The new,rapid,accurate and convenient tests for tuberculosis diagnosis and drug resistance are urgently needed for effective tuberculosis control.In this review,two novel,inexpensive diagnosis methods of active TB were introduced.They can detect tuberculosis disease and drug resistances directly form sputum specimens and might have greater applicability in developing countries.Several concerns about the research and development of innovative diagnosis technology in our country also are described.

Objective To explore the measure to diminish the misdiagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome.Methods 46 cases of Budd-Chiari syndrome were analyzed.Results 33 cases had ever been misdiagnosed with average time of 5.3 years.One of the main clinical symptoms was the pathological process of lower limb(84.8%).Doppler color flow imaging examination showed positive rate of 100% in liver veins and inferior vena cava,,but none of the misdiagnosed cases received this examination.The viral marker test had a positive rate of only 4.3% that was not higher than that of general population.Conclusion Budd-Chiari syndrome has a variety of symptoms,so Doppler color flow imaging is considered an important means to diagnose this disease.

Objective To explore the relationship between plasma brain natriuretic peptide(BNP),endothelin-1(ET-1)and left ventricular end diastolic volume index(LVEDVI),left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF)in children with heart failure and their clinical significance.Methods Forty-one children with heart disease were divided into Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ groups according to New York Heart Assciation(NYHA)heart functional class.Plasma BNP and ET-1 concentration were determined before and after treatment.All patients had echocardiographic study,including measurement of LVEDVI and LVEF.The relationship between plasma BNP,ET-1 and LVEDVI,LVEF were studied.Twenty healthy children were included in healthy control group,plasma BNP and ET-1 concentration were also determined.Results 1.Plasma BNP and ET-1 concentration in children with heart failure were significantly higher than those of healthy control group,and increased with the degree of heart failure.2.Plasma BNP and ET-1 concentration in children with heart failure were positively correlated with NYHA heart functional class(r=0.70,0.61 Pa

In 2010, Chinese Pharmacopoeia Committee officially enacted Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition). The Volume 1 of the pharmacopoeia is comprised of the medicinal materials and the decoction pieces, the essential oils and extracts of medicinal plants, prescription preparations and single preparation, etc., which not only provides Latin names of Chinese medicinal materials, also provided Latin names of the original medicinal plants to effectively control the quality of Chinese medicinal materials. In order to raise awareness of correctly citation and maintain the authority and standardization of Chinese Pharmacopoeia, this paper briefly describes abbreviations rules of authors' name of plant scientific name according to the 'International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, ICBN'. Through comparing with the rules of ICBN, 'Flora of China' (Chinese edition and English edition), and authority international plant catalogue databases, the authors made statistic and analysis of the non-standard cited authors' names phenomena of the original plant scientific names recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition), and the revision suggestions are proposed.
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Objective To explore the clinical significance of the footprints and lateral X-rays in weight loading in evaluating the rehabilitation of talipes valgus in the children with cerebral palsy.Methods One hundred footprints of 56 children who were cerebral palsy with talipes valgus in the hospital-community-family-based rehabilitation mode were divided into light,middle and heavy types,and they were counted with two footprint-based approaches,and the two approaches were compared with chi-square criterion,and the dependability on consequence of the footprint and lateral X-rays in weight loading were analyzed.Results One hundred feet evaluated by the method of footprint were flatfeet radically,and the occurrence of flatfoot evaluated by three define lines were 11,57,32,respectively,and evaluated by footprint ratio were 6,7,87,respectively,but the degrees were different with two footprint-based approaches.There was a close correlation between two footprint-based approaches and lateral X-rays in weight loading.Conclusions Flat foot caused by talipes valgus can be evaluated by footprint in static state,while the development of bones of foot and the constitution of instep can be monitored on the lateral X-rays in weight loading.

