Time-trend analysis of tuberculosis diagnosis in Shenzhen, China between 2011 and 2020.

Objective: To describe the trend of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in the migrant city Shenzhen, China, and analyze the risk factors of diagnosis delays.

Methods: Demographic and clinical information of TB patients from 2011 to 2020 in Shenzhen were extracted. A bundle of measures to enhance TB diagnosis had been implemented since late 2017.

[Alteration of bladder function in response to surgical reduction in bladder capacity: conventional-fill cystometry in awake rabbit model].

Objective: To investigate alteration of bladder function in response to surgically reduced bladder capacity by using an awake rabbit model.

Methods: Forty rabbits were divided into two groups, one was experimental group in which the rabbits underwent semi-cystectomy to reduce 50% bladder capacity (n=20), another was control group in which the rabbits received sham operation (n=20). A conventional-fill cystometric investigation was performed as the animal under awake condition at the times of 4 weeks and 8 weeks after operation.