Safety profile of the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine: Pooled analysis of two large randomised phase 3 trials

Background

The ZOE-50 (NCT01165177) and ZOE-70 (NCT01165229) phase 3 clinical trials showed that the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) was ≥90% efficacious in preventing herpes zoster in adults. Here we present a comprehensive overview of the safety data from these studies.

NEW DEVICE TO PERFORM COAGULATION AND IRRIGATION SIMULTANEOUSLY DURING ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION USING AN INSULATION‐TIPPED ELECTROSURGICAL KNIFE

Background: Although bleeding is an unavoidable complication of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic hemostasis using an insulation‐tipped electrosurgical knife (IT) knife is impossible because an insulator is mounted at the tip of the knife. We have developed a new type of hood which could perform both coagulation and irrigation simultaneously. Methods: Our new device was fabricated by drilling a side hole in the cap portion of a conventional transparent hood followed by attaching a machined papillotomy knife to the exterior surface of the hole. Results: Our new hood was useful for hemorrhage during ESD using IT knife. Conclusions: With this method, endoscopic hemostasis using IT knife is easy, as hemostatic procedure can be performed under irrigation and coagulation using conventional endoscopy.     

6186例脑卒中患者发病时间的季节性分析

目的探讨青岛市区脑出血(CH)、脑梗死(CI)、蛛网膜下腔出血(SAH)发病时间的季节规律。方法收集青岛市1998年～2002年脑卒中患者6186例,其中CH1179人,CI4821人,SAH186人。圆分布分析探讨脑卒中患者发病时间的季节规律。结果CH冬季高发,平均角在1月份(P<0.05),男性患者的平均角在2月份(P<0.05),女性患者的平均角在1月份(P<0.05);CI秋季高发,男、女间无差别,平均角在10月份(P<0.05);SAH秋季高发,平均角在10月份(P<0.05),男性患者的平均角在9月份(P<0.05),女性患者的平均角在10月份(P<0.05)。结论青岛市的脑卒中发病具有季节性,在脑卒中预防工作中要充分考虑其发病的季节特点,并采取相应的措施。     

Application of median-effect in quantitative analysis of antitumor drugs in vitro

Objective: To analyze quantitatively the synergistic and antagonistic effects of combined oxymatrine (OMT) and 5-fluorouracil (5-GU) on a cell line of human liver cancer (HepG2) with median-effect principle in vitro. Methods: The median-effect principle and MTT method were used in the quantitative analysis of effects of the two drugs. Results: Cytotoxic activity of the individual drugs enhanced as drug concentration increased. As fa=0.41, a CI equal to 1 indicated additivity; fa<0.41, a CI less than 1 indicated synergy; and fa>0.41, a CI greater than 1 indicated antagonism. The sequence of administration did not influence the cytotoxic activity of the combined antitumor drugs. The ratio of drug concentration was a factor that can influence the killing effect. Conclusion: The combined drugs interaction (CI<1) was synergistic at lower concentration and antagonistic at higher concentration. The ratio of drug concentration is a factor that can influence the killing effect. Biography: HE Song(1965–), male, doctor of medicine, associate professor, Chongqing Medical University, majors in gastroenterology.     

医院内感染病原菌及其对抗生素的耐药状况

调查1988年3月～5月我院591例住院病例,发生96例次院内感染,总发病率16.2％。院内感染病原菌中,革蓝氏阴性杆菌占72.9％,革蓝氏阳性球菌占12.9％,念珠菌属占14.1％。院内感染病原菌的耐药性明显高于院外菌株。绿脓杆菌对庆大霉素和羧苄青霉素的耐药率分别为63.6％和54.5％。其它革蓝氏阴性杆菌院内株对常用抗生素如氨苄青霉素、羧苄青霉素、庆大霉素和妥布拉霉素的耐药率分别为82.5％、 67.5％、47.5％和45％。革蓝氏阳性球菌院内株的耐药性也很严重,表葡菌对多种半合成青霉素类、红霉素、复方新诺明甚至万古霉素的耐药率达60％以上。同时分离出耐甲氧西林金葡菌。     

