Objective To investigate the feasibility of self-made capacitation liquid for in vitro fertilization of Mongolian gerbils, and to provide a reference for gerbil embryo cryopreservation. Methods In vitro fertilization of Mongo?lian gerbil was performed with the self?prepared capacitation solution and semen, and the 2?cell embryos of Mongolian ger?bils were cultured in vitro using an improved KSOM culture medium. Results The in vitro fertilization rate of gerbils was over 60%, and some gerbil 2?cell embryos could develop further in vitro. Conclusions An in vitro fertilization and embry?o development system of Mongolian gerbil has been established, but it needs further optimization.

Objective To analyze the epidemiology,infection status,risk factors and microbiological characteristics of Trichosporon asahii in urinary tract infection for guidance of selecting the prompt and effective antifungal drugs in clinical therapy.Methods A total of 18 strains of Trichosporon asahii isolated from the patients with urinary tract infection were selected from 2013 to 2016.The isolation and identification of pathogenic bacteria,results of antimicrobial susceptibility test and clinical data were investigated by retrospective epidemiological survey.Results The 5 antifungal drugs,i.e.,5-fluorocytosine,amphotericin B,fluconazole,itraconazole and voriconazole,exhibited favorable antibacterial activity for the 18 strains of Trichosporon asahii with resistance rate of 0,5.6％,0,0 and 0 except itraconazole which showed only 50％ of sensitive rate.The risk factors of Trichosporon asahii infection in urinary system mainly included such as male,basic diseases (100％),long-term use of broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents (100％),indwelling catheter (83.3 ％),application of corticosteroids (50.0％) and immunosuppressive agents (38.9％) as well as a small proportion of granulocytopenia (5.6％).The 16 cases treated with fluconazole were improved,while the other 2 cases died following the treatment with itraconazole or voriconazole for reasons irrelevant to antifungal treatment.Conclusion Trichosporon asahii could cause urinary tract infections with high risk factors including basic diseases,long-term use of broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents,indwelling catheter,etc.The drug of top choice should be fluconazole.The key elements for successful treatment of Trichosporon asahii infection include early diagnosis of pathogens and correct selection of antifungal agents based on sensitivity and resistance tests of drugs.

Objective·To make clear the role of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) for early cognitive impairment in small vessel disease (SVD). Methods·Fifty-seven consecutive SVD patients without dementia were strictly recruited. All participants were examined with a comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests, SWI and DTI. According to the amount of CMBs, the patients were divided into CMBs group and non-CMBs group, or divided into multiple CMBs group (CMBs ≥ 3) and non-multiple CMBs group (CMBs<3). The mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA) in periventricular, central semiovale and subcortical white matter was analyzed with a region-of-interest method. Results·The score of multiple CMBs group in attention and memory function was significantly lower than that of the non-multiple CMBs group. Correlation analysis showed that the count of CMBs in the whole brain was significantly correlated with periventricular white matter MD, subcortical white matter MD, periventricular white matter FA and subcortical white matter FA. The count of CMBs in the whole brain adjusted by age, gender, education was significantly correlated with attention/executive function. After adjustment of subcortical/ periventricular white matter FA and MD and locations of CMBs they still had significant correlation. Conclusion·CMBs can reflect the degree of destruction of white matter integrity, and have independent effects on injury of brain parenchyma, resulting in early cognitive impairment. The research also suggests the role of CMBs in cognitive impairment may exist threshold value effect.

Objective:TThe aim of this study was to observe the changes of the volume and distribution of body fluid after abdominal surgery,and further to explore its characteristics and influence factors.Methods:Sixtyone patients were included between March and June in 2016.The volume of intracellular water (ICW),extracellular water (ECW) and total body water (TBW) was estimated by InbodyS 10 on preoperative day 1 (PreD 1) and postoperative day (POD) 1,3,5 and 7.Furthermore,the patients were grouped according to the age,sex,type of operation,operation time and the daily liquid input,and the influence factors of postoperative fluid volume were analyzed in each subgroup.Results:Comparing to that of PreD1,the ICW,ECW,and TBW,mainly ECW,were increased significantly on POD1 (P＜ 0.05),and the level of postoperative fluid volume was decreased to that of PreD1 between POD3 and POD7.It showed that there was difference in the net increasing of body fluid on POD1 between different type of the patients.Obviously,the net increasing of fluid volume in woman on POD 1 was more than that in man.The net increasing of fluid volume on POD1 was correlated with the operation time and net liquid input.Conclusion:The fluid retention was found in the early stage of postoperative patients,and mainly exists in ECW.The main influence factors resulting postoperative fluid retention were prolonged operation time and increased net fluid input.

