Abstract: The loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique is a technique for the specific and efficient amplification of target fragments at a constant temperature using two pairs of specially designed primers and a strand displacement activity DNA polymerase. LAMP technique is a simple, rapid, specific, sensitive and cost-effective nucleic acid amplification method, and therefore has a promising future in the field rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and grassroots applications. In this review, the basic principles and characteristics of the LAMP technique, the main molecular markers for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, and the use of different molecular markers and various types of novel techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and drug-resistant tuberculosis were described. The LAMP technique has been widely used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis with high sensitivity and specificity, but the technique still has some shortcomings. This paper reviews the progress of its application in tuberculosis in recent years and provides an outlook on its development, with a view to providing a rational research direction for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in a resource-limited environment.

BACKGROUNDOn the afternoon of May 12, 2008, a 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan Province, a mountainous region in Western China, killing about 70 000 people and leaving over 18 000 missing. What about the survivors motor functions and activities of daily living (ADL) capacity, especially for fractures? We need the data to guide the rehabilitation for the seismic wounded and it's important to collect the data for the future. We study the survivors to understand the motor functions and ADL capacity of patients with fractures sustained in the Wenchuan earthquake, to provide a basis for rehabilitation and treatment.

METHODSWe used the Manual Muscle Testing method to evaluate muscle strength, the joint angle scale to measure joint range of motion (ROM), and the Barthel index to evaluate the activities of daily living status. SPSS 13.0 software was used to analyze the data and the results were tested using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).

RESULTSThe number of seismic wounded amounted to 487; 81.1% of patients had fractures. Most of the injured had fractures in multiple regions (53.9% of all fracture patients), followed by fractures of the upper limb (34.0% of patients); cranial fractures were rare (2.3%). Totally 82.0% had restricted range of motion, 23.5% had decreased muscle force, and 72.2% of the patients had restricted activities of daily living capacities. With time the activities of daily living capacity of female increased (P < 0.05), compared with the male fracture patients who did not show any relative improvement (P > 0.05). The difference between the patients' ages and ADL capacities did not reach statistical significance (P > 0.05), nor was there a significant difference between their ages and the numbers of days in hospital (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONSFractures were the main issue in the seismic wounded, many of them had reductions in the ROM, muscle force and ADL capacities. The physicians involved in rehabilitation should pay greater attention to muscle force exercises, joint mobilization, and occupational therapy during the early phases post disaster.

Activities of Daily Living ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; China ; Earthquakes ; Female ; Fractures, Bone ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult

Objective:To analyze the prognostic factors of children with septic shock in the pediatric intensive care unit.Methods:The clinical data of children diagnosed with septic shock in the pediatric intensive care unit of Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital from April 2018 to April 2022 were retrospectively collected,and the children were divided into the death group and the survival group according to seven days regression.The basic data of the two groups were statistically compared，and the relationship between lactic acid，vasoactive-inotropic score one hour after admission，time of antibiotic initiation，serum potassium，serum sodium，serum calcium，serum troponin T，fluid resuscitation volume in the first hour，glutamyl aminotransferase，creatinine，total leukocyte count，C-reaction protein，brain natriuretic peptide were compared.The risk factors affecting the death of children were analyzed by Logistic regression.The relationship between fluid resuscitation volume in the first hour and prognosis was analyzed using the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve.Results:（1）A total of 67 children were included，19 died and 48 survived.（2）The first-hour liquid resuscitation dose in the survival group was lower than that in the death group，and the difference was statistically significant（ P<0.05）.（3）The ROC curve showed that the optimal cut-off of the first-hour liquid resuscitation dose was 25 mL/kg，with a sensitivity of 57.9% and a specificity of 72.9%.（4）In unifactorial analysis，lactic acid in the first hour of admission，early lactic acid after resuscitation，serum calcium，serum troponin T，alanine aminotransferase，combined septic encephalopathy，Glasgow coma score，and pediatric critical illness score were all risk factors for death in children within seven days（ P<0.05）.(5) Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that serum calcium（ OR=1.435， P=0.001）and lactic acid value after resuscitation（ OR=0.040， P=0.021）were independent risk factors for death in septic shock. Conclusion:The higher the total fluid resuscitation in the first hour，the higher the fatality rate.Serum calcium and early lactic acid after resuscitation are independent risk factors for death in children within seven days.

