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Objective: To explore the clinical significance of detecting mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP)-DNA, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8, and IL-10 in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP)., Methods: The data from 106 children who received treatment or underwent health examination in the Children's Medical Center of Anhui Medical University from January 2021 to October 2022 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. The observation group (OG) consisted of 64 children with MPP, while the control group (CG) consisted of 42 healthy children. The levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, CRP, and MP-DNA were compared between the two groups. The diagnostic value of MP-DNA in patients with MPP and its correlation with the levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and CRP were analyzed., Results: The level of MP-DNA in the OG was notably higher than that in the CG (P<0.05). Additionally, the levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and CRP in the OG were significantly higher than those in the CG (P<0.05). MP-DNA was positively correlated with the levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and CRP (P<0.05). The area under the curve of MP-DNA in diagnosing MPP was 0.979, with a specificity of 92.19% and a sensitivity of 97.62%., Conclusion: Indicators such as MP-DAN, IL-6, IL-8 are crucial in the development and progression of MPP, playing an important role in diagnosing and treating patients with MPP., Competing Interests: None., (AJTR Copyright © 2024.)

In this paper, high-throughput sequencing technology was adopted to visualize the microbial communities on the surfaces of two types of carbon steel immersed in Sea Area Ⅰ. The results showed that different microbial communities were formed on different carbon steel surfaces, in which the genus with the highest abundance on the surface of Q235 was Escherichia - Shigella , while anaerobic Desulfovibrio on the surface of 921a was the most abundant, and the dominant genus varied with the depth of the rust layer. In addition, the distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) on the surface of Q235 submerged in Sea Area Ⅱ was compared with the sulfate-reducing bacteria's distribution in Sea Area Ⅰ, using the environmental factors correlation analysis. The results showed that the concentrations of Ca 2+ , Na + , K + , Mg 2+ , and Al 3+ were positively correlated with the distribution of SRB, while the concentrations of Cu 2+ , Zn 2+ , SO 4 2- , Cl - , NO 3 - , and organic carbon were negatively correlated with it. Furthermore, there was a highly significant correlation between each geochemical factor and Desulfotomaculum ( p  < 0.01)., Competing Interests: The authors declare there are no competing interests.

We used metagenomic sequencing combined with morphological and chemical analyses to investigate microbial taxa and functions related to copper-resistance and microbiologically influenced corrosion in mature copper-associated biofilms in coastal seawater for 44 months. Facultative anaerobic microbes such as Woeseia sp. were found to be the dominant groups on the copper surface. Genes related to stress response and possible heavy metal transport systems, especially RNA polymerase sigma factors ( rpoE ) and putative ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transport system permease protein ( ABC.CD.P ) were observed to be highly enriched in copper-associated biofilms, while genes encoding DNA-methyltransferase and RNA polymerase subunit were highly enriched in aluminum-associated biofilms and seawater planktonic cells, respectively. Moreover, copper-associated biofilms harbored abundant copper-resistance genes including cus , cop and pco , as well as abundant genes related to extracellular polymeric substances, indicating the presence of diverse copper-resistance patterns. The proportion of dsr in copper-associated biofilms, key genes related to sulfide production, was as low as that in aluminum biofilm and seawater, which ruled out the possibility of microbial sulfide-induced copper-corrosion under field conditions. These results may fill knowledge gaps about the in situ microbial functions of marine biofilms and their effects on toxic-metal corrosion., (Copyright © 2019 Zhang, Ma, Zhang, Zhang, Zhai, Li, Xu, Jiang, Duan and Hou.)