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Objective To study the anti‐microbial activity and strength of allicin on Campylobacter jejuni .Methods Disc diffusion method (K‐B) was used to determine the diameter of the bacteriostatic ring .The minimal inhibitory concentra‐tion (MIC) of allicin ,ciprofloxacin and erythromycin were detected by constant broth dilution method ,respectively .The mini‐mal inhibitory concentrations and bacteriostatic rate of allicin ,ciprofloxacin and erythromycin were compared .Results The anti‐microbial activity on Campylobacter jejuni of allicin (MIC 12 .8 μg/ml ,bactetiostatic rate 90 .40% ) was better than that of ciprofloxacin (MIC 20 .48 μg/ml ,bactetiostatic rate 90 .21% ) and erythromycin (MIC 35 .84 μg/ml ,bactetiostatic rate 90 . 33% ) .Conclusion Allicin has anti‐microbial activity on Campylobacter jejuni in vitro .
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Objective To investigate relationship between serum level of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)and short-term prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Methods Ninetynine patients with AMl with elevated S-T segment in electrocardiogram admitted to the department of cardiology,the Fourth Hospital of Jilin University,Changchun during January to December 2008 were divided into two groups.one with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty(PTCA)or pereutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)(61 eases)and the other without PTCA(38 cases)as controls.Their serum levels of BNP were measured at admission, and one day and seven days after admission,respectively,and their main adverse cardiac events(MACE)were followed-up and recorded for 30 days.Results No significant differenee in serum BNP level between the patients at admission and one day after admission was found(P＜0.01).Seven days after admission,serum BNP level in PCI group was significantly lower than that in controls(P＜0.01),and occurrence of MACE was significantly lower in PCI group than that in controls(P＜0.05).Logistic regression analysis indicated that serum BNP level in PCI group seven days after admission was the uppermost predictor for MACE in patients with AMI in one month after onset(OR=1.026,95%CI 1.014-1.038,P＜0.01).Serum BNP level was significantly higher in patients with MACE seven days after admission than that in those without it(P＜0.01)during 30-day followup.Conclusion Serum level of BNP seven days after admission is associated with their short-term prognosisfor patients with AMI.