Informatization module requirement analysis and system framework design for train hospital in 350 km/h speed Chinese standard EMU / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To analyze informatization module requirements and to design system framework for manufacturing train hospital in 350 km/h speed Chinese standard EMU. Methods Using 350 km/h speed Chinese standard EMU as the design platform and medical experience in hospital and health informazation in warship as design foundation data, the informatization system requirements of hardware and software were discussed to figure out the rational framework design of hospital in train. Results The informatization system of the train hospital was divided into two components for external and internal communication. The external communication component consisted of telemedicine subsystem based on KU satellite communications, train dispatching subsystem based on train dispatching private network and military command subsystem based on special communication bands, and the internal communication component was made up of the hospital information subsystem, internal office subsystem, video supervision subsystem etc. Conclusion The framework design of the informatization system of the train hospital takes considerations on the compatability with military and civilian uses as well as the requirements for information exchange between information functional systems, which lays a foundation for the manufacture of the train hospital based on the EMU.

Analysis of causes and whole microbial structure in a case of rampant caries / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the whole microbial structure in a case of rampant caries to provide evidence for its prevention and treatment.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinical samples including blood, supragingival plaque, plaque in the caries cavity, saliva, and mucosal swabs were collected with the patient's consent. The blood sample was sent for routine immune test, and the others samples were stained using Gram method and cultured for identifying colonies and 16S rRNA sequencing. DNA was extracted from the samples and tested for the main cariogenic bacterium (Streptococcus mutans) with qPCR, and the whole microbial structure was analyzed using DGGE.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The patient had a high levels of IgE and segmented neutrophils in his blood. Streptococci with extremely long chains were found in the saliva samples under microscope. Culture of the samples revealed the highest bacterial concentration in the saliva. The relative content of hemolytic bacterium was detected in the samples, the highest in the caries cavity; C. albicans was the highest in the dental plaque. In addition, 33 bacterial colonies were identified by VITEK system and 16S rDNA sequence phylogenetic analysis, and among them streptococci and Leptotrichia wade were enriched in the dental plaque sample, Streptococcus mutans, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Streptococcus tigurinus in the caries cavity, and Lactobacillus in the saliva. S. mutans was significantly abundant in the mucosal swabs, saliva and plaque samples of the caries cavity as shown by qPCR. Compared to samples collected from a healthy individual and another two patients with rampant caries, the samples from this case showed a decreased bacterial diversity and increased bacterial abundance shown by PCR-DGGE profiling, and multiple Leptotrichia sp. were detected by gel sequencing.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The outgrowth of such pathogenic microorganisms as S. mutans and Leptotrichia sp., and dysbiosis of oral microbial community might contribute to the pathogenesis of rampant caries in this case.</p>

Role of sortase in Streptococcus mutans under the effect of nicotine / 国际口腔科学杂志·英文版

Streptococcus mutans is a common Gram-positive bacterium and plays a significant role in dental caries. Tobacco and/or nicotine have documented effects on S. mutans growth and colonization. Sortase A is used by many Gram-positive bacteria, including S. mutans, to facilitate the insertion of certain cell surface proteins, containing an LPXTGX motif such as antigen I/II. This study examined the effect of nicotine on the function of sortase A to control the physiology and growth of S. mutans using wild-type S. mutans NG8, and its isogenic sortase-defective and -complemented strains. Briefly, the strains were treated with increasing amounts of nicotine in planktonic growth, biofilm metabolism, and sucrose-induced and saliva-induced antigen I/II-dependent biofilm formation assays. The strains exhibited no significant differences with different concentrations of nicotine in planktonic growth assays. However, they had significantly increased (P≤0.05) biofilm metabolic activity (2- to 3-fold increase) as the concentration of nicotine increased. Furthermore, the sortase-defective strain was more sensitive metabolically to nicotine than the wild-type or sortase-complemented strains. All strains had significantly increased sucrose-induced biofilm formation (2- to 3-fold increase) as a result of increasing concentrations of nicotine. However, the sortase-defective strain was not able to make as much sucrose- and saliva-induced biofilm as the wild-type NG8 did with increasing nicotine concentrations. These results indicated that nicotine increased metabolic activity and sucrose-induced biofilm formation. The saliva-induced biofilm formation assay and qPCR data suggested that antigen I/II was upregulated with nicotine but biofilm was not able to be formed as much as wild-type NG8 without functional sortase A.

Preliminary study on the discrimination of putative periodontal pathogens with a metabonomics method / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the feasibility of identifying oral pathogenic bacteria by comparing the metabolic profiling of putative periodontal pathogens and try to find a convenient and rapid way to discriminate oral microorganisms.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Suspensions of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia and Fusobacterium nucleatum with same density were prepared and cultured respectively at liquid BHI medium. Then the growth quantity was measured periodically through turbidimetry and the growth curves of the inoculated bacteria were completed. The culture solutions of stable growth phase were sampled and characterized by 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance 1H-NMR). The data of 1H-NMR spectroscope results were analyzed by principal components analysis (PCA).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The PCA showed the obvious clustering phenomena and the points of three groups differentially centralized to three clusters. Therefore, the NMR-based metabonomics profiles could discriminate the three different kinds of bacteria.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The metabonomics is a potential classable method to identify the oral pathogenic bacteria.</p>

Initial study on the discrimination of oral common Actinomycetes with metabonomics method / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The method of metabonomics based on 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) was preliminarily applied to discriminate the oral common Actinomycetes, Actinomyces naeslundii ATCC12104 and Actinomyces israelii ATCC12102.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Solutions of Actinomyces naeslundii and Actinomyces israelii with same density were made and cultured respectively at BHI liquid culture medium. The concentration of bacteria was determined periodically, and then the growth curves were drawn. The culture solutions in stationary phase of the two bacteria were used to test with the 1H-NMR spectroscopy respectively. The data of 1H-NMR spectroscopy results were analyzed by principal components analysis (PCA).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The PCA showed the obvious clustering phenomena and the points of two groups data stayed differentially together by two clusters. Therefore, the NMR-based metabolomics profiles can discriminate the two different kinds of bacteria.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The analysis technology of metabonomics is expected to be applied to rapid identification of actinomycetes.</p>

Discrimination of common oral streptococcus with metabonomics method / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the feasibility of identifying oral streptococcus by comparing their metabolic profiling, and to find a convenient and rapid way to discriminate oral microorganisms.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The pure cultivation of Streptococcus sanguis ATCC 10556 and Streptococcus sobrinus 6715 (reference strain) from solid culture were respectively inoculated in TPY liquid medium. Then the growth quantity was measured periodically by turbidimetry and the growth curves of the inoculated bacteria were completed. The culture solutions in the stationary phase of the two bacteria were centrifuged, and then tested with the 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectrometer respectively. The gained free induction decay (FID) data were all inputted into MestReC Soft and finally transformed into metabolic profiling. The metabolic profiles were integrated segmentingly and the results were inputted into SIMCA-P Soft for principal components analysis (PCA).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The PCA results showed the obvious clustering phenomena and the points of two group data differentially centralized in two clusters. Therefore, the NMR-based metabonomics profiles can discriminate the two different kinds of bacteria.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The metabonomics can be expected to be a kind of promising useful method in quick discrimination of oral streptococcus.</p>