OBJECTIVE To understand the susceptibility to antituberculous agents for patients with primary and acquired drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METHODS M. tuberculosis positive sputum samples were collected from Jun to Dec 2006. Ameliorative Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium was used to detect bacillus-positive specimen of pulmonary tuberculosis by typing using PNB and TCH. Totally 217 samples were confirmedtobe positive by culturing. Drug susceptibility test against streptomycin (SM),isoniazid (INH),rifampicin (RFP) and ethambutol (EMB) was conducted. RESULTS The total drug resistance rate was 65.90%,the initial drug resistance rate was 39.81% and the initial multi-drug resistance rate was 16.67% ;the acquired drug resistance rate was 91.74%,and the acquired multi-drug resistance rate was 74.31%. The main causes of drug resistance were irregularit of treatment at beginning and preterm stop of the freatment course by patients own selves,which accounted for 71.6%. CONCLUSIONS The drug resistance of M. tuberculosis is caused by irregular treatment,so the key to prevent and control drug resistance is rational and whole-course treatment.

Three neo-clerodane were isolated from the aerial parts of Salvia farinacea Benth., and were purified by various technologies, including silica gel, ODS, sephadex LH-20, and their structures were identified by modern spectroscopy techniques as 2β-hydroxy-7,8-dehydrobacchotricuneatin A (1), dugesin C (2), and tonalensin (3). Compound 1 was a new diterpenoid, and compounds 2 and 3 were isolated from this plant for the first time.

Objective To investigate the effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation on Joubert syndrome. Methods 2 infants with Joubert syndrome were reviewed. Results After the treatment of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation for 4~6 months, the clinical symptoms of these 2 cases improved, and the scores of Gross Motor Function Measure increased. Conclusion Acupuncture combined with rehabilitation is effective on Joubert syndrome.

Objective To define whether correlation exists between the enlargement of lateral ventricles and motor development delay. Methods Motor development was assessed with Peabody Developmental Motor Scale (PDMS) in 28 children with cerebral palsy. Correlation between computerized tomography (CT) findings of enlargement of lateral ventricles (ventricle index,body index,width index and frontal horn index) and motor quotients of PDMS(GMQ,FMQ and TMQ) was analyzed. Results Width index was correlated with all three motor quotients (GMQ,FMQ and TMQ)( P

Objective To investigate allele frequency distributions and haplotype polymorphism of ten Y-chromosome short tandem repeats (STR) loci of Han population in Zhuhai area and evaluate their applicability to forensic cases. Methods DYS393, DYS19, DYS389 Ⅱ, DYS390, DYS391, DYS389 Ⅰ, DYS439、DYS438、DYS392 and DYS385 loci were amplified with Y-plex~(TM) PCR amplification Kit and analyzed by ABI 310 genetic analyzer. 200 unrelated male individuals of Han nationality in Zhuhai were recruited for determination of allele frequencies and haplotype data. Results 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, and 7 alleles were found in 9 of the 10 Y-STR loci, respectively and 44 haplotypes were detected at DYS385 locus. The range of gene diversity (GD) was determined between 0.3904 for DYS391 and 0.9497 for DYS385. Total 161 haplotypes were found at the 10 Y-STR loci, of which 134 occurred once, 20 occurred twice, 3 occurred three times, 3 occurred four times, and 1 occurred five times. The cumulative GD was 0.9948. Conclusion The 10 Y-STR loci are highly polymorphic and suitable for forensic individual identification and paternity testing in Zhuhai Han population.

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Prostate cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of the urinary system and mostly found in elderly men. Like most tumors, prostate cancer involves a variety of molecules in its occurrence and progression. More studies on the development of prostate cancer focus on the tumor markers, DNA damage repair related genes, and tumor invasion and metastasis related factors. This article presents an overview on the research progress in these three aspects.
Biomarkers, Tumor ; Biomedical Research ; DNA Repair ; Disease Progression ; Humans ; Male ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; genetics ; pathology

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; pathology ; Liver Neoplasms ; pathology ; Precancerous Conditions ; pathology

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ; drug therapy ; Phytotherapy ; methods

Adenocarcinoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Adenoma ; pathology ; Bile Duct Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic ; CA-19-9 Antigen ; metabolism ; Cadherins ; metabolism ; Caroli Disease ; pathology ; Cholangiocarcinoma ; pathology ; Cystadenocarcinoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cystadenoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cysts ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Hamartoma ; pathology ; Humans ; Keratin-19 ; metabolism ; Keratin-20 ; metabolism ; Keratin-7 ; metabolism ; Liver Diseases ; pathology