Objective To assess the value of T?SPOT.TB test in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis. Methods The clinical data of 975 hospitalized patients receiving T?SPOT.TB test were collected in our hospital. The clinical information and testing results were analyzed. The receiver operating curve (ROC) was used to determine the optimal threshold of T?SPOT.TB test for differentiating active tuberculosis. Results T?SPOT.TB test results showed that the positive rate was 29.26%for the non?active tuberculosis group(n=793),but was 91.21%for active tuberculosis patients group (n = 182),which indicated that the test had a significant value in active tuberculosis detection(P<0.001). The sensitivity of T?SPOT.TB test was 0.912 and the specificity was 0.707. The detection threshold of T?SPOT.TB was optimized. As the spot?forming count(sfc)of ESAT?6 antigen threshold was 11.5 and that of the CEP?10 threshold was 9.5,the efficiency of T?SPOT.TB test for detection of active pulmonary tuberculosis was the highest. Conclusions T?SPOT.TB test has a good diagnostic performance for active tuberculosis, and it can be further optimized to better serve the clinical practice.

Objective To investigate the resistance mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA902 by high -throughput sequencing.Method PA902 was sequenced by the Illumina Miseq platform,and sequencing data were analyzed by bioinformatic techniques.Results PA902 was resistant to all common clinical antibiotics except amikacin.Analysis of data reveal resistance genes to β-1actams (blaOXA-10,blaPER-1 和 blaVIM-2),aminoglycosides (aph (3 ‘)-Ⅱd,aac (6')-Ⅰb-cr,aacA4 和 aadA2),sulfonamides (sul1),tetracyclines (tetG),chloramphenicol (floR).Several putative chromosome-located resistance genes were also identified.The results were fully in accordancc with thc susceptibility results.Sequence analysis of the contigs containing resistance genes revealed that they were always clustered on the same contig and correlated mobilization sequences.MLST identified PA902 as ST389,which was first reported in China.Conclusion High throughput sequencing demonstrated the molecular resistance mechanism of PA902,and the findings were in accordance with the susceptibility results.The technique will provide solid support for the traditional clinical microbiology methods.

Circulatory state and metabolic homeostasis could be more easily disturbed during perioperative periods for children compared with those of adults especially when receiving massive transfusions.Patient's age would be an important factor for clinical evaluation if certain amount of blood was lost.Component transfusions have now gained wide recognitions.Specific blood components should be considered according to different diseases,which would make transfusion more accurate and blood resources used more efficiently.This article focused on the indications,doses and several specific issues for perioperative component transfusions among pediatric patients.

Objective To investigate the frequency of autoimmune encephalitis (AE) in limbic encephalitis (LE) syndrome and compare its clinical features with viral encephalitis.Methods Patients diagnosed with LE syndrome who admitted to Huashan Hospital between December 2015 and June 2016 were enrolled and screened for autoantibodies associated with AE (anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, anti-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor, anti-gamma-amino-butyric acid B-receptor, anti-leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 and anti-contactin-associated protein-like 2 antibodies) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum. Their clinical features and auxiliary examinations were also collected and analyzed retrospectively. Results Fifty-four patients were diagnosed with LE syndrome, including 35 males and 19 females. The age of these patients was (38.98±17.29) (15-75) years. Twenty patients (37.0%) were identified as AE, 17 patients (31.5%) as viral encephalitis. Other cases included three (5.5%) with neurosyphilis, one (1.9%) with glioma and 13 (24.1%) of unknown cause. Young patients(15-29 years old)and patients older than 45 years accounted for 46.0% (17/37) and 37.8% (14/37) of all AE and viral encephalitis cases respectively. Patients with AE had longer disease progression time than patients with viral encephalitis ((22.45±11.62) d vs (6.24±2.95) d, t=6.015, P<0.01).Emergency hospitalization of patients with AE was less frequent than that of patients with viral encephalitis (3/20 vs 12/17, P=0.001). Patients with AE were less common to present with fever at disease onset than patients with viral encephalitis (8/20 vs 15/17, P=0.006). Seizures as the first neurological symptom were less common in AE than in viral encephalitis (2/20 vs 8/17, P=0.023). White blood cell counts in CSF were less frequently elevated in AE than in viral encephalitis (7/17 vs 12/15, P=0.036). The differences of age, gender, disease severity as well as abnormal rates of brain MRI, electroencephalogram and CSF protein were not statistically significant between the two groups. Tumors were discovered in 6 (6/19) patients with AE. Conclusions The frequency of AE in LE syndrome is not low. It is worthwhile to screen for autoantibodies associated with AE in patients diagnosed with LE syndrome. AE and viral encephalitis have their own characteristics, which could offer help in differential diagnosis between them and application of effective treatment.

Epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have mainly been caused by Coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) and Enterovirus A 71 (EV-A71), which circulated alternatively or together in the affected area. CVA16 has caused numerous outbreaks and epidemics in multiple countries and geographical regions, and has become an important public health problem. Based on an analysis of the complete VP1 coding region, all CVA16 strains can be divided into genotypes A, B1, and B2. Furthermore, genotype B1 can be divided into subgenotypes B1a, B1b, and B1c. After 2000, no reports of genotype B2 virus strains have been reported. All of the CVA16 strains reported in mainland China have belonged to subgenotypes B1a and B1b. Most CVA16-associated infections cause only mild symptoms; however, some CVA16 infections can lead to severe complications and even death. Vaccination is considered to be the most effective method to control the transmission and infection rate of this virus. A number of research groups are studying various vaccine types, including inactivated vaccines, genetic engineering vaccines, and DNA vaccines, amongst others. In this review, an overview is provided of the research advances in molecular epidemiology and vaccines of CVA16.
Animals ; China ; Coxsackievirus Infections ; epidemiology ; immunology ; prevention & control ; virology ; Enterovirus A, Human ; classification ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Humans ; Molecular Epidemiology ; Viral Vaccines ; administration & dosage ; genetics ; immunology

Surface electromyogram (sEMG) may have low signal to noise ratios. An adaptive wavelet thresholding technique was developed in this study to remove noise contamination from sEMG signals. Compared with convention- al wavelet thresholding methods, the adaptive approach can adjust thresholds based on different signal to noise ratios of the processed signal, thus effectively removing noise contamination and reducing distortion of the EMG signal. The advantage of the developed adaptive thresholding method was demonstrated using simulated and experimental sEMG recordings.
Algorithms ; Electromyography ; Humans ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Wavelet Analysis

Animals ; Brain ; pathology ; Hydroxyproline ; metabolism ; Kidney ; pathology ; Liver ; pathology ; Lung ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; Paraquat ; metabolism ; poisoning ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

Objective To detect the expression of microRNA(miRNAs)in the late stage terminal hindgut de-velopment in fetal rats.Methods Twenty -four female rats were randomly divided into 2 groups.They were matched in proportion of male and female 21 .The experimental rats(n =1 2)received 1 0 g/L ethylenethiourea (1 25 mg/kg)by gavage on gestational day 1 1 ,and the control rats (n =1 2)received same amount of distilled water.The fetal rats were obtained by caesarean section on the gestational day 1 6 in each group.One centimeter rectum was taken out from 2 similar weight fetal rats for extracting total RNA by Trizol method.There were 24 fetal rats in each group.Chip hybri-dization was conducted after Poly(A)and biotin added to the RNA.Then,the chip was washed and dyed,and scanned thereafter.According to the differences in the expression profile of miRNAs and target gene analysis results,the miRNAs probably regulating the key gene of hindgut development was selected for target genes expression analysis.Results Compared with control group,expressions of 1 1 1 miRNAs in terminal hindgut of experimental group were up -regulated on the gestational day 1 6,and 1 1 7 miRNAs were down -regulated.Ten miRNAs of biggest differential expression be-tween them were selected for target genes prediction,pathway analysis,and Gene Ontology analysis.The results showed that some genes were closely related to rat fetus terminal hindgut growth and development,such as Shh,Hoxd13,and so on.According to the differential expression of miRNAs and target genes analysis,miR -1 93 might have an important role in the Hoxd13 gene for anorectal development.Real -Time PCR and Western blot showed that the expression of Hoxd13 and its protein level were significantly decreased when miR -1 93 highly expressed in rat intestinal epithelial cells,and the difference was statistically significant compared with the control group(1 .00 ±0.1 2 vs 0.71 ±0.1 0) (0.88 ±0.06 vs 0.75 ±0.08)(t =3.329,3.1 30;P =0.029,0.01 1 ).Conclusions miRNAs probably have an im-portant regulatory role in their target gene expression in terminal hindgut development of fetal rats,and miR -1 93 can significantly inhibit the expression of Hoxd13 gene in rat intestinal epithelial cells.

