肠球菌医院感染特征及新型抗菌药物耐药性研究

目的探讨肠球菌属细菌分布及耐药性特征,为指导临床合理用药及控制医院感染提供依据。方法对该院2011年1月至2013年12月年临床送检标本进行细菌分离培养、鉴定和药敏试验。结果共检出肠球菌属细菌140株,屎肠球菌71株(50.7%),粪肠球菌60株(42.9%),其他肠球菌9株(6.4%),其中尿液99株(70.7%);粪肠球菌对青霉素、氨苄西林、红霉素的耐药率为15.0%、12.5%和75.0%,屎肠球菌对青霉素、氨苄西林、左氧氟沙星、环丙沙星、红霉素耐药率大于80.0%,粪肠球菌和屎肠球菌对万古霉素(5.0%、4.2%)、利奈唑胺(8.4%、1.4%)极度敏感,喹奴普丁/达福普丁对粪肠球菌耐药率(100.0%)高于屎肠球菌(26.7%),达托霉素无耐药菌株。结论肠球菌属以泌尿系统感染为主,屎肠球菌检出率略大于粪肠球菌,屎肠球菌对大多数抗菌药物耐药率高于粪肠球菌,喹奴普丁/达福普丁仅对屎肠球菌有较高敏感性,万古霉素、利奈唑胺、达托霉素对肠球菌属细菌保持极高敏感性。     

16S rDNA测序技术在婴儿肠道微生态研究中的应用

目的探讨16SrDNA测序技术在新生儿、婴儿肠道微生态研究中的应用。方法于生后3天、1月、6月、1岁时收集2例健康婴儿粪便标本共8份,提取细菌总DNA,以Illumina Hiseq 2000为测序平台,采用新一代高通量16SrDNA宏基因组测序技术对V6可变区测序,并进行生物信息分析(物种分类和丰度分析;多样性分析)。结果 8份样品共产生原始测序数据为1 027.47 Mbp,Unique tags序列数量均值为58630,OTU数量63~209;优势菌门为Proteobacteria和Firmicutes;在科水平,1%的物种1个月之内2~4种,6月后达7~10种;1号婴儿一直以Enterobacteriaceae占优势,2号婴儿优势菌群包括Enterobacteriaceae、Lachnospiraceae、Streptococcaceae和Bacteroidaceae;4个时间点的npShannon和Simpson指数分别为1.17、1.29、2.16、2.51和0.43、0.40、0.26、0.14。结论 16SrDNA测序技术能满足新生儿、婴儿肠道微生态研究需求;新生儿、婴儿粪便中含丰富细菌基因组;细菌物种丰度及分类存在个体差异;从出生到1岁,婴儿肠道菌群结构趋向复杂和多样。     

Endoscopic Duodenal–Jejunal Bypass Liner Rapidly Improves Type 2 Diabetes

Background

Bariatric procedures excluding the proximal small intestine improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes within days. To gain insight into the mediators involved, we investigated factors regulating glucose homeostasis in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with the novel endoscopic duodenal–jejunal bypass liner (DJBL).

Methods

Seventeen obese patients (BMI 30–50 kg/m²) with type 2 diabetes received the DJBL for 24 weeks. Body weight and type 2 diabetes parameters, including HbA_1c and plasma levels of glucose, insulin, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), and glucagon, were analyzed after a standard meal before, during, and 1 week after DJBL treatment.

Results

At 24 weeks after implantation, patients had lost 12.7?±?1.3 kg (p?<?0.01), while HbA_1c had improved from 8.4?±?0.2 to 7.0?±?0.2 % (p?<?0.01). Both fasting glucose levels and the postprandial glucose response were decreased at 1 week after implantation and remained decreased at 24 weeks (baseline vs. week 1 vs. week 24: 11.6?±?0.5 vs. 9.0?±?0.5 vs. 8.6?±?0.5 mmol/L and 1,999?±?85 vs. 1,536?±?51 vs. 1,538?±?72 mmol/L/min, both p?<?0.01). In parallel, the glucagon response decreased (23,762?±?4,732 vs. 15,989?±?3,193 vs. 13,1207?±?1,946 pg/mL/min, p?<?0.05) and the GLP-1 response increased (4,440?±?249 vs. 6,407?±?480 vs. 6,008?±?429 pmol/L/min, p?<?0.01). The GIP response was decreased at week 24 (baseline—115,272?±?10,971 vs. week 24—88,499?±?10,971 pg/mL/min, p?<?0.05). Insulin levels did not change significantly. Glycemic control was still improved 1 week after explantation.

Conclusions

The data indicate DJBL to be a promising treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes, causing rapid improvement of glycemic control paralleled by changes in gut hormones.     

