不同临床类型乙型病毒感染者外周血T 细胞亚群与血清HBV DNA 载量 及HBeAg 滴度相关性分析

目的:探讨慢性乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)感染患者外周血T细胞亚群与血清HBV DNA载量及HbeAg滴度的关系。方法:选取103名HBV感染患者和20名健康者为研究对象。流式细胞术检测外周血T细胞亚群,聚合酶链式反应及酶免疫分析法分别检测血清HBV DNA载量及HbeAg滴度。结果:慢性乙型肝炎患者和慢性HBV携带者外周血CD3+T、CD4+T淋巴细胞亚群百分数低于健康对照组,结果有统计学意义(P<0.05或0.01;而CD8+T细胞亚群则呈现相反趋势,结果亦有统计学意义(P<0.05或0.01)。HBeAg阴性组中,HBVDNA水平与CD8+T细胞亚群百分数呈正相关(r=0.567,P<0.01),与CD4+/CD8+T细胞亚群百分数比值呈负相关(r=-0.601,P<0.01),而与CD3+T、CD4+T细胞亚群百分数无相关性。HBeAg阳性组中,HBV DNA水平及HbeAg滴度与CD3+T、CD4+T、CD8+T细胞百分数及CD4+/CD8+T细胞百分数均无相关性(P>0.05)。结论:不同临床类型的慢性乙型肝炎病毒感染患者外周血T细胞亚群存在不同程度细胞免疫功能降低和细胞免疫调节异常。HbeAg阴性的HBV感染患者,其血清HBV DNA水平与外周血T淋巴细胞免疫存在相关性。     

急性病毒性肝炎患者外周血T 细胞亚群的检测和分析

目的:检测急性甲、乙型病毒性肝炎患者外周血T淋巴细胞亚群变化,探讨其对疗效和预后意义。方法:采用APAAP桥联酶标法检测115例急性甲、乙型病毒型肝炎患者外周血CD3+、CD4+、CD8+T细胞亚群比例,计算CD4+/CD8+值。并检测了34例患者治疗前后T淋巴细胞亚群变化。结果:115例急性甲、乙型病毒性肝炎患者外周血CD3+、CD4+T细胞比例及CD4+/CD8+值均低于正常对照组(P<0.05),而CD8+T细胞比例均高于正常对照组(P<0.01)。6例无明显疗效者,各亚群比例在治疗前后无显著差异(P>0.05)。28例有明显疗效者,治疗后各亚群比例恢复正常水平,与治疗前相比差别具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:急性甲、乙型病毒性肝炎患者外周血CD4+/CD8+T细胞比值可在一定程度上反映疗效及预后。     

小儿肺炎支原体感染后免疫功能的变化规律及其临床意义

目的:探讨小儿感染肺炎支原体后对免疫功能的影响,总结其变化规律及其临床意义。方法:选择2009年12月至2011年12月我院收治的55例肺炎支原体感染患儿作为观察对象,设为观察组,选择同期50例健康儿童作为对照,设为对照组。采用细胞酶免疫分析法测定T淋巴细胞亚群以及淋巴细胞表面标记表达,对比两组患儿相关指标差异。结果:观察组患儿体内的IgG和IgA水平分别为(8.24±1.2)g/L和(1.64±0.62)g/L,显著低于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(均P0.05);观察组T细胞亚群指标中CD3+、CD4+水平分别为(62.24±6.25)%和(40.62±5.02)%,显著低于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(均P0.05);观察组CD8+有所提升,CD4+/CD8+比值显著降低,与对照组相比,差异明显(P0.05)。结论:小儿感染肺炎支原体后细胞免疫系统明显受到抑制,B淋巴细胞部分失调,掌握此规律有助于为临床治疗。     

