Objective To evaluate the clinical,epidemiological,and viral molecular biology features of 26 patients infected with H7N9 avian influenza A virus. Methods Clinical and epidemiological data of 26 patients with con-firmed avian influenza A (H7N9)infection in 2013 and 2014 were collected,virus isolated from human and poultry were identified and typed through sequencing.Results Of 26 patients,fever and cough were the most common symptoms,all patients had pneumonia;20 patients (76. 92% )developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS);25 patients (96.15% )had leucopenia or normal leukocytes at the initial diagnosis;treatment with antivi-ral drugs was initiated in 25 patients at a median of 10 days after the onset of illness;10 patients (38.46% )died. Gene sequencing indicated Gln226Leu and Gly186Val substitutions in human virus H7 gene and the PB2 Asp701Asn mutation. Conclusion Acute respiratory system damage is the main clinical manifestation of avian influenza (H7N9)virus infection in humans,live poultry exposure is an important risk factor for H7N9 infection in humans, adaptive mutation occurred at partial site of avian virus gene,which can be more easily be spread from birds to hu-man and cause serious diseases,it is necessary to strengthen the pathogen monitoring.

Caecal volvulus has been reported to be associated with various abdominal and pelvic pathologies. Its signs and symptoms are usually non-specific and maybe overlooked in favour of benign causes, such as constipation. A high degree of suspicion is required for prompt diagnosis. Herein, we report on an unusual case of caecal volvulus after a dental procedure that was managed initially as constipation.

In the framework of ensemble, a partial least squares(PLS) regression ensemble algorithm in subspace(MIESPLS), which is the combination of bootstrap and variable selection based on mutual information(MI), was proposed. The key of the proposed algorithm is to introduce the diversity of member models by bootstrap re-sampling on the training set and the subsequent MI calculation. Each time, those variables whose MI are lower than a defined threshold are first eliminated;then, a member model can be trained on a smaller subspace of original spectral variables. Two kinds of model fusion strategies, i.e., simple average fusion(SAF) and weighted average fusion(WAF), were adopted and compared. By two experiments concerning quantitative application of near-infrared(NIR) spectroscopy, MISEPLS is confirmed to be superior to the full-spectrum PLS and MIPLS method, i.e., PLS combined with MI-induced variable selection. The proposed MISEPLS can produce a more accurate and robust calibration model, but without increasing the complexity.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the development of researches on sildenafil for treating cardiovascular patients with erectile dysfunction, so as to explore the safety of applying sildenafil and efficacy of treating related cardiovascular diseases.DATA SOURCES: The relevant articles to sildenafil between October 1999 and February 2006 were computer-searched in PubMed databasewith the key words of "sildenafil, erectile dysfunction, sexuality, cardiovascular disease" in English. Meanwhile, Medscape database was scanned with computer to identify relevant articles with key words of "sildenafil, cardiovascular disease". STUDY SELECTION: After the primary searching, literatures on relationship between sildenafil and cardiovascular disease were searched in full-text, while articles about erectile dysfunction but had nothing to do with cardiovascular disease were excluded. The repetitive experimental studies were also deleted. DATA EXTRACTION: A total of 55 articles were collected, and 22 of them were in accordance with the inclusion criteria and their full-texts were carefully looked through. DATA SYNTHESIS: The selected data were classified according to the relationship between erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease, effect of sildenafil on erectile dysfunction of patients with heart disease and rec ommendation of the Princeton conference. CONCLUSION: It is demonstrated in many literatures that the potential risk of sildenafil triggering cardiovascular disease is relatively small. Cardiac patients need not promote huge concerns when resorting to sildenafil for erectile dysfunction treatment. However, the protective cardiac effects of sildenafil should be further investigated.

