The role of infection and vaccination in the genesis of optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis in children

This article describes the association between previous infection and/or vaccination and the development of optic neuritis (ON) in 18 children. Ten of these children subsequently developed clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS), while in 8 patients a clinically definite etiology could not be confirmed. Vaccination preceded the first ON attack in 6 patients, all but one of whom subsequently developed MS. It also preceded subsequent demyelinating events in 6 patients. Ten of the patients had a bacterial or viral infection within the 2 weeks prior to the first symptoms of ON. Intrathecal antibody synthesis against 2 or more viruses could be shown in 5 out of 8 patients studied; 5 out of 6 patients had oligoclonal antibodies in CSF and 12 out of 16 patients a high IgG index. Neither intrathecal antibody synthesis against 2 or more viruses nor elevated IgG indexes could be found in the control patients. Measles and mumps occurred at a significantly later age in the children who subsequently developed MS than in the control children, and these patients had significantly more events that might have impaired the blood-brain barrier than the controls. These results indicate that immunological events leading to MS may be triggered during childhood. Vaccination and infection often precede ON in childhood. Intrathecal viral antibody production can occur already in childhood at the time of the first symptoms of MS.     

检验专业医学生HBsAg感染率的调查

目的：了解检验专业学生入学时和毕业前的HBsAg感染率的情况，找出引起检验专业学生HBsAg感染率升高的原因，为制定切实有效的预防措施打下牢固的基础。方法：对该专业学生进行入学时和毕业前采用ELISA法检查HB-sAg。结果：3届学生入学时HBsAg感染率差异无显著性，性别间HBsAg感染率差异无显著性，社区医学专业学生HBsAg感染率入学时与毕业前比较差异无显著性，而检验专业学生HBsAg感染率入学时与毕业前比较差异有显著性。结论：部分检验专业学生没有树立正确的安全范意识，自我保护能力较差，从而造成了自身的感染。     

Increased occurrence of free immunoglobulin light chains in cerebrospinal fluid and serum in human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection

The presence of free immunoglobulin light chains (FLCs) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and sera of patients with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection, multiple sclerosis (MS), and neurologically healthy control individuals was investigated by paying special attention to ensure that only truly free light chains would be detected. The FLCs were extracted by specifically binding them to Sepharose-coupled anti-FLC monoclonal antibodies, and thereafter they were electrophoresed and immunoblotted with monoclonal antibodies to both light chain (LC) isotypes. A frequent occurrence of kappa and lambda FLCs was found in both CSF and sera of HIV-1 infected patients. In HIV-1 infection and in MS, the frequency of FLCs of the CSF was equal. In healthy controls, only occasional weak FLCs were observed in either CSF or serum. FLC bands of the CSF from patients with HIV-1 infection tended to be more intensive than those of the appropriately diluted sera. Both intrathecal synthesis of FLCs and their transudation from sera through the impaired blood-brain barrier (BBB) may contribute to this. Increasing severity of general HIV-1 infection was accompanied by an increase of FLC intensity in sera. A qualitative demonstration of FLC in the CSF may be meaningful only in the absence of altered BBB function.     

Herpes simplex virus latency in the nervous system – a new model

Permissive herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in tissue culture results in host cell destruction. Latent HSV infection in vivo occurs in neurons of peripheral sensory ganglia (PSG) and it therefore can not take place in neurons in which the virus has completed a lytic replication cycle similar to that present in vitro. Our hypothesis, based on experimental data and observations in humans, suggests that establishment of latent infection and reactivation of HSV-1 does not involve neuronal cell loss. Latency is established in neurons in which the virus does not replicate and is determined, in part, by the tissue levels of a herpes transactivating protein (Vmw65) that is a component of the viral tegument. We also suggest that reactivation of latent infection does not involve destruction of neurons and is due to replication of virus at the peripheral mucocutaneous tissues to where virus or viral DNA have been transported from the nervous tissue. Alternatively, reactivation is initiated in the PSG using a replication cycle which does not involve irreversible damage to neurons. This model explains the lack of damage to neurons which continue to serve as permanent reservoirs of latent virus for the entire life of the host.     

