GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR快速检测艰难梭菌的临床评估

目的对GeneXpert实时荧光定量聚合酶链反应(PCR)在快速检测临床粪便标本中艰难梭菌的应用进行评估。方法采用双拭子蘸取临床未成形粪便标本,一支拭子用于GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR检测艰难梭菌毒素基因tcdB,另一支用于常规厌氧菌培养检测;对GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR检测结果与常规厌氧菌培养结果的一致性进行统计学分析,并计算GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值等参数。结果临床收集到141例未成形粪便标本,GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR检出艰难梭菌毒素基因tcdB阳性42例,其中常规厌氧菌培养阳性34例,两者一致性较好(Kappa=0.775 0,P0.01),GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为87.2%、92.2%、81.0%和94.9%。结论 GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR直接检测粪便标本中的艰难梭菌具有检测快速、操作简便等优点,有重要的临床应用价值。     

GeneXpert实时荧光定量PCR在诊断艰难梭菌感染中的临床应用

目的评价Gene Xpert实时荧光定量PCR法在诊断艰难梭菌感染中的应用价值。方法收集住院腹泻患者非重复粪便标本296份,同时进行Gene Xpert试验和产毒素培养(toxigenic culture,TC)。TC包括厌氧培养、菌株基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF MS)鉴定、PCR扩增艰难梭菌毒素基因。以TC结果为参考,评价Gene Xpert试验的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值,并评价Gene Xpert试验和TC 2种方法结果的一致性。结果 Gene Xpert试验的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为98.5%、92.6%、91.7%和98.7%。Gene Xpert试验与TC一致性好(Kappa=0.905)。Gene Xpert试验报告2株RT027型高毒力菌株,经核糖体分型确证为RT027型艰难梭菌。结论 Gene Xpert实时荧光定量PCR可快速、准确检测粪便标本中的艰难梭菌毒素基因,且可报告高毒力RT027型菌株,具有重要的临床应用价值。     

Xpert艰难梭菌检测系统的临床应用评价

目的评估Xpert艰难梭菌检测系统的临床应用价值。方法选取43份腹泻粪便标本,采用厌氧培养法、VIDAS检测A/B毒素法和Xpert艰难梭菌检测系统检测艰难梭菌,以产毒培养法作为金标准对检测方法进行评价,并比较不同检测方法对临床标本检测结果的一致性。通过自配027型标准菌株模拟粪便标本,验证Xpert艰难梭菌检测系统筛选027型流行株的能力。结果以产毒培养法为金标准,Xpert艰难梭菌检测系统的敏感性和特异性分别为90.9%和93.8%,阳性和阴性预测值分别为83.3%和96.8%。与产毒培养法结果一致性检验Kappa值为0.822(P0.05),与VIDAS检测A/B毒素法结果一致性检验Kappa值为0.419(P0.05);027型标准菌株模拟粪便标本检测结果阳性并报告为027型。结论 Xpert艰难梭菌检测系统能够快速准确地检测粪便标本中的艰难梭菌相关基因,且能准确报告027型高产毒力菌株。     

2种艰难梭菌感染检测方法的比较与分析

目的比较酶联免疫荧光分析(ELFA)与实时荧光定量PCR(PCR)2种艰难梭菌感染(Clostridium difficile infection,CDI)检测方法的检验性能,从中选择灵敏度高、特异性好且操作简便的CDI检验方法开展临床检验。方法对来自重症监护病房(ICU)、消化内科及感染科等临床科室的126份粪便标本进行艰难梭菌毒素或基因检测。以产毒培养试验(toxigenic culture,TGC)结果作为参考标准,评价ELFA与PCR方法的性能,同时分析我院及各科室的CDI流行情况。结果 TGC检测126份腹泻患者的粪便标本,阳性率为19.0%(24/126),其中ICU、消化内科感染率较高。ELFA和PCR方法的检测敏感性分别为66.7%和91.7%,差异有统计学意义(χ2=4.55,P0.05);特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值与准确度差异无统计学意义。结论我院CDI形势较为严峻,以ICU和消化内科最为突出。PCR与ELFA均能够提供更为准确、可靠的检测结果,但前者敏感性较好。     

