Etiological diagnosis value of metagenomic next generation sequencing in the patients with spinal infection / 中华传染病杂志

Objective:To investigate the efficacy of metagenomic next generation sequencing (mNGS) in the etiological diagnosis of patients with spinal infection, so as to provide reference for timely diagnosis and treatment.Methods:A total of 40 patients with suspected spinal infection admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases in Henan Provincial People′s Hospital from January 2020 to July 2022 were included. The results of tissue culture, histopathological examination and tissue mNGS detection were analyzed retrospectively. According to the clinical diagnose, the patients were divided into the spinal infection group (28 cases) and the non-spinal infection group (12 cases). The positive rate, sensitivity and specificity of mNGS and tissue culture in the pathogen detection of patients with spinal infection were compared. McNemar test was used for statistical analysis.Results:There were 23 males and 17 females in 40 patients. The positive rate of mNGS was higher than that of tissue culture (75.0%(30/40) vs 12.5%(5/40)), and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2=0.08, P<0.001). Based on clinical diagnostic criteria, the sensitivity of mNGS in the diagnosis of spinal infection was higher than that of tissue culture (82.1% vs 17.9%), with a statistically significant difference ( χ2=0.02, P<0.001), while the specificity compared to the tissue culture (33.3% vs 100.0%), the difference was not statistically significant ( P>0.05). Conclusions:mNGS has a high pathogen detection rate and sensitivity in the etiological diagnosis of patients with spinal infection, which could provide clinical guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with spinal infection.

Status and Prospect of Management Policy and System for High-level Pathogenic Microorganism Laboratories in China / 中山大学学报(医学科学版)

High-level pathogenic microorganism laboratories are strategic scientific and technological forces of national biosafety， so it is significant to improve the policy and system management and strengthen the safety supervision. This paper reviewed the current status of management policy and system of high-level pathogenic microorganism laboratories， summarized the problems and challenges in terms of safety laws and regulations， supervision mechanism， hierarchical and classified management， standards and norms， legal person responsibility system， occupational access system and personnel training system. This paper also proposed targeted policy suggestions that might underlie the biosafety management of high-level pathogenic microorganism laboratories in China.

Donor-derived or recipient airway pathogen characteristics and the correlation with post lung transplant outcomes / 中华器官移植杂志

Objective:To explore the airway pathogen characteristics and examine the correlation between donor-derived pathogens and post-transplant outcomes in patients after lung transplantation (LT).Methods:Between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2019, retrospective review was conducted for clinical and microbiological data of 88 LT recipients.Airway pathogen percentage of different microorganisms and evolution of drug-resistance were examined.Drug-resistant pathogen positive group (n=71) and negative group (n=17) were assigned according to whether or not drug-resistant pathogens were detected.Survival analysis was conducted by Log-rank with 3-year follow-ups.Between April 11, 2020 and September 5, 2020, prospective study was conducted in 14LT recipients.The potential pathogenic bacteria from donor lungs were detected by metagenomic next generation sequencing and the impact of those bacteria was examined on 1-year post-transplantation outcome in 2020.Microbial diversity and richness were shown with Shannon index.The outcome variables included heart rate, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, immunoglobulin level and pulmonary spirometry.ANOVA and Pearson's correlation analysis were performed for elucidating the relationship between airway microbiota and post-LT outcomes.Results:From 2015 to 2019, 88 recipients were recruited and 992 strains of airway pathogens were isolated, including bacteria 796 strains and fungi 196 strains.Gram-negative bacteria (704 strains) accounted for 88.4% of all bacteria.The detection rates of Gram-positive bacteria, Klebsiella pneumonia (Kp), Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Candida increased in 2019 than that in 2015 (8.2% vs. 5.3%, 13.6% vs. 13.2%, 33.2% vs. 17.5%, 6.5% vs. 5.3%, 26.6% vs. 20.2%). Drug resistance rate of Kp to imipenem was 68.18% in 2019 and drug resistance rate of Ab to imipenem 98.44%.The 3-year survival rate was 46.3% and 35.3% in drug-resistance positive and negative groups and the difference was insignificant ( P=0.410). Fourteen recipients were enrolled in 2020.Potential pathogenic bacteria could be detected in all donor samples.Five recipients carried the same bacteria and two died during 1-year follow-up.Nine recipients did not carry the donor-derived pathogens and two died during 1-year follow-up.The diversity of donor/recipient-derived airway microbiota (Shannon index) showed no correlation with the outcomes of 1-year follow-up by Pearson's correlation test. Conclusions:Gram-negative bacteria predominated in airway pathogens of recipients post-LT.The drug resistance rate to imipenem remained high.The donor/recipient-derived pathogen isolates showed no correlation with immediate outcomes post-LT.