Objective To evaluate the effect of serum chromium on oral cancer after adjusting the covarite between groups based on propensity score matching (PSM). Methods We performed a case-control study in 395 cases of newly diagnosed primary oral cancer from the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University and 1 240 controls from the same community from January 2010 to February 2018. Using the PSM to select 309 controls randomly which were matched with the cases by 1 ∶1 matching. Conditional Logistic regression model was used to explore the association between chromium and oral cancer. Results The level of serum chromium was 178.91 (121.83-284.19) μg/L in the case group, which was lower than 324.27 (264.82-397.69) μg/L in control group, the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.001). Dose-response analysis showed that the risk of oral cancer gradually decreased with the increase of serum chromium, which presented a negative correlation. There was a negative correlation between serum chromium level and the risk for oral cancer by conditional Logistic regression,the aOR of serum chromium in the Q2, Q3 and Q4 compared with the Q1 were 0.14 (0.08-0.26), 0.15 (0.08-0.28) and 0.10 (0.05-0.20),with significant trend (Ptrend＜0.001). Stratified analysis showed the negative correlation between serum chromium and oral cancer by smoking, drinking tea, not drinking alcohol status and fish, fruits and green vegetables intake frequencies. Conclusions The high level of serum chromium is a protective factor for the incidence of oral cancer, and the higher of serum chromium, the lower risk of developing oral cancer.

Objective To study the influence of age,gender and history of diabetes in maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and standardized cerebral metabolic rate (SCMR) of glucose.Methods Seventy-nine healthy volunteers were recruited and evaluated by PET-CT examination.Region of interest (ROI) analysis was employed to measure the SUVmax in 13 ROIs of the brain and 13ROIs of the cerebellum.SCMR was amounted by left SUVmax/right SUVmax in the corresponding ROI point of each side in the same volunteer.The influences of age,gender and history of diabetes in SUVmax and SCMR were analyzed. Results No statistical significance of SUVmax was noted between the 2corresponding points in bilateral ROI (P＞0.05).Statistical significance of SUVmax was noted between each 2 points in the left and right ROI (left:F=14.280,right:F=14.680,P=0.000).Statistical difference of SUVmax was recorded in different age groups (P＜0.05).The female had significantly lower SUVmax in bilateral measurement points (2/26) as compared with the male (P＜0.05).Concerning the influence of history of diabetes,statistical significance of SUVmax was noted in almost all ROIs (18/26,P＜0.05).No statistical significance of SCMR in each ROI was noted in different groups of gender,age and diabetes (P＞0.05). Conclusion SCMRglu can eliminate the role of such influencing factors as age,gender and history of diabetes,which have been proved to exert some effect on the results of SUVmax; therefore,SCMRglu may provide a reliable indicator for further study.

Objective: To study the relationship between ABO blood type and spontaneous re-canalization (SR) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: A total of 1209 consecutive AMI patients were enrolled. Based on TIMI grade, the patients were divided into 2 groups: Non-SR group, the patients with TIMI grade 0-1,n=442 and SR group, the patients with TIMI grade 2-3,n=767. The relationship between ABO blood type and SR was investigated. Results: Compared with Non-SR group, SR group had more patients with blood type O (32.3% vs 24.7%) and less blood type A (31.7% vs 24.9%). Meanwhile, we found that a lower cholesterol level was related to patients with O blood type and SR occurrence, bothP<0.05. Multi regression analysis indicated that with adjusted age, gender, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, LDL-C and C-reactive protein, ESR, fibrinogen, D-dimmer, endothelial cardiac function, blood type O may independently predict SR occurrence in AMI patients (OR=1.49, 95% CI 1.10-2.05), while blood type A may have disadvantage for SR (OR=0.65, 95% CI 0.48-0.80). Conclusion: ABO blood type has been related to SR in AMI patients, blood type O is in favor of SR, while blood type A has disadvantage for SR occurrence.

OBJECTIVETo study the clinicopathologic features and differential diagnosis of small cell variant of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL, NOS).

METHODSThe clinicopathologic features of 5 cases of small cell variant of PTCL, NOS were retrospectively reviewed, with immunohistochemical study, T-cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangement analysis and evaluation for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) status.