艰难梭菌谷氨酸脱氢酶抗原及毒素检测试剂盒的性能评估

目的对新产品艰难梭菌谷氨酸脱氢酶抗原及毒素检测试剂盒(免疫层析法,C.DIFF QUICK CHEK COMPLETE)进行性能评估。方法收集临床腹泻患者粪便标本130份,对腹泻粪便标本同时进行艰难梭菌毒素A/B检测试剂盒、艰难梭菌谷氨酸脱氢酶抗原及毒素检测试剂盒和毒素培养检测,以金标准毒素培养法结果作为参比标准,评价各种检测方法的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值,从而对艰难梭菌谷氨酸脱氢酶抗原及毒素检测试剂盒进行性能评估。结果毒素培养法检测艰难梭菌的阳性率为13.8%(18/130)。与金标准方法相比,艰难梭菌谷氨酸脱氢酶抗原及毒素检测试剂盒的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为55.6%、98.2%、83.3%和93.2%,艰难梭菌毒素A/B检测试剂盒的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为50.0%、95.6%、64.3%和92.1%。结论艰难梭菌谷氨酸脱氢酶抗原及毒素检测试剂盒特异性高,阳性预测值较高,且检测周期短,无需特殊仪器平台,可作为医院门、急诊艰难梭菌感染的初筛试剂盒。     

艰难梭菌毒素基因检测及分子流行病学分析

目的了解腹泻患者艰难梭菌感染现状,并分析分离菌株的核糖体分型情况。方法收集161例住院腹泻患者粪便标本进行艰难梭菌毒素基因PCR检测,同时进行产毒培养法,并比较2种方法的一致性;对分离的艰难梭菌进行核糖体分型。结果艰难梭菌产毒培养法阳性率为9.94%(16/161),粪便艰难梭菌毒素基因阳性率为9.94%(16/161),2种方法结果差异无统计学(P0.05),一致性较好(Kappa0.75)。培养所得18株艰难梭菌中A、B毒素基因均阴性的2株(11.11%),tcdA~+tcdB~+产毒株15株(83.33%),tcdA~-tcdB~+1株(5.56%)。18株艰难梭菌核糖体分型分为16种型别(GS1～GS16),未发现核糖体分型027型菌株。结论艰难梭菌粪便毒素基因PCR检测可用于临床诊断,未发现本院艰难梭菌暴发流行。     

快速检测粪便中艰难梭菌的方法研究

目的建立可用于粪便中艰难梭菌快速检测的环介导恒温扩增(LAMP)方法。方法针对艰难梭菌毒素A基因,设计引物。采用LAMP对艰难梭菌和其他腹泻干扰菌及不同浓度艰难梭菌的扩增检测,对其特异性和灵敏度进行评价。同时采用LAMP和荧光定量PCR对100例疑似艰难梭菌感染的临床腹泻患者粪便进行检测,对两种方法进行比较。结果 LAMP对艰难梭菌及6种腹泻干扰菌的检测,只针对艰难梭菌有扩增,显示了较好的特异性。LAMP最低检测限为10CFU/mL,灵敏度较高。对100例临床粪便标本LAMP检测结果与荧光定量PCR比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05,χ2=0.1429)。结论本研究建立的粪便中艰难梭菌的LAMP快速检测方法特异性好、灵敏度较高、操作简便,适用于艰难梭菌的临床快速检测及现场检测。     

艰难梭菌婴幼儿分离株毒力及基因型分布研究

目的明确深圳地区婴幼儿粪便中分离出的艰难梭菌的毒力及其基因型。方法收集深圳市宝安区妇幼保健院2014-2015年分离出的49株艰难梭菌菌株,PCR检测其毒素A、B的编码基因tcd A、tcd B的携带状况,数字化PCR-核糖体分型方法进行基因分型。结果 49株艰难梭菌tcd A、tcd B携带率分别为44.9%(22/49)和59.2%(29/49),其中22株tcd A、tcd B均为阳性,7株为tcd A阴性、tcd B阳性;49株菌可分为22种核糖体型,最常见的核糖体型为RT017(7/49,14.3%),BA03(5/49,10.2%),BA16(5/49,10.2%)和BA13(4/49,8.2%)。7株RT017菌株均为tcd A-tcd B+,而最常见的tcd A~+tcd B~+菌株(44.9%,22/49)则来自RT017以外的15种核糖体型。结论深圳地区婴幼儿中分离出的艰难梭菌半数以上为产毒株,且产毒株多同时携带tcd A、tcd B基因;基因型则以RT017为主,且均为产毒素B而不产毒素A菌株。     

