OBJECTIVE: We aimed to understand the willingness and barriers to the acceptance of tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) among people with latent TB infection (LTBI) in China. METHODS: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted from May 18, 2023 to December 31, 2023 across 10 counties in China. According to a national technical guide, we included healthcare workers, students, teachers, and others occupations aged 15-65 years as our research participants. RESULTS: Overall, 17.0% (183/1,077) of participants accepted TPT. There were statistically significant differences in the acceptance rate of TPT among different sexes, ages, educational levels, and occupations ( P < 0.05). The main barriers to TPT acceptance were misconceptions that it had uncertain effects on prevention (57.8%, 517/894), and concerns about side effects (32.7%, 292/894). CONCLUSION An enhanced and comprehensive understanding of LTBI and TPT among people with LTBI is vital to further expand TPT in China. Moreover, targeted policies need to be developed to address barriers faced by different groups of people.
Humans ; China/epidemiology* ; Adult ; Male ; Female ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult ; Adolescent ; Aged ; Latent Tuberculosis/prevention & control* ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care ; Tuberculosis/prevention & control* ; Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use* ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Objective: To observe the effects of transient exposure to high glucose on biological behaviors of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells cultured in vitro. Methods: The dividing method and treatment of cells for the detection of all indexes in this study were as follows. Human dermal microvascular endothelial cells of the 4th passage were divided into 3 groups according to the random number table, with 12 wells in each group. Cells in control group (C) were cultured with complete culture solution containing 5 mmol/L D-glucose for 7 d. Cells in transient high glucose group (THG) were cultured with complete culture solution containing 30 mmol/L D-glucose for 2 d and complete culture solution containing 5 mmol/L D-glucose for 5 d. Cells in prolonged high glucose group (PHG) were cultured with complete culture solution containing 30 mmol/L D-glucose for 7 d. (1) The cell morphology in groups C and PHG on culture day 7 and that in group THG on culture day 2 and 7 was observed by inverted optical microscope. (2) On culture day 0, 2, 4, and 7, cell proliferation rate was determined by cell viability analyzing counter. (3) After culture day 2, the scratch experiment was performed, and the cells were further cultured. At post scratch hour (PSH) 0, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120, the scratch area was measured, and the cell migration rates of the latter 5 time points were calculated. (4) On culture day 0, 2, 4, and 7, the cell apoptosis rate was determined by cell analyzer. (5) Cells were seeded into Matrigel to culture for 24 h after culture day 7. The formation of vessel-like structure was observed by inverted optical microscope. The length and number of branch point of vessel-like structure were calculated. (6) On culture day 2, 4, and 7, mRNA expression of vascularization-related gene tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) was determined with real-time fluorescent quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Data were processed with analysis of variance of factorial design, analysis of variance for repeated measurement, one-way analysis of variance, and LSD test. Results: (1) Cells in group C exhibited ovary shape in cobble stone order on culture day 7. Cells in group THG exhibited long ovary shape and lost cobble stone order on culture day 2 and kept the same changes on culture day 7. Cells in group PHG exhibited long ovary shape and lost cobble stone order on culture day 7. (2) On culture day 0, there was no significant difference in cell proliferation rate among the 3 groups (F=0.23, P>0.05). On culture day 2, cell proliferation rates in groups THG and PHG were similar (P>0.05), which were significantly lower than the cell proliferation rate in group C (with P values below 0.01). On culture day 4 and 7, the cell proliferation rates in groups THG and C were similar (with P values above 0.05), which were significantly higher than those in group PHG (with P values below 0.01). (3) At PSH 24-120, the cell migration rates in groups THG and PHG were similar (with P values above 0.05), which were significantly lower than those in group C (with P values below 0.01). (4) On culture day 0, there was no statistically significant difference in cell apoptosis rate among the 3 groups (F=0.78, P>0.05). On culture day 2, cell apoptosis rates in groups THG and PHG were similar (P>0.05), which were significantly higher than the cell apoptosis rate in group C (with P values below 0.01). On culture day 4 and 7, the cell apoptosis rates in groups THG and C were similar (with P values above 0.05), which were significantly lower than those in group PHG (with P values below 0.01). (5) The length of vessel-like structure of cells in group THG was (1.84±0.10)×10⁵ μm, close to (1.82±0.11)×10⁵ μm in group PHG (P>0.05), both significantly shorter than (2.75±0.23)×10⁵ μm in group C (with P values below 0.01). The numbers of branch point of vessel-like structure of cells in groups THG and PHG were 43±5 and 46±8 respectively, which were close to each other (P>0.05) and both significantly less than 103±21 in group C (with P values below 0.01). (6) On culture day 2, 4, and 7, mRNA expressions of TIMP-3 of cells in groups THG and PHG were similar (with P values above 0.05), which were significantly lower than those in group C (with P values below 0.05). Conclusions Transient exposure to high glucose can cause metabolic memory of morphology, migration, and angiogenesis in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells cultured in vitro, resulting in sustained changes in biological behaviors. The mechanism may be related to the changes of vascularization-related genes.

