Objective To investigate the effects of Helicohacter pylori infection on plasma lipid levels. Methods HpIgG was measured by ELISA in both 242 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and 88 subjects without CHD, and compared between these two groups. Then 242 patients with CHD were divided into HpIgG positive group and HpIgG negative group ,and total cholesterol (TC) ,triglyceride (TG) ,high density lipaprotein (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), apolipoprotein A (ApoA) , apolipoprotein B (ApoB) were analyzed and compared between these two subgroups. Results The rate of seropositivity for HpIgG in CHD patients was significantly higher than that of controls (53.3 % vs. 38.6 %, P < 0.05), and HDL, ApoA level in HplgG seropasitive group was signif-icantly lower than that of HpIgG seronegative one (P < 0.05). However, there was no difference of TC, TC, LDL and ApoB between these two subgroups (P > 0.05). Conclusion Hp infection may be associated with CHD. It may pro-mote the pathogenesis of CHD through lowering serum HDL-C level.

Objective To investigate whether angiotensin Ⅱ type 1 receptor(AT1R)gene polymorphism is associated with essential hypertension(EH). Methods A total of 200 hypertension patients and 192 normotensive controls were enrolled. The AT1R gene 1166A/C and -810A/T polymorphism were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-PFLP), and the association between the SNPs and the EH were analyzed statistically. Some biochemical index such as serum glucose (GLU) and total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL-C) and low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) were also measured. Results There was no significant difference between two groups of 1166A/C polymorphisms of AT1R gene(P ＞ 0.05 ). However, for the -810A/T polymorphism of AT1R gene, -810 AT and TT genotypes frequencies were significantly higher in EH patients than control (P = 0. 004). The -810T allele frequencies were higher in case than in control (22.5% vs. 11.5% ;P =0.000). We also found an association between EH and -810AT and TT genotypes by logistic regression analysis ( P = 0. 003 ), adjusted for other risk factors. The odds ratio was 2.57 (95% CI:1. 37 ～4. 84). Conclusions AT1R -810A/T polymorphism is associated with EH and -810T allele may be a risk factor of hypertension

Objective To study the pathogenic bacteria species and drug resistance rate in the intensive care unit(ICU)in county hospital to guide clinical rational use of antibiotics. Methods 263 various specimens were chosen from January 2013 to December 2013 in the ICU of Zigui County People's Hospital in Hubei Province,these were applied to perform the bacterial culture and identification,and disc AGAR diffusion method was used to test the in vitro drug susceptibility and observe the specimens distribution,pathogenic distribution and the rate of drug resistance. Results In the 263 specimens,the top three isolated were 131 sputum(49.8%),49 blood(18.6%) and 38 ascites specimens(14.4%)respectively,and the pleural effusion was the least isolated with 5(1.9%). A total of 125 strains bacteria were isolated with positive detection rate of 47.5%(125/263). In the 125 strains,80(64.0%) were Gram-negative(G-)bacilli at the pioneer position,and the top four were:Klebsiella pneumonia 23(18.4%), Acinetobacter Baumanni 19(15.2%),Escherichia coli 18(14.4%)and Pseudomonas aeruginosa 12 strains(9.6%). There were 33 strains(26.4%)of Gram positive(G+)cocci including mainly Staphylococcus aureus 25 strains(20.0%);fungi strains were 12,the least(9.6%). The drug resistance rates of the top four G- bacillus were as follows:the rate of Klebsiella pneumoniae to ampicillin sodium was the highest(100%),while its rate to imipenem,meropenem and ciprofloxacin was 0;the rates of Acinetobacter baumannii to tobramycin and ceftriaxone were very high(100%, 92.3%),while to imipenem,meropennem were much lower respectively(26.3%,15.4%);the rates of Escherichia coli to ampicillin sodium and piperacillin were relatively high(88.9%,83.3%),while the rates to amikacin,imipenem, meropennem respectively were 0;the rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ceftriaxone,cefotaxime sodium were very high(both 100%),while the resistant rate to levofloxacin was 0. The G+ cocci had no drug-resistance to linezolid, teicoplanin and vancomycin;the rates of Staphylococcus aureus to azithromycin,clindamycin,erythromycin and penicillin were higher than 80%,and those of Excrement enterococcus to erythromycin,gentamycin,levofloxacin were also higher than 80%. Conclusions The ICU infection of our hospital is primarily respiratory tract infection, the pathogenic bacteria are mainly G- bacilli and the antibacterial drug resistance is very serious. Therefore it is necessary to monitor the trend of bacterial resistance closely,and according to the results of bacteria identification and drug susceptibility,the antimicrobial agents are reasonably chosen to effectively reduce and control the ICU hospital infection.

