OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and adverse effects of mycobacterium bovis in combination with antituberculosis drugs for initially treated smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis(TB)in senile patients.METHODS:A total of 121 initially treated smear positive TB cases were assigned to receive 2HReZE/4HRe alone(control group,n=61)or in combination with Mycobacterium bovis(22.5 ?g,once in two weeks for 6 months started at the end of the second week,treatment group,n=60).RESULTS:At the end of the first and second month since treatment,the sputum negative conversion rates showed significant differences between the treatment group and the control group(63.9% and 86.9% respectively in treatment group vs.30.0% and 58.3%,respectively in control group)(P0.05).CONCLUSION:As compared with antituberculosis drugs alone,the concomitant use of mycobacterium bovis and antituberculosis drugs shortened the time for the sputum negative conversion,focal absorption on X-ray chest film and clinical symptom improvement in initially treated smear positive senile TB patients,and mycobacterium bovis is a satisfactory immunotherapeutic agent for TB and it can be used in combination with antituberculosis drugs for smear positive senile TB patients.

Objective To observe the modulation of met enkephalin (ME) and naloxone (NLX) on the excitatory effects of kainic acid (KA) and glutamic acid (GLU) in hippocampus of rats and to explore the possible mechanism of the effects of ME in the KA epilepsy model. Methods A total of 45 healthy Wistar rats were anesthetized with 1% sodium pentobarbital (3 ml/kg intraperitoneal injection). After endotracheal intubation, the animal was mounted onto a SN 1stereotaxic apparatus (Narishige) and routine craniotomy was performed. Then the animal was immobilized by 0.01% curare (1 mg/kg) after it woke up. The peripheral pipettes of a multiple pipette microelectrode were used for microelectrophoretic application of drugs; the central pipette was used for extracellular recording of the hippocampal unit discharges (HUDs). Results ①ME excited most of the HUDs; opioid receptor antagonist NLX could reverse the excitatory effects of met enkephalin. NLX applied alone had no effects on the firing rate of HUDs. ②KA and GLU excited the HUDs intensively but ME and NLX could modulate their excitatory effects. Conclusion ME may promote the development of epilepsy by modulating the excitatory effects of KA and GLU in hippocampus.

Objective To Analyze the distribution characteristics of Hyperthyroidism's syndrome and the relationship between symptoms and thyroid hormones. Methods The TCM syndromes of a total of 78 patients with hyperthyroidism were differentiated. The relationship between syndrome and general condition of patients (gender and age, etc.) were analyzed;correlation between symptoms and thyroid hormones were also studied. Results Of all 78 patients, patients with yin deficiency and hyperactive yang accounted for 43.6%; patients with internal disturbance of phlegm-fire accounted for 30.8 %; and patients with hypteracitivity of heart-fire and liver-fire accounted for 25.6%. The severity of all the symptoms showed positive correlation with hyroid hormones (the value of r is positive, P＜0.05); and no linear relationship with TSH (P＞0.05).Conclusion The syndrome of yin deficiency and hyperactive yangI was the most common syndrome type. Thyroid hormones had direct proportion with the severity of syndrome.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of treadmill exercise tests (TET), Hoher electro-cardiogram in coronary artery disease(CAD) patients. Methods 144 patients who clinically diagnosed as CAD,un-derwent TET and Hoher electrocardiogram. Then the patients with the positive results were examined by coronary arte-riography(CAG). According to the results of CAG the diagnostic value of TET and Hoher electrocardiogram was per-formed with comparative analysis. Results The sensitivity, specificity and evaluated accuracy rates of TET were 93.3% ,72. 2% and 73. 8% respectively. But the sensitivity,specificity and positive evaluated accuracy rates of Hol-ter electrocardiogram to examine myocardial iachemia were 76.7%, 88.4%, 57.1%. Conclusions The combined examination of TET and Holter electrocardiogram could preliminarily estimate the stenosis site of coronary artery. For the patients with unconditional GAG, those two examinations could increase the diagnostic reliability of positive rate of myocardial isehemia, and on this basis to enhance the diagnostic level of the stenosis site of coronary artery.