Etiological diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid metagenomic next-generation sequencing in central nervous system infection / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective:To investigate the etiological diagnostic value of metagenomic sequencing in central nervous system (CNS) infectious diseases.Methods:A total of 170 patients with central nervous system infection admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2018 to June 2020 were selected as the study subjects according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. General clinical data and pathogen test results were collected. All included patients underwent routine examination and mNGS test, and were divided into the conventional method test group and mNGS test group according to the test results. The measurement data conforming to normal distribution were represented by ± s; The measurement data that did not conform to normal distribution were represented by median and interquartile range. The classification data were expressed by the number of cases and percentage( n,%), and were compared by χ2 test or Fisher's exact test. Consistency test was represented by Kappa value. The detection of pathogenic microorganisms by the two methods and the rule of pathogen spectrum were compared and analyzed. Results:The overall positive rate of mNGS in CNS infectious diseases was higher than that of conventional methods (58.23% vs. 18.82%), and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.01). Among the 20 samples which were both positive by the two methods, 10 cases were completely pathogenic, 5 cases were partially consistent and 5 cases were completely inconsistent. In the detection of tuberculous nervous system infection, the positive rates were 66.7%, 53.8%, 44.0%, 40.0%, 4.0% in blood T-SPOT, cerebrospinal fluid mNGS, ADA, Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA and tuberculous specific antibody, respectively. The positive rate of acid-fast staining was 0. The positive rate of mNGS combined with conventional method was 80.8%. Conclusions:The detection rate of mNGS in CNS infection is better than that of conventional methods. However, it does not show obvious superiority in the detection rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated nervous system infection. In general, mNGS detection of pathogenic bacteria is more extensive, which is conducive to a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the bacterial characteristics of central nervous system infection. The combination of the two methods can make up for the deficiency of clinical routine detection to a certain extent, and can maximize the detection rate.

A dynamically evolving war between autophagy and pathogenic microorganisms / 浙江大学学报（英文版）（B辑：生物医学和生物技术）

Autophagy is an intracellular degradation process that maintains cellular homeostasis. It is essential for protecting organisms from environmental stress. Autophagy can help the host to eliminate invading pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. However, pathogens have evolved multiple strategies to interfere with autophagic signaling pathways or inhibit the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes to form autolysosomes. Moreover, host cell matrix degradation by different types of autophagy can be used for the proliferation and reproduction of pathogens. Thus, determining the roles and mechanisms of autophagy during pathogen infections will promote understanding of the mechanisms of pathogen‍‒‍host interactions and provide new strategies for the treatment of infectious diseases.

Extracellular vesicles of pathogenic microorganisms: friend or foe? / 中华检验医学杂志

Extracellular vesicles (EV) are lipid bilayer vesicles with a diameter of 30-1000 nm secreted by cells or microorganisms, which are abundant in proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and other biological information molecules. Therefore, EV can be used as a carrier, transferring materials between cells. At present, in infectious diseases, EV derived from pathogenic microorganisms could be considered as a double-edged sword, which means it can not only play a negative role in the host′s infection immunity, bacteria′s pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance transmission, but also manifest the advantages in clinical diagnosis and treatment.

Application of metagenomics in the diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

@#In recent years, metagenomics(MGS)is the fastest growing fields in microbiology, and has been broadly applied in the detection of pathogenic microorganisms. Comparing with the traditional poly merase chain reaction(PCR)-based detecting technology which relies on microbial culture, MGS can directly detect the sequences of the total microbial DNA from uncultured samples with the high-throughput sequencing platform. It can help the doctors identify the involved pathogens more quickly and provide better medication guidance. Among the known ophthalmic diseases, a lot of them are caused by the infection of pathogens and have many difficulties in clinical diagnosis and treatment. The development of metagenomics provides us a more effective and reliable way for detecting the pathogens of ophthalmic diseases. This article was aimed to review the development of MGS, applications and in the field of ophthalmology, as well as its current deficiencies and the possible development directions in the future.