RESULTSAll the 5 patients were males. The mean age was 52.6 years. The median duration before diagnosis was 1 month. Clinically, 3 patients presented in stage IV and 2 in stage III. Four of them had generalized lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. Hepatomegaly and massive effusion were found in 1 and 2 cases, respectively. Marrow involvement was detected in 3 of the 4 patients with bone marrow biopsy performed and one of them also accompanied by lymphocytosis. Histologically, the involved lymph nodes showed partial or complete effacement of nodal architecture and replacement by a monomorphous population of small lymphoid cells. Scanty large lymphoid cells were also identified in 4 cases. Increase in number of blood vessels was noticed in two of them as well. Immunohistochemically, the lymphoma cells in all cases expressed two or more of the T-cell markers and CD43. The staining for CD20, TdT, CD56 and granzyme B was negative. CD99 expression was noted in 3 of the 4 cases. The Ki-67 index ranged from 5% to 15%. Clonal TCRgamma gene rearrangement was detected in the 4 cases studied and one of them also showed TCRbeta gene rearrangement. In-situ hybridization for EBV-encoded RNA was negative in the 4 cases studied. Follow up information was available in 3 of the 5 cases. All of the 3 patients died of the disease, with an average survival of 21.7 months.

CONCLUSIONSmall cell variant of PTCL, NOS represents a rare disease entity which often presents in advanced tumor stage and carries a poor prognosis.

12E7 Antigen ; Adult ; Aged ; Antigens, CD ; metabolism ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; CD3 Complex ; metabolism ; Cell Adhesion Molecules ; metabolism ; Cyclophosphamide ; therapeutic use ; Doxorubicin ; therapeutic use ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; Leukosialin ; metabolism ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral ; drug therapy ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Staging ; Prednisone ; therapeutic use ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Rate ; Vincristine ; therapeutic use

OBJECTIVETo analyze the subtypes of primary diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the central nervous system (CNS DLBCL) and to explore the relationship between the subtype classification and prognosis.

METHODSImmunohistochemical staining was used to determine the expression of CD20, CD3, CD10, Bcl-6, Mum-1, CD5, Bcl-2, Ki-67, FOXP-1, GCET-1, BLIMP-1 and LMO-2 antigens on paraffin-embedded sections of 47 cases. Hans, Choi and Tally subtypes were classified, and univariate and multivariate analyses were used to elucidate the relationship between the subtypes and prognosis.

RESULTSIn the 47 cases, the expression of Bcl-2 in the tumor cells was 46.8%, CD10 4.3%, Bcl-6 70.2%, Mum-1 53.2%, GCET-1 36.2%, BLIMP-1 4.3%, FOXP-1 63.8% and LMO-2 19.2%. The positive rate of Ki-67 was 30% to 95%, with a median of 80%, of which 12 cases (25.5%) was > or = 90%. The Hans subtype classification showed 16 cases (34.0%) were of GCB type and 31 cases (66.0%) of non-GCB type. The Choi subtype classification showed 16 cases (34.0%) were of GCB type and 31 cases (66.0%) of ABC type. The Tally subtype classification showed 6 cases (12.8%) were of GCB type and 41 cases (87.2%) of non-GCB type.

CONCLUSIONSThe results of this study show that there is no significant correlation between the three subtypes and prognosis. The prognosis is correated with post-operative radiotherapy, chemotherapy and MTX therapy.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; metabolism ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Central Nervous System Neoplasms ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology ; therapy ; Cyclophosphamide ; therapeutic use ; Doxorubicin ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; metabolism ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; methods ; Interferon Regulatory Factors ; metabolism ; Ki-67 Antigen ; metabolism ; LIM Domain Proteins ; metabolism ; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology ; therapy ; Male ; Methotrexate ; therapeutic use ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Proteins ; metabolism ; Neprilysin ; metabolism ; Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1 ; Prednisone ; therapeutic use ; Prognosis ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6 ; metabolism ; Repressor Proteins ; metabolism ; Retrospective Studies ; Serpins ; metabolism ; Survival Rate ; Vincristine ; therapeutic use ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo study the immunophenotype and prognostic significance of primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, with reference to Hans, Choi and Tally algorithms.

METHODSThe clinicopathologic features and follow-up data in 90 cases of primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method, Log-rank test and Cox regression model. Immunohistochemistry was carried out using EliVision and EnVision methods for CD20, CD3ε, CD10, bcl-6, MUM-1, CD5, bcl-2, GCET1, FOXP1, LMO2, BLIMP1 and Ki-67.

