1.Expression and clinical significance of PTEN in bladde r transitional carcinoma
Pengfei JIN ; Chao TAN ; Pinghua MAO ; Fang WANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2014;(z2):23-25
Objective Investigates expression of PTEN(Phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosome ten , PTEN) in bladder transitional cell carcinoma (BTCC) and its clinical significance.Methods Fifty-one cases of bladder transitional carcino -ma, forty-two cases of Cystitis Glandularis(CG) and ten cases of normal bladder tissue 10 cases of normal bladder tissue were collect -ed.All samples were derived from cystoscopic biopsy and were subjected to histopathological examination to confirm the diagnosis .Im-munohistochemistry S-P methods is used to demonstrate the expression of PTEN .Results The positive rate of PTEN expression in BTCC, CG and normal bladder tissue are 58.8%, 81% 100%,and there is statistic significance ( P <0.01) among three groups.51 cases of BTCC are divided into group G Ⅰ ,GⅡ ,GⅢ and Tis -T1 ,T2-T4 ,and there is statistic significance among group G Ⅰ and GⅡ, GⅢ ( P <0.01),between group Tis -T1 and T2-T4 ( P <0.05).Conclusions The reduced expression or loss of PETN might play an important role in carcinogenesis and progression of bladder cancer .The positive rate of PTEN expression was negatively correlated to the clinical and grade staging of tumor .
2.Time to positivity in differential diagnosis of intracranial infection caused by coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
Minhui DAI ; Pinghua PAN ; Qian LI ; Zhi MAO ; Shuai LIU ; Haitao LI
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2016;9(6):518-521
Objective To evaluate the application of time to positivity (TTP)in differential diagnosis of intracranial infection caused by coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS).Methods One hundred and twenty-four adult patients with positive CNS isolated from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)including 70 cases with intracranial infection and 54 cases of CSF contamination,who were admitted in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University during January to December 201 5,were retrospectively analyzed.The difference of TTP between two groups was compared,receiver operating characteristic (ROC)curve was analyzed and the area under the ROC curve (AUC)was calculated.The application of TTP in differential diagnosis of CNS infection was evaluated.SPSS 1 8.0 software was used to analyze the data.Results TTP in intracranial infection group was shorter than that in CSF contamination group [(23.5 ±7.5 )h vs. (37.6 ±1 0.5)h,t =-8.71 7,P =0.000].The AUC of TTP was 0.854.Taking the cut-off value of 27.94 h,the sensitivity,specificity,positive and negative predictive values in differentiation of two groups were 72.7%,91 .4%,90.0% and 72.2%,respectively.There were statistically differences in TTP of Staphylococcus epidermidis,Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus capitis between two groups (Z =-4.496,-2.322 and -2.399,respectively,P <0.05 or <0.01 ).Conclusion TTP can be used to discriminate early intracranial infection and CSF contamination caused by CNS,and also can identify intracranial infection caused by different categories of CNS.