山西省健康成年人淋巴细胞亚群正常参考值范围

目的:建立山西省健康成人外周血淋巴细胞亚群的正常参考值范围,为机体免疫状态的分析和肿瘤患者的免疫评估提供理论依据。方法:选取山西省1 238例健康成人体检人群,采用流式细胞术测定外周血淋巴细胞亚群的绝对计数和相对计数。结果:确定了健康成人外周血淋巴细胞表达水平,并发现CD3~+T细胞相对计数和绝对计数、CD4~+T细胞相对计数、CD8~+T细胞相对计数和绝对计数、NK细胞相对计数和绝对计数、CD19细胞相对计数和绝对计数、CD4/CD8比值在不同年龄组间存在显著差异性(P0.05);不同性别之间CD8~+T细胞相对计数、CD4~+T细胞绝对计数和CD19细胞绝对计数无统计学意义,CD3~+T细胞、CD8~+T细胞、NK细胞相对计数和绝对计数、CD4~+T细胞、CD19细胞相对计数均存在显著差异(P0.05)。结论:初步建立了山西省健康成年人外周血淋巴细胞亚群参考值范围,为机体免疫功能的评价和肿瘤免疫治疗、诊断提供了参考依据。     

黄芪多糖联合布洛芬对创伤感染患者巨噬细胞分泌功能、T淋巴细胞亚群水平的影响及其影响因素分析

目的:探讨黄芪多糖联合布洛芬对创伤感染患者巨噬细胞分泌功能、T淋巴细胞亚群水平的影响及影响因素。方法:2014年3月-2018年3月我院收治创伤感染患者85例,其中重度感染39例,将所有患者按感染轻重进行平衡随机分为对照组43例和研究组42例,对照组应用布洛芬治疗,研究组应用黄芪多糖联合布洛芬治疗。比较两组患者巨噬细胞分泌功能、T淋巴细胞亚群水平,分析患者发生重度感染的影响因素及巨噬细胞分泌功能、T淋巴细胞亚群水平与创伤感染的关系。结果:治疗后研究组患者血清中肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)、白介素细胞-6(IL-6)和白介素细胞-1(IL-1)的水平低于对照组(P<0.05)。治疗后研究组外周血中CD3⁺、CD4⁺、CD8⁺和CD4⁺/CD8⁺水平高于对照组(P<0.05)。巨噬细胞分泌功能较高、T淋巴细胞亚群水平较低的患者发生重度感染的概率较高(P<0.05);巨噬细胞分泌功能与创伤感染呈正向关联关系(P<0.05,OR>1);T淋巴细胞亚群水平与创伤感染呈负向关联关系(P<0.05,OR<1);治疗方法以研究组方法为优(P<0.05,OR>1)。结论:黄芪多糖联合布洛芬治疗创伤感染患者效果更显著,巨噬细胞分泌功能、T淋巴细胞亚群水平均是创伤感染的影响因素。     

痰湿体质PCOS临床特征及T淋巴细胞亚群分布特征分析

目的:探讨痰湿体质多囊卵巢综合征患者临床特征及T淋巴细胞亚群分布特征。方法:根据PCOS鹿特丹诊断标准和王琦教授痰湿体质的判定标准,选择痰湿体质PCOS患者、非痰湿体质PCOS患者各30例,正常对照组15例进行性激素和糖脂代谢指标检测和T淋巴细胞亚群检测,明确痰湿体质PCOS患者临床特征及T淋巴细胞亚群的分布特征。结果:三组在年龄和体重指数上无差异,具有可比性;痰湿体质PCOS与非痰湿体质PCOS在LH、T、30 min INS、120 min INS、CHO、LDL水平明显高于对照组,具有统计学意义(P0.05);痰湿体质组OGTT血糖水平、CHO、LDL、IR水平明显高于非痰湿体质组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。痰湿体质、非痰湿体质PCOS患者外周血CD4+T淋巴细胞、CD4+/CD8+明显高于对照组,且痰湿体质PCOS患者CD4+T淋巴细胞、CD4+/CD8+明显高于非痰湿体质PCOS患者,差异有显著性(P0.05)。结论:PCOS患者存在糖脂代谢紊乱,其中痰湿体质患者较非痰湿体质患者更明显;PCOS患者存在细胞免疫异常,痰湿体质患者较非痰湿体质患者更易出现T淋巴细胞亚群异常,说明痰湿体质PCOS的发生与免疫因素关系更密切。     