脐动脉血PCT、CRP检测在早产儿早期感染中的作用

目的:为进一步提高早产儿重症感染的早期诊断率探讨一种快速、可靠的方法。方法:用LUMITestPCT方法检测我院出生的有感染可能的早产儿的脐动脉血清降钙素原(PCT)。同时检测脐动脉血C反应蛋白(CRP);由新生儿专业的医师对其病情进行观察,在不知道PCT值时做出病情的临床诊断,52例病例分为:重症感染组(n=28)和对照组(n=24)。进行回顾性对比分析。结果:早期开始的早产儿感染与CRP、PCT浓度在出生时的增加相关,差异有极显著性(P<0.001);脐动脉血中,PCT浓度的增加与CRP水平变化呈正相关(r=0.88)。PCT的敏感性(96.4%)和特异性(95.8%)均高于CRP(敏感性75%,特异性91.6%)。结论:PCT可作为早产儿早期感染的早期、快速检测指标,与CRP相比,PCT敏感性、特异性均高。本研究方法对早产儿无创伤。     

肝硬化患者幽门螺杆菌感染的临床特点

目的:探讨肝硬化患者幽门螺杆菌( Hp)感染的临床特点.方法:对162例已行胃镜和幽门螺杆菌检查的肝硬化患者Hp感染情况进行回顾性分析.结果:Hp感染在性别和年龄间差异均无显著性(P＞0.05);Hp感染率随食管静脉曲张加重、肝功能恶化、门脉高压性胃病加重而降低(P＜0.05～P＜0 .01);Hp感染在消化性溃疡的有无发生间差异无显著性(P＞0.05).结论:在肝硬化患者中,Hp感染与食管静脉曲张、肝功能恶化、门脉高压性胃病、消化性溃疡的发生无关.对有Hp感染的肝硬化患者无需行根除治疗.     

滋肾通利胶囊治疗泌尿系感染临床研究

目的：观察滋肾通利胶囊治疗泌尿系感染的临床疗效。方法：随机设对照组（120例）和治疗组（136例）,对照组根据药敏选用抗生素口服或静脉滴注,治疗组在上述基础上加用滋肾通利胶囊治疗。2周为1疗程,两个疗程后统计疗效;1年后对复发率进行比较。结果：治疗组总缓解率96.3%,对照组81.7%（P〈0.05）;1年后治疗组复发率4.4%,对照组30.0%（P〈0.01）。结论：滋肾通利胶囊对泌尿系感染有良好作用,长期疗效尤其显著。     

酵母样真菌感染的菌群临床分布与药敏分析

目的了解临床酵母样真菌的感染类型、分布及其对常用抗真菌药物的敏感性,为临床诊断治疗提供正确的用药依据。方法采用常规方法分离培养真菌,用法国生物梅里埃公司生产的ATB Expression微生物自动鉴定/药敏分析仪进行真菌鉴定和药敏分析。结果396株酵母样真菌中,白色假丝酵母菌检出率最高(72.3%),其次为热带假丝酵母菌(15.91%),光滑假丝酵母菌(6.82%)。酵母样真菌对5-氟胞嘧啶、两性菌素B、氟康唑、依曲康唑的敏感性分别为98.02%,98.43%,77.38%,77.76%。结论临床酵母样真菌感染以白色假丝酵母菌为主,对5-氟胞嘧啶、两性菌素B敏感性较高,对氟康唑、依曲康唑有不同程度的耐药,因此,药敏监测是非常必要的,临床医生应根据药敏结果合理使用抗真菌药物。     

腹腔镜手术对HIV感染者免疫功能的影响

目的:检测HIV(+)者腹腔镜手术前后主要细胞和体液免疫指标的变化并与HIV(-)者对照,探讨微创手术对HIV感染者主要免疫功能的影响。方法:将42例胆囊疾病患者分为2组:观察组(HIV+)22例,对照组(HIV-)20例。用同样方法施行腹腔镜胆囊切除术(laparoscopic cholecystectomy,LC)。于术前1d,术后3、7d(POD3,7)检测血常规、白蛋白,CD3、CD4、CD8及其百分比和CD4/CD8;IgG、IgM、IgA,补体C3和C4,CRP。HIV(+)者检测HIV-RNA。常规统计学方法处理所得数据。结果:白细胞总数HIV(-)组>HIV(+)组(POD3,7)(P<0.05)。淋巴和中性粒细胞无显著变化(P>0.05)。白蛋白2组手术前后>35g/L。IgA手术前后HIV(+)>HIV(-)(P<0.05)。IgG、IgGM、C3和C42组手术前后均无显著变化,均在正常范围。CD4HIV(+)者术前1天至术后1月<50copy/ml。组间比较:CD4手术前后HIV(+)0.05)。CD4/CD8手术前后HIV(+)0.05)。CRPHIV(+)组术前>POD3,7(P<0.05)。CRP HIV(-)组术前相似文献