Objective To study the quality of life(QOL) of patients with mild to moderate primary hypertension after treatment adjusted medication time by ambulatory blood pressure .Methods All 128 cases were divided into two groups randomly including chronos medication group and normal medication group .We tested ambulatory blood pressure ,QOL and influencing factors before medication and 6 months later .Results It′s observed the parameters of the ambulatory blood pressure improved significantly in all of the groups .There existed significant difference in nSBP ,nDBP ,nMAP ,SBP in dangerous night time ,and nocturnal blood pres‐sure decline rate between two groups (P<0 .05) .There existed very significant difference in DBP and MAP in dangerous night time (P<0 .01) .There were significant difference in the fields of MH (mental health) and RE (role limitation because of emotional health problem) (P<0 .05) ,and very significant difference in the fields of PF (physical functioning) ,RP (role limitation because of physical health) ,VT(vitality) (P<0 .01) .Multiple regression analysis indicate the influencing factors of the quality of life about patients with hypertension are age ,BMI index number ,medication time ,average family income ,medical insurance type ,culture de‐gree and job title .Age ,BMI index number and medication time depress QOL of patient with hypertension while average family in‐come ,better medical insurance type ,culture degree and job title improve it .Conclusion It′s possible to improved the parameters of the ambulatory blood pressure for patients with mild to moderate primary hypertension by chronos medication compared with nor‐mal medication more significantly .It′s useful to improve the QOL of patient with hypertension by improving average family income , medical insurance type and culture degree .

Objective To explore the efficacy and safety of infliximab (IFX) treatment in inducing and maintaining deep remission (DR) in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD).Methods From February 2012 to April 2014,the clinical data of 26 patients with moderate to severe CD received IFX treatment were retrospectively analyzed.Laboratory indexes (erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR),C-reactive protein (CRP),albumin),Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI),Crohn's disease simplified endoscopic score (SES-CD),rate of DR and side effects were observed before treatment,at week 14 and week 30.The t test was performed for normal distribution measurement data comparison between two groups.Wilcoxon signed rank test was performed for non normal distribution measurement data comparison between two groups.Chi square test and Fisher exact probability method were used for rate comparison.Results In 26 patients with CD,at week 14,the CDAI significantly decreased compared with that before treatment (225.0(124.0,265.0) vs 80.0(67.0,124.7),Z=-4.265,P＜0.01); ESR and CRP levels also significantly decreased while body mass index (BMI) and albumin levels increased.The rate of clinical remission,mucosal healing under endoscope and DR was 80.0 ％ (21/26),42.3 ％ (11/ 26) and 34.6％ (9/26),respectively.The rate of clinical remission was higher in patients with the disease course less than one year (92.3％ vs 69.2％,P=0.32).At week 30,the CDAI of patients significantly decreased compared with that before treatment (225.0(124.0,265.0) vs 81.5(67.0,111.0),Z=-4.877,P＜0.01); the ESR and CRP levels significantly decreased; while the BMI and albumin levels increased.The rate of clinical remission,mucosal healing under endoscope and DR was 88.5 ％ (23/26),57.7％(15/26) and 53.8％ (14/26),respectively.Rate of clinical remission was higher in patients with the disease course less than one year (100.0％ vs 76.9％,P=0.22).The differences in the rates of clinical remission,mucosal healing and DR between week 14 and week 30 were not statistically significant.Conclusion IFX could induce and maintain DR in patients with moderate to severe CD.