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of the combined detection of serum human epididymis protein 4(HE4) ,carbo‐hydrate antigen125(CA125) ,carbohydrate antigen199(CA199) and carbohydrate antigen724(CA724) in the early diagnosis of ovar‐ian cancer .Methods 40 cases of ovarian cancer verified by pathological examination (ovarian cancer group) ,40 cases of ovarian be‐nign tumor (ovarian benign tumor group) and 40 individuals undergoing the physical examination(healthy control group) were se‐lected .The levels of CA125 ,CA199 and CA724 were measured by the electrochemiluminescence method ,the HE4 level was meas‐ured by the enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) .The values of single index detection and the combined detection in diag ‐nosing ovarian cancer were analyzed .Results Serum HE4 ,CA125 ,CA199 and CA724 levels and positive rates in the ovarian cancer group were significantly higher than those in the ovarian benign tumor group and the healthy control group (P< 0 .05) .There was no statistical difference between the ovarian benign tumor group and the healthy control group (P> 0 .05) .The positive rate of the combined detection was 92 .5% ,which was significantly higher than the single index detection (P < 0 .05) .In the comparison of HE4 ,CA125 ,CA199 and CA724 single detection ,the sensitivity and specificity of HE4 detection were best .The detection rates of the stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ of ovarian cancer in the combined detection were significantly higher than that in the single index detection (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The combined detection of serum HE4 ,CA125 ,CA199 and CA724 might increase the detection rate of early di‐agnosis of ovarian cancer .

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of combined use of Pathfile and Mtwo in the preparation of curved root canals.Methods This study enrolled a total of 90 teeth(313 root canals)that need root canal therapy because of pulpitis or apical periodontitis from December 2013 to February 2014.All root canals were randomly divided into three groups.In group A,both Pathfile and Mtwo NiTi files were used in root canal preparation.In group B,Pathfile and ProTaper were used.ProTaper was employed alone in root canal preparation in group C.The high temperature thermaplasticized inj ectable ver-tical condensation technique was applied in all the three groups.The time of root canal preparation,the number of separated de-vices,root canal transportation and the quality of root canal filling were obtained and compared among the 3 groups.Results In group A,the time of root canal preparation was shortest,(6.01±1.12)min ;there were no instrument separation and ledge for-mation,and the filling rate was highest in group A.The differences were significantly noted in these indexes between group A and groups B,C.Conclusion Combined use of Pathfile and Mtwo for preparation of curved root canals is fast and safe,and the root canal filling is satisfactory.This method is suitable for clinical application.

Objective To diagnosis tumor transplanted nude mice Strongyloidiasis .Methods Postmortem microscopic examination of the tumor transplanted nude mice detected Strongyloides stercoralis for morphological identification and double polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) assay for molecular diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in tumor transplanted nude mice .Results Presence of numerous S .stercoralis in autopsy in tumor transplanted nude mice samples preliminary determined the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis .Confirmed diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection by double PCR detection of specific DNA in tumor transplanted nude mice samples .Conclusion The most important clue to prevent such serious consequences is early diagnosis .Tumor transplanted recipients and donors should be screened for parasitic infections including strongyloidiasis .To the authors ’ knowledge , this study is the first extensive report on diagnosis tumor transplanted nude mice Strongyloidiasis .