TaqMan实时荧光定量PCR检测艰难梭菌

目的 建立特异敏感的实时荧光定量PCR方法,用于艰难梭菌的快速检测;评价基于纯培养艰难梭菌和粪便中艰难梭菌的2种标准曲线;并应用该荧光定量PCR法对急性艰难梭菌感染（CDI）的小鼠进行粪便含菌量检测评价。方法 针对艰难梭菌基因组中16S rRNA序列设计特异性引物和探针,建立一套快速检测艰难梭菌含量的实时荧光定量PCR方法,验证方法的特异性、灵敏性;绘制艰难梭菌纯菌浓度梯度稀释标准曲线和粪便中同浓度梯度艰难梭菌的标准曲线,比较两者的差异;用艰难梭菌高毒株NAP1/027感染用抗生素处理的C57BL/6小鼠,建立CDI小鼠模型,同时应用该荧光定量PCR和活菌培养法定量检测小鼠粪便中的艰难梭菌含量变化。结果 建立的TaqMan实时荧光定量PCR具有较高的灵敏性和特异性,生成标准曲线的相关系数为0.999 8,斜率为-3.400 4;用纯培养艰难梭菌和粪便中艰难梭菌分别制备标准曲线,结果表明2种标准曲线定量检测结果差异无统计学意义。建立CDI小鼠模型,应用该荧光PCR能有效、准确的检测出粪便中艰难梭菌的含量,可替代费时费力的活菌培养计数法。结论 用纯培养艰难梭菌来制备标准曲线不影响对含菌粪便标本的准确定量检测,荧光定量PCR能准确快捷地检测CDI小鼠粪便中的艰难梭菌含量,比活菌计数更快速和方便,可用于艰难梭菌感染小鼠模型中小鼠肠道内艰难梭菌定植的定量检测。     

利用实时荧光定量PCR技术检测毒素基因快速鉴定A/B型肉毒梭菌方法的建立

目的建立针对A/B型肉毒梭菌毒素基因的实时荧光定量PCR（real-time PCR）检测方法,构建标准曲线,评价该方法的特异性、敏感性及检测下限,以提高肉毒梭菌检测的快速性、准确性。方法根据肉毒梭菌A/B型毒素基因设计特异性引物及探针,优化反应条件,建立real-time PCR反应体系。 用25种细菌评价该方法的特异性,使用含有A/B型毒素基因特异性序列的重组质粒标准品构建标准曲线,模拟粪便标本,评价建立方法的灵敏度。结果建立的real-time PCR检测方法特异性好,携带A/B型毒素基因的重组质粒均出现相应特异性扩增曲线,对其他25种细菌进行试验扩增时,均未见出现特异性扩增曲线。 根据重组质粒标准品构建的标准曲线可确定其对肉毒梭菌A/B型毒素基因检测灵敏度分别为5.04×102拷贝/μl和6.91×102拷贝/μl。 模拟粪便标本中含有目的基因重组质粒的检测下限为A型1.71×103拷贝/μl,B型2.14×103拷贝/μl。结论本研究设计了适合检测国内肉毒梭菌 A/B 型的引物和探针,建立 real-time?PCR 快速检测体系,为我国肉毒梭菌 A/B 型菌株的快速鉴定提供一种新的技术手段。     

Guns and Knives in New Mexico: Patterns of Penetrating Trauma, 1978–1993

Objective: To identify patterns of nonfatal and fatal penetrating trauma among children and adults in New Mexico using ED and medical examiner data.
Methods: The authors retrospectively sampled in 5-year intervals all victims of penetrating trauma who presented to either the state Level-1 trauma center or the state medical examiner from a 16-year period (1978–1993). Rates of nonfatal and fatal firearm and stabbing injury were compared for children and adults.
Results: Rates of nonfatal injury were similar (firearm, 34.3 per 100,000 person-years; stabbing, 35.1). However, rates of fatal injury were significantly different (firearm, 21.9; stabbing, 2.7; relative risk: 8.2; 95% confidence interval: 5.4, 12.5). From 1978 to 1993, nonfatal injury rates increased for children (p = 0.0043) and adults (p < 0.0001), while fatal penetrating injury remained constant. The increase in nonfatal injury in children resulted from increased firearm injury rates. In adults, both stabbing and firearm nonfatal injury rates increased.
Conclusions: Nonfatal injury data suggest that nonfatal violence has increased; fatal injury data suggest that violent death rates have remained constant. Injury patterns vary by age, mechanism of trauma, and data source. These results suggest that ED and medical examiner data differ and that both are needed to guide injury prevention programs.     

