Child ; Chronic Disease ; Cough ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Guidelines as Topic ; Humans ; Pediatrics

Objective To observe neutrophil activation and protease imbalance in airway of children after foreign-body aspiration(FBA).Methods Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF) was obtained through fiberoptic bronchoscopy.The supernatant was assayed for the concentration of neutrophil elastase(NE) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and elastase inhibition capacity(EIC)/free elastase activity using a colorimetric assay.The cell pellet were smeared for the expression of ?1-antitrypsin(?1-AT) using cellular immunohisto-chemistry and cytologic analysis by Wright-Giemsa stain.Results Percentage of neutrophil,concentration of NE and the expression of ?1-AT in BLAF group,pair group and pneumonia group significantly increased compared with that of control group(Pa0.05).The ratio of Lib NE in FBA,par and peumcria group was 30.3%,27.3% and 22.7%.Conclusions FBA induces similar airway neutrophil activation and protease imbalance to bacterial pneumonia.The contralateral airway showes the same change as the foreign body side.

Bronchoalveolar Lavage ; Child ; Humans ; Pneumonia ; diagnosis ; microbiology

Anti-Bacterial Agents ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Bronchoscopy ; Child ; Glucocorticoids ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Mycoplasma pneumoniae ; drug effects ; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma ; pathology ; therapy

Objective To use gene engineering technique to express the humanin.Methods Humanin segment was synthesized and cloned into the prokaryocyte expression vector pGEMEX-1 and pet44a. The plasmid was transformed to E. coli BL21(DE3) by screening and identifying to obtain the high expressing positive clone.Results The humanin segment was cloned into vector successfully,and expressed efficiently with the inducement of IPTG. The molecular weight of the expressed recombinant protein of pGEMEX-1-humanin was about 28 kd while it was 63 kd in pet44a-humanin,and the expressed quantity of fusion protein was 40 percentage of the total bacterial protein while it was 20 percent in pet44a-humanin.Conclusion The humanin has been cloned and expressed successfully and the high efficiently expressed recombinant protein might contain the intact important structure domain of the humanin.

Curcumae Radix is not only a kind of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), but also a common natural dyestuff. It has the effects of activating blood, relieving pain, moving qi for relieving depression, clearing heart and cooling blood, and curing jaundice. The commonly used processing methods are cutting, stir frying, stir-frying with vinegar, and stir-frying with wine. As the basis of TCM clinical treatment, the correct selection and the quality of the processed products are directly related to the safety and effectiveness of the clinical medication of TCM. On the basis of a comprehensive consulting, sorting and analyzing of the ancient and modern medical literatures, this paper summarizes the historic successive changes and current status in studies on quality evaluation methods of Curcumae Radix, which provides the necessary reference and scientific basis for the standardization of Curcumae Radix.

Toxic effects of L7 lyophilized powder of extracellular active components (L7-LPEAC), extracted from the Algae-lysing bacteria L7, on Chlorella pyrenoidosa were studied according to the changes of effective photosynthesis rate (EPR), the protein content, the chlorophyll a content and the MDA content of algae. The results showed that the growth of alga was promoted at low concentrations of L7-LPEAC (0.80 g/L, 1.25 g/L). The 96 h-EC50 and 120 h-EC50 upon Chlorella pyrenoidosa are 5.75 g/L and 2.55 g/L, respec tively. The chlorophyll a content increased firstly and then decreased at high concentrations of L7-LPEAC (≥2 g/L), so did the protein content. Compared with the control group, there is a significant statistics diff erence (P

Objective To study the present situation of legionella pneumophila(Lp) infection of low respiratory tract infection in children less than 5 years old.Methods Three hundred hospitalized patients with the diagnosis of low respiratory tract infection were enrolled in the study,191 males,109 females,aged 27 d to 5 years old,course from 1 d to 6 months.Serum antibody(IgM,IgG) of Lp serogroup 1-7 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results In the patients,17 cases were positive,and the positive rate was 5.67%.Of the 17 children,the males(n=11) and females(n=6) did not significantly influence the positive rate(5.76% vs 5.50%).Four of them were between 27 days and 1 year old;7 were 1 to 3 years old,6 were 3 to 5 years old.The positive rates were significantly different among the 3 groups(2.53% vs 7.37% vs 12.77%) and tendentially increased following the increase of age(?2=7.8164 P

Objective To investigate the influence of high intensity focused ultrasound(HIFU) ablation therapy on pregnancy outcomes in the patients with adenomyosis(AM).Methods Twenty patients with AM and successful pregnancy after HIFU ablation in Chongqing Haifu Hospital from April 2011 to February 2016 were selected.Their pregnancy and delivery situation were retrospectively analyzed.Results After HIFU treatment,the symptoms of dymenorrhea and menorrhagia were significantly improved compared with before operation(P＜0.05).The average fertilization time after HIFU was(8.75 ± 6.23) months,among them 11 cases succeeded in delivery,5 cases had spontaneous abortion,1 case was ectopic pregnancy,1 case took artificial abortion and 2 cases were still in pregnant period all cases had no uterime rupture during pregnant or delivery period.Neonateswere healthy.Conclusion HIFU ablation is an effective mode for treating AM and can be used in the patients with AM and birth demand.

Acute Disease ; Adult ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Organotin Compounds ; poisoning ; Retrospective Studies