OBJECTIVE To understand mecA gene distribution in Staphylococcus aureus and its role in antibiotics-resistance.METHODS In this study,a total of 47 S.aureus strains were isolated from hospitalized patients.Agar disk diffusion test was conducted to determine the resistance of S.aureus to antibiotics.The DNA of these strains were extracted and purified.The mecA gene was tested by PCR and the relation between the mecA gene and antibiotics-resistance was analyzed.RESULTS Of 47 strains,33(70.2%) were MRSA.Of 33 MRSA,only 3 strains were susceptible to glycopeptides antibiotics.Only 2 strains(14.3%) of 14 MSSA were susceptible to all of the 12 antibotics.The results of PCR revealed that 32 out of 33 MRSA(97.0%) carried mecA in their genome.One strain was mecA gene negative.Among 14 MSSA,3(21.4%)strains carried mecA gene.CONCLUSIONS The isolation rate of MRSA in S.aureus is high.The resistance to antibiotics of MRSA is popular Glycopeptides antibiotics.Most of MRSA carry mecA gene,which plays an important role in antibiotics-resistance.Fewer MSSA carry mecA gene.

Objective To investigate the curative effect of arthroscopic treatment for lateral dis-cord meniscus tear in children. Methods The study involved 229 child patients with lateral discord meniscal tear treated arthroscopically from March 1996 to March 2008. There were 133 males and 96 fe-males, at age of (9±3.5) years (range 4-14 years). The treatment methods included meniscus-plasty in 219 patients (including two children with postoperative recurrence), meniscus-plasty-suture in eight and partial meniscectomy in two. The function of the knees was assessed pre-operationally and post-operation-ally by using Lysholm score. Results Of all, 221 patients were followed up for a period of (65±48.9) months (range 5-144 months). The pain and swelling were alleviated, with obvious improvement in range of motion and knee function in all patients six months after operation. There were no complica-tions including intra-articular infection, iatrogenic injury, fibroarthritis or loss of range of motion. Ly-sholm score was (61.85±7.65) points (range 45-73) before operation, which was improved to (95.30±3.50) points (range 87-100 points) six months after operation (t= 26.778, P < 0.01). Conclusion Treatment of lateral discord meniscus tear under arthroscopic guidance in children has the advantages of minor trauma, satisfactory results, can maintain good shape of the meniscus and good func-tion of knee and reduce incidence rate of osteoarthritis.

OBJECTIVE:To understand the prophylactic antibiotics use in general surgeries performed in the hospital where the authors work.METHODS:500copies of discharge record of common surgical cases written between Jul.2005and Feb.2006were checked randomly,and the questionnaires about the general data and medication of the patients were filled out.Then the collected data were analyzed statistically.RESULTS:The prophylactic drug use rate in TypeⅠincision operations reached up to98.8%,of which58.5%cases lacked clear indications of medication.The high rate of prophylactic drug use,improper time of drug use,and the prolonged continuous drug use were among the problems that existed in TypeⅠand TypeⅡincision operation.CONCLUSION:There remain many problems in the use of prophylactic antibiotics in the general surgeries performed in our hospital,which requires the strengthening of standardized administration of prophylactic antibiotic use.

A PP plastic film for food packaging (0. 1 mm) was prepared by adding two antioxidants of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methyl-phenol(BHT) and pentaerythritol tetrakis ( 3-( 3, 5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl ) propionate)(Irganox 1010) with different concentrations into polypropylene (PP) resin, then mixing extrusion granulate by the double screw plastic extruder and hot pressing the film at 190℃. The migration amount of the two antioxidants in food simulants (95% ethanol) was determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with diode array detector (PDA) (detection wavelength is 282 nm). The migration of BHT was detected and Irganox 1010 was not detected. Based on the large amount of experimental data, the migration model was fitted by a software, then the migration model of antioxidant BHT was established, the applicability of the two migration model was compared with the actual data. The results showed that the fitting degree ( R2 ) of Weibull model to the actual migration result was greater than 0. 99 and better than Piringer model. It was found that there was a mathematical relationship as τ≈12. 2 ( L2/D) between parameters of Weibull model and Piringer model.

Objective To retrospectively analyze the clinical epidemiology features of adult idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) in Zhongshan Hospital,and to investigate their therapeutic effect and its possible influence factors.Methods A total of 183 patients admitted to the Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University and diagnosed as IMN by renal biopsy from January 2013 to December 2015 were involved.Their baseline information including demographics and pathologic was collected.Patients were followed up for at least 12 months.Serum albumin ＜ 30 g/L and 24 h urine protein ＞ 3.5g were defined as nephrotic syndrome (NS).IMN patients were divided into NS and non-NS groups and compared.Furthermore,the baseline data of remission and no remission patients were compared,and the correlations of their baseline data with conservative and immunosuppressive therapy were assessed by logistic regression analysis.Results (1) IMN accounted for 11.1％ of renal biopsy cases in our hospital,with an average age of 57 years and 59.6％ male patients.(2) Compared with patients without NS,IMN patients with NS were older,had a shorter time from the onset to receive renal biopsy,lower estimated glomerular filtration rate,and higher total cholesterol,low density lipoprotein cholesterol,triglyceride and serum creatinine (all P ＜ 0.05).(3) The effective rate of conservative treatment in IMN patients without NS was 65.7％,and the ineffective group had higher triglyceride compared with the effective group (P=0.019).(4) The effective rate of immunosuppressive therapy in IMN patients with NS was 81.2％,and low serum albumin was an independent risk factor for the poor efficacy of immunosuppressive therapy (OR=1.202,95％ CI 1.003-1.440,P=0.046).(5) The effective rate of conservative treatment in IMN patients with NS was 55.5％,and low serum albumin was an independent risk factor for the poor efficacy of conservative treatment (OR=1.629,95％CI 1.047-2.536,P=0.023).Conclusions The detection rate of IMN is increasing year by year,but the remission rate of conservative treatment is still not low in mild and moderate patients.For the patients without NS,high triglyceride may predict a poor effect of conservative treatment.Hypoproteinemia is a predictor of poor effect,no matter what a NS patient takes immunosuppressive therapy or conservative treatment.

