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Objective:To establish the biology reference interval (RI) of peripheral blood procalcitonin (PCT) for children between 3 days and 6 years old in China.Methods:Totally 3 353 reference individuals with apparent health or no specific diseases were recruited in 18 hospitals throughout the country during October 2020 to May 2021. Reference individuals were divided into four groups: 3-28 days, 29 days - 1 year, 1-3 years and 4-6 years. Vein blood or capillary blood were collected by percutaneous puncture from every reference individual. The PCT level in serum and the capillary whole blood were assayed by Roche Cobas e601 and Norman NRM411-S7 immunoanalyzer. Outliers were deleted and 95th percentiles of every group were provided as RIs. Man-Whitney U test or Kruskal-Wallis test were used performed to assess the difference among different gender, age or method groups. Results:The difference of PCT distribution between male and female is not statistically significant, but the difference between serum and capillary whole blood is statistically significant. The differences between age groups are significant too. For Roche e601, serum PCT RI of 3-28 days group is <0.23 μg/L, 29 days - 6 years are <0.11 μg/L. For NRM411, Serum PCT RI of 3-28 days group is <0.21 μg/L, 29 days - 1 year: <0.09 μg/L, 1 - 6 years: <0.10 μg/L. For whole blood PCT, RI of 3-28 days group is <0.26 μg/L, 29 days - 6 years is <0.15 μg/L.Conclusions:Serum and capillary whole blood PCT have different RIs, however, capillary whole blood PCT testing is valuable in pediatric application. Children in 3-28 days show higher PCT levels than other age group. To establish the RIs and understand the differences among different groups are essential for the interpretation and clinical application of peripheral blood PCT testing results.
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Objective To investigate the distribution of pathogens and drug resistance by analyzing cervical secretion culture and drug sensitivity in 3 132 parturient women ,therefore to provide references for reasonable application of antibiotics .Methods Bacte‐rial culture and drug sensitivity testing using automatic bacteria identification system in cervical secretion samples were retrospec‐tively analyzed in 3 132 parturient women from January 2013 to December 2015 .Results Totally 634 positive samples were separa‐ted from cervical secretion in 3 132 parturient women with positive rate of 20 .2% .Of positive samples ,Gram‐positive bacteria were 16 .8% ,Gram‐negative Bacilli 45 .7% ,Fungus 37 .5% .Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria were all most sensitive to vanco‐mycin .Conclusion The pathogens have wide distribution in cervical secretion and differences in drug resistant bacteria .