Occupational dermatitis from Synacril Red 3B liquid (Cl Basic Red 22)

A carpet factory worker, exposed to a number of different dyes, developed a severe hand dermatitis. The handling of warm, wet and freshly-dyed yarn with unprotected hands was thought to have caused the onset of dermatitis. Patch testing indicated that the patient was sensitive to only one of the dyes handled, namely Synacril Red 3B liquid, which is based on the single dyestuff Basic Red 22 (CI 11055). Chemical analysis revealed the dyestuff to be of high purity (greater than 95%), suggesting that sensitization was caused by the Basic Red 22 dyestuff itself and not by an avoidable impurity.     

Studies on the Level of Natural Antibodies Reactive with Various Tumor Cells during Urethane Carcinogenesis in BALB/c Mice

Serum from young normal BALB/c mice was found to contain IgM antibodies able tomediate complement-dependent lysis of certain syngeneic or allogeneic tumor target cells. The titer of such naturally occurring antitumor antibodies (NATA) was found to increase with aging.A longitudinal serological study comparing the cytotoxicity potential of NATA fromnormal and from urethan-treated BALB/c mice was performed. It was found that urethan-treated mice that did not develop primary lung-adenomas within the duration of the experi-ment had significantly lower NATA titers, against one out of 4 target cells assayed, than urethan-treated animals that developed lung adenomas. This difference was evident in two independent experiments. The results suggested that the lower NATA activity of the urethan-treated mice that did not develop tumors existed even before exposure to the carcinogenic insult. This raises the possibility that certain populations could be segregated according to their natural antibody profile into those individuals which will develop primary tumors within a certain period if exposed to a subthreshold amount of carcinogen, and those which will not.     

CD8+T-bet+ cells as a predominant biomarker for inclusion body myositis

Background

Myositis is a heterogeneous group of muscular auto-immune diseases with clinical and pathological criteria that allow the classification of patients into different sub-groups. Inclusion body myositis is the most frequent myositis above fifty years of age. Diagnosing inclusion body myositis requires expertise and is challenging. Little is known concerning the pathogenic mechanisms of this disease in which conventional suppressive-immune therapies are inefficacious.

糖尿病脑梗死合并上消化道出血的危险因素分析

目的　探讨糖尿病性脑梗死 (DCI)并发上消化道出血的可能危险因素。方法　对DCI合并上消化道出血患者进行临床分析及病例对照研究。结果　上消化道出血发生率为 18 75 % (9/ 48) ,经 t及 χ2 检验发现 :年龄 ,有TIA或CI史 ,血糖、血尿素氮或肌酐升高 ,CI面积 >2cm或多发性CI、ECG异常等因素与对照组比较有显著性差异 (P <0 0 5 )。逐步回归显示上消化道出血与年龄、高血压、随机血糖、糖化血红蛋白、CI病灶面积>2cm或多发性CI呈正相关。结论　认为老年、高血压、高血糖、大面积及多发性CI可能是DCI合并上消化道出血的危险因素。     

银杏叶提取物对实验性大鼠肝纤维化抑制作用的研究

为探讨银杏叶提取物 (EGb)对四氯化碳 (CCL4)导致的实验性肝纤维化水平的抑制作用及其机制 ,用CCL4诱发Waister大鼠肝纤维化模型 ,分为模型组 (C) 6只 ,EGb治疗组 (E组 ) 8只 ,正常大鼠 4只为对照组 (N组 )。实验中分批处死动物获取肝组织 ,用常规石蜡切片 ,做免疫组化染色观察肝组织中I型胶原 (CI)的含量及转化生长因子 β1 (TGF β1 )表达水平的变化 ,并用图象分析法测定CI、TGF β1 平均光密度值 (MOD)和阳性面积百分比。结果显示 ,N、E组与C组之间CI、TGF β1 水平表达 ,ALT、AST、MDA值存在显著性差异 ,P <0 .0 1。提示EGb与CCL4导致的实验性肝纤维化胶原水平有显著抑制和治疗作用 ,机制可能与其抗氧化作用有关。