The relationship between absolute counts of lymphocyte subsets and clinical features in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Background: The aim of the present study is to investigate the clinical value and characteristics of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) using flow cytometry.

Methods: The absolute counts of T, CD4 T, CD8 T, natural killer (NK), NKT and B lymphocytes in 217 cases of PTB were detected, and the variations in lymphocyte subset counts between different ages and genders and between aetiological detection results and chest radiography results were analysed.

Results: In 75.

Clinical Efficacy of a Combination of Thymopentin and Antituberculosis Drugs in Treating Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Meta Analysis.

Objective: To make a systematic evaluation of the clinical efficacy of thymopentin combined with antituberculous drugs in treating drug-resistant pulmonary TB (PTB).

Methods: Relevant studies were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, CNKI, and Wanfang Database. STATA software was used to evaluate the differences in focal absorption rate, the time to cough symptom remission, sputum culture-negative rate, CD3 T, CD4 T, and CD8 T cell levels after treatment.

Meta-Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Restoration of Spontaneous Circulation After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Objective: This study aimed to systematically evaluate the factors influencing the restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiopulmonary arrest (CA).

Methods: Relevant papers on the factors influencing the ROSC in patients with CA were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, China Biology Medicine disk, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, and VIP databases. After screening, data extraction, and quality evaluation of the papers, a meta-analysis was carried out.

[Anti-inflammatory effect, plasma effective components and therapeutic targets of Huanglian Jiedu Decoction on ulcerative colitis mice].

This paper was to investigate the effect of Huanglian Jiedu Decoction(HLJD) on ulcerative colitis(UC) in mice, and determine the effective components in plasma, and virtually screen its therapeutic target, and predict its mechanism. Sixty Balb/c mice were randomly divided into blank group, model group, mesalazine treatment group(0.3 g·kg~(-1)), and HLJD treatment groups(24.

[Effect and mechanism of total flavonoids of Lichi Semen on CCl_4-induced liver fibrosis in rats, and prediction of Q-marker].

This paper was to investigate the effect of total flavonoids of Lichi Semen(TFL) on carbon tetrachloride(CCl_4)-induced liver fibrosis in rats, analyze and predict its mechanism of action and potential quality markers(Q-marker). Firstly, male SD rats were taken and injected subcutaneously with a 40% CCl_4-vegetable oil solution twice a week for 8 consecutive weeks to establish a rat model of liver fibrosis. The rats with liver fibrosis were randomly divided into model group, silybin group(43.

Diagnostic performance and problem analysis of commercial tuberculosis antibody detection kits in China.

Background: The diagnosis of bacterium-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and extra-pulmonary TB is challenging clinically. The detection of the anti-TB antibody has an important, auxiliary, clinical diagnostic value. Therefore, TB antibody detection kits should be screened and evaluated, and the reagents with the highest sensitivity and specificity should be chosen and used clinically.

Moxifloxacin plus standard first-line therapy in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: A meta-analysis.

The fluoroquinolone moxifloxacin has potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and has been recommended by the guidelines for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Monotherapy is not recommended by the guidelines and only a few studies have evaluated the efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin plus standard first-line therapy in treating TB. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to further investigate the efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin plus standard therapy compared with standard therapy alone in treating patients with pulmonary TB.

[Optimization of preparation technology of LIUWEI cataplasm, a kind of Zhuang national herbs].

Objective: To optimize preparation process of liuwei cataplasm, a Zhuang folk medical herb popularly applied as a kind of rheumatism, rheumatoid drug in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Methods: Orthogonal design test was employed to optimise matrix proportion and molding technology of liuwei cataplasma with glossiness, adhesive power, matrix residue, skin following and repeatedly exposing as indexes.

Results: Optimum matrix ratio of PANA, pressure sensitive adhesive, CNC-Na, gelatin, dihydroxyaluminium aminoacetate and glycerol was 0.

[Pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of ginsenoside Rg1 in rats].

Objective: To investigate the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of ginsenoside Rg1 in rats.

Methods: Ginsenoside Rg1 was oral administered or intravenous administered to each rat. The plasma concentration of ginsenoside Rg1 was estimated by RP-HPLC.

Risk factors associated with kanamycin-resistant tuberculosis in a Beijing tuberculosis referral hospital.

The rapidly increasing number of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases worldwide underlines the necessity for the rational use of key second-line drugs such as kanamycin. In this study, we determined the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with, kanamycin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in 309 Hospital, Beijing, China, with the aim of providing information for better case management in order to minimize further development of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). Drug susceptibility testing results and clinical data were retrospectively analysed for hospitalized TB patients for whom such data were available in 309 Hospital for the period 1997-2009.

Detection of streptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates using four molecular methods in China.

To evaluate the relationship between mutations in rpsL or rrs genes and streptomycin (SM) resistance, we compared four molecular methods for their clinical value in the detection of SM resistance. Genotypic analysis of SM resistance in 167 M. tuberculosis clinical strains isolated from Chinese patients was performed by direct DNA sequencing, SSCP, RFLP, and reverse dot-blot hybridization (RDBH) assays.

[Rapid detection of rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by gene array].

Objective: To develop a new method, gene array, which can be used for rapid detection of rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Methods: Probes were designed according to the sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis rpoB gene and the gene array was developed. The DNA fragment which contained hot mutation sites of rpoB gene was amplified with biotin-labelled primers by PCR, and then hybridized with gene array.