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Objective To investigate the clinical application of Fibroscan to noninvasive detection of liver fibrosis in asymp‐tomatic carriers(ASCs)with chronic hepatitis B virus(HBV).Methods Clinical data of 195 chronic HBV ASCs were retrospec‐tively analyzed ,including liver function ,HBV DNA quantitation ,liver stiffness(LS) ,color Doppler ultrasound results of the liver and spleen and histopathological findings of the liver.LS was evaluated by transient elastography(Fibroscan).Liver biopsy was performed in 80 carriers for histological examination.Results The LS value was(6.22 ± 2.50)kPa in 195 cases.There was no significant difference in the LS value between HBV DNA 15 years was significantly higher than that in patients with HBV carrying dura‐tion≤5 years(P<0.01).It was (6.72 ± 2.33) kPa in patients(n=49)with liver tissue inflammation and necrosis
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The noninvasive measurement of liver stiffness (LS) was evaluated by transient elastography (FibroScan) and the possible influencing factors from the patients' clinical situations including age, gender, liver inflammation represented by alanine transaminase (ALT) and total billirubin (TBIL) level, HBV replication (HBV DNA loads), portal vein pressure (portal vessel diameter, PVD), splenic thickness (SPT) and body mass index (BMI) were analyzed in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). A total of 466 patients including 31 patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), and 435 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) among which 82 patients were diagnosed with liver cirrhosis (LC) by clinical manifestations and liver B-type ultrasonic inspection were enrolled at Tongji Hospital from April to December 2009. LS was measured by a FibroScan device (EchoSens, France). Simultaneously, ALT and TBIL levels, HBV DNA loads, PVD, SPT and BMI in all patients were also tested. Forty-one healthy volunteers served as controls. The values of LS were correlated positively with ages of CHB patients and significantly higher in males than in females. In patients with BMI>28 kg/m(2) (obesity) and abnormal levels of ALT and TBIL, LS values were significantly increased as compared with those having normal levels of ALT and TBIL. The patients with ACLF had the highest LS value. Furthermore, LS values in the patients with LC were significantly higher than those in patients without LC. It is concluded that noninvasive measurement of liver fibrosis by FibroScan provides an alternative method to evaluate liver fibrosis of patients with CHB. In order to properly illustrate the stiffness value taken by transient elastography, patients' gender should be taken into consideration and it is also suggested to avoid possible influencing factors including liver inflammation (high levels of ALT and TBIL) and obesity (high BMI).
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OBJECTIVE To study the clinical feature among patients with infectious fever and the antimicrobial resistance of infection pathogens.METHODS A retrospective analysis was carried out among 70 cases during recent 3 years.RESULTS The 70 strains of pathogens were isolated from blood and/or bone marrow cultures of 70 patients with infectious fever,40 strains(57.1%) were Gram-positive cocci,in which 8 strains were Staphylococcus aureus,and 32 strains were coagulase negative staphylococci(CONS);30 strains(42.9%) were Gram-negative bacilli,of which the Salmonella and Escherichia coli were the main microorganisms,53.1% of CONS were resistant to oxacillin.There were 5 strains of Gram-negative bacilli that were suspected to produce extended spectrum ?-lactamases(ESBLs),which were resistant to multiple antibiotics,the most active agent against these Gram-negative bacilli with ESBLs was imipenem.CONCLUSIONS The bacteria are mainly Grampositive cocci for the patients with infectious fever in the infectious wards.The Gram-negative bacilli with ESBLs show more multi-drug resistance,we should rationally select antibiotics and decrease the occurrence of drug resistant strains.