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Objective To investigate the clinical value of color Doppler ultrasound (CDFI) in the diagnosis of carotid atherosclerosis lesion in patients with acute stroke.Methods Totally 60patients with acute cerebral infarction were examined with CDFI to observe vessel diameter and stenosis degree of common carotid artery,internal carotid artery and external carotid artery and the results were compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) test.Results Among 60patients,normal ultrasound diagnosis was in 28 cases,occlusion and stenosis in 32 cases,stenosis in 25 cases; mild,moderate and severe stenosis were in 18,20,12 vessels,occlusion in 7 cases,14vessels.DSA examination results showed normal in 29 cases,stenosis and occlusion in 31 cases,stenosis in 26 cases,mild,moderate and severe stenosis of the 18,16,18 vessels; occlusion in 5 cases,10 vessels.The consistency test results between carotid artery color Doppler ultrasound and DSA were Kappa=0.786,0.667(P＜0.05).All carotid DSA results were considered as gold standard,CDFI diagnosis of moderate to severe stenosis was in high accuracy compared with DSA.Conclusions CDFI in the diagnosis of different degrees of carotid stenosis is in good agreement with DSA diagnosis,and may replace invasive DSA diagnosis of moderate to severe stenosis.
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A total number of 2221sera collected from different kinds of subjects , i.e.patients with various stages of schistosomiasis. normal individuals, persons with other parasitic diseases or non-parasitic diseases, were detected with Dot Immunogold Filtration Assay (DIGFA) using anti-SVLBP IgG as capturig antibody. Positive rate of 70 sera from patients with acute schistosomiasis was 100%, and that of 307 sera with chronic schistosomiasis was 68.4% .None of 200 sera from normal individuals showed false positive reaction. No obvious cross reaction was found in sera from other parasitic/non-parasitic diseases except sera from patients with paragonimiasis.2 batches of sera were detected with DIGFA by single-blindness method. Results showed that sensitivities to chronic schistosomiasis were 69.4% and 68.9%, and 100% to acute schistosomiasis while specificities were 98.9%-99% .508 samples from residents in endemic areas were tested with DIGFA and Kato-Katz. Positive rate of circulating arrtigen was 20.9% with DIGFA while 65 samples were positive with stool examination.46 samples were positive both by DIGFA and by Kato-katz.The coincidental rate was 70.8% .These results indicated that DIGFA showed sensitive and specific in the detection of circulating antigen. It will be useful in mass application and vahuable in epidemiological stuvey.