Effect of liver transplantation on intestinal microflora in children with biliary atresia / 器官移植

Objective To evaluate the effect of liver transplantation on intestinal microflora in children with biliary atresia. Methods The fecal samples and liver function indexes of 16 children with biliary atresia before and 6 months after liver transplantation were collected, and 10 healthy children were selected as the healthy controls. DNA extraction and metagenome sequencing were carried out in the fecal samples. Statistical analysis was performed by software packages, such as R language. The changes of species structure and functional composition of intestinal microflora after liver transplantation were analyzed. The recovery of intestinal microflora in children with biliary atresia after liver transplantation was assessed. The relationship between intestinal microflora and liver function indexes was investigated. Results Following liver transplantation, the number of species of intestinal microflora in children with biliary atresia was increased. The opportunistic pathogens were the dominant species of intestinal microflora in children with biliary atresia before liver transplantation. The abundance of opportunistic pathogens was decreased and the abundance of short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria was increased after liver transplantation (all P < 0.05). Following liver transplantation, lipid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, energy metabolism, metabolism of cofactors and vitamins were enhanced, whereas infectious diseases of bacterial, immune diseases and drug resistance were weakened. Compared with the healthy control group, there were no statistically significant differences in the diversity and structure of intestinal microflora in the post-liver transplant group, but different species were observed between two groups. The liver function indexes of children with biliary atresia after liver transplantation tended to decline (all P < 0.000 1). The abundance of beneficial intestinal microflora was negatively correlated with liver function indexes, whereas the abundance of opportunistic pathogens was positively correlated with liver function indexes (all P < 0.05). Conclusions Liver transplantation may significantly improve the structure and functional composition of intestinal microflora in children with biliary atresia.

Distribution of bacteria infected by metagenomic sequencing technology in maxillofacial space / 华西口腔医学杂志

OBJECTIVES@#This study aimed to compare and analyze the consistency and difference between metageno-mic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) and conventional bacterial culture in the detection of pathogenic microorganisms in maxillofacial space infection, as well as to provide a new detection method for the early clinical identification of pathogenic bacteria in maxillofacial space infection.@*METHODS@#The clinical data of 16 patients with oral and maxillofacial space infections in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from March 2020 to June 2020 were collected. mNGS and conventional bacterial culture methods were used to detect pus. We then analyzed and compared the test results of the two methods, including the test cycle, positive detection rate, anaerobic bacteria, facultative anaerobes and aerobic bacteria detection rates, distribution of pathogenic bacteria, relative species abundance, and resistance genes.@*RESULTS@#The average inspection period of mNGS was (18.81±3.73) h, and the average inspection period of bacterial culture was (83.25±11.64) h, the former was shorter than the latter (@*CONCLUSIONS@#Compared with conventional bacterial culture, mNGS has the characteristics of short test time, high sensitivity, and high accuracy. Thus, it is a new detection method for the early identification of pathogenic bacteria in maxillofacial space infection and is beneficial to the early clinical diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

Analysis on epidemiological characteristics of food poisoning incidents in Shenzhen during 2009-2018 / 公共卫生与预防医学

Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of food poisoning in Shenzhen from 2009 to 2018, and to provide a scientific basis for formulating control strategies of food poisoning. Methods The data of food poisoning events in Shenzhen from 2009 to 2018 was analyzed with descriptive epidemiological methods. Results There were 182 reported food poisoning events, resulting in 1786 cases and 3 death. The incidence of food poisoning events had a seasonal peak during May to September, and a total of 119 reported food poisoning events (65.39%, 119/182) occurred in that period of time with 1156 cases (64.73%, 1156/1786). There were 77 food poisoning events (42.31%) occurring in collective canteens with 927 cases (51.91%), making them the most frequent locations for food poisoning. The main pathogenic factors were bacteria, poisonous plants and chemicals. Incidents of bacterial food poisoning were mainly caused by Vibro parahemolyticus (51.73%, 60/116), Salmonella (26.73%, 30/116), and Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin (11.21%, 13/116), etc. Hyacinth bean toxin and mushroom were responsible for 33.33% of the incidents caused by poisonous plants. Incidents of chemical food poisoning were mainly caused by nitrite (8.33%). Conclusion The prevention and control of food poisoning in Shenzhen should be focused on reducing bacterial food poisoning such as Salmonella and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and supervision of food safety of catering units and collective canteens should be strengthened. Additionally, health education on prevention and control of food poisoning should be targeted at the high-risk population to reduce the risk of food poisoning.

