The dissemination of CMV in urine of different group from Guangxi and the relationship between CMV infection and renal disease / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To detect Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA in urine samples from the following groups: pregnant women, sick newborns, hospitalized nephropathy patients, renal transplant recipients and normal population. Preliminarily study the relationship of HCMV infection and renal disease.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>To detect HCMV DNA in morning urine samples by Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (FQ-PCR).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The positive rates of HCMV DNA in the urine of pregnant women,sick newborns, hospitalized nephropathy patients, renal transplant recipients and normal population are 8.18%, 3.45%, 18.54%, 25.42%, 0.56%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The infection rates of HCMV in the urine of pregnant women and sick newborns are very high in Guangxi, it should take serious measures to prevent and control the situation. HCMV probably participate in the injury of kidney, and worsen the disease. It should be one of the causes of renal disease.</p>

Comparison of indirect immunofluorescence assay and ELISA for detecting antinuclear antibodies and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare indirect immunofluorescence assay (IIFA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 125 serum samples were obtained from patients with established or suspected autoimmune disease, and 82 samples were used for ANA detection and 57 for anti-dsDNA detection using both IIFA and ELISA. Fourteen samples were examined for both ANA and anti-dsDNA. In cases where discrepancy occurred in the results by the two methods, extractable nuclear antigens were detected using immunoblotting.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The positivity rate of ANA detected by IIFA and ELISA was significantly different (87.8% and 73.17%, respectively, P<0.01), but the positivity rate of anti-dsDNA was similar between IIFA and ELISA (77.19% and 71.93%, respectively, P>0.05). The percent agreement between the two testing methods with different cutoff values of ANA and anti-dsDNA showed significant differences (P<0.01), and for some uncommon patterns, the percent agreement of the two methods was lowered in ANA detection but remained unchanged for anti-dsDNA with different ANA patterns. High percent agreements of the two methods were obtained with the cutoff ANA titer of 1:100 and the cutoff anti-dsDNA value of weak positivity, but they demonstrated a significant difference in testing low-titer ANA and anti-dsDNA.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>IIFA is more sensitive than ELISA in detecting the total ANA and anti-dsDNA. ELISA prescreening combined with IIFA can obtain the information of the nuclear pattern and allow the observation of the titer alterations. The combination of two or more testing methods can greatly enhance the accuracy of the results.</p>

Comparison between Coulter LH-750 and URIT-12 for measuring hemoglobin concentration / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the feasibility of URIT-12 hemoglobin analyzer for fast measurement of hemoglobin concentration.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Hemoglobin concentration was detected in 100 random blood samples using URIT-12 hemoglobin analyzer and Coulter LH-750 hematology analyzer.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The two analyzers showed good correlation of the results (r=0.994) without significant difference between them (P>0.05). The linear range of URIT-12 hemoglobin analyzer was 46-240 g/L, and in the repeated measurements (20 times) of 3 batches of blood samples with low, moderate and high hemoglobin concentrations, the within-batch coefficient of variation of URIT-12 hemoglobin analyzer, from low to high concentrations, were 2.13%, 2.17%, and 2.33%, respectively. In the measurement of 4 batches of high-fat, high-bilirubin, high-globin and high-white-blood-cell blood samples, the interference rate of the former 3 samples were all less than 4% by the two devices, but that of the fourth sample was 10% by URIT-12 hemoglobin analyzer and 7% by Coulter LH-750 analyzer.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The results detected by URIT-12 hemoglobin analyzer have high accuracy and precision and is easy to operate, fast-testing and portable.</p>