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Objective Toevaluatea modified Ziehl-Neelsen(Z-N) stain in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Methods Cerebrospinal fluid specimens from 35 patients were stained by using the modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Re-sults The positive rate was 94.29% in 35 patients with tuberculous meningitisand the intracellular acid-fast bacilli was detected in 53.40%of all specimens. One case was stained positive in 15 patients with non-tuberculous meningitis. Con-clusion The modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain not only significantly improves the detection rates of tuberculous meningitisbut alsois able to identify intracellular M.tuberculosisin cerebrospinal fluidspecimen.Thus, the modified Z-N stain can be a convenient tool for diagnosing tuberculous meningitis.
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ObjectiveTo analyze the significance of serum hyper sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP),lipoprotein (a) [ Lp(a) ] and total cholesterol (TC)/high density lipoprotein cholesterol ( HDL-C )in coronary heart disease.Methods From September 2010 to September 2011,the levels of serum hs-CRP,Lp (a) and TC/HDL-C were detected in 176 patients of coronary heart disease (coronary heart disease group ) and 60 healthy controls (control group).Coronary heart disease group included acute myocardial infarction with 56 cases,stable angina with 58 cases and unstable angina with 62 cases.ResultsThe levels of serum hs-C RP,Lp ( a ) and TC/HDL-C in coronary h cart disease group were (34.51 ± 9.65 ) mg/L,(295.16 ±104.57) mg/L and 4.23 ±0.91,while those in control group were (1.26 ±0.69) mg/L,(145.26 ±42.19)mg/L and 2.54 ± 0.57.There were significant differences between two groups (P ＜ 0.05 ).The levels of serum hs-CRP,Lp(a) and TC/HDL-C in acute myocardial infarction patients were significantly higher than those in unstable angina patients and stable angina patients (P ＜ 0.05).The levels of serum hs-CRP,Lp (a) and TC/HDL-C in unstable angina patients were significantly higher than those in stable angina patients(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Serum hs-CRP,Lp (a) and TC/HDL-C are significantly increased in coronary heart disease,and can reflex the severity of coronary heart disease.
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Objective To study the clinical, histological and immunohistochemical features of breast hamartomas. Methods The specimens were fixed in 10% formalin and embedded in paraffin. The sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin for histological diagnosis. SP technique was used in the immunohistochemical study.Results We have 8 cases of breast hamartomas with well defined borders microscopically, histologically composed of ducts, lobules, fibrous stroma, adipose tissue. None of the epithelial elements showed any evidence of atypia. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that there was a variable number of epithelial cells showing a nuclear staining for estrogen receptor(ER) in all cases.Conclution Mammary hamartomas are benign tumor like lesions, histologically dissimillar from other breast tumors. It is affected by hormonal factors. The diagnosis is achieved by combining clinical, radiological and pathologic results.
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Objective To characterize the human cell mediated immune response to Treponema pallidum(TP), and to determine the effect of TP infection on the various lymphocyte subpopulations and natural killer cells in the peripheral blood of the patients. Methods Twenty four untreated patients with early syphilis were analyzed,including 3 groups of 8 patients with disseminated syphilides,palmoplantar syphilides and latent syphilis each. Monoclonal antibodies of CD labeled with either fluorescein isothiocyanate or phycoerythrin were used on a flow cytometry to detect the changing of peripheral blood lymphocyte immunophenotypes. Results The results showed that the percentages of panT,T H,NK cells and the ratio of T H/T S were significantly lower (P0.05). Conclusion It suggests that there is prominent suppression of cellular immunity in the untreated patients suffering from early syphilis. Meanwhile, the difference of 3 groups in skin lesions was due to the different dermatobarrier function against the systemic invasion of TP, rather than attributed to the alteration of the lymphocyte immunophenotypes in the peripheral blood.