Objective To discuss the early recognition and treatment of group B streptococcus (GBS) infection caused neonatal meningitis and subdural effusion. Method The onset, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment process were retrospectively analyzed in one case of typical GBS infection caused neonatal meningitis and subdural effusion. Results The subject was late-onset GBS infection, with insidious onset, rapid progress, slow clinical recovery, and highly sensitive to vancomycin. During the treatment, the subject had relapses. The subdural effusion had been found. After extension of vancomycin treatment, the subject recovered. Conclusions The late onset GBS infection should be taken seriously in clinical, pay attention to the complications such as purulent meningitis, subdural effusion, hydrocephalus, and be early treated with adequate and effective antibiotics.

Adult ; Beverages ; Food-Processing Industry ; Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Noise, Occupational ; Occupational Exposure ; Young Adult

The experiment was performed on neurons freshly isolated from rat DRG by using whole cell patch clamp techniques. When 60 cells responded to GABA were treated with SKF38393, a selective agonist of dopamine Dl receptor, it was found that except one cell which exhibited a slight potentiation( l0.0%,l/60), the inhibition by SKF38393 of GABA-activated current was predominant (88.33%,53/60), while the remainders were of no effect( l.66%,6/60). In 50 neurons tested , when the neurons were treated with R(-)-NPA prior to the application of GABA for 30sec, It was found that GABA-activated membrane currents were inhibited (76%,38/50) , enhanced (2%,l/50) , no effected markedly (22%,11/50). The effect of SKF38393 and R(-)-NPA was dependent on the concentration of SKF38393 and R(-)-NPA . By intracellular application of 10-4mol/L H7, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase , via micropipette the inhibition of SKF38393 and R(-)-NPA was abolished apparently as compared with the control .

Objective To investigate the predictive value of the non-invasive indicator deceleration capacity of heart rate (DC) in the sudden cardiac death (SCD) after acute myocardial infarction. Methods A total of 417 myocardial infarc?tion patients with ST-segment elevation in sinus rhythm were enrolled in this study. DC was assessed from data of 24-hour ECG Holter. Regular follow-ups were carried out within 12 months. The SCD events were recorded and compared with pa?tients without SCD. Results During 12 months of follow-up, 20 patients were died due to SCD (4.8%). Compared with sur?vival group, patients showed significantly lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF, 0.393 ± 0.065 vs 0.528 ± 0.042, P<0.05) and DC [(2.85±1.66) ms vs (5.49±1.71) ms,P<0.05]in SCD group. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that lower LVEF(<0.35)[RR: 2.167(1.384-4.661), P=0.013]and DC (DC<4.5 ms)[RR: 3.706(2.709-5.374),P=0.020]were risk factors for the occurrence of SCD. The prediction sensitivity by the decreased LVEF and DC was 52.1%and 76.4%respectively, and the specificity was 84.5%and 86.1%respectively. Conclusion The decreased value of DC after acute myocardial infarction can predict the SCD events.

Background Postoperative ametropia, especially large astigmatism after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) for keratoconus often results in poor visual acuity.Though postoperative ametropia can be corrected by wearing glasses or performing corneal refractive surgery, the visual quality of patients is still poor, and the operations are difficult to implement because of insufficient corneal thickness.Toric intraocular collamer lens (TICL) implantation appears to have good corrective efficacy on severe astigmatism,but the research on the eyes after DALK is still less.Objective This study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TICL implantation for the ametropic eyes following DALK for keratoconus.Methods This study protocol was approved by Ethic Commission of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital,and written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to any medical procedure.A self-controlled serial observational research was carried out.Eight ametropic eyes of 8 patients who received the DALK for keratoconus before 18 months were enrolled in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital from August 201 1 to March 2012, with the spherical diopter range from 0 D to-7.5 D and cylindrical diopter range from-2.5 D to-6.0 D.TICL implantation was performed on the eyes.The eye examinations were carried out before surgery and 1 week,3 months,6 months, 1 year and 2 years after surgery,including uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) ,best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) ,comprehensive optometry, corneal astigmatism degree, the central corneal thickness and anterior chamber depth (ACD), corneal endothelial cell counts (ECD) ,intraocular pressure.The examination outcomes were compared before and after surgery.The intraoperative and postoperative complications were observed to evaluate the safety of TICL implantation for the ametropic eyes following DALK for keratoconus.Results The UCVA and BCVA were obviously improved at 6 months after TICL implantation in comparison with before surgery and maintained stable during the follow-up duration.The mean spherical diopter was from-0.5 D to-1.0 D and the mean cylindrical diopter was from-0.5 D to-2.0 D after surgery.The corneal endothelial cell counts were (2 520.2 ± 307.2) , (2 496.2 ± 306.2) , (2 469.6±304.5) , (2 432.0 ± 305.4), (2 383.4 ± 309.4)/mm2, and the intraoeular pressures were (14.57 ± 3.75), (16.62±4.21), (16.57±3.56), (15.66±3.37), (15.13±3.48) mmHg, showing insignificant differences among different time points (F =0.375,P =0.825;F =9.871, P =0.394).No significant differences were found in mean ACD and intraocular pressure between before and after surgery (t =1.56 ,P =0.16).The axial deviation of TICL was less than 10° in all the operated eyes 6 months after surgery.No intraoperative and postoperative complications were found during the follow-up duration.Conclusions TICL implantation is a safe and effective alternative and viable approach to myopic and astigmatism patients following DALK for keratoconus.

