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Objective To investigate the changes of Treg cells,Th17 cells and related cytokines in pe?ripheral blood of patients with severe hand?foot?mouth disease( HFMD) in the initial stage of infection caused by Enterovirus 71 virus. Methods Thirty?five cases of severe HFMD children in the Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang from May 2013 to December 2013 were selected as the research subjects,including 27 cases of severe formed group and 8 cases of danger severe formed group. The frequencies of Th17 cells ( CD3+CD8?IL?17+) and Treg cells( CD4+CD25+Foxp3+) in peripheral blood were detected by flow cytometry in patients with severe HFMD and 31 healthy children(control group). Moreover the serum levels of interleukin 6(IL?6),interleukin 17(IL?17) ,interleukin 10( IL?10) ,interleukin 23( IL?23) ,and human transforming growth factorβ1 ( TGF?β1) were measured by ELISA. Results As compared with those in control group,the frequencies of Treg cells,ratio of Treg/Th17,serum levels of TGF?β1, IL?10 in severe HFMD groups were significantly decreased ( F=23. 23, 30. 88,10. 766,11. 680 respectively;P<0. 05) . However the frequency of Th17 cells,serum levels of IL?6,IL?17,IL?23 in severe HFMD groups were significantly increased( F=646. 81,5. 904,10. 557,3. 490 respectively;P<0. 05) . Conclusion The changes of Treg and Thl7 cells and related cytokines appear in peripheral blood of patients with HFMD in the initial stage of infection caused by Enterovirus 71 virus. The frequency of Treg cell is decreased,however,the frequency of Thl7 cells frequency is increased,as a result,which may spread inflammato?ry reaction and cause complication.
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Objective To understand the mutation characteristics of drug resistance-associated genes rpoB, katG and inhA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains using gene chip method, and evaluate its clinical application value. Methods A total of 76 MTB strains were collected from Shijiazhuang area in 2013 to 2014. Gene chip was used to detect the mutations of rpoB, katG and inhA, and the L-J proportion drug susceptibility test was used as the gold standard to evaluate the overall concordance, sensitivity and specificity of gene chip. The consistency of microarray and phenotypic resistance was evaluated by Kappa test. Results Of all the 76 strains detected, 69 harbored mutations in katG/inhA. The predominant mutation site of katG was 315 codon with the mutation rate of 89.9%(62/69), and 5.8%(4/69) carried mutations at inhA-15(C→T), and 4.3%(3/69)carried combined mutations of katG 315 and inhA-15. The rpoB mutations were detected in 73 strains, of which 64.4%(47/73)carried mutations at codon 531, 15.1%(11/73)at codon 526, 12.3%(9/73)at 516 codon, 1.4%(1/73)at 513 codon, 1.4%(1/73)at 533 codon and 5.5%(4/73)had combined mutations. Compared with results from the L-J proportion method, the sensitivity, specificity and concordance rates of gene chip for RFP were 96.1%(73/76), 100%(50/50)and 97.6%(123/126). The sensitivity, specificity and concordance rates of gene chip for INH were 90.8%(69/76), 100%(50/50)and 94.4%(119/126). The sensitivity, specificity and concordance rates of gene chip for MDR-TB were 86.8%(66/76), 100%(50/50) and 92.1%(116/126). Conclusion The predominant mutation loci of MDR strains in Shijiazhuang area are katG315 and rpoB531. Gene chip is a fast and useful tool for clinical diagnosis of MDR strains.