匹多莫德对反复呼吸道感染患儿外周血T淋巴细胞亚群变化的影响及其临床疗效

目的:研究匹多莫德治疗反复呼吸道感染患儿的临床疗效,并探讨其对患儿外周血T淋巴细胞亚群变化的影响。方法:选择我院收治的160例反复呼吸道感染患儿,根据临床治疗方法将其分成研究组(80例)与对照组(80例),对照组采用抗生素或抗病毒、退热、止咳、平喘与化痰等对症治疗,研究组则在对照组的基础上再加用匹多莫德口服。比较两组患儿外周血T淋巴细胞亚群变化并分析其临床疗效。结果:研究组治疗总有效率显著优于对照组(P0.05)。研究组治疗后CD3+、CD4+、CD4+/CD8+水平,与治疗前比较明显升高(P0.05),与对照组同期比较具有明显的差异(P0.05)。研究组患儿治疗后白细胞计数及中性粒细胞水平,与治疗前比较无明显差异(P0.05),与对照组同期比较无明显差异(P0.05);对照组治疗前后白细胞计数及中性粒细胞水平无明显差异(P0.05)。研究组患儿咳嗽、发热、喘息、肺部啰音消失时间以及抗生素使用时间均明显少于对照组(P0.01)。研究组与对照组患儿治疗过程中均未发生明显的药物不良反应。结论:匹多莫德治疗反复呼吸道感染患儿疗效确切,能有效改善T淋巴细胞的免疫功能,值得临床推广与应用。     

喘息性支气管炎患儿外周血CD4+CD25+CD127low 调节性T细胞及淋巴细胞亚群的改变与临床意义

目的探讨喘息性支气管炎患儿外周血CD4~+CD25~+CD127~(low)调节性T细胞及淋巴细胞亚群数量变化与临床意义。方法选取我院16例喘息性支气管炎患儿、同期住院的25例支气管肺炎患儿和18例患有肾结石等非感染性疾病患儿为研究对象,采用流式细胞术分别检测3组患儿外周血中CD4~+CD25~+CD127~(low)调节性T细胞及淋巴细胞亚群百分比。结果喘息性支气管炎患儿外周血中CD4~+CD25~+CD127~(low)/CD4~+(Treg)比例(9.2%±2.1%)高于支气管肺炎组(6.9%±1.4%)和对照组(5.8%±2.2%),差异有统计学意义(F=16.5、17.7,均P0.01)。喘息性支气管炎患儿CD8~+百分比(19.7%±7.8%)低于支气管肺炎组(27.0%±8.8%)和对照组(30.7%±4.4%),差异有统计学意义(F=6.6、22.4,均P0.01)。喘息性支气管炎患儿B淋巴细胞百分比(33.4%±15.2%)高于支气管肺炎组(22.7%±6.9%)和对照组(17.7%±9.9%),差异有统计学意义(F=9.2、10.9,均P0.01)。结论喘息性支气管炎患儿外周血淋巴细胞亚群比例异常,体内存在免疫功能紊乱,CD4~+CD25~+CD127~(low)调节性T细胞可能参与喘息性支气管炎的发生发展。     

抗幽门螺杆菌治疗在儿童特发性血小板减少性紫癜中的作用

目的 探讨联合抗幽门螺杆菌（H.pylori）在特发性血小板减少性紫癜（ITP）患儿治疗中的作用.方法 将58例血清H.pylori抗体阳性的ITP患儿随机分为：A组：给予根治性抗H.pylori,大剂量丙种球蛋白和强的松治疗;B组：未予抗H.pylori,其他治疗相同.另设正常对照组（C组）：选血清H.pylori抗体阴性的健康入学儿童.观察A、B两组治疗前和3月后T细胞亚群分布,血小板相关免疫球蛋白G（PAIgG）水平变化,及两组临床疗效和复发率.结果 各组间总T细胞无变化,A、B两组治疗前T细胞亚群分布异常,CD4^＋细胞减少,CD8^＋细胞增加,CD4^＋/CD8^＋比值下降,PAIgG水平升高,两组间差异无显著性（P均＞0.05）.治疗后3月复查,A组CD4^＋细胞增加,CD8^＋细胞减少,CD4^＋/CD8^＋比值和PAIgG值恢复至正常对照组水平,而B组虽有所恢复,但未达正常,A组显效＋良效97%,复发率为3%,B组显效＋良效70%,复发率为30%,两组差异有显著性（P均＜0.05）.结论 对有H.pylori感染的ITP患儿,联合抗H.pylori治疗比单纯应用免疫抑制治疗,异常的T细胞亚群和PAIgG水平恢复较快,疗效较好,复发率低.     