Advances of microfluidic technologies applied in diagnosis and treatment of sepsis / 中华危重病急救医学

Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. It is characterized by rapid progression, high mortality, and frequent sequelae. Early diagnosis and timely treatment can improve patient survival and long-term prognosis. Biomarkers such as procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) have been widely used in the early diagnosis of sepsis, but there still exist limitations on their specificity and sensitivity. Microfluidic technology was applied for the detection of some biomarkers and pathogenic microorganisms, not only because it has a higher specificity and sensitivity for the early diagnosis of sepsis, but also has a certain evaluation value for the severity of sepsis and the prognosis of patients. These quick and accurate methods have the feasibility of clinical application. To demonstrate the value of microfluidic technology for early diagnosis of sepsis and to guide the improvement of future research, the application of microfluidic technology in the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis was reviewed in this article.

Value ofmetagenomic next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis and treatment of severe pneumonia after renal transplantation / 中华器官移植杂志

Objective To explore the value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in the diagnosis and treatment of severe pneumonia after renal transplantation .Methods A total of 38 patients with severe pneumonia after renal transplantation from October 2017 to December 2018 were selected and divided into experimental group (A ,n= 15)and control group (B ,n= 23) based upon whether mNGS of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was employed for detecting pathogenic microorganisms .Positive rate ,clinical acceptance rate ,hospitalization time ,hospitalization expenses and 28-day mortality rate of two methods were compared .Results Positive rate and clinical acceptance rate of mNGS were higher in experimental group than those in traditional experimental and control groups ( P < 0 .05 ) . Hospitalization time , hospitalization expenses and 28-day mortality of experimental group were lower than those of control group (P< 0 .05) .No significant inter-group difference existed in 90-day mortality (P> 0 .05) .Conclusions For patients with severe pneumonia after renal transplantation , mNGS of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid can improve positive rate of etiological diagnosis and clinical acceptance rate and reduce hospitalization time , hospitalization expenses and 28-day mortality .

Mastite bovina causada por Staphylococcus spp. resistentes à meticilina: revisão de literatura / Bovine mastitis caused by Staphylococcus spp. methicillin-resistant: literature review

Staphylococcus spp. são os micro-organismos mais relacionados a casos de mastite bovina. Algumas cepas destes micro-organismos têm apresentado fatores de virulência como genes de resistência a antimicrobianos com destaque para a resistência à meticilina que é um problema de saúde pública. Esta revisão de literatura tem o objetivo de compilar dados sobre a mastite bovina causada por Staphylococcus spp. resistente à meticilina (MRS). Apesar desse antimicrobiano não ser comumente utilizado no tratamento das mastites, a frequência de casos de infecção da glândula mamária causada por MRS tem variado entre 1,34 a 47,6%. Acredita-se que o contato dos humanos com animais positivos para MRS e vice-versa favoreça a transmissão deste patógeno entre as espécies, contribuindo para a variação nas taxas de infecção. A detecção de MRS pode ser realizada por meio de provas fenotípicas, moleculares ou sorológicas e as medidas de controle devem contemplar a identificação dos casos, segregação dos animais, estudo epidemiológico da fonte de infecção do rebanho, além da constante limpeza e higienização do ambiente de confinamento, equipamentos e utensílios de ordenha. Casos de mastite ocasionados por esse patógeno assumem relevância para a saúde pública, pois a ingestão de leite e/ou derivados contaminados podem desencadear a transferência de MRS para seres humanos. Com isso, é necessário um alerta constante quanto à vigilância epidemiológica em fazendas leiteiras.(AU)