Objective To study the value of iron metabolism indicatorsin thalassemia .Methods 218 cases of thalassemia ,57 ca‐ses of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) children and 70 healthy children(control group) were enrolled in the study ,and serum iron (SI) ,total iron binding capacity(TIBC) ,transferrin(Tf) ,serum ferritin (SF) were detected for them .Results β‐thalassemia double heterozygous(β0 ) or homozygous group :SI levels were significantly higher than the other groups(P<0 .05) ,while TIBC ,Tf levels were significantly lower than the other groups(P<0 .05);α‐thalassemia group (static α‐thalassemia ,standard α‐thalassemia):SI , TIBC levels compared with control group showed no significant difference(P>0 .05) ,but Tf level was higher than control group(P<0 .05);hemoglobin H disease group:when TIBC ,Tf levels compared with the control group ,the difference was statistically signif‐icant(P<0 .05) ,when SI compared with the control group ,the difference was not statistically significant(P>0 .05) .Conclusion Compared with Tf ,SI and TIBC are better indicators for monitoring iron loading in children with thalassemia .The increased SI level and decreased TIBC level are two indicators for the diagnosis of β0 thalassemia in children with cellule anaemia .

Objective To study the correlation between Candida strains and vulvovaginal candidiasis. Methods Two groups of Candida albicans strains were chosen. Strains of group A and group B were isolated from vaginal discharge of normal women and of patients with candidal vaginitis respectively. The two methods, AMS (automated microbiological detection and identification system) and amino black stain, were applied to detect two phenotypic parameters, biochemical reaction of the strains and secretory capacity of the proteinases respectively, and analogous analysis was performed then. Results There was a significant difference in the levels of adonitol (P

Objective To know the cause for contamination of drinking water in a hotel. Methods Samples were taken from the reservoir 1 h, 14 h, 22 h and 33 h after contamination and the perceptible character, chemical and bacteriological test were done by using the methods in Analytical Methods for Water and Sanitary Standard for Drinking Water Quality(2001). Results The turbidity increased at 14 h after contamination and the highest level reached 3.82 NTU. The residual chlorine in tap water from the reservoir was less than 0.05 mg/L, the total count of bacteria was 940 cfu/ml, the total coliform bacteria was more than 1 600 MPN/100 ml and fecal coliforms was 130 MPN/100 ml. Conclusion The contamination of drinking water in the investigated hotel is caused by drinking water reservoir leakage, so more attention must be paid to the contamination of drinking water reservoir.

Objective To study the expression and the role of interleukin (IL)-23/IL-17 axis in colonic tissue of trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (TNBS) induced eolitic mice.Methods Mice were divided into four groups:control (n=24),TNBS (n= 24),TNBS 48 hours + mlL-17 antibodies (n=24),TNBS 48 hours + normal rat blood-serum (n= 24).TNBS-induced colitis model was constructed.The mice in control group and TNBS colitis group were sacrificed at 24 hours,48 hours,7th day,respectively.In TNBS 48 hours + mlL-17 antibodies group and TNBS 48 hours + normal rat blood-serum group,a single injection with the polyclonal mlL-17 antibodies or serum were given intraperitoneally at two hours before enema with TNBS,respectively,and the mice were killed at 48 hours after enema with TNBS.The histological score of colon and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity of colonic tissue were evaluated in each group.IL-23p19 and IL-17 concentrations in colonic tissue were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Expression of nuclear factor (NF)-κBp65in colonic tissue was detected by immunohistochemistry method.Expression of IL-23p19,IL-17 and IL-12p35 mRNA in colonic tissue were detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with SYBR Green I.Results The protein levels of IL-23p19 in colonic tissue in TNBS colitis groups at 24 hours,48 hours and 7 days were (15.53±3.32),(31.16±4.98) and (14.03±3.56) ng/mg,respectively,and their mRNA level were (4.09±0.34),(3.39±0.46) and (6.54±1.82),respectively.The protein levels of IL-17 were (0.35±0.06),(0.38±0.08),and (0.26±0.05) ng/mg,respectively,and their mRNA level were (4.21±2.61),(2.65±0.91) and (5.63±1.43),respectively.The expression levels of IL-23p19 and IL-17 in colitis model were significantly higher than those in control group and the peak was at 48 hours.Moreover,expression of IL-23p19 and IL-17 and their mRNA were positively correlated to their mRNA levels.In TNBS 48 hours + mIL-17 antibodies group,the expression levels of NF-κBp65,the microscopic scores and MPO (1.86 % ± 0.36 %,0.63 ± 0.52,0.40 ± 0.03 U/g,respectively) were significantly lower than those in TNBS 48 hours group (4.35% ±0.37%,5.13±0.64,2.29±0.40 U/g tissue,respectively).Neutralization of IL-17 was significantly protected against TNBS-induced colonic inflammation and MPO and expression of NF-κB p65.The results indicated that neutralization of IL-17 significantly reduced colonic inflammation and suppressed NF-κBp65 activation.This protection occurred in the presence of equivalent induction of local IL-23 p19 and high levels of IL-12p35 in the polyclonal raiL-17 antibodies-treated mice.Conclusions IL-23/IL-17 axis plays a critical role at the early acute phase of TNBS-induced inflammation.IL-17 may represent a new target for therapeutic intervention for inflammatory bowel disease.