儿童传染性单核细胞增多症淋巴细胞亚群的变化及意义

目的 通过对儿童传染性单核细胞增多症(infectious mononucleosis,IM)外周血淋巴细胞亚群的检测,探讨其细胞免疫功能变化与疾病的关系.方法 采用流式细胞仪对35例IM患儿外周血T、B和NK淋巴细胞亚群进行检测,30例健康儿童作为对照组;对患儿中的7例进行治疗2周后细胞亚群的测定以观察动态变化;对患儿进行外周血异型淋巴细胞计数.结果 IM患儿CD3、CD8 T淋巴细胞水平明显升高,CD19、NK、CD4和CD4/CD8值水平明显降低,分别与正常对照组比较差异均有统计学意义.7例IM患儿治疗2周后T细胞亚群的测定值与入院时比较差异有统计学意义,治疗前CD4、CD4/CD8值低于治疗后,治疗前CD8高于治疗后.IM患儿急性期CD8、CD4/CD8水平与患儿外周血异型淋巴细胞百分率(≤10％和＞10％)的差异有统计学意义.结论 检测淋巴细胞亚群对评估IM患儿的细胞免疫状况,辅助诊断和指导治疗具有重要的临床价值.     

特发性血小板减少性紫癜与巨细胞病毒、EB 病毒感染相关性

目的:探讨小儿特发性血小板减少性紫癜(ITP)与巨细胞病毒、EB病毒感染的关系。方法:实验组:48例确诊断为ITP患儿,对照组:44例同期呼吸道感染患儿,应用酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)对两组小儿外周血进行巨细胞病毒IgM抗体(HCMV-IgM)、EB病毒感染IgM抗体(EB-IgM)检测。结果:48例ITP患儿中HCMV-IgM抗体阳性者20例,阳性率为41.67%,明显高于对照组,两组之间差异有显著性(P<0.01);EBV-IgM抗体阳性者14例,阳性率为29.17%,明显高于正常对照组,两组之间差异有显著性(P<0.05)。结论:1、巨细胞病毒感染是引起特发性血小板减少性紫癜的重要原因之一,且通过临床观察巨细胞病毒感染引起的ITP患儿病情重,病程长,治疗时间长,转为慢性ITP的可能性大;2、EB病毒感染可能是引起特发性血小板减少性紫癜的原因之一,并且EB病毒感染引起的特发性血小板减少性紫癜病情也偏重。     

特发性血小板减少性紫癜与巨细胞病毒、EB病毒感染相关性

目的：探讨小儿特发性血小板减少性紫癜（ITP）与巨细胞病毒、EB病毒感染的关系。方法：实验组：48例确诊断为ITP患儿,对照组：44例同期呼吸道感染患儿,应用酶联免疫吸附法（ELISA）对两组小儿外周血进行巨细胞病毒IgM抗体（HCMV-IgM）、EB病毒感染IgM抗体（EB-IgM）检测。结果：48例ITP患儿中HCMV-IgM抗体阳性者20例,阳性率为41.67%,明显高于对照组,两组之间差异有显著性（P〈0.01）;EBV-IgM抗体阳性者14例,阳性率为29.17%,明显高于正常对照组,两组之间差异有显著性（P〈0.05）。结论：1、巨细胞病毒感染是引起特发性血小板减少性紫癜的重要原因之一,且通过临床观察巨细胞病毒感染引起的ITP患儿病情重,病程长,治疗时间长,转为慢性ITP的可能性大;2、EB病毒感染可能是引起特发性血小板减少性紫癜的原因之一,并且EB病毒感染引起的特发性血小板减少性紫癜病情也偏重。     

