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Objective To analyze the value of serum Treg cell related factors and chemokines in patients with tuberculous pleurisy .Methods From July 2015 to December 2016 ,92 cases of tuberculous pleurisy in our hospital were selected as the observation group ,and 92 healthy persons at the same time were selected as the control group .The levels of Treg cell related factors[monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 ,IP-10 ,CCL-3 and CCL-16] and IL-10 ,TGF-βand IL-35] were detected and compared in the two groups ,and the levels of these indexes were compared in different classifications and stages of tuberculous pleuritis .Results The ser-um Treg cell related factors and chemokine levels in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0 .05) .The expression level of tuberculous empyema was higher than that of dry pleuritis and exudative pleuritis ,the patients with exudative pleuritis were higher than those of dry pleuritis , and the patients with multiple pleuritis were higher than those with idiopathic and concomitant pleuritis ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The serum Treg cell related factors and chemo-kines in patients with tuberculous pleurisy are highly expressed ,and the classification and staging of the dis-ease have great influence on the expression ,and the above indexes have high detection value in the patients with tuberculous pleurisy .
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Objective To study Aeromonas hydrophila infection and the clinical status of the major causative factor Aerolysin gene.Methods Clinical isolates of Aeromonas hydrophila was collected from 2012 to 2013 year in People’s Hospital of Shenzhen Longhua Branch.Its identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing was analyzed by VITEK 2 compact.Clinical resistance rates and distribution was analyzed by WHONET5.6 software.Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)was used to de-tect the Aerolysin gene form in chromosomes and plasmids extracted genome.Results The clinical total of 48 isolated Aero-monas hydrophila ,distributed in 16 clinical samples of sputum,blood 11,10 secretions,urine 7 and stool 4.Distribution in ward decentralized,the central tendency was not detected.Drug resistance rates to ampicillin,ampicillin/sulbactam and ce-fazolin reached more than 80%,while amikacin,cefepime,levofloxacin,piperacillin/tazobactam and imipenem was low 10%or less.43.7% strains carried the Aerolysin gene.39.5% of Aerolysin gene was found on chromosome genome.Conclusion Aeromonas hydrophila clinical infection existed in dispersed form,most of which carried Aerolysin gene in chromosome ge-nome.Aeromonas hydrophila had serious resistance to penicillins and first generation cephalosporin,but to broad-spectrum drugs maintaining high sensitivity.Precaution of Aeromonas hydrophila ,as an important condition pathogenic bacteria,is some significant for preventing it’s proliferation of drug-resistant strains.
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Objective To compare the clinical effect of application of gene chip microscopy technique for rapid identification of Mycobacterium and classic smear acid-fast staining,and to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the wo methods.Methods From 201 1 to 2014,gene chip microarray and smear acid fast staining were used to identify the mycobacterium tuberculosis in speci-mens suspicious of the infection from all the general hospitals of Shenzhen city.Chi-square test was used to compare the positive rates of the two methods.Results A total of 2 481 specimens were collected from clinic.With smear acid-fast staining technique, the positive specimens of 1 93 cases werefound and the positive rate was 7.8%.Meanwhile,31 7 positive samples were detected by the technology of gene chip microarray,and the positive rate was 12.8%.The positive rate of Gene chip microarray technology was higher than that of the smear acid fast staining,and there was significant difference between them (P < 0.05 ).The 31 7 positive samples identified by Gene chip microarray,included 263 cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis,27 cases of Mycobacterium absces-sus,18 cases of Mycobacterium intracellulare,3 cases of Mycobacterium gastric uLcer,3 cases of Mycobacterium avium,1 case of Mycobacterium Gordonae,1 case of Mycobacterium marinum and 1 case of Mycobacterium Kansas.Conclusion The gene chip mi-croarray technology is fast,accurate,and its positive rate is higher than that of smear acid-fast staining technique.Classification and identification of Mycobacterium is very helpful for clinical individualized treatment of anti mycobacterium infection.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the association between serum cystatin C level and blood pressure.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We conducted a cross-sectional study of 912 subjects randomly sampled from a cohort visiting for routine physical examinations. The epidemiological data were obtained using questionnaires and from the database of physical examination results. Pearson analysis and multiple stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the relationship between blood pressure and cystatin C.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The levels of serum cystatin C differed significantly among the normotensive, prehypertensive, and hypertensive subjects (P<0.05). Pearson analysis revealed that regardless of gender, serum cystatin C was positively correlated with SBP, DBP, MAP, BMI, TC, TG, LDL-C, UA and BUN (P<0.05). With MAP, SBP and DBP as dependent variables, multiple stepwise regression analysis of the factors affecting blood pressure indicated that cystatin C had the strongest effect on SBP and MAP (P<0.05) but did not significantly affect DBP (P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Serum cystatin C level is significantly correlated with SBP and MAP and can be used as a biomarker for alert of hypertension.</p>
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Objective To establish a rapid and accurate method for the identification of Mycobacterium species by the gene microarray and to verify its clinical application value .Methods According to the gene sequence of 23 species of Mycobacteria ,the specific probes were designed and the gene chips were prepared .23 Mycobacterial standard strains ,9 non‐mycobacterial strains ,103 clinically isolated mycobacterial strains were detected by PCR‐based reverse blot hybridization assay in the gene chip .Results 23 mycobacterial standard strains ,9 non‐mycobacterial strains were detected by gene chip ,the results showed that the specificity was 100% .Of 103 mycobacterial clinically isolated strains ,87 strains were identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis compounds (MTC) and 16 strains as non‐tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM ) including 5 strains of M .abscessus ,3 strains of M .intracellulare ,3 strains of M .avium ,2 strains of M .fortuitum ,1 strain of M .kansas ,1 strain of M .marinum and 1 strain of M .gordonae .The identification results of 103 clinically isolated strains were completely consistent with the sequencing results .The lowest detection limit by this method was 103 copies/mL .Conclusion The gene microarray technique for rapidly identifying Mycobacteria and differentiate MTC and NTM has the advantages of simpleness ,rapidness ,high accuracy ,high specificity and high sensitivity .
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Objective To investigate the status and species of mycobacterial infections in Shenzhen for clinical diagnosis and treatment to provide a reliable scientific basis .Methods 1 096 of samples from patients with suspicious were detection by gene chip .Results Positive rate of microarray detection mycobacterium was 9 .40% (103/1 096) .103 cases of positive were 87 mycobac-teria by gene chip ,and 16 cases of non-tuberculosis(5 cases of M .abscessus ,3 cases of M .intracellulare ,3 cases of M .avium ,2 cases of M .fortuitum ,1 cases of M .kansas ,1 case of M .marinum ,1 case of M .gordonae .Conclusion The mycobacterial infections in Shenzhen ,tuberculosis infection as the main disease types (84 .47% ) .Non-tuberculous mycobacteria′s isolation ratio has reached 15 .53% ,including 7 kinds of species infection and one case of mixed infections .Identification of M ycobacterium by genechip have great significances for individualized treatment .