Thermafil热熔牙胶、Vitapex临床常用根管充填材料微渗漏比较研究

目的 :对比根充糊剂 牙胶尖、Vitapex 牙胶尖、Thermafil热熔牙胶三种根管充填材料对离体人牙根管的密封性能。方法 :将 5 0个新鲜拔除的人单根管牙 ,在釉牙骨质界处切除牙冠。将所有牙根随机分为 5组 ,每组 10个。 3个实验组分别用上述三种材料充填根管 ;剩余 2组 ,一组根管预备后不进行充填 ,另一组不进行根管预备 ,也不进行根管充填。用印度墨水染色法对比三种根管充填材料对离体人牙根管的密封性能 ,体视显微镜下测量染色线长度并进行统计学分析。结果 :根充糊剂 牙胶尖组、Vitapex 牙胶尖组和Thermafil热熔牙胶组的平均染色线长度分别为 3 .3 6± 0 .42mm、2 .0 9± 0 .19mm、1.0 5± 0 .3 7mm。Vitapex糊剂 牙胶尖或Thermafil热熔牙胶进行根管充填 ,产生的根管封闭性明显优于用根充糊剂 牙胶尖组根管充填 (P <0 .0 5 ) ;而Vitapex糊剂 牙胶尖和Thermafil热熔牙胶比较时 ,统计学无显著性差异 (P >0 .0 5 )。结论 :Thermafil热熔牙胶的密封性能最强 ,Vitapex糊剂 牙胶尖次之 ,根充糊剂 牙胶尖最弱。     

Differential effects of monoclonal antibodies to tumor necrosis factor alpha and gamma interferon on induction of hepatic nitric oxide synthase in experimental gram-negative sepsis.

To investigate the stimuli required for the induction of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in sepsis, we have analyzed the levels of this enzyme in the livers of mice infected with a 90% lethal dose of Escherichia coli in a model of gram-negative sepsis. Hepatic NOS levels are markedly induced in this model, with peak values occurring 12 to 22 h following infection. Treatment with TN3-19.12, a neutralizing monoclonal antibody to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), resulted in complete protection from death in this model of sepsis but had no significant effect on the level of induction of hepatic NOS. Treatment with H22, a monoclonal antibody to gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), also gave significant protection against death and, in addition, did lead to a decrease in the level of induction of the hepatic NOS. Treatment of mice with pure TNF-alpha (0.2 microgram), IFN-gamma (2,000 U), or a combination of the two did not induce the hepatic NOS, but treatment with the combination led to significant mortality (probability of survival at 22 h, 0.32). Thus, the level of induction of NOS within the liver either in sepsis or by the coadministration of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma does not correlate with death.     

Japanese encephalitis after a two-week holiday in Bali

Japanese encephalitis is described in a 10-year-old girl after a short holiday in Bali. Four days after returning to Australia the patient presented with a high fever, stupor and rapidly-developing focal neurological signs. Recovery occurred gradually over a period of three months and she has returned to school. Japanese encephalitis viral infection was confirmed by a marked rise in specific haemagglutination-inhibition antibodies and the presence of immunoglobulin M antibodies to the flavivirus group. It is important to be aware of the possibility of arboviral infection in patients with encephalitis. In view of the recent outbreaks of Japanese encephalitis in Asia, travellers to the region should be warned to protect themselves from mosquito-bites.     

Stimulation of enzyme secretion from isolated pancreatic acini by Clostridium difficile toxin B

Exposure of isolated rat pancreatic acini to increasing concentrations (10 ng - 800 ng/ml) of toxin B from Clostridium difficile produced a biphasic effect on the rate of secretion of amylase, trypsinogen, and chymotrypsinogen. Whereas doses of toxin B from 10-30 ng/ml increased enzyme secretion by 15-20%, doses between 30 ng and 60 ng/ml showed a regression of this effect, whereafter the rate of secretion of amylase, trypsinogen, and chymotrypsinogen increased with increasing concentrations of the toxin. Toxin B concentration of 800 ng/ml enhanced amylase, trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen secretion by 119%, 185% and 195%, respectively, when compared with the basal level. Stimulation of enzyme secretion by toxin B was not affected by the presence of either actinomycin-D or cycloheximide, at a concentration which inhibited acinar RNA or protein synthesis by 80-90%. Although toxin B as well as CCK8, carbachol and secretin by themselves caused significant stimulation in amylase, trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen secretion from isolated pancreatic acini, toxin B together with either CCK8, carbachol or secretin produced no further augmentation in enzyme secretion than what was observed with the secretagogues alone. It is concluded that toxin B of Cl. difficile exerts a direct effect on pancreatic acinar cells as evidenced by stimulation of enzyme secretion.