Humans ; Noise, Occupational ; adverse effects ; Occupational Exposure ; standards

The independent component analysis is a new method for signal processing, which has been paid attention to in the field of biomedical engineering. This paper introduces the design of biopotential analysis system based on ICA neural network and discusses its foundamental components.

This paper aims to analyze the impact of splenic vein thrombosis (SVT) on the hemodynamic parameters in hepatic portal vein system. Based on computed tomography (CT) images of a patient with portal hypertension and commercial software MIMICS, the patient's portal venous system model was reconstructed. Color Doppler ultrasound method was used to measure the blood flow velocity in portal vein system and then the blood flow velocities were used as the inlet boundary conditions of simulation. By using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, we simulated the changes of hemodynamic parameters in portal venous system with and without splenic vein thrombosis and analyzed the influence of physiological processes. The simulation results reproduced the blood flow process in portal venous system and the results showed that the splenic vein thrombosis caused serious impacts on hemodynamics. When blood flowed through the thrombosis, blood pressure reduced, flow velocity and wall shear stress increased. Flow resistance increased, blood flow velocity slowed down, the pressure gradient and wall shear stress distribution were more uniform in portal vein. The blood supply to liver decreased. Splenic vein thrombosis led to the possibility of forming new thrombosis in portal vein and surroundings.
Blood Flow Velocity ; Blood Pressure ; Computer Simulation ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Hypertension, Portal ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Portal Vein ; Splenic Vein ; pathology ; Thrombosis ; pathology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Objective To explore the genetic impact of three newly discovered single nueleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 gene on the susceptibility of the chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Methods Genome DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood samples of 115 cases suffering from the chronic HBV infection (74 chronic hepatitis B, 41 cirrhosis) as well as 41 healthy volunteers. Thereafter, genotyping of rs2241715, rs2241716 and rs4803455 sites of the TGF-β1 gene was performed by genotype-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. The data were analyzed by the ehi square test and Fisher exact test. Results There was a significant difference of rs2241715 genotypes and allele frequencies between healthy volunteers and patients with chronic hepatitis B and cirrhosis (χ2 = 11.419, P＜0.01 and χ2 = 6.218, χ2 = 5.961,P＜0.05,respectively). Interestingly, the risk relative of subjects with T/T genotype suffered from chronic hepatitis B (OR = 2. 974, 95% CI = 1.209 - 7. 314, P = 0.018) and cirrhosis (OR = 3.228, 95%CI=1.201-8.675, P=0.020) was dramatically higher than that in patients with T/G or G/G genotypes. Conclusion The TGF-β1 rs2241715 T/T genotype appears to be associated with the chronic HBV infection.

This report presented a case of disseminated infection with nocardia in lupus erythematosus (SLE) and reviewed the current literature. Nocardiosis was a rare, sometimes life-threatening opportunistic infection in SLE patients. The isolation and identification of pathogen was fundamental for the diagnosis of nocardiosis. Sulfonamides were traditionally the agent of choice for treatment of nocardiosis; while it must be given for several months even more than one year, particularly in patients with suppressed immune function. Issues regarding the drug resistance and the toxicity of sulfonamides in long-term therapy needed to be considered. Linezolid could be an effective agent for the treatment of nocardiosis, whether it could reduce the treatment course need to be further studied.

Objective To study the changes of apoptosis and cell cycle progression of Hela cells after the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase(PARP) was inhibited by its inhibitor 3-aminobenzamid(3-AB) and the mechanisms of PARP interaction with Hela cells damaged by irradiation.Methods Hela cell line was used.Flow cytometry(FCM) was used to examine the PARP expression of control and 3-AB groups at 0,2,4,8,12 h after administration with 5 mmol?L-1 3-AB.The percentage of apoptotic cells and cell cycle progression of control,irradiation,3-AB plus irradiation groups were measured with FCM at 2,8,12,24 h after exposure to 2 Gy irradiation following administration with 5 mmol?L-1 3-AB.Results The percentage of Hela cells with positive expression of PARP protein decreased after administration with 3-AB and there was significant difference between 3-AB plus irradiation group and control group(P

HRP was injected into the cervical (3 cases) or lumbar (2 cases) spinal cord unilaterally in 5 adult cats. Labeled cells were discovered in the hypoth alamus and nearby areas. There was no obvious difference in labeling between cervical and lumbar injection cases. Labeled cells were found bilaterally with ipsilateral preponderance.he paraventricular nucleus was most heavily labeled; the posterior and lateral hypothalamic areas were less. A few labeled cells were found in the dorsal hypothalamic area and the supramamillary nucleus. Forel's area was also weakly labeled and occasional cells were found in the subthalamic nucleus and zona incerta.We were unable to find labeled cells in the dorsomedial nucleus. Labeling of the supramamillary nucleus, which was found in this sutdy, has not been mentioned in the literature available to us.