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Objective To explore the relationship between the immune function of cellin peripheral blood with the virureplication and hepatitiviru(HCV)-cAg expression in the patientwith chronihepatiti(CHC) .MethodPeripheral blood lymphocytesubpopulation ,HCV-Rnand HCV core antigen (HCV-cAg) in 63 healthy people undergoing the physical exami-nation (control group) and 85 caseof CHC(Chgroup) were analyzed by the flow cytometry ,real-time Pcand ELIS,respec-tively .ResultThe percentageof total cell,T4 cell,T8 cell,double negative cell(DN) and double positive cell(DP) in the Chgroup were (67 .37 ± 10 .43)% ,(37 .11 ± 10 .28)% ,(21 .63 ± 8 .87)% ,(7 .80 ± 4 .57)% and (0 .20 ± 0 .29)% , respectively ,the absolute contentwere in turn (0 .70 ± 0 .44) × 109/L ,(0 .37 ± 0 .22) × 109/L ,(0 .22 ± 0 .17) × 109/L ,(0 .08 ± 0.06)×109/Land(0.19±0.68)×107/L,respectively.TheratioofT4/T8was(2.18±1.26)% .Theresultsindicatedthatthe percentage of T8 cellin the Chpatientwadecreased obviously (P＜0 .01) ,which resulted in the ratio of T4/T8 raising(P＜0 .05);meanwhile ,the absolute contentof the total cell,T4 cell,T8 celland Dnwere all decreased obviously (P＜0 .05);moreove,the percentage of T4 celland Dnin the patientwith HCV-Rnpositive and HCV-cAg positive wasignificantly in-creased (P＜0 .05) .Conclusion When HCV replicating in the patientwith CHC,the T lymphocyte subpopulation haobviouab-normity .The low immune function or immune tolerance ofT cells may be the important cause of recurrence and uncurability of CHC.
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Objective To investigate the microsurgical managements of intracranial ruptured aneurysms combined with intracranial hematomas and to observe their therapeutic efficacy.Methods A total of 32 patients with intracranial ruptured aneurysms combined with intracranial hematomas,treated in our hospital from January 2009 to January 2013,were chosen in our study;18 male and 14 female patients ranged from 32 to 78 years old (mean age of 55 years) were enrolled,with sudden headache,vomiting,disturbance of consciousness as the first symptoms.The preoperative status on admission was Hunt-Hess grade Ⅲ in 7,grade Ⅳ in 20 and grade Ⅴ in 5.Radiographic imaging demonstrated 7 anterior communicating artery aneurysms,3 posterior communicating artery aneurysms,7 internal carotid artery aneurysms,13 middle cerebral artery aneurysms and 2 multiple aneurysms.The associated hematoma was greater than 20 mL.All patients were brought emergently to the operating room and treated with aneurysm clipping within 72 h.Decompressive craniectomy was performed in 19 patients,and external ventricular drainage was performed in 19 patients.Results Postoperative follow up (ranged from 3-24 months) showed good recovery,moderate recovery,severe disability,persistent vegetative state and death in 6,12,11,0 and 2,respectively,graded by Glasgow Outcome Scale;the remaining one patient was lost to follow-up.The percentage of good prognosis in patients with preoperative Hunt-Hess grade of Ⅲ grade (84.6％) was higher than that of patients with Ⅳ-Ⅴ grade (36.8％,P＜0.05).Conclusions Early evacuation of space-occupying hematoma,aneurysm clipping and emergent decompessive cranioctomy could lead to survival with good recovery in some patients.
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Objective To conduct a survey on the prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis among 65 year olds or above. Study subjects would include those with characteristics of TB suspicious symptoms,diabetes and close contacts. Methods Purpose-sampling method was applied to choose 3 counties in Shandong province as the study sites,relying on the local basic public health service,for those elderly under 65 years old or above. The study team would introduce the process and contents of this study to the subjects followed by chest X-ray and sputum smears on those registered tuberculosis suspects,patients with diabetes,TB close contacts in the past 2 years,from January to September,2013. Results 82 active pulmonary TB cases were identified among 9 041 cases who received the examination,with a crude prevalence rate as 9.1‰. From patients having both suspicious TB and diabetic symptoms,patients with diabetes or having suspicious symptoms of TB,the prevalence rates of active TB were 115‰,3.4‰,0.9‰respectively. No active pulmonary TB case was found in the TB close contacts,patients with diabetes,or those people with suspicious TB symptoms. TB prevalence rates among all the above mentioned groups were significantly different(χ2=697.478, P=0.000). Prevalence rate of active pulmonary TB with diabetes was 18 times(RR=17.951)higher than those non-diabetic patients,and 2 times higher than those with suspicious symptoms (RR=3.860). Results from single factor analysis showed that diabetes were closely related to the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis(χ2=46.637,P=0.000),the longer duration of diabetes and the higher risk of tuberculosis (RR>1). Conclusion Our data showed that active pulmonary TB prevalence was high in elderly diabetes patients which suggesting that‘Key crowd screening program’should be introduced into case-finding strategy on TB,with special focus on TB patients with diabetes or those people having suspicious symptoms of TB.
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Objective To conduct a survey on the prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis among 65 year olds or above. Study subjects would include those with characteristics of TB suspicious symptoms,diabetes and close contacts. Methods Purpose-sampling method was applied to choose 3 counties in Shandong province as the study sites,relying on the local basic public health service,for those elderly under 65 years old or above. The study team would introduce the process and contents of this study to the subjects followed by chest X-ray and sputum smears on those registered tuberculosis suspects,patients with diabetes,TB close contacts in the past 2 years,from January to September,2013. Results 82 active pulmonary TB cases were identified among 9 041 cases who received the examination,with a crude prevalence rate as 9.1‰. From patients having both suspicious TB and diabetic symptoms,patients with diabetes or having suspicious symptoms of TB,the prevalence rates of active TB were 115‰,3.4‰,0.9‰respectively. No active pulmonary TB case was found in the TB close contacts,patients with diabetes,or those people with suspicious TB symptoms. TB prevalence rates among all the above mentioned groups were significantly different(χ2=697.478, P=0.000). Prevalence rate of active pulmonary TB with diabetes was 18 times(RR=17.951)higher than those non-diabetic patients,and 2 times higher than those with suspicious symptoms (RR=3.860). Results from single factor analysis showed that diabetes were closely related to the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis(χ2=46.637,P=0.000),the longer duration of diabetes and the higher risk of tuberculosis (RR>1). Conclusion Our data showed that active pulmonary TB prevalence was high in elderly diabetes patients which suggesting that‘Key crowd screening program’should be introduced into case-finding strategy on TB,with special focus on TB patients with diabetes or those people having suspicious symptoms of TB.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To conduct a survey on the prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis among 65 year olds or above. Study subjects would include those with characteristics of TB suspicious symptoms, diabetes and close contacts.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Purpose-sampling method was applied to choose 3 counties in Shandong province as the study sites, relying on the local basic public health service, for those elderly under 65 years old or above. The study team would introduce the process and contents of this study to the subjects followed by chest X-ray and sputum smears on those registered tuberculosis suspects, patients with diabetes, TB close contacts in the past 2 years, from January to September, 2013.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>82 active pulmonary TB cases were identified among 9 041 cases who received the examination, with a crude prevalence rate as 9.1‰. From patients having both suspicious TB and diabetic symptoms, patients with diabetes or having suspicious symptoms of TB, the prevalence rates of active TB were 115‰, 3.4‰, 0.9‰ respectively. No active pulmonary TB case was found in the TB close contacts, patients with diabetes, or those people with suspicious TB symptoms. TB prevalence rates among all the above mentioned groups were significantly different (χ(2) = 697.478, P = 0.000). Prevalence rate of active pulmonary TB with diabetes was 18 times (RR = 17.951) higher than those non-diabetic patients, and 2 times higher than those with suspicious symptoms (RR = 3.860). Results from single factor analysis showed that diabetes were closely related to the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis(χ(2) = 46.637, P = 0.000), the longer duration of diabetes and the higher risk of tuberculosis(RR > 1).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Our data showed that active pulmonary TB prevalence was high in elderly diabetes patients which suggesting that 'Key crowd screening program' should be introduced into case-finding strategy on TB, with special focus on TB patients with diabetes or those people having suspicious symptoms of TB.</p>