Blood Cell Count ; Bone Marrow Cells ; pathology ; Child ; Cytokines ; analysis ; Fever ; Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; therapy ; Humans ; Interleukin-2 ; analysis ; Interleukin-6 ; analysis ; Receptors, Interleukin-1 ; analysis

As a new method of modern teaching,the computer assisted instruction(CAI) is widely used in every field in modern education. In this paper,the author explores the existed problems and the necessary qualities of using CAI for college teachers in microbiology experimental teaching.

By using the method of clonal analysis the evidence to prove that Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is reactive or malignant was investigated to probe into the pathogenesis of HPS and its relations with clinical prognosis. The macrophages abnormally proliferated in bone marrow were isolated. Electrophoresis analysis was made after DNA extraction, enzyme restriction of human ardrogen receptor (HUMARA) genetic locus, and PCR amplification. In the 9 specimens, clonal proliferation was found in 2 cases and nonclonal proliferation in 7. Among the 7 cases of nonclonal proliferation, 3 were voluntarily discharged without clinical outcome, 2 cases fully recovered after 2-3 week treatment of large dose gamma globulin intravenous drip and hormone therapy, 1 case died at the 43th day after the hormone and anti-infection therapy, and one case was found to have granular leukoblast in peripheral blood after 3 weeks and diagnosed as having M2a after bone puncture. For the two patients with clonal proliferation, one obtained remission after chemotherapy and the other was died after 32 days without chemotherapy. It was concluded that there do exist clonal or malignant proliferation in HPS, so not every case is reactive.
Clone Cells ; Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell/*blood ; Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell/therapy ; Macrophages/*pathology ; gamma-Globulins/therapeutic use

OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of acute phase protein in the diagnosis and therapy for nosocomial infection monitoring. METHODS The levels of serum C-reactive protein(CRP),serum amyloid A(SAA),?_1-acid glycoprotein(AAG),and ?_1-antitrypsin(AAT) were measured in 71 gynecological patients with nosocomial infection during chemotherapy,Thirty normal controls and 33 chemotherapy patient controls were detected by nephelometry and compared with white blood cell counts. RESULTS The nosocomial infection rate of chemotherapy patients was 16.7%.Main pathogens were Gram-negative bacteria(60.6%).Fungi infection rate was 19.7%.The most frequent hospital infection sites were respiratory tract,gastrointestinal tract and wound.Compared with controls,the levels of serum CRP,SAA,AAG and AAT were significantly higher in chemotherapy patients with bacteria infection(P

Objective To observe the change of six cytokines in mice infected with Echinococcus multilocularis as part of the study on immunological mechanism in the infection. Methods Mice were infected by abdominal inoculation of echinococcus protoscoleces. The change of serum level of the cytokines IL-2、IFN-?、TNF-?、IL-4、 IL-5 and IL-10 was determined by ELISA during the infection which lasted for 260 d. Results Compared with uninfected control, the levels of the cytokines all significantly increased in the 260 d. The level of IL-2 reached a peak after 80 d post-infection (p.i.), then decreased quickly after 140 d p.i., High level of TNF-? was detected after 40 d, compared to uninfected control, reached a peak at 100 d p.i., and decreased quickly after 140 d. The level of IFN-? reached a peak after 80 d p.i., and decreased slowly after 140 d p.i., The levels of IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10 remained lower before 80 d, and increased sharply after 100 days. The levels of IL-4 and IL-10 reached peaks at 100 d p.i., and that of IL-5 at 140 d p.i. Conclusion The data suggest that the induction of Th2 antibody-mediated immunity (AMI) with a parallel expansion of Th1 cell-mediated inflammatory (CMI) responses are important mechanism of the host in defending against the metacestodes. Th1 CMI plays an important role at the early stage of infection, and Th2 AMI is important in the later stage of infection.

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) late mRNA expression in megakaryoblast and in turn the pathogenesis of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) patients with HCMV infection, and effectiveness of ganciclovir were investigated. Colony forming unit-megakaryocytes (CFU-MK) of 46 ITP patients with HCMV infection were incubated from patients' bone marrow mononuclear cells (MNC). Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was subsequently used for CFU-MK for HCMV-late mRNA detection. Ganciclovir therapy was given to both HCMV-late mRNA positive and negative groups for comparison of therapeutic effectiveness. The results in 19 of 46 CFU-MK culture cells specimens with positive HCMV-DNA by PCR or positive CMV-IgM by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the correspondent serum of peripheral blood were positive for HCMV-late mRNA. Sixteen out of 19, patients with positive HCMV-late mRNA CFU-MK had a positive response to ganciclovir. Amongst 27 patients with negative HCMV-late mRNA CFU-MK, only 4 positive responders to ganciclovir therapy were observed. Curative effectiveness of ganciclovir in HCMV-late mRNA positive group was significantly higher than that in HCMV-late mRNA negative group (P<0.01). It was suggested that HCMV could directly infect CFU-MK, which might be one of the mechanisms responsible for HCMV related ITP. The ganciclovir is an effective therapy in resulting in the increases in thrombocyte in the ITP patients whose HCMV- late mRNA was positive in their CFU-MK.