Objective: To investigate the effects of thyroid motilin (MTL) on migrating motor complex (MMC) in fasting rats. Methods: The distribution and quantitative expression of motilin in the thyroids were detected by immunohistochemistry and radioimmunoassay. We also observed the effect of thyriod motilin on the MMC by recording the gastrointestinal motility in conscious rats. Results: Tail vein injection of MTL increased MMC in antrum and duodenum in a dose-dependent manner, as manifested by increased contraction frequency and amplitude (P<0.05, P<0.01). However, the contraction frequency and amplitude were significantly decreased after injection of MTL-R antagonist GM109(P<0.05). GM109 could obviously block the promoting effect of MTL on MMC. Removing left thyroid significantly increased MMC cycle, contraction amplitude, and decreased contraction frequency (P<0.05). Injection of anti-MTL serum into the thyroids could significantly promote MMC and increase the frequency and amplitude of contraction (P<0.05). Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that motilin immunoreactive (MTL-IR) cells, together with calcitonin (CT) ,were observed in the thyroids, indicating the expression of MTL in thyroid C-cells. Radioimmunoassay analyses displayed that MTL level in the duodenal mucosa was 128.02 and 100.57 times those in the antrum and thyroid, respectively. Conclusion: MTL is expressed in the thyroid C-cell and participates in the regulation of MMC.

To explore the applicability of interleukin 8(IL 8)to determination of wound age in the incised and stabbed human skin samples,an immunohistochemical study on the temporal expression of IL 8 was performed on 52 human skin wounds at different posttraumatic intervals.Expression of IL 8 was detectable in polymorphonuclear cells(PMNs)in the wound specimens aged 4h.In the wound specimens aged from 12～24h after injury,IL 8 was identified in a large number of infiltrating PMNs and part of mononuclear cells(MNCs).Afterwards,the MNCs and fibroblastic cells(FBCs)accounted in the most part of the IL 8 positive cells.Morphometrically,the ratio of the number of the IL 8 stained PMNs,MNCs and FBCs to total number of the cells in the wounds was evaluated and calculated.The ratio of the IL 8 positive cells was low in the wound specimens aged 4 and 6h(16 0?10 1%),and maximized in the wound specimens aged between 1 and 4 days(59 6%?8 7%).Thereafter,the ratio decreased and minimized in the specimens aged from 19 to 21 days(27 5?5 9%).The results suggest that IL 8 can be used as a marker for the wound age determination in both incised and stabbed human skin.

Objective To evaluate the risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction.Methods A total of 180 patients with cerebral infarction were divided into no-plaque group (38cases) and plaque group (142 cases) on the results of Color ultrasonography.Plaque group was further divided into stable plaque subgroup (46 patients) and no-stable plaque subgroup (96 patients).Total cholesterol (TC),high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C),triglyceride (TG),fibrinogen (FIB) and oxidized low density lipoprotein cholesterol (OXLDL) were recorded.The risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction were analyzed.Results The percentage of hypertension,diabetes,stroke history,smoking were 88.7％(126/142),43.7％(62/142),53.5％(76/142),50.7％ (72/142) in plaque group and 52.6％(20/38),21.1％(8/38),31.6％(12/38),13.2％(5/38) in no-plaque group.The percentage of hypertension,diabetes,stroke history,smoking in plaque group were higher than those in no-plaque group,and there were significant differences (P ＜ 0.05).The age,TC,LDL-C,OXLDL,FIB were (65 ± 10) years old,(5.3 ±0.8) mmol/L,(3.4 ±0.8) mmol/L,(0.75 ±0.34) mmol/L,(4.8 ± 1.1) g/L in plaque group,and (56 ± 7) years old,(4.6 ± 0.7) mmol/L,(2.8 ± 0.7) mmol/L,(0.45 ± 0.21) mmol/L,(3.8 ± 0.9) g/L in no-plaque group.The age,TC,LDL-C,OXLDL,FIB in plaque group were higher than those in no-plaque group,and there were significant differences (P ＜ 0.05).The percentage of diabetes,stroke history,smoking and LDL-C,OXLDL were 50.0％(48/96),62.5％(60/96),56.2％(54/96),(3.7 ± 0.9) mmol/L,(0.84 ± 0.36)mmol/L in no-stable plaque subgroup,and 30.4％(14/46),34.8％(16/46),39.1％(18/46),(3.1 ± 0.7) mmol/L,(0.60 ± 0.32) mmol/L in stable plaque subgroup.The percentage of diabetes,stroke history,smoking and LDL-C,OXLDL in no-stable plaque subgroup were higher than those in stable plaque subgroup,and there were significant differences (P ＜ 0.05).Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that LDL-C (OR =1.724,95％ CI 1.326-2.285),OXLDL (OR =2.464,95％ CI 1.502-5.676) and diabetes (OR =1.484,95％ CI 1.005-1.739) were the independent risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction.Conclusion LDL-C,OXLDL and diabetes are the independent risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction.