Application value analysis of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in the diagnosis of intracranial infection after craniocerebral surgery.

BACKGROUND: Intracranial infection is a common clinical disease. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have certain sensitivity and have good diagnostic efficacy. AIM: To study the application value of MRI and CT in the diagnosis of intracranial infection after craniocerebral surgery. METHODS: We selected 82 patients who underwent craniocerebral surgery (including 40 patients with intracranial infection and 42 patients without infection) during the period from April 2016 to June 2019 in our hospital. All 82 patients received CT and MRI examinations, and their clinical data were reviewed. A retrospective analysis was performed, and the coincidence rate of positive diagnosis and the overall diagnosis coincidence rate of different pathogenic infection types were measured with the two examination methods. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity as well as the positive and negative predictive values of the two examination methods were compared. RESULTS: For all types of pathogenic infections (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus hemolyticus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and others), MRI scans had higher positive diagnostic coincidence rates than CT scans; the overall diagnostic coincidence rate, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive values were significantly higher with MRI examinations than with CT examinations, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: MRI examination can accurately diagnose intracranial infection after clinical craniocerebral surgery. Compared with CT, MRI had higher diagnostic efficiency. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, the diagnostic coincidence rate, and the positive and negative predictive values were significantly higher with MRI than with conventional CT, which can be actively promoted.

Construction of aptasensors for sensitive detection of 8-OH-dG based on a diffusion mediated electrochemiluminescence quenching effect.

A DNA immobilization-free ECL aptasensor was developed for the detection of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxygunosine based on the diffusion mediated ECL quenching effect. This ECL aptasensor exhibited a high sensitivity and low detection limit by combining homogeneous DNA reaction with dual signal amplifications: target-induced multi-DNA release and Exo I-assisted target recycling.

1-Acetyl-5-isobutyl-2-sulfanylidene-imidazolidin-4-one.

There are two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(9)H(14)N(2)O(2)S. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a chain along the a axis.

1,5-Bis[1-(2,4-dihy-droxy-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]carbonohydrazide dimethyl-formamide disolvate.

In the title compound, C(17)H(18)N(4)O(5)·2C(3)H(7)NO, two solvent mol-ecules are linked to the main mol-ecule via N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a hydrogen-bonded trimer. Intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds influence the mol-ecular conformation of the main mol-ecule, and the two benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 10.55 (18)°. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link hydrogen-bonded trimers into ribbons extending along the b axis.