Objective To investigate the effect and prognosis of anterior posterior surgery combined with internal fixation on treatment of patients with severe idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis.Methods A total of 60 patients with severe idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis were randomly divided into two groups.The anterior and posterior group was treated with anterior and posterior internal fixation,and posterior group was treated with posterior combined with internal fixation.Effect,preoperative and postoperative indicators and condition during follow-up were observed.Results There were significant differences in operation time,blood loss,length of stay between two groups (P<0.05).There was no significant difference of fusion segments between two groups (P>0.05).There were significant differences in the main bending angle Cobb,kyphosis and trunk shift between two groups (P<0.05).There were no significant differences in the final follow-up Cobb angle loss,the degree of kyphosis loss,the correction rate of Cobb angle and the correction rate of kyphosis between two groups (P>0.05).Conclusion Anterior combined with posterior internal fixation is similar to posterior internal fixation in treatment of patients with severe idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis,but the operation time and hospital stay are shorter by posterior internal fixation,and the amount of bleeding is greater and the risk is higher.

Objective To investigate the effect and prognosis of anterior posterior surgery combined with internal fixation on treatment of patients with severe idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis.Methods A total of 60 patients with severe idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis were randomly divided into two groups.The anterior and posterior group was treated with anterior and posterior internal fixation,and posterior group was treated with posterior combined with internal fixation.Effect,preoperative and postoperative indicators and condition during follow-up were observed.Results There were significant differences in operation time,blood loss,length of stay between two groups (P<0.05).There was no significant difference of fusion segments between two groups (P>0.05).There were significant differences in the main bending angle Cobb,kyphosis and trunk shift between two groups (P<0.05).There were no significant differences in the final follow-up Cobb angle loss,the degree of kyphosis loss,the correction rate of Cobb angle and the correction rate of kyphosis between two groups (P>0.05).Conclusion Anterior combined with posterior internal fixation is similar to posterior internal fixation in treatment of patients with severe idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis,but the operation time and hospital stay are shorter by posterior internal fixation,and the amount of bleeding is greater and the risk is higher.

BACKGROUND:In recent years, animal models of lumbar disc degeneration have been popularized to explore the effect of tissue engineering, cel engineering and genetic engineering technologies on intervertebral disc degeneration.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of biological patches on rabbit anulus fibrosus repair.
METHODS:L3-4, L4-5, L5-6 segments from rabbits were randomly divided into normal control group (the intervertebral disc was exposed correspondingly), control group (the annulus fibrosus was only cut with a surgical scalpel) and experimental group (the annulus fibrosus was cut and sutured with the surgical biomaterial). Six rabbits were selected randomly to take the lumbar X-ray and MRI preoperatively and 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 weeks postoperatively; one rabbit was chosen preoperatively and three rabbits selected respectively at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 weeks postoperatively to execute hematoxylin-eosin and type II colagen immunohistochemistry.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:At postoperative 1, 2 and 4 weeks, the disc height index decreased significantly in the control and experimental groups. MRI and histopathological examination showed that the T2WI signal intensity and hematoxylin-eosin grading were both increased significantly in the control and experimental groups at 2 weeks after surgery (P < 0.05). With time, the number of nucleus pulposus cels gradualy reduced in the control and experimental groups. Annulus fibrosus defects were filed with granulation and fibrous tissues, and the biofilm was tightly fused with the annulus fibrosus. Findings from the type II colagen immunohistochemical staining showed that the histological staining of the nucleus pulposus was gradualy changed from positive to negative in the experimental and control groups. Therefore, cutting the annulus fibrosus can lead to severe disc degeneration at early period, and surgical biomaterials can be integrated with the annulus fibrosus wel to seal annulus fibrosus defects and further prevent nucleus pulposus protrusion. However, this approach cannot restrain the continuous process of disc degeneration.

