我国首例肺微小根毛霉病及其致病菌的分离和培养

本文报告1例肺结核和糖尿病并发由微小根毛霉(Rhizomuror pusillus)所致的肺微小根毛霉病。首次在我国从病人的肺组织活检标本分离出该种真菌。此菌可在几种琼脂培养基20°—45℃条件下生长,最适温度为37℃。菌落在初期白色,然后变成褐色厚毡状。在光学显微镜下可看到孢囊梗假轴状分枝,初期无色,然后变为褐色。孢子囊直径50—90μm,呈灰色,后变为褐色。孢子囊成熟后囊壁消解。囊轴卵形或梨形,直径45—48μm。在有性期,接合孢子球形,直径43—63μm,初呈褐色,后变为黑色,表面粗糙或凹凸不平。在透射电子显微镜下,孢囊孢子呈不规则卵形,直径2—5μm;在扫描电子显微镜下,孢囊孢子形态与上述相同。本菌实验感染家兔、豚鼠和小白鼠显示毒力很强,动物于接种后3—10天内全部死亡。从感染动物的脏器分离出本菌。采用中、西医结合治疗,病人痊愈。     

Primary prevention of diabetes mellitus type 2 and cardiovascular diseases using a cognitive behavior program aimed at lifestyle changes in people at risk: Design of a randomized controlled trial

Background

Insulin resistance and diabetes are associated with increased oxidative stress and impairment of cellular defence systems. Our purpose was to investigate the interaction between glucose metabolism, antioxidative capacity and heat shock protein (HSP) defence in different skeletal muscle phenotypes among middle-aged obese subjects during a long-term exercise and dietary intervention. As a sub-study of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS), 22 persons with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) taking part in the intervention volunteered to give samples from the vastus lateralis muscle. Subjects were divided into two sub-groups (IGTslow and IGTfast) on the basis of their baseline myosin heavy chain profile. Glucose metabolism, oxidative stress and HSP expressions were measured before and after the 2-year intervention.

Results

Exercise training, combined with dietary counselling, increased the expression of mitochondrial chaperones HSP60 and glucose-regulated protein 75 (GRP75) in the vastus lateralis muscle in the IGTslow group and that of HSP60 in the IGTfast group. In cytoplasmic chaperones HSP72 or HSP90 no changes took place. In the IGTslow group, a significant positive correlation between the increased muscle content of HSP60 and the oxygen radical absorbing capacity values and, in the IGTfast group, between the improved VO_2max value and the increased protein expression of GRP75 were found. Serum uric acid concentrations decreased in both sub-groups and serum protein carbonyl concentrations decreased in the IGTfast group.

Conclusion

The 2-year intervention up-regulated mitochondrial HSP expressions in middle-aged subjects with impaired glucose tolerance. These improvements, however, were not correlated directly with enhanced glucose tolerance.     

LSID Tester,a tool for testing Life Science Identifier resolution services

Background  

Life Science Identifiers (LSIDs) are persistent, globally unique identifiers for biological objects. The decentralised nature of LSIDs makes them attractive for identifying distributed resources. Data of interest to biodiversity researchers (including specimen records, images, taxonomic names, and DNA sequences) are distributed over many different providers, and this community has adopted LSIDs as the identifier of choice.     

强直性脊柱炎骶髂关节CT MRI表现

目的 :旨在评估强直性脊柱炎 (AS)患者骶髂关节炎的MR影像学特征。并比较X线平片、CT和MR影像在诊断骶髂关节炎中的作用。方法 :搜集 1 2例AS患者 ,分别行X线平片、CT和MR检查。增强前MR扫描序列包括SET1 W1 、FSET2 WI和梯度回波的准T2 (GRT2 WI)。增强后MR扫描序列参数与增强前SET2 WI相同。另选 9例志愿者 ,行MR平扫检查。结果 :8例志愿者 1 6个骶髂关节的T1 WI和T2 WI可直接显示正常骶髂关节软骨表现为线形或点样的中等信号影。 9例志愿者 1 1个骶髂关节的骨髓内可见局灶性脂肪沉积。 1 2例AS患者 2 1个骶髂关节可见软骨异常 ,表现为T1 WI和T2 WI上正常线形中等信号的软骨影像消失代之以不规则增粗或扭曲样中等信号。患者组CT表现为Ⅱ～Ⅳ级骶髂关节炎 ,即关节软骨下骨板硬化 ,侵蚀囊变 ,关节间隙宽窄不均或部分强直 ,韧带部受累。分析表明 :在骶髂关节炎的诊断方面 ,MR和CT明显优于X线平片 (P <0 .0 0 1 )。结论 :同X线片比较虽CT和MRI均有助于AS骶髂关节炎的诊断 ,但MR影像可显示CT和X线所不能显示的软骨异常和骨髓内水肿改变 ;骨髓内脂肪沉积可属正常变异 ,扭曲样中等强度信号应视为软骨的异常征象。     

Characterization of 13 newly isolated strains of anaerobic, cellulolytic, thermophilic bacteria

Characteristics of 13 newly isolated thermophilic, anaerobic, and cellulolytic strains were compared with previously described strains of Clostridium thermocellum: ATCC 27405 and JW20 (ATCC 31549). Colony morphology, antibiotic sensitivity, fermentation end-products, and cellulose degradation were documented. All 13 strains were sensitive to erythromycin (5 μg/ml) and chloramphenicol (25 μg/ml), and all strains but one were sensitive to kanamycin (20 μg/ml). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification using primers based on gene sequences from C. thermocellum ATCC 27405 was successful for all 13 strains in the case of the hydrogenase gene and 11 strains in the case of phosphotransacetylase/acetate kinase genes. Ten strains amplified a product of the expected size with primers developed to be specific for C. thermocellum 16SrRNA primers. Two of the 13 strains did not amplify any product with the PCR primers designed for the phosphotransacetylase/acetate kinase and 16SrRNA primers. A MboI-like GATC- recognizing restriction activity was present in all of the five strains examined. The results of this study have several positive implications with respect to future development of a transformation system for cellulolytic thermophiles. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2001) 27, 275–280. Received 12 September 2000/ Accepted in revised form 20 November 2000     

我国首次发现暗孢节菱孢所致皮肤真菌病——一株新的条件致病性真菌

本文报告暗孢节菱孢(又名球形阜孢霉)所致皮肤真菌病。此菌是我国首次发现的条件致病真菌。患者头部发生多处皮下结节及萎缩性秃发。皮损活检可见毛囊和皮脂腺严重破坏。肉芽肿内有褐色孢子和分隔菌丝,尤以皮下脂肪浸润明显。多次从皮损外皮屑内检出圆形的厚壁孢子。在沙氏琼脂培养基上,37℃培养生长良好。菌落初呈淡黄色,渐变为橙色。小培养镜检时(放大400倍),可见菌丝分枝有隔(1—2μm)。单细胞性小分生孢子呈球形,晶体形等,光滑发亮呈褐色。有的孢子中央有一黑色纵条带。扫描电镜下发现球形或卵形分生孢子,将暗孢节菱孢制成的菌液接种于实验动物皮肤,2周后出现斑块、小结节、小脓肿和脱毛等症状,与患者临床症状相同。对照组动物正常。动物皮损活检所见病理损害与患者皮损病理损害相同,证实了此菌的致病性。