复合红外光治疗寻常型痤疮临床观察

目的 评价复合红外光治疗寻常型痤疮的疗效及其安全性.方法 将120例门诊痤疮患者随机分为两组,实验组60例采用复合红外光美容仪照射治疗1～8周,对照组采用暗疮面膜治疗1～8周,在治疗的第1、2、4、8周进行随访,严格记录每次治疗后皮损变化及不良反应,以治疗后炎性皮损减少百分率评价疗效,并观察其安全性.结果 实验组治疗的总有效率为91.67%,对照组治疗的总有效率为83.33%,经秩和检验,P＜0.05,两者治疗有显著性差异,实验组在治疗过程中除出现一过性红斑外,未发现其他不良反应.结论 复合红外光治疗寻常型痤疮疗效显著、起效快、疗程短、无痛苦、安全性高.     

慢性肾衰大鼠单个核细胞内游离钙浓度和白介素－1活性的变化

本文探讨了５／６肾切除术后慢性肾衰大鼠残肾纤维化的发生机理，发现术后１２０天，在残肾单个核炎性细胞浸润、残肾显著纤维化和肾功能损害的同时，残肾脂质过氧化物含量显著升高，抗氧化机制功能显著下降，钠钾ＡＴＰ酶活力显著下降，周围血单个核细胞内游离钙浓度显著升高，单个核细胞培养上清白介素－１活性增高。而摄入大量维生素Ｅ的大鼠，上述各指标有不同程度的改善，残肾纤维化显著减轻。提示残肾纤维化可能与单个核白细胞内游离钙浓度升高，进而产生白介素－１增多有关。     

散发性急性戊型肝炎血清抗体动态变化和肝脏超微…

为探讨散发性戊型肝为血清抗体动态变化，应用酶联免疫法（ＥＩＡ）检测了７例急性戊型肝炎抗戊型肝炎病毒（ＨＥＶ）ＩｇＧ和ＩｇＭ抗体、并对１例２进行了肝超微结构病理检测，结果表明，发病１０天至４５天内抗ＨＥＶ－ＩｇＧ和ＩｇＭ滴度最高，发病第４０天仍有肝细胞肿胀，胞浆空化和线粒体固缩等病理变化。患者轿清抗－ＨＥＶＩｇＭ滴度在４５天后逐渐下降，２个月内全中消失，抗－ＨＥＶＩｇＭ滴度在４５天后逐渐下降，２个月     

The frequency of occurrence of autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptors and its clinical relevance in patients with hepatitis virus myocarditis

The aim of this study was to examine the frequency of occurrence of autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptors in patients with hepatitis virus myocarditis (HVM) and its possible correlation with clinical characteristics. A total of 103 patients with viral myocarditis were divided into a positive group (HVM group, n=29) and a negative group (Non-HVM group, n=74) according to the laboratory findings regarding their type of hepatitis virus. The study parameters included UCG, ECG, biochemical findings and screening of autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptor. It was shown that the positive rate of the hepatitis virus was 28.16% (29/103) in patients with viral myocarditis. The severity of myocardial or liver injuries and the frequency of occurrence of autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptors in patients with viral myocarditis were more pronounced, before treatment, in the HVM group than in the Non-HVM group. The positive rates of the antibodies against the hepatitis virus and the autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptors were highly consistent in patients with HVM (p<0.05). In conclusion, the frequency of occurrence of the autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptors may be one important marker of HVM and, thus, possibly involved in the pathogenesis of the HVM.     

The New Millennium Palliative Care Project (2000-2003): the impact of specialised GP advisors.

This study describes a novel type of support for GPs caring for patients dying at home: the establishment and evaluation of a telephone advisory service for GPs, run by GPs with a special interest in palliative care (GPwSIs) in the Netherlands 2000-2003. A growing number of GPs called for advice, 10% during out of hours. Prognosis of the patients was generally short (days to weeks in 70% of cases). Most advice sought by GPs concerned symptom management and on evaluation, 85% of the GPs followed the advice.     

Recurrent Bacteremia Caused by a “Flexispira”-Like Organism in a Patient with X-Linked (Bruton’s) Agammaglobulinemia

Helicobacter spp., except for Helicobacter cinaedi, have only rarely been reported in cases of septicemia. A patient with X-linked (Bruton's) agammaglobulinemia was found to have persistent sepsis with a Helicobacter-like organism despite multiple courses of antibiotics. His periods of sepsis were associated with leg swelling thought to be consistent with cellulitis. The organism was fastidious and required a microaerophilic environment containing H(2) for growth. Optimal growth was observed at 35 to 37 degrees C on sheep blood, CDC anaerobe, and Bordet-Gengou agars. Serial subcultures every 4 to 5 days were required to maintain viability. The organism was strongly urease positive and showed highest relatedness to Helicobacter-like organisms with the vernacular name "Flexispira rappini" by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Genomic DNA hybridization studies, however, found 24 to 37% relatedness to "F. rappini" and even less to other Helicobacter spp. Although the organism phenotypically resembles "Flexispira" and Helicobacter, it is thought to represent a new taxon. The patient's infection was eventually cleared with a prolonged (5-month) course of intravenous imipenem and gentamicin.     

Primate hepatitis B viruses - genetic diversity, geography and evolution

There are six well characterised genotypes (A-F) of human hepatitis B virus that have distinct geographic ranges which generally relate to chronic HBV infection. A seventh human genotype (G) has recently been described, but there is limited information on ethnic and geographic distribution. Despite the fact that early studies indicated that HBV antigens were present in other primates, the prevailing dogma that HBV was a human disease precluded alternative explanations. Within the past 5 years, hepatitis B viruses have been characterised from all the Old World great apes (orangutan, gibbons, gorillas and chimpanzees) and from a New World woolly monkey. Each group of non-human primates appears to have a distinct strain of hepatitis B virus that can be distinguished from human sequences based upon the nucleotide sequence and selected amino acid changes in the viral proteins. The woolly monkey HBV is most divergent from other primate and human sequences, while the great ape HBV sequences cluster together with separate branches for each group.     

Identification and comparison of residues critical for cell-adhesion activities of two neutrophil CD66 antigens, CEACAM6 and CEACAM8

CEACAM6 (CD66c) and CEACAM8 (CD66b) are cell-adhesion proteins on neutrophils that belong to the human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family. CEACAM6 reveals homophilic adhesion and heterophilic adhesion to other CEACAM family antigens including CEACAM8, CEACAM1, and CEA, whereas CEACAM8 exhibits only heterophilic adhesion to CEACAM6. Here, we investigated and compared structural requirements for the homophilic adhesion of CEACAM6 and heterophilic adhesion between CEACAM6 and CEACAM8 at the amino acid level by using CHO transfectants expressing their mutant and chimeric proteins. The NH(2)-terminal domain (N-domain) of CEACAM6 expressed on a CHO cell was suggested to bind the N-domain of CEACAM6 or CEACAM8 on the opposing cell. By homologue-scanning mutagenesis, we found that the locations of the sequences critical for the adhesion of CEACAM6 to itself and to CEACAM8 are overlapped and that they are highly similar but not identical to the locations of the residues previously shown to be essential for the binding of CEACAM antigens to Opa proteins of pathogenic NEISSERIAE: Our findings imply that subtle differences in the N-domain sequences determine the specificity of the CEACAM antigens on neutrophils for interaction with the same or different CEACAM antigens and the bacterial proteins.