Surface molecularly imprinted polymers (SMIPs) for selective adsorption of ampicillin sodium were synthesized using surface molecular imprinting technique with silica gel as a support. The physical and morphological characteristics of the polymers were investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), elemental analysis and nitrogen adsorption–desorption test. The obtained results showed that the SMIPs displayed great adsorption capacity (13.5μg/mg), high recognition ability (the imprinted factor is 3.2) and good binding kinetics for ampicillin sodium. Finally, as solid phase extraction adsorbents, the SMIPs coupled with HPLC method were validated and applied for the enrichment, purification and determination of ampicillin sodium in real milk and blood samples. The averages of spiked accuracy ranged from 92.1%to 107.6%. The relative standard deviations of intra-and inter-day precisions were less than 4.6%. This study provides a new and promising method for enriching, extracting and determining ampicillin sodium in complex biological samples.

Objective:To systematically evaluate the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in dysphagia after stroke.Methods:Six Chinese or English databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang and VIP, were searched by computer for randomized controlled trials of dysphagia after stroke with rTMS or tDCS (experimental group) from database construction to May 2023; those received conventional treatment+sham stimulation or conventional treatment only were enrolled as control group. Effective data were screened and extracted after literature quality evaluation by Cochrane. The outcome indexes included scores of penetration-aspiration scale (PAS), fiberoptic endoscopic dysphagia severity scale (FEDSS) and functional oral intake scale (FOIS). Reviewer Manager 5.4 software was used for Meta analysis of the extracted data, and mean difference ( MD) or standardized mean difference ( SMD) were used as effect indexes. Results:Twelve articles were finally included in the research literature, involving 637 subjects. Meta-analysis indicated that compared with the control group, the experimental group had significantly decreased PAS scores ( MD=-0.740, 95% CI: -1.020--0.460, P<0.001); FOIS scores in the experimental group were significantly increased compared with those in the control group ( MD=0.680, 95% CI: 0.220-1.130, P=0.003); FEDSS scores in the experimental group were significantly decreased compared with those in the control group ( SMD=-0.890, 95% CI: -1.110--0.670, P<0.001). Conclusion:The rTMS or tDCS can effectively alleviate dysphagia symptoms after stroke.

Objective To assess the antiangiogenic role of recombinant human endostatin combined with chemoradiotherapy and the capacity,and to explore the early tumor response as measured by comparing the change of MRI perfusion parameter.Methods From May 2012 to March 2013,22 locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients who received recombinant human endostatin combined with chemoradiotherapy following induction chemotherapy,were included in the prospective study group.The other 25 patients,who received chemoradiotherapy following induction chemotherapy alone in the same period,were included in the control group.The perfusion parameters including blood volume(BV),blood flux(BF),mean transit time (MTT) were obtained by carrying out MR perfusion scanning at 3 time points:before induction chemotherapy,after induction chemotherapy,the end of concurrent chemoradiotherapy.Results Compared with before induction chemotherapy,the perfusion parameters including BV and BF obviously decreased in the study group (F =3.05,3.85,P ＜ 0.05).The parameter of MTT had no obviously change in the study group(P ＞0.05).In the control group,the change of BV,BF and MTT of nasopharyngeal lesions area during the treatment showed no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).To make comparison between the two groups,at the end of concurrent chemoradiotherapy,BF of nasopharyngeal lesions area in the study group was 0.72 ± 0.56 and 1.92 ± 1.26 in the control group,the former showing significantly declined results (t =-3.056,P =0.012).Conclusions Recombinant human endostatin might be a good indicator of local tumor microvascular changes and the treatment-related toxicity could be tolerated.Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging maybe assessed the capacity of anti-angiogenesis therapy to induce early tumor response.Clinical trial registration Chinese clinical trial registry,ChiCRTONRC-12002394.

We developed the recombinant green fluorescent protein gene yeast cell to screen estrogenic compounds based on two episomal vectors. In the expression vector the expression of human estrogen receptor alpha(hERalpha) was driven by 3-glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) promoter; in the reporter vector the expression of the yeast enhanced green fluorescent protein (yEGFP) gene was under the control of the estrogen response element (ERE). The vectors were transformed into yeast cell (W303-1A) to construct GFP recombinant yeast cell. Incubation of the yeast cell with various concentrations of the estrogenic compounds led to expression of the reporter gene product GFP in a dose dependent manner. Compared to other yeast bioassays, the yeast cell for environmental estrogen bioassay based on yEGFP reporter gene did not need cell wall disruption or the addition of a substrate or reagent. This yEGFP assay was performed completely in 96 well plates. So this test system can be used as a rapid and high throughput system for screening estrogenic chemical products, which has the characteristics of the sensitivity, reproducibility and cheapness.
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JAK2-STAT3 signaling pathway, as the main chain of intracellular signal transmission, plays an important role in cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, migration and immune response. Triggered by cytokines and interferon, this pathway can quickly transduce extracellular signals into the nucleus, and it has abnormal expression in various tumors, such as squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer and myeloproliferative neoplasms. Further understanding of the carcinogenic mechanism of JAK2-STAT3 signaling pathway can provide new ideas for clinical treatment of tumors and prognosis.