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Objective To investigate the clinical value of Xpert M TB/RIF in the early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM ) .Methods Totally 130 patients with central nervous system infection in our hospital from February 2015 to December 2016 were divided into two groups ,65 cases of TBM patients as the TBM group ,65 cases of non TBM patients as the non TBM group . The CSF samples of all patients were respectively detected by acid fast staining ,Roche solid culture and Xpert MTB/RIF assay .The test results were compared .Results With clinical diagnosis as the gold standard ,the sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RIF to detection of TBM was 43 .08% and specificity was 100 .00% .The sensitivity of solid culture to detection of TBM was 58 .46% and specificity was 98 .46% .The sensitivity of acid fast staining to detection of TBM was 9 .23% and specificity was 100 .00% .Based on the re-sults of drug sensitivity test of traditional proportional method ,the sensitivity of Xpert M TB/RIF to detection of rifampin resistance was 88 .89% and specificity was 98 .35% .Conclusion Xpert M TB/RIF is a new diagnostic technique for detecting TBM and ri-fampin resistance in patients .It has the advantages of rapid ,direct ,reliable and high specificity and is worthy of clinical application .
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Objective To understand the mental health status of officers and soldiers (OSs) in a Chinese army unit,and analyze its relationship with Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection.Methods Cross sectional extraction of 1293 male soldiers from a certain unit of Chinese army in September 2015,aged 17-37 years old,average age 20.5 ± 3.2.Using the symptom self rating scale (SCL-90) to conduct a psychological evaluation,comparison between the evaluation results and the Chinese military norm was conducted to understand the mental health status of OSs in the unit.13C-urea breath test was used to detect H.pylori infection,and the relationship between the positivity rate of various factors,the SCL-90 score and H.pylori infection were analyzed.Ninety OSs who had desire to eradicate H.pylori serves as the experimental group,and 90 H.pylori-infected OSs as control group.The experimental group received quadruple-drug eradication therapy,control group received no drug treatment.SCL-90 scores before and after the treatment were compared,and SCL-90 scores after treatment in the experimental group and those in the control group were also compared for analyzing the relationship between the OSs psychological status and H.pylori infection.Results The SCL-90 score of the OSs was lower than the norm of Chinese army,and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The psychological screening positive rate was higher in H.pylori-positive OSs than H.pylori-negative those and the positive rates of psychological screening factors somatization,interpersonal sensitivity,hostility and paranoid were higher in H.pylori-positive OSs than in H.Pylorinegative those,and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).After the eradication of H.pylori in the experimental group these factor scores were lower than those before eradication.Compared with control group SCL-90 scores,soldiers somatization,interpersonal sensitivity,anxiety,hostility,paranoid factor score in experimental group after treatment were lower,the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05).Conclusion The mental health is better in OSs in this unit,the negative mental status is obvious in H.pylori-infected OSs than in H.pylori-negative those,and to eradicate H.pylori can improve their psychological state.
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Objective To investigate the clinical value of Xpert M TB/RIF in the early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM ) .Methods Totally 130 patients with central nervous system infection in our hospital from February 2015 to December 2016 were divided into two groups ,65 cases of TBM patients as the TBM group ,65 cases of non TBM patients as the non TBM group . The CSF samples of all patients were respectively detected by acid fast staining ,Roche solid culture and Xpert MTB/RIF assay .The test results were compared .Results With clinical diagnosis as the gold standard ,the sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RIF to detection of TBM was 43 .08% and specificity was 100 .00% .The sensitivity of solid culture to detection of TBM was 58 .46% and specificity was 98 .46% .The sensitivity of acid fast staining to detection of TBM was 9 .23% and specificity was 100 .00% .Based on the re-sults of drug sensitivity test of traditional proportional method ,the sensitivity of Xpert M TB/RIF to detection of rifampin resistance was 88 .89% and specificity was 98 .35% .Conclusion Xpert M TB/RIF is a new diagnostic technique for detecting TBM and ri-fampin resistance in patients .It has the advantages of rapid ,direct ,reliable and high specificity and is worthy of clinical application .
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Objective To identify clinicopathological features of high MSI (MSI-H).Methods We enrolled 150 patients,standard microsatellite loci (BA T25,BA T26,D2S123,D5S346,D17S250) were amplified by polymerase chain reaction(PCR) with fluorescent primers,and the PCR products were analyzed by GeneMapper software;age at diagnosis,gender and site were obtained;various pathological features were observed by light microscopy;the expression of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (CD4~+ and CD8~+) was detected by immunohistochemistry.Using a stepwise logistic regression model,a formula was generated that could be used to calculate the probability of a colorectal carcinoma being MSI-H based on pathological features.Results Among 150 cancers,MSI-H was 13.33%.Independent identifiers inclucle poor differentiation,histologic heterogeneity,Crohn's-like reaction and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes,logistic regression formula shows a sensitivity of 70.0% and a specificity of 99.2% and a accurate ratio of 95.3% for MSI-H.Conclusion MSI-H phenotype cancer is a type of nonfamilial colorectal cancer with specific pathological features,Clinicopathological features can efficiently identify MSI-H colorectal cancers.