Serum IgA and IgG functional antibodies and their subclasses to Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular antigen found in two aged‐matched cohorts of children with and without otitis media with effusion

Serum IgA and IgG functional antibodies and their subclasses to Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular antigen found in two aged‐matched cohorts of children with and without otitis media with effusion The relationship between acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion (OME) is uncertain and the aetiology of OME is multifactorial. Otitis media with effusion may be an inflammatory condition; both bacteria and viral infections could play a part in this inflammation. The four bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenza, Staphylococcus aureus and Branhamella catarrhalis cause 60% of the infections whereas S. pneumoniae accounts for up to 35%. IgA provides the dominant surface response to polysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide antigens, of which IgA₂ is the main subclass. Once the mucosa has been breached, most protection is provided by IgG. IgG₂ acts mainly against bacterial capsular antigens. This study looked at two groups of 50 children with and without OME who were aged between 3 and 10 years. The aims were to determine if, firstly, the levels of the serum immunoglobulins were different in the two groups, secondly whether these children made the appropriate antibody response to the capsular antigen to S. pneumoniae (PCP), and finally if there was a delay in the maturity of the IgA response. The total IgG, IgA and all subclass levels were measured using radial immunodiffusion. Levels of functional IgA and IgG were measured using ELISAs (25 patients in each group). The results were analysed with non‐parametric tests. The immunoglobulin levels were within the normal levels for both groups. There were very good correlations between the IgG total anti‐PCP and the IgG₂ anti‐PCP (R > 0.9, p = 0.001). There was a good correlation between the levels of both IgG total and IgG₂ anti‐PCP against IgA total anti‐PCP in both groups (R > 0.85, p > 0.01). This confirms a normal antibody response between both groups of patients. The ages of the controls and patients (50 samples) were correlated with increasing titres of circulating functional antibodies (P = 0.001). This is highly suggestive of a normal age‐related response. In conclusion, the findings were contradictory to our original hypothesis that there is a subtle difference in surface protection between children with and without OME. We believe that a previous history of recurrent acute otitis media is unrelated to the development of OME after 3 years of age.     

腰椎术后切口积液的探讨

[目的]分析后侧入路腰椎术后切口积液产生的原因，探讨积液的分型并确定相应的治疗策略。[方法]白2001年6月～2006年6月本院共开展1986例经后侧入路的腰椎手术。使用内固定的手术877例，未使用内固定手术1109例，比较两组间切口积液的发生率。将发生积液的病人分为Ⅲ型：Ⅰ型：病因明确型，共28例；Ⅱ型：感染型，共11例；Ⅲ型：病因不明确型，共14例。Ⅰ型病人给予穿刺抽液，对因治疗，营养疗法。Ⅱ型病人给予穿刺抽液，清创，手术灌洗和按药敏给予抗生菌治疗。Ⅲ型病人给予穿刺和预防应用抗生素。[结果]使用内固定组的切口积液率（4．33％）高于未使用内固定组（1．35％）P〈0．01。平均住院日：Ⅰ型14．7d，Ⅱ型：87．6d。Ⅲ型：15．6d。[结论]伴随手术过程的复杂化切口积液率明显增高。给积液分型有助于确定有效的治疗方案。Ⅰ型病人予以穿刺抽液和对因治疗。Ⅲ型治疗的关键是防止转化为Ⅱ型。Ⅱ型治疗比较困难，积极的手术干预和按药敏给予抗生菌是两个关键的治疗方法。     

Localized pleural plaques and lung cancer.

In a mass chest radiography survey conducted in 1971 for 7,986 residents of three Finnish communities, 604 subjects (7.6%) with pleural plaques but not other asbestos-related radiographic signs were identified. The same number of referents, each individually matched to each plaque carrier on sex, birth year, and community, was selected from among persons in the same source population with no pleural plaques. The two groups were followed for investigation of incidence of lung cancer during 1972-1989. Twenty-eight of those with plaques and 25 referents contracted lung cancer (crude conditional RR = 1.1; CL95 = 0.7, 1.9). The application of the proportional hazards model, with adjustment for sex, age, and residence, resulted in a hazard ratio of 1.1 (CL = 0.6, 1.8). The risk ratio estimate may be biased; hence, the result is inconclusive in regard to the predictive assessment of lung cancer risk among carriers of pleural plaques.     

