Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli and therapeutic implications

Widespread antibiotic resistance has been recognized in Escherichia coli isolates from human, animal and environmental sources. Although prevalence rates for resistant E. coli strains are significantly distinct for various populations and environments, the impact of resistance to antimicrobial drugs is ubiquitous. This article provides information about the epidemiology, mechanisms and molecular principles of resistance, shows consequences for the antiinfective treatment of selected infections and describes measures to control the spread of antibiotic-resistant E. coli.     

生物蛋白胶联合大网膜包肾在门静脉高压症手术治疗中的应用

目的:评价医用生物蛋白胶(BFG)联合大网膜包肾(ORP)对门静脉高压症患者断流术后近期和远期疗效的影响。方法:将我院3年内(2003年11月～2006年5月)收治的118例门静脉高压症接受选择性贲门周围血管离断术(sPCDV)患者分成两组,即应用BFG联合ORP组(A组,n=72)和对照组(B组,n=46),比较两组手术后近期(一月)脾窝渗液、发热和远期上消化道再出血、肝性脑病和胃病等并发症的发生率。结果:A组手术近期脾窝渗液和发热率明显低于B组(P<0.05);A组和B组随访期间上消化道再出血率分别为1.3%和10.8%(P<0.05)、门静脉高压性胃病发生率分别为30.6%和65.2%(P<0.05);A组肝性脑病发生率与B组无明显差异(P>0.05)。结论:BFG联合ORP可有效降低选择性断流术后近期和远期并发症的发生,提高门静脉高压症患者断流术的疗效。     

音乐疗法治疗慢性精神分裂症疗效分析

目的 观察音乐疗法对慢性精神分裂症的治疗效果。方法 住院慢性精神分裂症患者64例，随机分为实验组和对照组，各32例，观察8周，以BPRS、SANS量表评定疗效。结果 两组患者BPRS、SANS评分差异均有显著性意义。结论 音乐疗法对慢性精神分裂症病人的康复治疗有一定疗效。     

The music of speech: music training facilitates pitch processing in both music and language

The main aim of the present experiment was to determine whether extensive musical training facilitates pitch contour processing not only in music but also in language. We used a parametric manipulation of final notes' or words' fundamental frequency (F0), and we recorded behavioral and electrophysiological data to examine the precise time course of pitch processing. We compared professional musicians and nonmusicians. Results revealed that within both domains, musicians detected weak F0 manipulations better than nonmusicians. Moreover, F0 manipulations within both music and language elicited similar variations in brain electrical potentials, with overall shorter onset latency for musicians than for nonmusicians. Finally, the scalp distribution of an early negativity in the linguistic task varied with musical expertise, being largest over temporal sites bilaterally for musicians and largest centrally and over left temporal sites for nonmusicians. These results are taken as evidence that extensive musical training influences the perception of pitch contour in spoken language.     

高压氧、尼莫地平、音乐综合治疗对缺血再灌注大鼠的作用

目的:观察高压氧(HBO)、尼莫地平、音乐综合治疗对缺血再灌注大鼠的作用。方法:采用电击、创伤刺激大鼠视、听觉,并结扎颈动脉,阻断血流20min再灌注,给予HBO+音乐(1组)、HBO+尼莫地平+音乐(2组)治疗,观察血小板选择素-CD62p(CD62p)、红细胞内钙(IECa2+)、红细胞变形指数(DI)及皮质醇(Cor)水平变化,并断头取脑作组织形态学分析。结果:应激1组、2组大鼠CD62p,IECa2+、Cor含量明显高于对照组(P<0.05),以应激1组更显著(P<0.01)。DI值应激1组明显低于对照组(P<0.05),应激2组DI值虽高但无统计学意义。脑组织形态学变化:应激1组神经细胞大部分肿胀、固缩、变性并崩解;应激2组变化轻微。结论:HBO、尼莫地平、音乐综合治疗有益于缺血性脑血管病的康复。     

免疫吸附疗法治疗高脂血症疗效观察

目的 观察低密度脂蛋白(LDL)免疫吸附疗法对高脂血症的治疗效果.方法73例高脂血症患者接受LDL免疫吸附治疗.比较1次治疗前后各项血脂指标的变化.部分病例1个月后复查血脂各项指标.总结LDL免疫吸附疗法的安全性和副作用.结果①所有患者经1次LDL免疫吸附后血甘油三脂、胆固醇和低密度脂蛋白均有明显下降(p<0.01).高密度脂蛋白略有下降(p>0.05).患者临床症状改善.②治疗后1个月复查,血脂各项指标恢复到治疗前水平(p>0.05).③3例药物治疗不能控制的乳糜微粒血症患者经LDL免疫吸附治疗后血脂明显下降,但仍达不到正常范围.其中1例治疗后继续服用原降脂药物,药物疗效较前提高.④30例患者治疗过程出现低血压.结论LDL免疫吸附能有效降低血甘油三脂、胆圃醇和低密度脂蛋白水平,对高密度蛋白无明显影响.1次治疗所能维持血脂于低水平的时间短暂.部分患者临床症状改善.低血压是主要并发症.     