Systematic Reviews Published in the January 2011 Issue of The Cochrane Library

ABSTRACT

The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly as a DVD and monthly online. The January 2011 issue (first quarterly DVD for 2011) contains 4515 complete reviews, 1985 protocols for reviews in production, and 13,521 one-page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature. In addition, there are citations of 641,000 randomized controlled trials, and 14,018 cited papers in the Cochrane methodology register. The health technology assessment database contains over 9300 citations. One hundred and seven new reviews have been published in the last 3 months, of which five have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine.     

Interprofessional approaches to creating safe,high quality health care

Three supplementary perspectives are presented arguing that interprofessional collaboration is both necessary and desirable. Nonetheless, there are often too many serious intra-professional barriers and obstacles to interprofessional collaboration to make it successful. Some of these barriers, it is argued and illustrated, are found in the multiple ways in which professional identity is tacitly acquired and embodied in the practitioners' habitual, everyday practice. The paper then explores ways in which reflection, especially Second order reflection, can help to elucidate and overcome these obstacles, as well as increasing professional adaptability and competence.     

Prise en charge des entorses externes de cheville : étude clinique préliminaire sur l’efficacité du dispositif Myolux™

Ankle sprains are the most common injury of the musculoskeletal system and are associated with significant societal and economic impacts. It has been proven that classical therapeutic strategies may not be effective in preventing recurrent injuries: the recurrence rates reported in the literature can reach 73%. In order to provide an effective rehabilitation solution, a destabilizing orthosis was developed. This device is equipped with a mechanical articulator reproducing the subtalar mechanics and placed under the heel. In this paper, we present the main results of a preliminary clinical study conducted between 2004 and 2007. All subjects included in this study were treated with the abovementioned orthosis during 10 rehabilitation sessions of 30 minutes each. Data show a relatively low recurrence rate of 12% for the overall population. Moreover, it's of primary importance to note that this satisfactory ratio is largely reduced (3% of recurrence rate) for the 29 patients who performed one training session per month after the 10th initial rehabilitation sessions. Hence, the destabilizing orthosis appears to be an effective solution to prevent recurrent ankle sprains. However, joint protection requires long-term and regular training sessions. This result has motivated the development of a similar device allowing patients to perform training sessions at home. Finally, data obtained in this study are promising awaiting the final results of the comparative, multicentric and independent clinical trials currently managed by the Hospices Civils de Lyon.     

Determination of creatine kinase isoenzyme MB activity in serum using immunological inhibition of creatine kinase M subunit activity. Activity kinetics and diagnostic significance in myocardial infarction.

This is a new method for the determination of creatine kinase isoenzyme MB activity in serum. The method uses direct activity measurement of creatine kinase B subunit activity after blocking of CK-M subunit activity by inhibiting antibodies. The test takes no longer than 15 min. The method yields an intra-serial C.V. of 2.0-12.9%, and a C.V. from day to day of 5.5%. The detection limit is 3.4 U/l creatine kinase MB. In the 95 cases with proven myocardial infarction several types of creatine kinase MB activity kinetics could be determined. The percentage of creatine kinase MB of peak CK-total is 6-25%, with a mean of 11.1%. The amount of creatine kinase MB with respect to total CK activity after reinfarction is higher than the amount after initial infarction.     

俯卧位通气对高海拔地区肺复张治疗无效急性呼吸窘迫综合征患者氧合的影响

目的 探讨俯卧位通气对高海拔地区肺复张术(RM)治疗无效急性呼吸窘迫综合征(ARDS)患者的治疗作用.方法 从海拔2260m的地区医院筛选RM治疗无效的41例ARDS患者[平均氧合指数( PaO2/FiO2)较RM前升高＜20％视为RM无效],依不同病因分为肺内源性ARDS组(ARDSp组)和肺外源性ARDS组(ARDSexp组),每组再按信封法随机分为俯卧位组和仰卧位组,即ARDSp俯卧位组(11例)、ARDSp仰卧位组(9例)、ARDSexp俯卧位组(10例)、ARDSexp仰卧位组(11例).在通气前及通气1、2、3、4h监测动脉血氧分压( PaO2)、PaO2/FiO2、静态顺应性(Cst)、气道阻力(Raw)的变化.结果 通气lh时,ARDSexp俯卧位组PaO2/FiO2( mm Hg,l mm Hg=0.133 kPa)即较通气前显著升高(157.4±40.6比129.3±48.7,P＜0.05),并随通气时间延长呈持续增高趋势,4h达峰值(219.1 ±41.1);且ARDSexp俯卧位组通气3h内PaO2/FiO2较其他3组显著增高,另3组间则差异无统计学意义.ARDSp俯卧位组、ARDSexp俯卧位组通气4h时PaO2/FiO2均较相应仰卧位组显著增高(208.8±39.7比127.4±47.1,219.1±41.1比124.9±50.8,均P＜0.05).4组通气前后Cst无显著改变,各组间差异也无统计学意义.ARDSp俯卧位组通气4h时Raw(cmH2O·L-1·s-1)较通气前显著降低(6.8±1.7比10.7±1.8,P＜0.05),且明显低于其他3组;其他3组各时间点Raw组内及组间比较差异均无统计学意义.结论 俯卧位通气作为ARDS机械通气重要策略之一,可以改善RM无效高原ARDS患者的氧合,为抢救患者赢得宝贵的时间.     