白细胞介素—2胸腔灌注治疗恶性胸水24例临床分析

恶性胸腔积液能严重影响病人的呼吸循环功能,加速病人死亡。本文对24例恶性胸腔积液病人给予白细胞介素—2(IL-2)胸腔灌注治疗,取得了明显效果。其总有效率(完全缓解率 部分缓解率)较对照组有显著性差异(P<0.05),该作者认为该疗法治疗效果肯定,副作用轻,具有推广应用价值。     

16例胸膜间皮瘤临床分析

１６例胸膜间皮瘤，其中１例有石棉接触史，占６．１７％；＞４０岁者占８１．５％。主要临床表现为胸痛、气短、咳嗽、低热和胸腔积液，临床上易误诊为结核性胸膜炎、肺癌胸膜转移等。胸部ｘ线检查及胸部ＣＴ对该病的诊断有帮助，大都有特征性表现。确诊靠针刺胸膜活检及开胸活检。胸膜间皮瘤的治疗主要采用手术、放疗和化疗，对于局限型治疗首选手术切除。肿瘤的良、恶性、疾病的分期及治疗与预后有一定关系。     

Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma in an urban hospital: clinical spectrum and trend in incidence over time

This retrospective analysis reviews the clinical experience of a major urban referral hospital with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma during the 14-year period from 1973 through 1986. Seventy-five cases of definite or equivocal mesothelioma were identified. There were four cases of primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, seven cases of benign fibrous mesothelioma, and 64 cases of diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. In 43 cases (67%) of diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma, there was historic evidence of asbestos exposure. In 21 cases (33%), there was no known history of asbestos exposure. An increase in annual incidence of diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma was observed over the study period, from three cases in 1973 to ten cases in 1986. Despite greater awareness of this disease, the diagnosis remains a difficult one to establish given the nonspecific symptoms, signs and radiographic appearance, variable histologic appearance, and poor diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of thoracentesis and closed pleural biopsy. Thoracotomy, thoracoscopy, and CT-guided needle biopsies gave higher yields and are the diagnostic measures of choice when diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma is suspected.     

胸水CYFRA21-1、CEA及NSE联合测定对肺癌的诊断价值

目的　通过胸水CYFRA2 1 1(细胞角蛋白片段 )、CEA(癌胚抗原 )及NSE(神经烯醇化酶 )的检测 ,探讨各指标对肺癌诊断特异性及联合分析对肺癌的诊断价值和临床意义。方法　对 12 3例肺良性疾病组患者和 15 6例肺癌组患者胸水进行上述肿瘤标志物测定。将肺癌患者又根据病理类型分成腺癌组 (81例 )、鳞癌组 (5 0例 )、小细胞癌组 (12例 )和未定性癌组 (13例 )对各指标分别进行对照分析。结果　肺癌组胸水CYFRA2 1 1、CEA及NSE含量 (ng/ml)分别为 5 5 34± 37 44、5 7 11± 5 2 6 5及 16 99± 2 9 2 2 ,而肺良性疾病组的含量则分别为 9 0 8± 7 5 4、9 92± 6 2 8和 7 30±6 2 9,各指标的统计学检验均有极显著差异 (P <0 0 0 1)。CYFRA2 1 1在肺鳞癌组最高 ,与小细胞肺癌组相比有显著差异 (P <0 0 5 ) ,而与腺癌组和未定型癌组相比无显著差异 (P <0 0 5 ) ;CEA主要在腺癌组的含量均比其他肺癌组有极明显增高 (P <0 0 0 1) ;NSE则在小细胞癌组最高 ,其含量与其他肺癌组相比有极明显增加 (P <0 0 0 1)。结论　胸水CYFRA2 1 1,CEA及NSE在不同组织类型肺癌中的含量明显不同 ;三者联合测定对肺癌的诊断有重要的临床参考价值     

癌性胸腔积液端粒酶活性的检测

目的：探讨端粒酶活性水平检测对癌性胸腔积液的诊断价值。方法：采用Telomerase-PCR-ELISA法检测了30例癌性胸腔积液及21例良性胸腔积液的端粒酶活性水平，并与细胞学检查比较结果：癌性胸腔积液端粒酶活性阳性率76．6％，结核性胸腔积液20％（3／15），其他病因胸腔积液0％（0／6），癌性胸腔积液端粒酶活性高于细胞学检查率36．6％（P＜0．005），两者平行试验阳性率83．3％。结论：端粒酶活性的检测可能成为诊断癌性胸腔积液的重要辅助手段。