-6 level increase in chronic stress-induced depression rat model and causes smooth muscle contraction disorder through reducing the sensitivity of intestinal smooth muscle to Ach.

Objective To investigate clinical therapeutic effects after a series of improvements of multi-site combination in the simple obese patient with tumescent liposuction. Methods Before tumescence anesthetization, short-acting benzo-diazepine was used as sedative inducer. The pressure and fluid velocity of short-acting benzodiazepine were regulated and injected into deeper level of fat at first, and all of these actions decreased the pain of patients, and promote the effect of the pain tolerance. The positions of the incisions were selected to hide from view and specifically protected, which could improve looks and decrease the scar formation after operation. In later stage of operation the flaps were pressurized and slid from outside, in order to make the flaps even and smooth and to keep their thickness according to the position of the flaps and the age of the patients. Opened draining was changed to block draining after operation. Results 73 cases were taken the follow-up for 6～24 months. All cases obtained satisfactory results, except that one cases was complicated by scar hypertrophy. The changes of the circumferences were as follows: the decrease of the maximum circumference of thigh was from 2 cm to 17cm, abdomen from 3 cm to 24 cm, and buttocks from 1 cm to 3 cm. Conclusions A series of improvement of key measures enhance the clinical therapeutic effects of multi-site combination in the simple obese patient with tumescent liposuction.

Cell culture technology is the most commonly used method in the in vitro experiments at present. However, monolayer cell culture technology has been unable to meet the demand of the researchers. This is because that monolayer cell culture cannot mimic the cellular environment in which multiple cells interact with each other in the body. We cannot discuss the relationship of many cells, because we do not know the relationship between cells through a single kind of cell. So cell co-culture medicine arises at the historic moment for the demand. With the development of research method in recent years, cell co-culture method also has been improved in practice: from direct contact co-cultures to indirect contact co-cultures, from two-dimensional co-cultures to three-dimensional co-cultures. Cell co-culture method is closer to the human body. It is also more advantageous to study the interaction among cells. Nowadays, there are more researchers tend to select this method to study the physiological and pathological in vitro model, tissue engineering, and cell differentiation research. At the same time, it has become the focus of drug research and development, drug analysis, mechanism of drug action, and drug targets. This article will review the studies of cell co-culture method, summarize advantages and disadvantages of various methods, so as to promote improvement of cell culture methods, to build cells co-culture system that more close to human body, and build the in vitro model that simulate internal circulation of human body further.

AIM: To study the effect of ?-amyloid protein (?-AP) and D-galactose(D-gal) on learning-memory and SOD activity and MDA content of hippocampus in rats. METHODS: The behaviors of rats were measured by using open field, Y-maze and one-trial passive avoidance response, and the content of SOD and MDA were measured. RESULTS: In the D-gal and D-gal+?-AP group rats, the spontaneous activities and responses to novel environment in the open field were significantly decreased, and the abilities of learning-memory were remarkably attenuated, the content of SOD decreased and MDA content increased markedly in hippocampus (P