Objective To obserVe the effect of gyPenoside on liPid Peroxidation and hePatic lesion in rats with tyPe 2 diabetes mellitus and nonalcohol fatty liVer disease. Methods Totally,65 SPF male SD rats were randomly diVided into blank control grouP (grouP N),NAFLD model grouP (grouP NM),and NAFLD with T2DM model grouP. The NAFLD with T2DM model grouP was further diVided into three subgrouPs:JH grouP,Perfused with 1 g·kg-1 ·d-1 GPS;JL grouP,Perfused with 0. 5 g·kg-1 ·d-1 GPS;model control grouP,Perfused with the same Volume of water. Blood sugar,triglycerides ( TG) ,total cholesterol ( TC) ,alanine aminotransferase ( ALT) ,asPart aminotransferase ( AST) ,adePonectin ( ADP) in the Plasma were measured. TG, malondialdehyde (MDA),and suPeroxide dismutase (SOD) in the liVer tissue were also tested. Results ADP leVel was (7. 46±1. 12),(3. 58±0. 98),(4. 89±1. 02),(4. 79±1. 01) and (4. 13±0. 89) ng·mL-1 in N,M,NM,JH and JL grouPs, resPectiVely. The ADP leVel was significantly higher in grouP JH and JL than in grouP M (P<0. 01),and significantly higher in grouP JH than in grouP JL (P<0. 05). MDA leVel was (2. 98±0. 09),(4. 22±0. 11),(3. 66±0. 10),(3. 72±0. 11),(3. 99±0. 13) nmol·mL_1 in N,M,NM,JH and JL grouPs,resPectiVely. The MDA leVel was significantly lower in grouP JH and JL than in grouP M (P<0. 01),and significantly lower in grouP JH than in grouP JL (P<0. 05). SOD leVel was (240. 8±17. 4), (149. 9±20. 6),(181. 6±19. 4),(209. 8±19. 2),(189. 4±18. 9) U·mL_1 in N,M,NM,JH,and JL grouPs,resPectiVely. SOD leVel was significantly higher in grouP JH and JL than in grouP M (P<0. 01),and significantly higher in grouP JH than in grouP JL (P<0. 05). TG leVel was (28. 98±1. 68),(214. 46±5. 44),(198. 46±6. 98),(142. 87±6. 64) and (164. 92±7. 56) mg·g-1 in N,M,NM,JH and JL grouPs,resPectiVely. TG leVel was significantly lower in grouP JH and JL than in grouP M ( P<0. 01),and significantly lower in grouP JH than in grouP JL (P<0. 05). ALT and AST were significantly lower in grouP JH and JL than in grouP M (P<0. 01),and significantly lower in grouP JH than in grouP JL (P<0. 05). Conclusion The liPid Peroxidation in the liVer of rats with T2DM comPlicated with NAFLD can be reduced by gyPenoside,and hePatic lesion may be alleViated through inhibition of liPid Peroxidation.