OBJECTIVE To understand the variance of antimicrobial resistance and the mutations of resistant genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Haiyan area and to be helpful for infection therapy. METHODS For the patients with the positive smears of sputum, the M. tuberculosis was isolated from by sputum. The antimicrobial resistance of the isolates was detected by high and low concentration of antimicrobial agents method. The resistant-genes mutations of rpoB ane katG genes were detected by real-time PCR. RESULTS Among the 131 strains of clinical M. tuberculosis isolates, the total antimicrobial-resistant rate was 14.5%. In the patients after 2 month therapy, the total antimicrobial-resistant rate was 37.8%. The mutations of rpoB ane katG genes were 14.5% and 8.4% in the initially isolated strains, but 39.2% and 25.7% in the strains after 2 month therapy. CONCLUSIONS The drug-resistance of M. tuberculosis isolates in this area existsd before therapy of anti-infection, and,it can increase therapy time. It is important to detect the resistance and the resistant-genes mutations of the isolates.

Objective To investigate the role of DWI in differentiating autoimmune pancreatitis ( AIP) from pancreatic cancer ( PC) , and in the therapeutic effect evaluation of AIP.Methods DWI data of 26 cases with AIP , 29 cases with PC and 30 cases with normal pancreas ( NP ) were analyzed retrospectively.The distribution type and signal feature of lesions in cases with AIP or PC were evaluated by Chi-squared test.ADC values were measured and compared among 3 groups by Kruskal-Wallis test.ADC values of AIP and PC were analyzed by using ROC curve to determine the optimal threshold and diagnostic efficiency.ADC values were compared in AIP ( n=15 ) before and after steroid therapy by paired t test.Results Diffuse lesions were detected in 21 cases with AIP and 3 cases with PC, while focal lesions in 5 cases with AIP and 26 cases with PC (χ2 =27.64, P<0.01).On DWI, most of AIP (n=19) and PC (n=24) showed hyper-intense signal, while a few of AIP (n=7) and PC (n =5) showed iso-intense signal (χ2 =0.75, P>0.05).The median ADC values of AIP, PC and NP were 1.15 ×10 -3,1.35 × 10 -3 ,1.59 ×10-3 mm2/s, respectively; and the difference was statistically significant ( H=45.60, P <0.01).ROC analysis yielded an optimal ADC cutoff value of 1.255 ×10 -3 mm2/s (80.8% sensitivity, 79.3%specificity and 0.871 area under curve for the diagnosis of AIP ).ADC values of AIP ( n=15) were markedly increased from the baseline (1.10 ±0.19) ×10 -3 to (1.57 ±0.12) ×10 -3 mm2/s after steroid therapy (t=-10.14, P<0.01).Conclusions DWI may be useful for diagnosing and evaluating the effect of steroid therapy in AIP.ADC values of AIP were significantly lower than those of pancreatic cancer and normal pancreas.After steroid therapy , ADC values were markedly increased in AIP.