Objective To analyze the clinical significance and echocardiographic feature of myocardial bridging. Methods and Results Among 3?216 patients who underwent coronary angiography, 47 patients had myocardial bridging were analyzed, of whom 13 patients had complicated coronary atherosclerosis, 1 had with aortic stenosis and 3 had hypertrophic myopathy. The prevalence of myocardial ischemia was about 40% in the 30 patients with isolated myocardial bridging. Compared with patients with no ischemia. The patients with ischemia had more severe systolic stenosis[(67.58?15.35)% vs (49.89?21.83)%], bigger LVM [(215.57?42.21)g vs (178.73?51.04)g] and E/A

Objective:To examine factors that may have impact on the Mini-Mental State Examination ( MMSE) screening validity, which could lead to further establishing the general model of the MMSE score in Chinese health elderly and to improve the screening accuracy of the existing MMSE reference. Methods:Based on the data of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey ( CLHLS ) , the MMSE scores of 19 117 normal elderly and 137 dementia patients who met the inclusion criteria were used for the analysis. The area under the curve ( AUC) and validity indexes were used to compare the screening accuracy of various criteria. Multiple linear regression was used to identify factors that had impact on the MMSE score for both the normal and dementia elderly. Descriptive analysis was performed for differences in the MMSE scores by age trends and gender between the normal and dementia elderly. Results:The AUC of MMSE was≥0 . 75 ( P<0 . 05 ) . The MMSE score of the normal elderly declined nonlinearly as the age grew older(male:R2 =0. 924, P<0. 05; female: R2 =0. 951, P<0. 05), and increased nonlinearly as the education level rose(male: R2 =0. 948, P <0. 05; female: R2 =0. 859, P<0. 05). The females had significantly lower MMSE scores than the males, with a faster decline trend with age than the males (95%CI of female partial regression coefficient was not overlapped with 95%CI of male partial regression coefficient) . The dementia elderly showed a much lower MMSE score ( male:difference of Z score:-1 . 573 , P<0 . 05;female:difference of Z score:-1 . 222 , P<0 . 05 ) and ten-ded to with a faster decline speed than that of the normal elderly (95%CI of dementia partial regression coefficient included 95%CI of normal partial regression coefficient) . Conclusion:The screening validity of MMSE in CLHLS is not affected by educational level. The analysis of factors that may impact on the MMSE screening validity are gender, age, vision and residence which with validity identification. These four fac-tors can be used as assist tool of MMSE in the screening of dementia to improve the screening accuracy.

BACKGROUND:The self-locking ROI-CTM interbody fusion has zero profile design which can significantly reduce the impact on the esophagus and pharynx, and also simplify the operation procedure. However, there is no report whether it has satisfactory outcomes in the treatment of Hangman fractures.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical effects of ROI-CTM or titanium plate internal fixation on postoperative cervical stability and fusion rate in the treatment of Hangman fractures.
METHODS:Twenty-one cases of Hangman fractures were included, including 13 males and 8 females, aged 25-62 years old. Fifteen cases were treated with titanium plate internal fixation, and the other five cases were treated with ROI-CTM fusion device. Cervical anteroposterior and lateral radiographs, lateral flexion extension radiographs and CT scanning were carried out before, 3 days and 3 months after repair to assess angular displacement, horizontal displacement and fusion rate; visual analog scale score and Bazaz dysphagia score were determined.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:At 3 days after operation, the ROI-CTM group was significantly better than the titanium plate group in visual analog scale scores and Bazaz dysphagia grade (P < 0.05), and there were no significant differences in angular displacement and horizontal displacement (P > 0.05). However, at 3 months after operation, there was no significant difference between the two groups in visual analog scale score, Bazaz dysphagia grade, angular displacement and horizontal displacement and fusion rate (P > 0.05). Postoperative complete reduction rate of spondylolisthesis was higher in the ROI-CTM group than the titanium plate group (P < 0.05). In each group, the angular displacement and horizontal displacement were significantly reduced at 3 day and 3 months after operation (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference at 3 days and 3 months after operation (P > 0.05). No rejection reaction, internal fixation fracture and loosening occurred in the two groups. These findings indicate that the self-locking ROI-CTM fusion for treatment of Hangman fractures are characterized as higher reduction rate of spondylolisthesis, less dysphagia, and less neck pain.