Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of serum human β-defensin 2(HBD2)and soluble growth stimulating gene 2(sST2)levels in pediatric refractory Mycoplasma pneumonia.Methods A total of 145 children diagnosed with Mycoplasma pneumonia were recruited,and divided into refractory pneumonia group(n=53)and common pneumonia group(n=92)based on whether they had refractory or common pneumonia.General data were compared between the two groups.Ser-um HBD2 and sST2 levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Multi-variate logistic regression analysis was used to identify influencing factors for the occurrence of refracto-ry Mycoplasma pneumonia.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum HBD2 and sST2 levels in refractory Mycoplasma pneumonia.Results The proportion of lung consolidation and pleural effusion in refractory pneumonia group was significantly higher,and the fever time was significantly longer than that in common pneumonia group(P＜0.05).Serum HBD2 and sST2 levels in the refractory pneumonia group were signifi-cantly higher than those in the common pneumonia group(P＜0.05).Multivariate Logistic regres-sion analysis indicated that lung consolidation,pleural effusion,high serum HBD2 level and high serum sST2 level were risk factors for pediatric refractory Mycoplasma pneumonia(P＜0.05).The area under the curve and Youden's index for diagnosing pediatric refractory Mycoplasma pneumonia were 0.817 and 0.557 for serum HBD2 level,and 0.841 and 0.607 for serum sST2 level,respec-tively.Combined diagnosis using both markers resulted in an area under the curve of 0.916 and a Youden's index of 0.721.Conclusion The combined detection of serum HBD2 and sST2 levels holds significant diagnostic value for pediatric refractory Mycoplasma pneumonia.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of Yinzhi-huang combined with probiotics in the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.Methods 80 neonates of hyperbilirubinemia were recruited into a treatment group (40 cases) and a control group (40 cases).The control group was treated with the gap blue light irradiation,besides,patients with rapid increase or high level of bilirubin were additionally treated with acid-correcting agents,Liver enzyme inducer,and albumin infusion; while the treatment group was additionally treated with Yinzhi-huang and probiotics on the basis of the control group.The values of serum total bilirubin before the treatment Was determined in both groups.During treatment,the changes of daily bilirubin,were monitored with percutaneous bilirubin monitor,and the time for serum bilirubin values decreased to normal level was studied in both groups.Results The two groups showed no significant difference in examination of the serum bilirubin values before treatment(P＞0.05).The daily bilirubin decreased value of treatment group(53.07± 17.80) μmol/L showed statistically significant compared with the control group(30.56± 13.43)μmol/L(P＜0.05); the time for serum bilirubin values decreased to normal level in the treatment group (4.87± 2.06) d was significantly different compared with the control group (7.12± 2.33) d,(P＜ 0.05).The apparent effective rate in the treatment group 75％ (30/40) was higher than that in the control group 35％(14/40)with statistical significance(x2=5.89,P＜0.05).The total effective rate in the treatment group 92.5％ (37/40)was higher than the control group 75％ (30/40)with statistical significance (x2=4.50,P＜0.05).Conclusion Yinzhi-huang combined with probiotics has better effects than conventional treatment in decreasing the daily bilirubin values,restoring normal serum bilirubin time of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and it is worthy of clinical application.