Objective To investigate the clinical value of pancreatic amylase (P-AMY) in acute pancreatitis, and perform methodical evaluation on total amylase (α-AMY), P-AMY and lipase.Methods 126 cases of patients with acute pancreatitis, 105 cases of disease controls and 95 healthy controls were involced in the investigation. Hitachi7600 automatic biochemical analyzer was applying to measuring α-AMY, P-AMY and lipase. The upper limit of the reference range of the total amylase, pancreatic amylase and lipase was 216 U/L, 115 U/L and 200 U/L respectively in our laboratory.Results The sensitivity of total amylase, pancreatic amylase, and lipase for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was 73.1%, 88.5% and 92.3% respectively;and while the specificity was 70.5%、81.9% and 82.9% respectively. The diagnostic accuracy, determined as the area under the curve, was 0.795 for total amylase, 0.868 for pancreatic amylase, and 0.886 for lipase. There was a significant difference between the total amylase and pancreatic amylase (P=0.045), but no significant difference was found between the pancreatic amylase and lipase (P=0.613) by ROC curve.Conclusion Pancreatic amylase has a higher sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy than α-AMY in acute pancreatitis, and shows a similar diagnostic performance as lipase. Therefore, P-AMY and lipase should be measured in combination in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.

Mice, were each infected with 48-52 different geographic Schisto-soma japonicum cercariae of Zhejiang Hangzhou, Jiangsu Wuxi,Anhui Guchi,Jiangxi Nanchang,Hubei Hanyang , Hunan Yueyang & Yunnan Dali. 32-35 d after infection, the mice were treated orally with praziquantel at a single dose of 400 mg/kg. The worm reduction rates of each geographic S. japonicum were compared with that of Anhui Guchi schistosomes which was known to be more sensitive to praziquantel. The results showed that the worm reduction rate of Yunnan Dali schistosomes was 35.1%, which was much less than 75.4% of Anhui Guchi schistosomes. No apparent difference in susceptibility of other 5 geographic schistosomes to praziquantel was observed as comparing with Anhui Guchi schistosomes.When mice infected with Yunnan or Anhui schistosomes for 5 weeks were treated orally with praziquantel at a single dose of 300 mg/kg. the drug-induced hepatic shift rate of the worms and morphological changes of the worms were more or less similar in both geographic schistosomes within 28 d after medication. It was considered that less effect of praziquanfel on Yunnan Dali schistosomes may be ascribed to less susceptibility of the worms to the drug.