BACKGROUND:Kyphotic deformity in ankylosing spondylitis is the flexion deformity of spine sagittal plane in the late lesion. Spinal osteotomy is the only treatment method in patients with severe wheel-like kyphosis. For thoracic and thoracolumbar ankylosing spondylitis patients with lumbar severe wheel-like kyphosis, osteotomy at a single site cannot obtain safe and effective orthopedic effect. OBJECTIVE:To observe the orthopedic effect of total spine osteotomy combined with V-shaped osteotomy for correction of severe wheel-like kyphosis deformity due to ankylosing spondylitis, and to analyze stress distribution. METHODS:From May 2003 to October 2012, total spine osteotomy combined with V-shaped osteotomy and pedicle screw fixation were adopted for repair of concurrent thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbar severe wheel-like kyphosis deformity due to ankylosing spondylitis in 36 male cases in the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. Spinal convex angle, chin-brow vertical angle and C 7 plumb line were measured to evaluate orthopedic effect. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The whole spine convex Cobb angle was corrected from preoperatively (89.6±9.8)° to (32.2±6.7)° at 1 week after treatment, showing significant difference (P<0.05), with an average correction rate of 64%. The chin-brow vertical angle was 9.6° averagely after correction (P<0.05), with an average correction rate of 76%. The C 7 plumb line was 4.4 cm averagely after correction (P<0.05), with an average correction rate of 81%. After fol ow-up of 24-48 months, no significant difference in above indexes was detected during final fol ow-up and 1 week postoperatively (P>0.05). Radiographs demonstrated that fixation position was good in al patients. These results confirmed that in patient with severe wheel-like kyphosis deformity due to ankylosing spondylitis, the application of total spine osteotomy combined with V-shaped osteotomy is a safe and effective method, can better correct the spinal sagittal curvature and reduce the risk of sagittal angle, result in the stress distribution in many segments and the shortening of the spine and epidural buckling in relatively long segment, can avoid nerve damage induced by spinal cord shortening and epidural excessive buckling within short segment.

BACKGROUND:Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery is a good choice for repair of degenerative cervical disc herniation, but it is reported that fusion can affect the exercise of cervical neighboring stages. Artificial disc replacement can not only play a role in mitigation of cervical disease neurological symptoms and signs, but also maintain stability and semental activity of cervical spine, and reduce secondary adjacent segmental degeneration.
These two methods which applied in cervical degenerative intervertebral disc herniation stil remain controversial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the short-term effect of artificial cervical disc replacement and anterior cervical decompression and fusion for the treatment of single segmental cervical disc herniation. METHODS:Total y 48 patients with single segment radiculopathy or myelopathy cervical diseases induced by cervical disc herniation that required surgery and received a three-month fol ow-up were included and retrospectively analyzed. These patients were divided into replacement group (n=21) and fusion group (n=27) according to the different repair programs. Patients in the replacement group were subjected to Prestige LP cervical artificial disc replacement, and patients in the fusion group were subjected to disc fusion using interbody fusion cage of Johnson or al ogeneic fibularing. They were fol owed up at 1 week, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 months after treatment. Complications were recorded during the fol ow-up. The pain of patients was evaluated using neck and upper limb pain visual analogue scale scores. The therapeutic effect was evaluated using Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score. The clinical symptoms improvement and daily functional status of patients after treatment were evaluated using cervical disability index. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:During the final fol ow-up, the fusion rate in fusion group was 93%(25/27). Comparisons between groups:at the 1 week and final fol ow-up after treatment, the visual analog scale scores of neck and upper limbs and cervical dysfunction indexes were al lower than those before treatment;the Japanese Orthopaedic Association scores were higher than those before treatment (P<0.05). In the final fol ow-up, the visual analog scale scores of neck and upper limbs and cervical dysfunction index were al lower than those after one week of treatment, and the Japanese Orthopaedic Association scores were higher than those after one week of treatment (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in the above indicators at each time point between these two groups (P>0.05). The cervical activity and surgical segmental motion after cervical disc replacement were significantly higher than those in the fusion group;the difference was statistical y significant (P<0.05). There were no serious complications in these two groups. There was no significant difference in the incidence of complications between these two groups (P>0.05). These results suggest that the artificial cervical disc replacement and anterior cervical decompression and fusion for the treatment of single cervical disc herniation have the same effect in terms of patients’ symptoms mitigation. With respect to fusion technique, artificial disc replacement surgery has the advantage of maintaining cervical stability and activities of replacement segments.