Objective To survey on the prevalence of schistosomiasis among floating population in Zhejiang province. Methods A survey on prevalence of schistosomiasis among floating population was conducted from September to November 2008, and the stratified cluster sampling method was adopted in the survey. Totally 129 villages of 19 counties or districts were selected as survey sites, and 100 samples of migrants aged 6 to 65 from schistosomiasis-endemic areas were taken in each selected village. All selected individuals were surveyed by questionnaire and underwent serum indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test. For individuals with positive serum IHA testing the fecal examination was carried out to detect the eggs by nylon sedimentation method. SPSS 13.0 software was used for data processing. Results The number of migrants in survey sites was 3 357 420, among whom 303 219 were from schistosomiasis-endemic areas (9.03%).The positive rate in serum IHA test was 2.06% (286/13 898), 276 IHA-positives individuals received fecal examination, and 7 cases were positive (2.52%). Based on above data it was estimated that there would be potentially about 33 500 serum IHA-positive cases and 845 egg-positive cases among floating population in Zhejiang province. Conclusion The risk of schistosomiasis transmission still exists in Zhejiang province due to the infected migrants from endemic areas, and a surveillance system and quick response are required for prevention of re-emergence of the disease.

In the process of vinification, the metabolic products of various yeasts are key to the sensory characteristics. Different species produce different volatile composition, which results in direct influences on wine's bouquet mostly. Metabolic characteristics of Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces and the different influences on odour by them as well as interactions among various species were described in this paper. Research progress on non-Saccharomyces was summarized.Studies confirmed that some characteristics of non-Saccharomyces play a positive role in the structure of bouquet of wine. Combined use of Saccharomyces and some of non-Saccharomyces will be beneficial to sensory characteristics of wine.

There are some problems with this course of medical laboratory special English, such as reference materials, teaching contents, teaching ways, the evaluation forms, etc. The department of medical laboratory of North Sichuan Medical College did exploratory reforms including 1+n teaching mode (one major teacher and several co-operational teachers in discussion section), Flipped classroom and interactive teaching, new formative assessment forms (usual performance combing final shows grade), etc. They used innovative teaching way with the purpose of establishing new teaching way , cultivating abilities of au-tonomous learning and comprehensive application.

Objective To compare the efficacy of 18F-FDG PET/CT, 99Tcm-MDP bone scintigraphy (BS), and combination of the two techniques (PET/CT + BS) for detecting bone metastasis by ROC curve analysis. Methods All 296 patients with various cancers, who underwent both 99Tcm-MDP BS and 18F-FDG PET/CT within two months, were retrospectively analyzed. These images were interpreted according to 5-point scale (0: definitely negative, 1: probably negative, 2: equivocal, 3: probably positive, 4:definitely positive for bone metastasis), and the scale of PET/CT + BS was the sum of PET/CT and BS. In light of the confirmed diagnosis derived from pathology or follow-up, ROC curve analysis was performed.The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was compared by z-test. Results Of 296 cases, 61 (20.6%) were confirmed as bone metastases and 235 (79.4%) were negative. The AUC were 0. 919 (95% confidence interval (95% CI) :0. 867 - 0. 971) for BS, 0. 949 (95% CI: 0. 906 - 0. 991) for PET/CT, and 0. 994 (95% CI: 0.988-0.999) for PET/CT + BS, rctrospectively. The AUC of PET/CT + BS was statistically significantly larger than that of BS (z=2. 866, P=0.004) or PET/CT (z =2.027, P=0.043), while the AUC of PET/CT was larger than that of BS, but no statistically significance (z = 0. 881, P = 0. 378) was showed. The optimal sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value(NPV) were 90. 2% (55/61), 85. 1% (200/235), 86. 1% (255/296), 61. 1% (55/90), 97. 1%(200/206) for BS, 88.5% (54/61), 97.0% (228/235), 95.3% (282/296), 88.5% (54/61), 97.0% for PET/CT, and 98.4% (60/61), 95.7% (225/235), 96.3% (285/296), 85.7% (60/70) for PET/CT + BS,respectively. The specificity (χ2 = 19.862, P<0. 001), accuracy (χ2 = 23. 361, P<0.001) and PPV (χ2 =11. 791, P =0.001) of PET/CT + BS were significantly higher than those of BS, the sensitivity of PET/CT +BS was significantly higher than that of PET/CT (χ2 =4.167, P=0.031). Compared with BS, PET/CT had a higher specificity (χ2 = 19.600, P<0. 001), accuracy (χ2 = 13. 755, P <0. 001), PPV (χ2 = 13. 608, P <0. 001), but their sensitivity showed no statistically significant difference (χ2 = 0, P = 1. 000). Conclusions The efficacy of 18F-FDG PET/CT for detecting malignant bone metastasis was superior to that of 99Tcm-MDP BS alone. The detection ability can be obviously improved by combination of the two techniques.