Sequence analysis of human cytomegalovirus US28 gene in low-passage clinical isolates from children and AIDS patients

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is often a dangerous opportunistic pathogen that causes significant morbidity and mortality in newborn children and immunocompromised patients. The different symptoms and tissue tropisms of HCMV infection may result from genetic polymorphism. This study investigated the sequence variability of the HCMV US28 ORF, which shows sequence homology to the G protein-coupled receptor. HCMV isolated from suspected pediatric cases and isolates from AIDS patients were compared in order to examine the possible associations between polymorphisms and pathogenesis. Seventy children with suspected congenital HCMV infection, who suffered from jaundice (47), megacolon (10), and microcephaly (13), and 17 AIDS patients, were studied. Mutation was prevalent among the sequences of US28, with a focus on the two ends of US28. The important functional groups of US28 are highly conserved. An unrooted tree showed that all sequences from suspected congenitally infected infants and AIDS patients were divided into three groups. Comparison showed that most of the sequences (12/17) from pediatric patients were included in the first group (G1), whereas most of the sequences (11/17) from AIDS patients were included in the third group (G3). The specific high mutation sites in US28 from children were located at the C terminus of the protein, whereas those from AIDS patients were located at the N terminus. We demonstrated the existence of polymorphisms among the US28 genes of clinical isolates of HCMV from infants with suspected congenital infection. Comparison of US28 sequences from AIDS patients with those from children showed that both sequences have their own specific high mutation points.     

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and hearing impairment: infection of fibroblast cells with HCMV induces chromosome breaks at 1q23.3, between loci DFNA7 and DFNA49 -- both involved in dominantly inherited, sensorineural, hearing impairment

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is the most common congenital infection in developed countries and is responsible for a substantial fraction of sensorineural hearing impairment (SNHI) in children. The risk of hearing impairment is associated with viral load in urine and blood collected during the first postnatal month. However, although inner ear abnormalities are observed in some children with HCMV-induced SNHI, the exact mechanism whereby congenital HCMV infection causes hearing impairment is unknown. Earlier studies using standard cytogenetic mapping techniques showed that infection of S-phase human fibroblast cells with HCMV resulted in two specific, site-directed, chromosome breaks at band positions 1q21 and 1q42 which include loci involved in dominantly and recessively inherited hearing impairment, respectively. These findings suggested that cells infected with HCMV might provide a reservoir for genetic damage and, in a clinical perspective, a scenario could be envisioned whereby hearing impairment could result from early DNA damage of dividing fetal cells rather than viral replication and cell lysis. In this work we demonstrate, using fine mapping techniques, that HCMV infection in S-phase fibroblast cells induces genetic damage at 1q23.3, within a maximal region of 37 kb, containing five low copy repeat (LCR) elements. The breakpoint is situated between two hearing impairment (HI) loci, DFNA49 and DFNA7, and in close proximity to the MPZ gene previously shown to be involved in autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome (CMT1B) with auditory neuropathy.     

Human cytomegalovirus proteins pp65 and immediate early protein 1 are common targets for CD8+ T cell responses in children with congenital or postnatal human cytomegalovirus infection

Recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara- and peptide-based IFN-gamma ELISPOT assays were used to detect and measure human CMV (HCMV)-specific CD8(+) T cell responses to the pp65 (UL83) and immediate early protein 1 (IE1; UL123) gene products in 16 HCMV-infected infants and children. Age at study ranged from birth to 2 years. HCMV-specific CD8(+) T cells were detected in 14 (88%) of 16 children at frequencies ranging from 60 to >2000 spots/million PBMC. Responses were detected as early as 1 day of age in infants with documented congenital infection. Nine children responded to both pp65 and IE1, whereas responses to pp65 or IE1 alone were detected in three and two children, respectively. Regardless of the specificity of initial responses, IE1-specific responses predominated by 1 year of age. Changes in HCMV epitopes targeted by the CD8(+) T cell responses were observed over time; epitopes commonly recognized by HLA-A2(+) adults with latent HCMV infection did not fully account for responses detected in early childhood. Finally, the detection of HCMV-specific CD8(+) T cell responses was temporally associated with a decrease in peripheral blood HCMV load. Taken altogether, these data demonstrate that the fetus and young infant can generate virus-specific CD8(+) T cell responses. Changes observed in the protein and epitope-specificity of HCMV-specific CD8(+) T cells over time are consistent with those observed after other primary viral infections. The temporal association between the detection of HCMV-specific CD8(+) T cell responses and the reduction in blood HCMV load supports the importance of CD8(+) T cells in controlling primary HCMV viremia.     

