Photodynamic Therapy for Recurrent Early Central Lung Cancer of Great Longitudinal Extent Following Two Surgical Lung Resections: A Case Report.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an endobronchial treatment requiring a photosensitizer activated by a specific wavelength light to kill tumor cells. PDT is effective in treating early central lung cancer (ECLC) ,especially for lesions <1.0 cm in length. We present a patient with history of two lung resections for squamous cell carcinoma, who had unresectable ECLC lesions (4.0 - 5.0 cm in length) treated by PDTs successfully without other modalities, such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy. After sequential PDTs, the patient achieved complete response for 2 months and partial response for 16 months, with greatly improved quality of life, despite mild skin photosensitization and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There was no evidence of metastasis during standard evaluation. As it was less-invasive and highly targeted, PDT might be a relatively safe and effective alternative therapy for ECLC lesions unsuitable for surgery, even lesions longer than 1.0 cm.

[Clinical manifestations and genetic diagnosis of paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia].

The clinical manifestations of five children with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) were retrospectively analyzed and their gene mutations were analyzed by high-throughput sequencing and chromosome microarray. The 5 patients consisted of 4 males and 1 female and the age of onset was 6-9 years. Dyskinesia was induced by sudden turn movement, scare, mental stress, or other factors. These patients were conscious and had abnormal posture of unilateral or bilateral extremities, athetosis, facial muscle twitching, and abnormal body posture. The frequency of onset ranged from 3-5 times a month to 2-7 times a day, with a duration of <30 seconds every time. Electroencephalography showed no abnormality in these patients. Three patients had a family history of similar disease. The high-throughput sequencing results showed that a heterozygous mutation in the PRRT2 gene, c.649_650insC (p.R217PfsX8), was found in two patients; the mutation c.436C>T (p.P146S) was found in one patient; a splice site mutation, IVS2-1G>A, was found in one patient. The two mutations c.436C>T and IVS2-1G>A had not been reported previously. The chromosome microarray analysis was performed in one patient with negative results of gene detection, and the chromosome 16p11.2 deletion (0.55 Mb) was observed. Low-dose carbamazepine was effective for treatment of the 5 patients. PKD is a rare neurological disease. The detection of the PRRT2 gene by multiple genetic analysis can help the early diagnosis of PKD.

[Study on ecological suitability of Gardenia jasminoides based on ArcGIS and Maxent model].

The application of ArcGIS and Maxent modelto analyze the ecological suitability of Gardenia jasminoides.Taking 85 batches of Gardenia as the basis of analysis, the selection of ecological factors for the growth of Gardenia. The results showed that the average precipitation in April, the average precipitation in November and the average precipitation in August were the most important factors affecting the growth of Gardenia. The relative concentration of Gardenia suitable growth region,north to the south of Shaanxi province, south of Henan, central Anhui, south to the north of Hainan province, west to central Sichuan province, east of Zhejiang coastal area, northeast of Taiwan.

Distribution and drug resistance profile of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after orthopaedic surgery.

This paper is aimed to comprehend clinical distribution and drug-resistance situation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This study applied automatic microbe instrument Microscan W/A 96 for strain identification and drug susceptibility screening on the isolated strains. It was found that 312 MRSA strains were isolated in three years, which account for 58.1% of Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA were mainly focused in wound secretion, purulent sputum and prostatic fluid and a few of them were isolated from blood specimens; Endemic area distribution was mainly located in intensive care unit, neurosurgery, respiratory department, dermatology, orthopaedic burns and orthopaedics. MRSA strains showed high drug resistance of 82.37%~100% to most of the antibiotics including vancomycin, cotrimoxazole and rifampicin. Strain was 100% resistance towards ampicillin, amoxicillin/acid, cefalotin, cefazolin, tienam, benzylpenicillin, penicillin and tetracycline and 90% strains resisted clindamycin, cefotaxime, clarithromycin and gentamicin.