April 2011

Procalcitonin (PCT), C reactive protein (CRP) and its correlation with severity in early sepsis

Sepsis is a common cause of death, and represents a potentially life threatening disorder. Biochemical markers useful to initiate early antimicrobial treatment are being studied. Procalcitonin (PCT) and C reactive protein (CRP) have been proposed as markers for this purpose. To establish the level of PCT and CRP in early sepsis and its correlation with the APACHE II scale, levels of PCT and CRP were taken from 39...

Author(s): Fernando Rogelio Espinosa López, Abraham Emilio Reyes Jiménez, Germán Carrasco Tobon, Jesús Duarte Mote, and Octavio Novoa Farías

April 2011

The study of association between bacterial vaginosis and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia at Xiangya Hospital (Changsha-Hunan, China)

This study was to explore the relationship between bacterial vaginosis and cervical dysplasia. Vaginal discharge gram stain, liquid-based thinlayer cystoFast test (TCT), human papilloma virus (HPV) types 16, 18 test, colposcopy and directed biopsy were performed among 46 patients with cervical dysplasia served as investigate group and 100 patients with cervicitis served as control group. There was statistically...

Author(s): Mamoudou Camara Yuhong Hang and Yao Ruojin