Myeloperoxidase is critically involved in the induction of organ damage after renal ischemia reperfusion

In this study the role of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in a murine (C57BL/6) model of ischemia and reperfusion (I/R)-induced renal failure was investigated. The renal function after I/R was analyzed in MPO-deficient (Mpo(-/-)) mice and compared with wild-type (WT) controls. A significant reduction in renal function loss (blood urea nitrogen) was observed after 24 hours of reperfusion of ischemically damaged kidneys in Mpo(-/-) mice compared with I/R WT controls (I/R Mpo(-/-) = 31.3 +/- 1.7 mmol/L versus I/R WT = 42.8 +/- 2.1 mmol/L, sham = 7.0 +/- 0.5 mmol/L; P = 0.003). The early reperfusion phase (2 hours of reperfusion) was characterized by a substantial increase in apoptosis and early complement activation, surprisingly similar in Mpo(-/-) and WT mice. Improved renal function in Mpo(-/-) mice after extended reperfusion was accompanied by a reduced neutrophil influx (P = 0.017) compared with WT controls. Activation and deposition of complement was not significantly reduced in Mpo(-/-) mice compared with WT controls after 24 hours of reperfusion, indicating no specific in vivo role for MPO in activating complement after renal I/R. Taken together, these results demonstrated an important contribution of MPO in the induction of organ damage after renal I/R by influencing critical factors such as neutrophil extravasation but not complement activation.     

A longitudinal immunologic evaluation of hemophiliac patients

Over an average span of one year, we performed a prospective clinical and immunologic evaluation of 30 patients with hemophilia. No patient developed life-threatening opportunistic infection or malignancy; however, the immunologic abnormalities and lymphadenopathy initially present in nine patients (lymphadenopathy group) persisted. In addition, five patients, representing 24% of the initial group without lymphadenopathy, developed generalized lymphadenopathy (converter group). One episode of idiopathic thrombocytopenia (ITP) and one episode of staphylococcal sepsis occurred in this "converter" group; one episode of ITP also occurred in the lymphadenopathy group. Sixteen patients remained asymptomatic. At the time of the follow-up evaluation, those differences in mononuclear cell (MNC) percentages and numbers noted initially among the three hemophiliac groups were no longer present. Natural killer cell function alone or in the presence of biologic response modifiers was not different among hemophiliac and control groups. Before developing lymphadenopathy, the converter group of patients had significantly better lymphocyte mitogenic function than did the other two groups of patients with hemophilia. However, lymphocyte mitogenic responses of all groups of patients with hemophilia significantly deteriorated over the course of the study. The abnormal mitogenic responses noted in these patients was explained in part by higher levels of spontaneous suppressor cell activity in mononuclear cell preparations from patients with hemophilia. We conclude that long-term immunologic studies of this patient population requires both quantitative and qualitative evaluations. Our data show that patients with hemophilia have progressive dysfunction of cell- mediated immunity.     

Modern approaches to the treatment of breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in women in this country. Until recently, the traditional treatment has been radical surgery with or without radiation therapy for patients with primary breast cancer, and palliative endocrine therapy followed by chemotherapy for patients with advanced disease. These treatments have met with limited effectiveness in terms of eradicating the disease. Studies in the past decade have given cause for optimism for breast cancer patients. Adjuvant systemic therapy after local treatment appears promising for certain subsets of patients with primary breast cancer. The development of estrogen receptor assays has markedly changed our approach to the disease and improved patient care. Estrogen receptor is an important prognostic factor and is useful in planning appropriate therapy for patients with primary breast cancer as well as those with advanced disease. Further research is urgently needed to improve the dismal survival of certain women with this common malignancy.     

CCK对孤束核中胃扩张相关神经元电活动的影响

目的：研究胆囊收缩素对孤束核中胃扩张相关神经元电活动的影响。方法：记录乌拉坦麻醉大鼠孤束核内胃扩张相关神经元的电活动,观察胃扩张以及静脉注射CCK对神经元电活动的影响。结果：外周静脉注射CCK对孤束核内胃扩张相关神经元自发电活动的影响是多样的,既具有兴奋效应（9／14）,也具有抑制效应（5／14）。但对于胃扩张诱发的孤束核神经元放电,不管是胃扩张兴奋性神经元还是胃扩张抑制性神经元,CCK均表现为抑制效应。结论：外周CCK可以影响孤束核内胃扩张相关神经元的活动。     

尖锐湿疣皮损中的微卫星DNA不稳定性

目的：探讨微卫星不稳定性在尖锐湿疣及其癌变中的作用及意义。方法：采用聚合酶链-单链构象多态性分析(PCR-SSCP)检测28例尖锐湿疣皮损中的微卫星DNA改变。结果：28例尖锐湿疣皮损中8例存在微卫星不稳定性。而且其主要出现在尖锐湿疣癌变中，未发现杂合性丢失。结论：尖锐湿疣及其癌变与微卫星不稳定性有关，临床上通过对尖锐湿疣患者微卫星不稳定性的检测，有可能对尖锐湿疣癌变作出可能性预测及早期诊断，为发现癌变高危人群提供新的依据。