主、被动音乐治疗对慢性精神分裂症疗效分析

目的　观察主、被动音乐治疗对慢性精神分裂症治疗效果。方法　慢性精神分裂症 72例 ,随机分为主、被动音乐治疗组 ,各 3 6例 ,观察 8周。以 BPRS、SANS量表评定疗效。结果　两组患者 BPRS、SANS量表评分差异均有显著性意义。结论　对慢性精神分裂症的康复治疗主动性音乐治疗优于被动性音乐治疗。     

Profile of autoantibody to basement membrane zone proteins in patients with mucous membrane pemphigoid: long-term follow up and influence of therapy

Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is an autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering disease characterized by autoantibodies to components within the basement membrane zone. In this study, we report the titers of autoantibodies to antigens in the BMZ, in the sera of 13 patients, treated with intravenous immunoglobulin as monotherapy over a consecutive 18-month period. Using bovine gingiva lysate as substrate in an immunoblot assay, autoantibodies to human bullous pemphigoid antigens (BPAg1 and BPAg2), human beta4 integrin, and laminin 5 were measured. A statistically significant (P < 0.05) decline in the autoantibody titers to beta4-integrin was observed after 3.42 months of initiating the IVIg therapy. These titers were undetectable after 13 months of therapy. The titers of antibodies to BPAg1 and BPAg2 did not correlate with disease activity or response to therapy. Antibodies to laminins were not detected. In patients with MMP, autoantibody titers to beta4-integrin correlate with disease activity and response to therapy.     

Inhibition of C5 or absence of C6 protects from sepsis mortality

Inhibiting complement anaphlytoxin C5a during sepsis may prevent sepsis mortality. Although human anti-C5 antibodies exist, their therapeutic use in microbial sepsis has been avoided because of the hypothesis that inhibiting C5b will prevent formation of the bactericidal membrane attack complex (MAC) and worsen clinical outcome. We wished to test the hypothesis that inhibition of C5 would improve outcomes in sepsis. Sepsis was induced in rats by laparotomy and cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) by an IACUC-approved protocol. Sham animals underwent laparotomy without CLP. Following CLP rats were randomized to receive a single IV dose of purified IgG ant-C5 antibody (Ab) or control IgG Ab. Anti-C5 Ab treated rats (n = 20) had significantly lower mortality vs. controls (n = 21), 20% vs. 52% (P = 0.019, log-rank). Analysis of bacterial load by culture of spleen and liver homogenates showed a reduction in colony forming units in anti-C5 Ab treated rats vs. control IgG (P = 0.003 and 0.009, respectively). Anti-C5 treatment reduced lung injury as measured by total MPO content of lung tissue (P = 0.024). Finally, rats genetically deficient in C6 production, unable to form MAC but capable of producing C5a and C5b, were protected from CLP-induced sepsis mortality. Our results show that in anti-C5 antibody therapy prevents CLP sepsis-induced mortality and improves lung injury. Inhibition of the complement MAC does not increase bacterial load or mortality, therefore, the use of anti-C5 therapy may be beneficial rather than detrimental in sepsis.     

The “Mozart Effect”: An Electroencephalographic Analysis Employing the Methods of Induced Event-Related Desynchronization/Synchronization and Event-Related Coherence

The event-related responses of 18 individuals were recorded while they were listening to 3 music clips of 6 s duration which were repeated 30 times each. The music clips differed in the level of their complex structure, induced mood, musical tempo and prominent frequency. They were taken from Mozart's sonata (K. 448), and Brahms' Hungarian dance (no. 5). The third clip was a simplified version of the theme taken from Haydn's symphony (no. 94) played by a computer synthesizer. Significant differences in induced event-related desynchronization between the 3 music clips were only observed in the lower-1 alpha band which is related to attentional processes. A similar pattern was observed for the coherence measures. While respondents listened to the Mozart clip, coherence in the lower alpha bands increased more, whereas in the gamma band a less pronounced increase was observed as compared with the Brahms and Haydn clips. The clustering of the three clips based on EEG measures distinguished between the Mozart clip on the one hand, and the Haydn and Brahms clips on the other, even though the Haydn and Brahms clips were at the opposite extremes with regard to the mood they induced in listeners, musical tempo, and complexity of structure. This would suggest that Mozart's music--with no regard to the level of induced mood, musical tempo and complexity--influences the level of arousal. It seems that modulations in the frequency domain of Mozart's sonata have the greatest influence on the reported neurophysiological activity.