The most related microorganism in cases of bovine mastitis are Staphylococcus spp. Some strains of these microorganisms have shown virulence factors like antibiotic resistance genes, such as the resistance to methicillin, which represents a public health problem. This literature review aims to compile data related to bovine mastitis caused by Staphylococcus spp. Methicillin-resistant (MRS). Despite this antimicrobial not be commonly used in the treatment of mastitis, the frequency of cases of infection of the mammary gland caused by MRS has ranged from 1.34 to 47.6%. It is believed that the contact of humans with animals positive for MRS and vice versa favors the transmission of this pathogen among species, contributing to the variation in infection rates. MRS detection can be performed by phenotypic tests, molecular tests or serological tests and control measures must be taken such as the identification of cases, animal segregation, epidemiological study of the infection source of herd and the constant cleanliness and hygiene of the confined environment, equipment and milking utensils. Mastitis cases caused by this pathogen are of great relevance to public health because the ingestion of contaminated and/or derived from milk may trigger the transfer of MRS for human. Thus, a constant warning is required on the epidemiological surveillance in dairy farms.(AU)

Milestone of the development of High-Level Pathogenic Microorganism Laboratory in China / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

This article describes the developing process of China’s pathogenic microorganism laboratory construction through a fair summary of the key points and events involving the issues of "Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory Biosafety Management Regulations" , "National High Level Biosafety Laboratory System Construction Plan "and "High Level Biosafety Laboratory System Construction Plan" (2016-2025) " , the research and development of Domestic Mobile Biological Safety Level-3 Lab, the establishment and operation of Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory and the release of other key technology and equipment development.

Analysis of the characteristics of pathogenic microorganism infection and bacterial drug resistance in emergency intensive care unit / 新乡医学院学报

Objective To analyze the characteristics of pathogenic microorganism infection and the bacterial drug resistance in emergency intensive care unit (EICU),and to provide the basis for rational use of antibacterials and effective control of infection.Methods A total of 1 516 samples of infected patients were collected from 214 infected patients who were diagnosed in 628 patients from January 2015 to December 2016 in EICU of the Central Hospital of Luoyang City.The specimens were subjected to etiological detection and drug sensitivity tests.The constituent ratio of samples,positive rate of etiological examination,the constituent ratio of pathogenic bacteria,the characteristics of pathogenic microorganism infection,the classification in different infection sites,the main bacteria in different infection sites and the bacterial drug resistance were analyzed.Results The positive rate of etiological examination was 14.31％ (217/1 516),there were 186 effective positive specimens after removing duplicate samples,including 123 gram negative bacteria (66.13％),34 fungi (18.28％) and 29 gram positive bacteria (15.59％).The lower respiratory tract,urinary tract and blood system were the most common sites of infection;there were 87 strains (46.77％),39 strains (20.97％) and 32 strains (17.20％) were detected.The proportion of community infection (90.32％,168/186) was significantly higher than that of nosocomial infection (9.68 ％,18/186) (x2 =80.778,P ＜ 0.05).There was difference in the main pathogenic bacteria in different infection sites between community infection and nosocomial infection,the proportion of Acinetobacter baumannii and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in lower respiratory tract increased in the patients with nosocomial infection,the Enterococcus faecalis were detected in urinary tract infection in the patients with nosocomial infection.The Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae have lower resistance to carbapenems,β-1actamase inhibitors,amikacin,cefoxitin and ceftazidime.The resistance rate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to quinolone,ceftazidime,piperacillin and sulbactam,aminoglycosides and β-1actamase inhibitors was low.42.86％ Staphylococcus aureus were oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.Conclusion EICU patients with infection,lower respiratory tract,urinary tract and blood system were the most common infection site.The proportion of community infection is higher than that of nosocomial infection.The ventilator-associated pneumonia,urethral catheter-related urinary tract infection and catheter-related blood infection are common nosocomial infections.There are differences in the pathogenic bacteria and bacterial drug resistance in different infection sites between community infection and nosocomial infection.The common pathogens should be taken into account in the empirical selection of antimicrobial agents.

