BACKGROUND Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia(AFOP)is a rare,noninfective lung disease,histologically characterized by a patchy distribution of intra-alveolar fibrin“balls”and organizing pneumonia.The clinical...BACKGROUND Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia(AFOP)is a rare,noninfective lung disease,histologically characterized by a patchy distribution of intra-alveolar fibrin“balls”and organizing pneumonia.The clinical manifestations of AFOP are nonspecific.Diagnosis depends on pathology.Surgical lung biopsy is optimal for tissue sampling to diagnose AFOP.However,many patients have no tolerance to the operation,including mentally and physically.There is still no standard therapy for AFOP and the methods remain controversial.Therefore,further clinical attention and discussion are warranted.CASE SUMMARY A 53-year-old woman presented with fever,cough and dyspnea for 15 d.Antiinfective therapy was ineffective.Chest computed tomography showed bilateral patchy consolidation,especially in the lower lobes.We performed both ultrasound-guided transbronchial lung biopsy and ultrasound-guided percutaneous fine needle puncture at different lung lesion locations.Both samples supported the diagnosis of AFOP.The patient had a good clinical course after treatment with methylprednisolone,and no side effects of steroids.CONCLUSION Percutaneous needle biopsy combined with transbronchial lung biopsies may be a good choice in the absence of surgical biopsy.Methylprednisolone alone is effective in the treatment of idiopathic AFOP.展开更多
We studied the allelic frequency distributions and statistical forensic parameters of 21 new short tandem repeat(STR)loci and the amelogenin locus,which are not included in the combined DNA index system(CODIS),in a Ru...We studied the allelic frequency distributions and statistical forensic parameters of 21 new short tandem repeat(STR)loci and the amelogenin locus,which are not included in the combined DNA index system(CODIS),in a Russian ethnic minority group from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,China.A total of 114 bloodstain samples from unrelated individuals were extracted and co-amplified with four fluorescence-labeled primers in a multiplex polymerase chain reaction(PCR)system.Using capillary electrophoresis,the PCR products of the 21 STR loci were separated and genotyped.A total of 161 alleles were observed in the Russian ethnic minority group,and corresponding allelic frequencies ranged from 0.0044 to 0.5965.The 21 non-CODIS STR loci of the Russian ethnic minority group were characterized by high genetic diversity and therefore may be useful for elucidating the population's genetic background,for individual identification,and for paternity testing in forensic practice.展开更多
Salmonella Aberdeen is a ubiquitous pathogen that can cause severe gastroenteritis and plays an important role in food-borne illness and international food-trade dispute.[1]However,the molecular biological characteris...Salmonella Aberdeen is a ubiquitous pathogen that can cause severe gastroenteritis and plays an important role in food-borne illness and international food-trade dispute.[1]However,the molecular biological characteristics of this organism have been rarely studied.This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and aimed to assess the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a food-borne outbreak caused by Salmonella Aberdeen.Furthermore,the molecular biological characteristics of the outbreak isolates were detected and analyzed.From June 10 to 12,2018,an enteritis outbreak affected 75 employees in the Fushan district of Yantai,Shandong province,China,including 33 males and 42 females.The mean age of the patients was 34.2±5.3 years.展开更多
基金Projects(51501089,55104012) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProjects(BK20130945,BK20130914) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China+1 种基金Project supported by the Priority Academic Program Development(PAPD)of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution,ChinaProject supported by Nanjing Tech University,China
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province,No.2021-MS-287。
文摘BACKGROUND Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia(AFOP)is a rare,noninfective lung disease,histologically characterized by a patchy distribution of intra-alveolar fibrin“balls”and organizing pneumonia.The clinical manifestations of AFOP are nonspecific.Diagnosis depends on pathology.Surgical lung biopsy is optimal for tissue sampling to diagnose AFOP.However,many patients have no tolerance to the operation,including mentally and physically.There is still no standard therapy for AFOP and the methods remain controversial.Therefore,further clinical attention and discussion are warranted.CASE SUMMARY A 53-year-old woman presented with fever,cough and dyspnea for 15 d.Antiinfective therapy was ineffective.Chest computed tomography showed bilateral patchy consolidation,especially in the lower lobes.We performed both ultrasound-guided transbronchial lung biopsy and ultrasound-guided percutaneous fine needle puncture at different lung lesion locations.Both samples supported the diagnosis of AFOP.The patient had a good clinical course after treatment with methylprednisolone,and no side effects of steroids.CONCLUSION Percutaneous needle biopsy combined with transbronchial lung biopsies may be a good choice in the absence of surgical biopsy.Methylprednisolone alone is effective in the treatment of idiopathic AFOP.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30571119)the Sichuan Science and Technology Foundation(04ZQ026-036 and 05JY029-017)+1 种基金the Education Ministry Doctoral Foundation of China (20040610015)the Chengdu Science and Technology Foundation (05HJSW117)
文摘类脂化合物上的外长的亚精胺(Spd ) 的效果每氧化，相对质膜渗透，相片系统 II (PSII ) 基因表示和 PSII，在强调水的小麦幼苗的光化学的活动被调查。在相对含水量(RWC ) 的减少，迟内容，和 PSII 的 2,6-dichlorophenol in-dophenol (DCIP ) 光致还原，和在强调水的叶子的质膜和 malonyldialdehyde (MDA ) 的电解质漏的增加被 Spd 预告的处理减轻。而且，西方、北的污点分析证明那在 PSII 主要蛋白质 D1， D2 和 LHCII 和相应 genespsbA， psbD 和出租汽车的抄本减少被 Spd 预告的处理也在水应力下面减轻。这些结果建议外长的 Spd 的申请在 thetranscriptional 水平和翻译水平保护 PSII 免于水应力，并且允许 PSII 在水应力期间保留更高的活动水平。在光合的仪器的 Spd 的保护的角色也被讨论。
基金Project supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents of the Ministry of Education,China (No. NECT-10-0687)the Fun-damental Research Funds for the Central University (No. 2011jdgz20)the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Research and Development Project Fund (No. 2012K16-08-01),China
文摘We studied the allelic frequency distributions and statistical forensic parameters of 21 new short tandem repeat(STR)loci and the amelogenin locus,which are not included in the combined DNA index system(CODIS),in a Russian ethnic minority group from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,China.A total of 114 bloodstain samples from unrelated individuals were extracted and co-amplified with four fluorescence-labeled primers in a multiplex polymerase chain reaction(PCR)system.Using capillary electrophoresis,the PCR products of the 21 STR loci were separated and genotyped.A total of 161 alleles were observed in the Russian ethnic minority group,and corresponding allelic frequencies ranged from 0.0044 to 0.5965.The 21 non-CODIS STR loci of the Russian ethnic minority group were characterized by high genetic diversity and therefore may be useful for elucidating the population's genetic background,for individual identification,and for paternity testing in forensic practice.
基金Project supported by the Shanghai Pudong New District Health and Family Planning Commission Key Discipline Construction Fund Project(No.PWZxk2017-29),China
文摘Salmonella Aberdeen is a ubiquitous pathogen that can cause severe gastroenteritis and plays an important role in food-borne illness and international food-trade dispute.[1]However,the molecular biological characteristics of this organism have been rarely studied.This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and aimed to assess the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a food-borne outbreak caused by Salmonella Aberdeen.Furthermore,the molecular biological characteristics of the outbreak isolates were detected and analyzed.From June 10 to 12,2018,an enteritis outbreak affected 75 employees in the Fushan district of Yantai,Shandong province,China,including 33 males and 42 females.The mean age of the patients was 34.2±5.3 years.