Objective To understand the current situation and existing problems in the training of healthcare-asso-ciated infection(HAI)management,and provide scientific basis for strengthening the management of HAI preven-tion and control system.Methods A questionnaire survey was adopted to investigate situation of training on HAI in 15 provincial-level HAI training agencies in China during the past 30 years,and basic condition of training on HAI management in recent 5 years.Results Among 15 provincial-level training agencies,66.67%(n=10)were respon-sible by HAI management quality control centers,80.00% have already conducted training in each city,53.33%carried out training for 10 to 20 times,33.34% performed training for ≤2 times per year.Of 33 728 trainees in 2011-2015,41.30% were 41-50 years old,61.82% were nursing staff,50.56% had bachelor degree,43.96%were with the intermediate professional title.Most trainers were HAI prevention and control experts in their respec-tive province,accounting for 68.07%,the curriculums were mainly designed on professional course,and only 26.78% were involved in management.Conclusion Professional structure of HAI management personnel is not reasonable,faculty is imbalance,knowledge update is lacking,and HAI training and education system need to be improved further.

INTRODUCTIONPatients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have variable survival outcomes. We have previously shown that an elevated peripheral blood lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) is associated with an increased metastatic risk in patients with primary NPC. The present study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of pretreatment LMR in a large cohort of metastatic NPC patients.

METHODSClinical data of 672 patients with metastatic NPC diagnosed between January 2003 and December 2009 were analyzed. The peripheral lymphocyte and monocyte counts were retrieved, and LMR was calculated. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and univariate and multivariate COX proportional hazards analyses were performed to evaluate the association of LMR with overall survival (OS).

RESULTSUnivariate analysis revealed that an elevated absolute lymphocyte count (≥1.390×10(9)/L) and LMR (≥2.475) as well as a decreased monocyte count (<0.665×10(9)/L) were significantly associated with prolonged OS. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that LMR (hazard ratio [HR]=0.50, 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.41-0.60, P<0.001), absolute lymphocyte count (HR=0.77, 95% CI=0.64-0.93, P=0.007), and monocyte count (HR=1.98, 95% CI=1.63-2.41, P<0.001) were independent prognostic factors. By stratification analyses, only LMR remained a significant predictor of prognosis.

CONCLUSIONWe identified pretreatment LMR as an independent prognostic factor for patients with metastatic NPC. Independent validation of our findings is needed.

Carcinoma ; Humans ; Lymphocyte Count ; Lymphocytes ; Monocytes ; Multivariate Analysis ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; Prognosis ; ROC Curve

As an important part of Chinese medicinal materials, uncommon-territorial herbs are also the most complex parts in the herbal medicine markets. Through years of investigation on the key markets of Chinese herbal medicine, the meaning of uncommon-territorial herbs, their historical evolution, origin and characteristics were clarified in this paper, and some countermeasures were put forward for its development.
Biological Evolution ; China ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; history ; Herbal Medicine ; history ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; History, Ancient ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; history ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; growth & development

OBJECTIVETo develop a method for determination of voglibose contents in its tablets by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS).

METHODSThe measurements were carried out on an Agilent ZORBAX Eclipse Plus C18 column (2.1×150mm 3.2μm) with a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius. A mixture of methanol and water (2:3,v/v) was used as a mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.25 ml/min. Voglibose was detected in an electrospray ionization (ESI) mode with MRM.

RESULTSThe calibration curves of voglibose showed good linearity in a range of 1.5804-2.6340 μg/ml (r=0.9990). The average recovery was 100.2% with RSD of 1.37% (n=6) for m/z 268.2/74.2.Linearity was obtained with r=0.9976 and the average recovery was 99.3% with RSD of 1.78% (n=6) for m/z 268.2/92.2.