Investigation on medical waste management in pathogenic microorganism laboratories / 上海预防医学

Objective To learn medical waste management status of pathogenic microorganism laboratories in Putuo District, and provide evidence for laboratory medical waste and laboratory biosafety management. Methods 57 laboratories which generate medical waste were investigated and analyzed through questionnaire and on-site supervision and inspection. Results There were differences in the medical waste management system in units with different nature and levels of the laboratories.Medical waste disposal facilities in the laboratory of non-medical and health units were deficient.Centralized disposal capacity of medical waste could not meet the demands of small medical institutions and non-medical health units. Conclusion The management of the weak link for the pathogenic microorganism laboratories needs to be strengthened; the medical waste management system needs to be improved; new work concept of pre-trial in laboratory construction needs to be introduced; and contradictions between medical waste disposal demand and disposal capacity needs to be resolved.It is also suggested that laboratoriesshould be under classified administration according to the different nature of their affiliated institutions.

Research progress on absent in melanoma 2 in defending pathogenic microorganism invasion / 中华临床感染病杂志

Innate immunity is on the frontline of fight against pathogenic microorganism invasion .As a DNA sensor, absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) is an important member of innate immune system.It can recognize dsDNA of pathogenic microbes to form AIM 2 inflammasomes , which facilitates defending and clearing the invasion of pathogens by activating caspase-1 dependent pyroptosis and the mature of IL-18 and IL-1β.AIM2 inflammasomes play an important part in responding to Listeria monocytogenes, Francisella tularensis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Aspergillus fumigatus, vaccinia virus , murine cytomegalovirus , and hepatitis B virus infections .This paper introduces the components of AIM 2 inflammasomes and summarizes its function in defending the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms .

Roles and mechanisms of γδT cells in bacterial infectious diseases / 中华微生物学和免疫学杂志

T cells are divided into two subsets,αβΤandγδT cells, according to the T-cell recep-tor ( TCR) expressed. γδT cells are a small minority of T cells and in contrast to αβΤ cells, they do not seem to require antigen processing and major-histocompatibility-complex ( MHC ) presentation of peptide epitopes. This group of T cells is usually much less common than αβT cells, but plays an important role in anti-infection, anti-tumor and immunoregulation. This review summarizes the production, development, dis-tribution, genetic characteristics, antigen recognition characteristics, biological and immunological functions of γδT cells as well as their unique roles and mechanisms in bacterial infectious diseases.

Clinical analysis of routine testing of vaginal discharge samples in a hospital / 重庆医学

Objective To analyze the routine testing of vaginal discharge samples and investigate the clinical characteristics of the vaginal micro ecology of a hospital women .Methods The data of 2 533 clinical cases were included .The vaginal infection in different ages and seasons was analyzed .The clinical usefulness of bacterial vaginosis (BV) rapid diagnostic method was estimated . Results The rate of low cleanliness samples (stage Ⅲ + Ⅳ) was significantly higher than that of StageⅠ + Ⅱsamples .Of the 2 533 cases ,the detection rates of fungus and small gram negative or gram variable rods were significantly higher among specific patho‐gens and pathogenic bacteria ,respectively .The rates of low cleanliness samples were highest at age below 20 and in the season of winter (81 .3% ,73 .0% ) ,those of fungus at age from 21 to 30 and in the season of summer (23 .9% ,23 .0% ) ,and those of small gram negative or gram variable rods at age from 31 to 40 and in the season of winter (25 .1% ,37 .3% ) .In comparison with golden method ,the sensitivity and specificity of BV BLUETM method were 80 .0% and 90 .0% ,which reflected the accuracy was 87 .5% . Conclusion Vaginal infection of a hospital women was more common in young group and in the season of winter .Fungus and small gram negative or gram variable rods were the major pathogens .BV BLUETM method could assist in the BV rapid diagnosis ,with potential false positive/negative results being fully validated .

Research advances in garlic's main active ingredients and their pharmacological effects / 中国药理学通报

Garlic is a bulb from generalized liliaceous plant Alli-um sativum, it plays an essential role in the prevention and treat-ment of cardiovascular diseases, tumors and pathogenic microor-ganisms. Through consulting domestic and foreign references, the main active ingredients of garlic and their pharmacological effects are reviewed, the problems and achievement in Chinese research are also discussed. It can provide a certain reference for the further study of garlic and new drug development.