BACKGROUND:In recent years, with the continuously improving of the fixation systems and technology, conducting anterior cervical decompression bone graft accompanying with anterior plate fixation have been accepted by most scholars, however, the complications related to this also appeared constantly. In view of this, the zero notch interbody fusion plate (Zero-P) has been approved for the clinical treatment of cervical degenerative disease. OBJECTIVE:To discuss the early application effect of Zero-p on anterior cervical decompression and fusion. METHODS:The study enrol ed 22 patients who underwent anterior cervical decompression and fusion with Zero-P between February and December 2014. The number of Zero-P implanted in the C3-4, C4-5, C5-6 was 1, 3 and 18 respectively. Pain and neurological improvement were evaluated using Visual Analog Scales score and Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score for al the patients after operation. The X-ray plain of lateral and flexion-extension lateral of cervical vertebra were shot. The degradation degree was judged based on the measurement results from the cervical lateral X-ray films about the ratio of cephalad and caudal adjacent intervertebral space to vertebral body height, and adjacent segments osteoarthritis situation. The abnormal activity at the surgical spaces was observed by the extension and flexion lateral X-ray plain. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Twenty-two patients obtained fol ow up for 10-28 months. 2 patients had dysphagia on the fourth day and the fifth day after operation (extremely mild). The symptom disappeared within 2 weeks after treatment. The Visual Analog Scales score was significantly lower compared with preoperation (P<0.05), the JOA score was significantly higher than that before operation (P<0.05) , the cervical Cobb angle was significantly higher than that before operation (P<0.05). There were no significant differences statistical y in comparison of the Visual Analog Scales score, JOA score and cervical Cobb angle at different time points after operation (P>0.05). In cephalad adjacent intervertebral space, 3 cases had developed hyperosteogeny (first level). In caudal adjacent intervertebral space, 1 had developed hyperosteogeny (first level). There was no significant difference in the hyperosteogeny between cephalad adjacent intervertebral space and caudal adjacent intervertebral space (P>0.05). There was no significant difference in the R value in cephalad adjacent intervertebral space and caudal adjacent intervertebral space between preoperation and postoperation (P>0.05). During the fol ow-up, no abnormal activity at the surgical spaces and implant displacement was observed. These results suggest that using Zero-p in the treatment of monosegmental disc disease has significant effect, can effectively improve the cervical curvature and establish good cervical stability. The incidence of postoperative dysphagia is low. The degeneration of adjacent segments after treatment was not increased in early stage.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) features of infants with diffuse lung disease (DLD) for improving the diagnostic accuracy clinically.

METHODTotally 75 infants under 2 years of age with DLD (2010-2013) were involved in this study. Among them, 56 were males and 19 females, aged from 2 days to 24 months (mean age was 10.9 months). According to the clinical or pathological data, the cases were enrolled into three groups, including systemic diseases-associated infantile DLD (30 cases), alveolar structure disorders-associated infantile DLD (23 cases), and infantile DLD specific to infancy (22 cases). Retrospectively, HRCT images, from the three groups respectively, were analyzed and compared. HRCT presentations including airway disorders, interstitial disorders and air space disorders were reviewed. Inter-reviewers consistency check was performed, the consistency between reviewers was good (K = 0.64;P = 0.03, < 0.05), as well as χ(2) test.

RESULTAmong the three groups, some of the HRCT sings (bronchiectasis, thickened bronchiolar wall, mosaic sign, reticular, intralobular nodules and consolidations) had significant differences (χ(2) = 24.52, 6.08, 18.00, 12.56, 9.11 and 11.50, P < 0.05) .

CONCLUSIONThe HRCT features of infantile pulmonary DLD/interstitial LD with different causes were as follows, compared to the other two groups, intralobular nodules was the main feature of the systemic diseases-associated infantile DLD, thickened bronchiolar wall, mosaic sign and consolidations were rare as well. Meanwhile, bronchiectasis was more common in alveolar structural disorders-associated infantile DLD, and reticular opacity was rarely seen. Associated clinical data, the HRCT presentations would help clinicians to make accurate diagnosis.

Bronchial Diseases ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Child, Preschool ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Lung ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Lung Diseases, Interstitial ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Male ; Pulmonary Alveoli ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; methods

Adult ; Aged ; Amyloidosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Biopsy ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis ; Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains ; metabolism ; Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains ; metabolism ; Intestinal Mucosa ; pathology ; ultrastructure ; Kidney ; metabolism ; pathology ; ultrastructure ; Kidney Diseases ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rectum ; pathology ; ultrastructure ; Retrospective Studies