简介：Objective:Tostudytheexpressionofactivatedepi-dermalgrowthfactorreceptor(EGFR)andtranscrip-tionfactorE2F(E2F)inCondylomaAccuminata(CA)patients.Methods:ImmunofluorescenttechniqueswereusedtoinvestigatetheexpressionofactivatedEGFRandE2FinCApatients.Results:TheexpressionofactivatedEGFRonthemembraneofepithelialcellsinCAlesionswassig-nificantlygreatercomparedtoexpressionleversinthecontrolgroup(P<0.01).Moreover,theco-expres-sionofactivatedEGFRandE2Fwassignificantlyin-creasedcomparedtothecontrolgroup(P<0.01).Conclusion:Ourobservationssuggestthatthein-creaseinactivatedEGFRexpressionmaystimulatehyperplasiainCApatientsthroughtheactivationoftranscriptionfactorE2F.

简介：Objective:Tostudytheexpressionlevelsofplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor(PDGF)andgranulocytecolony-stimulatingfactor(G-CSF)inperipheralbloodandtheirroleinthepathogenesisofCondylomaacuminatum(CA).Methods:Seraweretakenfrom70patientswithCondylomaacuminatumandcomparedwith35healthycontrols.PDGFandG-CSFinserumwerequantitatedusingadualantibodysandwichenzyme-linkedimmunoabsorbentassay(ELISA).Results:SerumconcentrationsofPDGFandG-CSFweresignificantlyincreasedinpatientswithCondylomaacuminatum(CA)comparedtocontrols(P<0.001andP<0.005respectively).SerumlevelsofPDGFandG-CSFcorrelatedwithclinicalseverityofCA,butnosignificantdifferencewasobservedbetweendifferentdurationofdiseasegroups.AsignificantpositivecorrelationwasnoticedbetweenneutrophilcountandG-CSFlevels(γ=0.38,P<0.001),andtheneutrophilcountshowednosignificantcorrelationwithPDGF.Conclusion:TheresultsindicatedthatincreasedexpressionofPDGFandG-CSFinperipheralbloodmightbeinvolvedinpathogenesisofCA.

简介：Summary:RiskfactorsforgenitourinaryChlamydiatrachomatis(Ct)infectionwereinvestigatedusinganSTDrelativeriskfactorquestionnaireamong176patientsandtheirregularsexualpartners.Twenty-fourindependentvariableswereselectedforanalysis,nineofwhichwereconfirmedasfactorsassociatedwithC.trachomatis.Fouroftheninefactorsweresignificantlycorrelatedtoinfectionusingamultifactorialunconditionallogisticregressionmodelwhichincluded:levelofeducation(oddsratios[ORs]:2.144forbelowjuniormiddleschool),numberofsexualpartners(ORs:4.503for≥5),numberofregularpartner'ssexualpartner(ORs:16.333for≥5),STDhistoryofregularpartner(ORs:18.417fortheirSTDhistory).Thesedatademonstratethatregularpartner'ssexualbehaviorsarealsoanimportantriskfactorforCtinfectionamong,STDclinicclients.

简介：Objective:Todevelopasensitive,specificandsimplemethodfordetectionofextremelylownumbersofT.palliduminclinicalspecimens,asasignificantadditiontotheserologictestsforsyphilisdiagnosis.Methods:Double-tubenestedPCR(DN-PCR)andsingle-tubenestedPCR(SN-PCR)assayswereperformedtoamplifyspecificfragmentsoftheDNApolymeraseIgene(polA)ofT.pallidum.SensitivityandspecificityofthetwoPCRassaysweretested.EightysixwholebloodspecimensfrompersonswithsuspectedsyphilisweredetectedbythetwonestedPCRmethods.TheTPPAtestwasusedasacomparisonfordetectingsyphilisinserafromcorrespondingpatients.Results:OnlyspecificampliconscouldbeobtainedduringamplificationoftheT.pallidumpolAgeneandthedetectionlimitwasapproximately1organismwhenanalyzedongelbythetwoPCRmethods.Of86clinicalspecimens,62werepositivebyTPPA.Ofthese,54and51werepositivebytheDN-PCRandSN-PCR,respectively,whichdoesnotrepresentastatisticallysignificantdifferencebetweenthetwoPCRtests.Of24TPPA-negativespecimens,5werepositivebybothDN-PCRassayandSN-PCRassay.Conclusion:TheSN-polAPCRmethodisextremelysensitive,specificandeasytoperformfordetectinglownumbersofT.palliduminclinicalbloodspecimensasacomplementarytoserologyforsyphilisdiagnosis.