CONCLUSIONHPLC-MS method is accurate,reproducible and can be used for quality control of voglibose tablets.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Inositol ; analogs & derivatives ; analysis ; Mass Spectrometry ; methods ; Tablets

Objective Toinvestigatethestatusoftick-borneRickettsiaeinfectionsamongmurine-likeanimalsin differentareasofZhejiangprovince.Methods Liverandspleensamplesofmurine-likeanimalscapturedthroughnight trapping method were collected from Anji,Jinhua and Tiantai County according to their geographic locations and historical detection of Rickettsiae .Nest-PCR tests were used to determine the presence of the 16S rRNA genes of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia ,and the heat shock protein genes (groEL)of Rickettsiae (including typhus and spotted fever group)and Orientiainthesesamples.Results Atotalof851murine-likeanimalsbelongingto14specieswerecaptured.The predominant species were Rattus confucianus (30.32%),Apodemus agrarius (18.80%) and Thallomys paedulcus (1 1.75%)and they were significantly different among three areas (P<0.05 ).48 Rickettsia positive were found in 562 tested samples with the positive rate of 8.54%,among which the percentage of Anaplasma,typhus group Rickettsia, Orientia,Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia were 3.38%,1.78%,1.78%,1.07% and 0.53% respectively. The positive rates of Anaplasma in Jindong (4.76%)and Anji (4.27%)were significantly higher than that in Tiantai (P<0.05 )while the spotted fever group Rickettsia were found only in Tiantai County.Moreover,Rattus confucianus-the predominant species of Zhejiang Province-had the highest infection rate of tick-borne Rickettsiae up to 14.97%.Co-infections with several Rickettsiae were existed among the same species.Conclusion Rickettsiae infections exist widely among different areas of Zhejiang province and the positive rates are significantly different among species.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the function of abnormal fibrinogen in two inherited dysfibrinogenemia pedigrees.

METHODSRoutine coagulation tests were conducted in the probands and related family members. The antigen and activity levels of fibrinogen were detected by immunoturbidimetry assay and clauss assay, respectively. All the exons and exon-intron boundaries of the three fibrinogen genes and antithrombin gene（AT3）were analyzed by PCR amplification and direct sequencing. Routine thrombelastography (TEG) test and functional fibrinogen TEG test were both used to make a comprehensive evaluation of coagulation status and functional fibrinogen level in patients. The molecular weights of the three peptides from fibrinogen were measured by Western blot. The function of abnormal fibrinogen was assessed by fibrinogen dynamic polymerization and fibrinolysis velocity.

RESULTSThe coagulation routine tests were normal in two probands except for prolonged thrombin time (TT) and reptilase time (RT), as well as reduced activity levels of 0.5 g/L and 0.6 g/L fibrinogen, respectively. The antigen levels of fibrinogen were 2.32 g/L and 2.66 g/L in two probands, which were in the normal reference range. The genotype analysis showed that Arg275His in fibrinogen γ chain (γ Arg275His) existed in both probands and patients in these two pedigrees. Meanwhile, proband B's grandfather and aunt also carried heterozygote g.5876T>C (Ser116Pro) mutation in AT3. The results of routine TEG test demonstrated that the α values of proband B and his father were close to and lower than the lower limit of reference range, respectively, while the MA values were normal in both of them. However, functional fibrinogen TEG test revealed obviously reduced MA value. All the probands and patients demonstrated prolonged lag-off time and reduced peak value in fibrinogen dynamic polymerization tests. Meanwhile, most of fibrin formed from the patients' plasma could not be dissolved completely by plasminogen (PLG) and urokinase-typeplasminogenactivator (u-PA) at a certain time.

CONCLUSIONWe first reported cases of inherited dysgibrinogenemia associated with inherited AT deficiency. γArg275His mutation caused the abnormal fibrinogen in terms of fibrin mono polymerization and possibly in fibrinolysis. Combined use of routine TEG test and functional fibrinogen TEG test with comprehensive analyses of the parameters in both tests could better evaluate the level of functional fibrinogen and predict the risk of hemorrhage and thrombosis in patients with inherited dysfibrinogenemia.

Adult ; Afibrinogenemia ; genetics ; Child ; Female ; Fibrinogen ; genetics ; Fibrinogens, Abnormal ; genetics ; physiology ; Genotype ; Humans ; Male ; Mutation ; Pedigree ; Phenotype