Young women affected by education and career delay the childbearing period,which results in reduced fertility.With the two-child policy completely opening,more and more elderly women have demands for pregnancy and the need of assisted reproductive technology (ART) increases day by day.However,the ART treatment faces with a series of medical and ethical problems.For example,the pregnancy rate of aged women is low but the abortion rate is high;and the incidence of pregnancy complications and fetal chromosomal abnormality increases significantly.In this regard,it can solve these problems through limiting the women's age,choosing the donated eggs,strengthening the counseling for elderly infertile women before ART treatment,paying attention to the psychological problems and applying the genetic screening technology before implantation.

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a novel nucleic acid amplification method, which amplifies DNA with high specificity, sensitivity, rapidity and efficiency under isothermal conditions using a set of four specially designed primers and a Bst DNA polymerase with strand displacement activity. The basic principle, characteristics, development of LAMP and its applications are summarized in this article.

Objective To study the changes of colonic motility in chronic stress-induced depression rat model,the association between interleukin 6 (IL-6) and depression and its effects on contraction of colonic smooth muscle in vitro.MethodsThere were 30 healthy adult Wistar rats,of which chronic stress-induced depression model was created in 15 rats and the other 15 rats were in control group.The ratio of sugar consumption to body weight and the percentage of sugar preference were tested in these two rats groups through sugar preference experiments.The behavioral changes of two rats groups were detected by open field test.Colonic motility was evaluated with simulated fecal discharge experiment,and the serum IL-6 level was measured with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).IL-6 in colon tissue at mRNA level was determined by RT-PCR.The contraction ability of rat colonic smooth muscle was observed.The colonic smooth muscle of control group was treated with different concentration of IL-6,the effects of IL-6 on normal colonic smooth muscle and its response to acetylcholine (Ach) were evaluated.Results In model group,the ratio of sugar consumption to body weight was 0.12±0.03,the percentage of sugar preference was 16.17％ ±2.61 ％,total walking distance was (741.54 ± 341.10) cm and total times of upright was 15.69 ± 8.00,which were all significantly lower than those of control group (0.18±0.02,25.54 ％ ± 2.32 ％,1336.20 cm±698.80 cm and 24.87±7.90,respectively) (P=0.041,0.044,0.002 and 0.001).It took (109.78±48.00) min for defecating in model group,which was significantly longer than that of control group (28.00±11.10) min (P=0.002).The IL-6 levels were high both in the serum and colon tissue of model group rats.The response of colonic smooth muscle to Ach was weaker in model group than that of control group (P=0.035).In model group,there were no significant difference in the response of colonic smooth muscle to IL-6 at 200,500 and 1000 pg/ml (P =0.935、0.825、0.766 ).After Ach added,there was significant difference in the response to Ach between IL-6 at 500,1000 pg/ml (R=1.1480±0.1000 and 1.1361±0.1500) and control group only added with Ach (R=1.6100±0.4500) (P=0.000 and 0.004).ConclusionIL-6 level increase in chronic stress-induced depression rat model and causes smooth muscle contraction disorder through reducing the sensitivity of intestinal smooth muscle to Ach.

Objective To explore the effect of Dexamethasone(DEX)on the proliferation and the expression of fibroblast growth factor(FGF)- 1,FGF - 2 and interleukin - 6(IL - 6)mRNA in hyperoxia - exposed human em-bryo lung fibroblasts(MRC - 5). Methods High oxygen volume fraction of 950 mL/ L was used to establish hyperoxia -damaged cell models,then treated with different concentrations of DEX(10 - 4 ,10 - 6 ,10 - 8 ,10 - 9 ,10 - 10 ,10 - 11 ,10 - 12 mol/ L),respectively. The proliferation activity of the cells was evaluated by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT)at 24 h,48 h,72 h,and the optimal hyperoxia - exposed time and concentration of DEX were chosen;then they were divided into air group,hyperoxia group and hyperoxia + DEX group. The mRNA expressions of FGF - 1,FGF - 2 and IL - 6 were detected by quantitative real - time PCR at 48 h. Results Cell proliferation activity of the hyperoxia group was lower than that of the air group and there were significant differences at 48 h and 72 h(all P ﹤ 0. 05). Compared with the hyperoxia group,cell proliferation activity of the hyperoxia + DEX group increased with the concentration of DEX decreasing,reaching the peak at 10 - 9 mol/ L,and then gradually decreased with the concentration of DEX decreasing. Cells were cultured for 48 h,compared with the air group,the level of FGF - 1 mRNA was lower,FGF - 2 and IL - 6 mRNA were higher in the hyperoxia group(P ﹤ 0. 05). Compared with hyperoxia group,the level of FGF - 1 mRNA was higher,FGF - 2 and IL - 6 mRNA were lower in hyperoxia + DEX group(P ﹤ 0. 05). Conclusions Exposure to high oxygen volume fraction of 950 mL/ L for 48 h can cultivate optimal hyperoxia - damaged cell models,and DEX can protect the cell from hyperoxia injury and 10 - 9 mol/ L was the optimal concentration. Enhanced the expression of FGF - 1 mRNA and inhibited expression of FGF - 2 mRNA may be one of the mechanism that DEX protects the cells from hyperoxia injury.

Hepatitis B e Antigens ; immunology ; Humans ; Immune Tolerance ; immunology