Central nervous system involvement in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a study of 29 cases in a single Chinese center.

Background: In antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), central nervous system (CNS) involvement is relatively uncommon. The current study retrospectively investigated the clinical features and outcomes of AAV patients with CNS involvement.

Methods: A total of 497 AAV patients were retrospectively recruited in our center, twenty-nine of which had CNS involvement.

[Current situation of the study on treatment of bacteria translocation with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine].

Bacteria translocation (BT) induced enterogenous infection in multiple organs dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is closely related with the stress pyemia and MODS. For prevention of BT, western medicine stresses to improve the blood and oxygen supply of intestinal tract, mucosa protection, and application of microorganism preparation, while traditional Chinese medicine could also win good effect by using such drugs as rhubarb, red sage root, and compound decoctions.