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Objective To analyze the significance of levels and combined detection of plasma homocysteine(Hcy),high-sensitivity C reactive protein(hs-CRP) and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2(Lp-PLA2) in patients with ischemic cerebral stroke(ICS).Methods A total of 140 patients with ICS were selected into ICS group,and 100 healthy individuals were recruited in the control group.The plasma levels of Hcy,hs-CRP,Lp-PLA2 were examined,then the positive rates of them were statistically analyzed.Analyzed the value of the levels and joint detection of Hcy,hs-CRP and Lp-PLA2.Results The plasma levels and the positive rates of Hcy,hs-CRP and Lp-PLA2 in ICS group were statistically higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of combined detection of Hcy,hs-CRP and Lp-PLA2 in diagnosis of ICS was 0.949,the sensitivity was 0.850,and the specificity was 0.807,which were higher than Hcy,hs-CRP and Lp-PLA2 alone.Conclusion The plasma levels of Hcy,hs-CRP and Lp-PLA2 increase in ICS patients,and the combined detection of the three indicators might improve the early diagnostic value of ICS.
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Objective The purpose of this study was to analyze the susceptibility profile of Acinetobacter baumannii to antimicrobial agents,and validate the results of different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods,for improving the quality of antibiotic resistance monitoring data.Methods The susceptibility data of Hebei Provincial Antimicrobial Resistant Investigation Net were analyzed retrospectively and 126 strains ofA.baumannii were collected.The susceptibility ofA.baumannii to piperacillintazobactam,amikacin,gentamicin,ciprofloxacin,levofloxacin,ceftazidime,imipenem,and meropenem was tested by E-test,KirbyBauer method and VITEK system.Results The susceptibility results of the 126 A.baumannii strains showed that the susceptibility to piperacillin-tazobactam,amikacin,gentamicin,levofloxacin and ceftazidime was significantly different between the three methods (P＜0.05).The categorical agreement,major error,minor error,and very major error of Kirby-Bauer method were within acceptable range.There were evident difference in classification consistency for piperacillin-tazobactam,amikacin,levofloxacin between Kirby-Bauer method and VITEK (P＜0.05).Conclusions Different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods may lead to different results of resistance monitoring data.Bias may be generated in antibiotic resistance surveillance if different methods are used.The susceptibility results of piperacillin-tazobactam,amikacin,levofloxacin derived from VITEK system should be validated by Kirby-Bauer or E-test method.