哌拉西林/他唑巴坦治疗小儿恶性实体瘤相关肺部感染的疗效评价

目的:评价哌拉西林/他唑巴坦治疗小儿恶性实体瘤相关肺部感染的疗效和安全性。方法:小儿外科收治的恶性实体肿瘤患儿68例,根据痰培养和药敏结果将患儿分成两组:哌拉西林/他唑巴坦钠治疗治疗组(n=38)与头孢米诺钠治疗组(n=30),疗程均为7-14天。比较两组患儿症状、体征、血白细胞、C反应蛋白及痰培养恢复情况及疗效。结果:两组治疗前后C-反应蛋白(t=0.239,P=0.812)、白细胞计数(t=0.656,P=0.514)及中性粒细胞百分比(t=1.501,P=0.138)的变化对比;两组临床有效率分别为94.74%和93.33%(X~2=0.060,P=0.807),上述差异均无统计学意义;而两组治疗时间比较差异有统计学意义(t=2.424,P=0.018)。两组痰培养致病菌均以铜绿假单胞菌为首,细菌清除率分别为84.38%和76.00%,差异无统计学意义(F=0.634,P=0.446)。两组用药过程中均无不良反应发生。结论:哌拉西林/他唑巴坦在小儿恶性实体瘤化疗过程中出现的肺部感染的治疗中疗效明显,安全性好。     

Proof of an association between Helicobacter pylori and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in Latin America

BACKGROUND: Association between Helicobacter pylori and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) has been found in Japan and in some European countries. It has also been shown that eradication of H. pylori can increase platelet counts in patients with ITP. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of H. pylori infection in patients with ITP in Colombia, and the effect of bacterial eradication on their platelet counts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between December 1998 and April 2006, a total of 32 patients diagnosed with ITP were included in the study. Controls were age and sex matched. RESULTS: H. pylori infection in patients with ITP was significantly higher (p = .00006) than in control individuals (90.6% and 43.8%, respectively), as determined by (13)C-urea breath test. A significant association between H. pylori infection and ITP was found (p < .0003), with an odds ratio (OR) of 13.15 (95%CI: 3.24-53.29). Multivariate analysis for the association between H. pylori and ITP showed an OR of 20.44 (95%CI: 3.88-107.49) for women and 19.28 (95%CI: 2.03-183.42) for individuals over 50 years. All 29 H. pylori-positive patients with ITP received eradication treatment. After a median follow up of 12.2 months, 80.8% had a recovery in platelet counts. CONCLUSIONS: According to these results and others from different countries where H. pylori infection rates are high, patients with ITP should be initially tested for H. pylori status, and if present, infection should be eradicated before initiating a drastic conventional ITP treatment. An algorithm for the study and management of patients with ITP in the post-Helicobacter era is presented.     

Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis and the effect of H. pylori eradication in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

