BACKGROUND The gram-negative aerobic bacterium Moraxella osloensis is an opportunistic pathogen in brain tissues.CASE SUMMARY The gram-negative aerobic bacterium Moraxella osloensis was isolated from a patient’s brai...BACKGROUND The gram-negative aerobic bacterium Moraxella osloensis is an opportunistic pathogen in brain tissues.CASE SUMMARY The gram-negative aerobic bacterium Moraxella osloensis was isolated from a patient’s brain tissue during a stereotactic biopsy.CONCLUSION This is the first report of a brain tissue infection with Moraxella osloensis possibly causing brain gliomatosis.展开更多
AIM： To evaluate the prognostic value of some pathological variables in rectal cancer survival. METHODS： 247 patients who underwent curative resection of rectal cancer were included in the study. The influence on su...AIM： To evaluate the prognostic value of some pathological variables in rectal cancer survival. METHODS： 247 patients who underwent curative resection of rectal cancer were included in the study. The influence on survival of five pathological variables （histopathological tumor type, histopathological tumor grade differentiation, blood vessel invasion, perineural invasion and lymphatic invasion） was assessed using statistical analyses. RESULTS： Overall 5-year survival was 71.2%. Univariate analysis of all tested variables showed an effect on survival but only the effect of lymphatic invasion was statistically significant. At stages three and four it had a negative effect on survival （P = 0.0212）. Lymphatic invasion also significantly affected cancer related survival in multivariate analysis at stages three and four. At lower stages （stage 0, stage 1 and stage 2） multivariate analysis showed a negative effect of perineural invasion on cancer related survival. CONCLUSION： Patients with lymphatic and perineural invasion have a higher risk for rectal cancer related death after curative resection. Examination of these variables should be an important step in detecting patients with a poorer prognosis.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND The gram-negative aerobic bacterium Moraxella osloensis is an opportunistic pathogen in brain tissues.CASE SUMMARY The gram-negative aerobic bacterium Moraxella osloensis was isolated from a patient’s brain tissue during a stereotactic biopsy.CONCLUSION This is the first report of a brain tissue infection with Moraxella osloensis possibly causing brain gliomatosis.
文摘AIM： To evaluate the prognostic value of some pathological variables in rectal cancer survival. METHODS： 247 patients who underwent curative resection of rectal cancer were included in the study. The influence on survival of five pathological variables （histopathological tumor type, histopathological tumor grade differentiation, blood vessel invasion, perineural invasion and lymphatic invasion） was assessed using statistical analyses. RESULTS： Overall 5-year survival was 71.2%. Univariate analysis of all tested variables showed an effect on survival but only the effect of lymphatic invasion was statistically significant. At stages three and four it had a negative effect on survival （P = 0.0212）. Lymphatic invasion also significantly affected cancer related survival in multivariate analysis at stages three and four. At lower stages （stage 0, stage 1 and stage 2） multivariate analysis showed a negative effect of perineural invasion on cancer related survival. CONCLUSION： Patients with lymphatic and perineural invasion have a higher risk for rectal cancer related death after curative resection. Examination of these variables should be an important step in detecting patients with a poorer prognosis.
