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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the correlation of the electric excitability treated with electroacupuncture (EA) at different acupoints and the prognosis of Bell's palsy, using the Logistic regression analysis.@*METHODS@#A total of 93 patients of Bell's palsy were collected in the retrospective analysis. Acupuncture was applied to Cuanzu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Yingxiang (LI 20), Dicang (ST 4), Xiaguan (ST 7) and Qianzheng (Extra point) on the affected side. The electric stimulation was added at the three pairs of points, named Cuanzu (BL 2) and Yangbai (GB 14) (A group), Yingxiang (LI 20) and Dicang (ST 4) (B group) and Qianzheng (Extra point) and Xiaguan (ST 7) (C group), continue wave, 1 Hz at current frequency, for 30 min in one treatment. EA was given once every two days. The endpoint outcome evaluation was conducted when the facial nerve function was recovered completely after treatment or in 16 weeks after onset. On the 8th day of onset, the prognosis-related indexes were collected, such as the electric excitability grade in the A, B and C groups, gender, age, the facial nerve lesion segment and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The Logistic regression analysis was conducted on these indexes and the prognosis.@*RESULTS@#The single factor Logistic regression analysis showed that the gender, age and the electric excitability of the C group were negatively correlated with the prognosis statistically (>0.05). T2DM, the facial nerve lesion segment and the electric excitability of the A and B groups were positively correlated with the prognosis statistically (<0.05). The multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicated that the electric excitability in the A and B groups was the independent predictor of Bell's palsy prognosis (<0.05). values were 8.410 (1.176-60.113) and 12.589 (1.355-116.922) respectively.@*CONCLUSION@#The electric excitability of EA at the pairs of Cuanzu (BL 2) and Yangbai (GB 14), and of Yingxiang (LI 20) and Dicang (ST 4) is one of the indexes for the prognosis evaluation of Bell's palsy. It contributes to the early identification of the severity of facial nerve lesion, the regulation of the therapeutic regimen and the improvement of the clinical effects.
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Humans , Acupuncture Points , Bell Palsy , Therapeutics , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 , Electroacupuncture , Facial Paralysis , Prognosis , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Four cases of rejection reactions after acupoint embedding with chromic catgut as well as the diagnosis and treatment course were reported to reveal the importance of rejection reaction and its generality. Besides, the cause and mechanism were discussed. By combining the treatment experience, it was recommended to replace the catgut with third-generation absorbable medical suture, which could prompt execution of standardized manipulation of acupoint embedding.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Acupuncture Points , Acupuncture Therapy , Catgut , Obesity , TherapeuticsABSTRACT
We utilized polyethylenimine (PEI) and Glu solution to immobilize the antibody of Treponema Pallidum on the silver electrode of piezoelectric quartz crystal and detect the standard antigen solution at different concentration. The antibody keeps the intrinsic Y type molecular structure revealed by AFM. The resonant range of the sensor is between 5 x 10(-5) - 1.25 x 10(-4) g/mL and the correlation coefficient is 0.9976, the optimal resonance pH is 7.5. We found the sensor having good selectivity in comparison with the method using BSA. At last, a discussion on the reproducibility of the sensor is presented.
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Antibodies, Bacterial , Allergy and Immunology , Antigens, Bacterial , Biosensing Techniques , Equipment Design , Immunoassay , Methods , Microelectrodes , Polyethyleneimine , Quartz , Treponema pallidum , Allergy and ImmunologyABSTRACT
Objective Since integrons play an important role in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria,the characterization of a new resistance gene cassette in class 1 integron positive strains of E.coli was analyzed. Methods The presence and genetic content of class 1 integron were examined by PCR and sequencing.The sequence was analyzed by using some bioinformatics softwares.Results 5 class 1 integron positive strains were amplified by primers of in-F and in-B which were set for amplifying the region of antibiotics resistance genes.Among the 5 strains,an amplicon of 1009 bp was yielded.Sequencing analysis revealed that amplicon of 1009 bp harbored a 780 bp ORF.Further analysis with bioinformatics software showed that it was 99.6% and 99.5% identical to the known aadA23 and aadA21 cassette,and was just 66.4% identical to the known aadA5 cassette.It was conferring resistant to spectinomycin and streptomycin,and was given a new name aadA23b.Conclusions Multi-drug resistance genes has been proved changeable in E.coli clinical strains.The result not only stressed the need for continuing surveillance of antibiotic resistance in the molecular level,but also the need caring for genetic variation of drug resistance gene cassettes.
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Four Polystictus Versicolor PVC0? PVC1? PVC2 ?PVC3 were examined for their decolorization ability to simulative refinery effluents and biodegradation ability to HADP'S, Melanoidin, Caramel The effect of effluent colorants on the yield of four Polystictus Versicolor biomass and mycelium polysaccarride(PSK) was also studied PVC0 showed the best decolorization ability and the high biomass; although the PSK content of PVC0 is less than PVC1, its yield of mycelium PSK is the highest Chosen PVC0 as the research strain The result showed that the rate of decolorization of PVC0 to 75% concentration real refinery effluents is 53% Which is less than to the simulative refinery effluent decolorization rate 71% Real refinery effluents and simulative refinery effluent has the same PVC0 biomass and PSK yield