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To investigate the correlation between the number of peripheral blood circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and clinicopathological features of early breast cancer. Methods: The clinical and pathological data from 100 patients with early breast cancer treated by a breast cancer treatment team in the Department of Breast Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, were collected from January 2017 to December 2018. For these patients, their peripheral blood CTCs were detected, enumerated and typed by CanpatrolTM CTC assay. Results: The positive rate of CTCs was 90% in peripheral blood of patients with early breast cancer, and the majority of molecular phenotypes was hybrid CTCs (55.6%). The positive rate of CTCs was only related to the pathological type of tumor (P<0.05), but not to other clinicopathological features. No correlation between clinicopathological features and the total number of CTCs, the number of epithelial CTCs or the number of hybrid CTCs was found. However, the number of mesenchymal CTCs was significantly correlated with the expression of hormone receptors and Ki-67 (r=0.200, P<0.05), and there was a significant correlation between the proportion of mesenchymal CTCs and the expression level of Ki-67 (r=0.213, P<0.05). Conclusion: The number of CTCs is not correlated with all clinicopathological features, but patients with negative hormone receptor and high expression of Ki-67 probably have more hybrid CTCs.
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Humans , Biomarkers, Tumor , Breast Neoplasms , Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition , Neoplastic Cells, CirculatingABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the infection status of mycoplasma in Shenzhen migrant workers′genitourinary tract and the sensitivity of 12 kinds of antibiotics for guiding rational use of drugs in clinical treatment ,through the test of specimens with 2 905 cases of mycoplasma culture and drug susceptibility test .Methods Drug sensitivity test and culture of mycoplasma were per-formed on the specimens form 2 905 new patients in five hospitals by using liquid mycoplasma culture method .Results In speci-mens of 2 905 cases ,mycoplasma positive rate was 41 .8 % (1 214 cases) ,single ureaplasma urolyticum(Uu) infection rate was 39%(1 133 cases) ,single mycoplasma hominis(Mh) infection rate was 1 .3% (37 cases) ,Uu+ Mh mixed infection rate was 1 .5% (44 cases) .The result of sensitive test show that the sensitive rate of Uu to josamycin ,doxycycline ,minocin were 88 .6% ,91 .9% , 92 .2% .Conclusion The migrant workers'mycoplasma infection rate is very high in Shenzhen area .The infection of single Uu has the highest percentage ,mycoplasma is sensitive to the minocin .
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OBJECTIVE To type Staphylococcus epidermidis and analyze its polymorphism by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD),and provide the method for analysis of homogeneity of S.epidermidis.METHODS Twenty one collected strains from ophthalmology ward were analyzed using random primer RAPD1 with RAPD.RESULTS On the basis of bands,difference of clinical strains was analyzed.Twenty one strians of S.epidermidis were divided into 5 patterns.Among them type Ⅰ taken 71 percent(15/21).CONCLUSIONS Typing of S.epidermidis by RAPD at molecular level is very rapid,easy and reliable.It can apply to track pathogens of the hospital and study epidemiology of the bacteria.