RESULTSThe age of patients ranged from 27 to 83 years (mean = 58 years). The male-to-female ratio was 1.31:1. Amongst the 90 cases studied, 64.4% (58/90) involved the stomach and 35.6% (32/90) involved the intestine. The immunohistochemical findings were as follows: 100% positivity for CD20, 0% for CD3ε and CD5, 17.8% (16/90) for CD10, 75.6% (68/90) for bcl-6, 52.2% (47/90) for MUM-1 (cut off was 30%), 43.3% (39/90) for MUM-1 (cut off was 80%), 50.0% (45/90) for GCET1, 45.6% (41/90) for FOXP1, 23.3% (21/90) for LMO2, 42.2% (38/90) for bcl-2 and 8.9% (8/90) for BLIMP1. The Ki-67 index ranged from 20% to 95% (median = 80%). According to Hans algorithm, 51.1% of the cases belonged to germinal center B-cell (GCB) subtype and 48.9% belonged to non-GCB subtype. In contrast, Choi algorithm classified 55.6% cases as GCB subtype and 44.4% as activated B-cell (ABC) subtype. According to Tally algorithm, 34.4% were of GCB subtype and 65.6% of non-GCB subtype. Most of the patients (67.8%, 61/90) received chemotherapy and 68.9% (62/90) underwent surgical resection. The overall 2, 3 and 5-year survival rates were 58.5%, 52.8% and 49.8%, respectively. The overall 2, 3 and 5-year survival rates in the CHOP therapy group were 68.5%, 61.2% and 52.9%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONSThere is no significant difference in ratio between the GCB and non-GCB/ABC subtypes by Hans and Choi algorithms. The non-GCB subtype seems to be more prevalent according to Tally algorithm. Although there is no significant difference in survival between GCB and non-GCB/ABC subtypes by the 3 algorithms, GCB subtype tends to show a better survival. In univariate analysis, LDH level, international prognostic index, chemotherapy, surgical resection, B symptoms, number of involved sites and clinical stage are found to have prognostic significance. In multivariate analysis, Choi algorithm, Tally algorithm, chemotherapy, surgical resection, LDH level and clinical stage are independent prognostic factors.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Antigens, CD20 ; metabolism ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Cyclophosphamide ; therapeutic use ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; metabolism ; Doxorubicin ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; metabolism ; Germinal Center ; pathology ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; Interferon Regulatory Factors ; metabolism ; Intestinal Neoplasms ; classification ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Kaplan-Meier Estimate ; LIM Domain Proteins ; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse ; classification ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; Metalloproteins ; metabolism ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Proteins ; metabolism ; Neprilysin ; metabolism ; Prednisone ; therapeutic use ; Proportional Hazards Models ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6 ; metabolism ; Repressor Proteins ; metabolism ; Serpins ; metabolism ; Stomach Neoplasms ; classification ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Survival Rate ; Vincristine ; therapeutic use

OBJECTIVETo develop the national neglect norms for urban primary school students in China.

METHODSAccording to multi-stage stratified cluster sampling principle, 24 cities of 13 provinces (municipalities) in China were selected during December 1 to 31, 2008. A total of 1491 students in grade 1 - 3 and 2236 students in grade 4 - 6 were selected. Questionnaire was designed by authors and the final norms were determined through several statistical analysis methods, such as item analysis method, factor analysis method, reliability analysis method. The reliability analysis and validity analysis were used to test the stability and reliability of the norms. The evaluation criteria of the scale was determined by the percentile method, then the initial development of the norm was completed.

RESULTSThe two questionnaires of grade 1 - 3 and grade 4 - 6 students consisted of 55 and 57 items, respectively, whose item loadings were ranged from 0.301 to 0.687 and 0.321 to 0.730, which met the statistical requirements. For grade 1 - 3 students, the scale's total Cronbach α coefficients was 0.914, the total split-half reliability coefficients was 0.896, the Cronbach α coefficients of four level was above 0.737 except medical and social neglect, split-half reliability was ranged from 0.461 to 0.757; for grade 4-6 students, the scale's total Cronbach α coefficients was 0.916, split-half reliability was 0.883, except social neglect, the Cronbach α coefficients of other level was ranged 0.457 to 0.856, split-half reliability was ranged from 0.500 to 0.798. The total neglect cut-off score of the two scales grade 1-3 and 4-6 were 125 and 155, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe structure of two norms was reasonable. The scales have good stability and reliability.

Child ; Child Abuse ; prevention & control ; statistics & numerical data ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Reproducibility of Results ; Schools ; Students ; Surveys and Questionnaires