BACKGROUND: The association between Helicobacter pylori infection and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) has been reported widely. We investigated the prevalence of H. pylori infection, its virulence profile and the effectiveness of its eradication in patients with ITP. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty patients with ITP, 20 with peptic ulcer (10 gastric ulcer (GU), 10 duodenal ulcer (DU)) and 20 with NUD were studied. The virulence profile of the strains was assessed by genotyping for cagA, vacA, iceA, and hpyIIIR/hrgA and by assaying for IL-8 and DNA fragmentation after incubation with AGS cells. Infected patients and two uninfected ITP patients received triple therapy and platelets were counted before and 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after eradication therapy. RESULTS: H. pylori infection was found in 17 ITP (85%), 20 ulcer (100%) and 13 NUD (65%) patients. Biopsies and strains were collected from five ITP, 20 ulcer and 13 NUD patients. The ITP patients had a pangastritis or corpus-predominant gastritis pattern. All H. pylori isolates, from ITP, ulcer and NUD patients, were cagA(+) and vacA s1/m1, and did not differ in levels of IL-8 induction or DNA fragmentation. Fifteen ITP (88%) and 17 ulcer (85%) patients had successful eradication of H. pylori. Ten of these 15 (67%) H. pylori-eradicated ITP patients had platelet recovery. There was no significant change in platelet count in the two ITP patients in whom eradication failed or in the two originally H. pylori-uninfected ITP patients, or in the treated ulcer patients. Age at onset of ITP was the main determinant of platelet recovery: 100% of patients diagnosed after the age of 60 recovered compared with only 22% of those diagnosed before 50. CONCLUSIONS: H. pylori-infected ITP patients have a corpus-predominant pattern of gastritis but the virulence profile of their strains does not differ from that of ulcer or NUD patients. Eradication of H. pylori infection is a good therapeutic option for some patients with chronic ITP, especially for those who develop ITP in older age.     

Use of specific-pathogen-free (SPF) rhesus macaques to better model oral pediatric cytomegalovirus infection

Background Congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection can result in lifelong neurological deficits. Seronegative pregnant woman often acquire primary HCMV from clinically asymptomatic, but HCMV‐shedding children. Methods Potential age‐related differences in viral and immune parameters of primary RhCMV infection were examined in an oral rhesus CMV infection model in specific pathogen free macaques. RhCMV shedding was measured by real time PCR in plasma, saliva and urine. Immune parameters, including neutralizing and binding antibodies and RhCMV‐specific T cell responses, were assessed in longitudinally collected blood samples. Results The oral RhCMV infection model in infant SPF rhesus macaques demonstrated that (i) the susceptibility to oral RhCMV infection declines with age, and (ii) infant macaques shed RhCMV more persistently and at higher titers compared to adult macaques. (iii) Conclusions The oral infant RhCMV infection model appears to reflect viral pathogenesis in human HCMV‐infected children. Larger studies are needed to define immune parameters associated with better control of RhCMV in adult compared to young animals.     

不同剂量丙种球蛋白联合地塞米松治疗儿童特发性血小板减少性紫癜的疗效观察

目的:探讨不同剂量丙种球蛋白联合地塞米松治疗儿童特发性血小板减少性紫癜(ITP)的临床疗效。方法:选择2010年7月至2015年7月间我院收治的特发性血小板减少性紫癜患儿78例,按照随机数字表法将其分为观察组38例及对照组40例。观察组采用200 mg/(kg·d)丙种球蛋白联合地塞米松进行治疗,对照组采用400 mg/(kg·d)丙种球蛋白联合地塞米松进行治疗。对两组患者的临床疗效、治疗前后血小板计数、血小板上升时间、血小板恢复正常时间、出血停止时间、住院时间、不良反应及医疗费用进行观察。结果:两组患儿血小板计数治疗前无显著差异(P0.05),治疗后两组血小板计数均呈逐渐升高趋势(P0.05),但组间比较无统计学差异(P0.05)。两组患儿血小板上升时间、血小板恢复正常时间、出血停止时间及住院时间均接近,无统计学差异(P0.05)。观察组治疗总有效率为94.74%,对照组为95.00%,两组无显著差异(P0.05)。观察组不良反应发生率为8.17%,对照组为12.50%,两者相比无统计学差异(P0.05)。观察组患儿平均医疗费用为(1.25±0.34)万元,对照组患儿平均医疗费用为(2.31±0.40)万元,观察组明显低于对照组,两者差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:不同剂量丙种球蛋白联合地塞米松治疗ITP具有类似的临床疗效及安全性,但小剂量丙种球蛋白组治疗费用明显降低,因此值得临床推广应用。