Digital imaging among medical facilities

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the USA operates a network of 172 medical centres which all utilize a hospital information system (HIS) which has been developed and is currently maintained by the VA. During the past several years, an image management and communication module has been developed, installed and clinically utilized at the Washington DC and Maryland VA Medical Centres. This image management and communication system, referred to as the decentralized hospital computer program (DHCP) imaging system, is fully integrated with a commercial picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The system is utilized to capture, archive, and display all images generated within the hospital including radiology, nuclear medicine, pathology, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, and dermatology, intraoperative photographs, ECG data, and a limited number of paper documents. The ultimate goal of the project is to have all patient text and image data available at any clinical workstation to any authorized user anywhere within the network of medical centres. Clinical requirements for an imaging workstation include ease of use, rapid and reliable access to the complete set of patient information, and images which are of acceptable quality to meet the requirements of the user and the subspecialty. Patient confidentiality and data security must be safeguarded at all times. Integration of the images with the remainder of the patient's database was found to be critical to the success of the project. The experience at the Washington and Maryland facilities suggests that an imaging system that is successfully integrated with a hospital information system can provide substantial clinical and economic benefits both within and among medical centres. Clinical acceptance and utilization of the system has been excellent, particularly in diagnostic radiology where DHCP Imaging has been interfaced to a commercial PAC system. Based upon this initial experience, the VA has begun to deploy the system throughout its large network of medical centres.     

Myocardial elastography at both high temporal and spatial resolution for the detection of infarcts

Myocardial elastography is a novel method for noninvasively assessing regional myocardial function, with the advantages of high spatial and temporal resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In this paper, in-vivo experiments were performed in anesthetized normal and infarcted mice (one day after left anterior descending coronary artery [LAD] ligation) using a high-resolution (30 MHz) ultrasound system (Vevo 770, VisualSonics Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada). Radiofrequency (RF) signals of the left ventricle (LV) in longitudinal (long-axis) view and the associated electrocardiogram (ECG) were simultaneously acquired. Using a retrospective ECG gating technique, 2-D full field-of-view RF frames were acquired at an extremely high frame rate (8 kHz) that resulted in high-quality incremental displacement and strain estimation of the myocardium. The incremental results were further accumulated to obtain the cumulative displacements and strains. Two-dimensional and M-mode displacement images and strain images (elastograms), as well as displacement and strain profiles as a function of time, were compared between normal and infarcted mice. Incremental results clearly depicted cardiac events including LV contraction, LV relaxation and isovolumetric phases in both normal and infarcted mice, and also evidently indicated reduced motion and deformation in the infarcted myocardium. The elastograms indicated that the infarcted regions underwent thinning during systole rather than thickening, as in the normal case. The cumulative elastograms were found to have higher elastographic SNR (SNR(e)) than the incremental elastograms (e.g., 10.6 vs. 4.7 in a normal myocardium, and 6.0 vs. 2.4 in an infarcted myocardium). Finally, preliminary statistical results from nine normal (m = 9) and seven infarcted (n = 7) mice indicated the capability of the cumulative strain in differentiating infracted from normal myocardia. In conclusion, myocardial elastography could provide regional strain information at simultaneously high temporal (>/=0.125 ms) and spatial ( approximately 55 microm) resolution as well as high precision ( approximately 0.05 microm displacement). This technique was thus capable of accurately characterizing normal myocardial function throughout an entire cardiac cycle, at the same high resolution, and detecting and localizing myocardial infarction in vivo.