Antifungal susceptibility testing practices in mycology laboratories in France, 2018

A survey of mycology laboratories for antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) was undertaken in France in 2018, to better understand the difference in practices between the participating centers and to identify the difficulties they may encounter as well as eventual gaps with published standards and guidelines. The survey captured information from 45 mycology laboratories in France on how they perform AFST (number of strains tested, preferred method, technical and quality aspects, interpretation of the MIC values, reading and interpretation difficulties). Results indicated that 86% of respondents used Etest as AFST method, with a combination of one to seven antifungal agents tested. Most of the participating laboratories used similar technical parameters to perform their AFST method and a large majority used, as recommended, internal and external quality assessments. Almost all the participating mycology laboratories (98%) reported difficulties to interpret the MIC values, especially when no clinical breakpoints are available. The survey highlighted that the current AFST practices in France need homogenization, particularly for MIC reading and interpretation.     

905株革兰阴性杆菌对氟哌酸耐药性的观察

本文就氟哌酸广泛应用于临床后,对近三年来从各种标本中分离出的905株革兰阴性杆菌吋氟哌酸的耐药性进行了观察研究,发现其敏感率呈逐年下降趋势,敏感率依次为93.39%、85.56%、79.38%,同时耐药性逐年升高,耐药率依次为4.96%、8.45%、17.27%。     

Statistical characterisation of bacterial wild-type MIC value distributions and the determination of epidemiological cut-off values

MIC distribution data were obtained from a variety of international sources, and pooled after selection by a defined criterion. Sixty-seven of these datasets were subjected to a range of statistical goodness-of-fit tests. The log-normal distribution was selected for subsequent modelling. Cumulative counts of MIC distribution data were fitted to the cumulative log-normal distribution using non-linear least squares regression for a range of data subsets from each antibiotic-bacterium combination. Estimated parameters in the regression were the number of isolates in the subset, and (the log(2) values of) the mean and standard deviation. Optimum fits for the cumulative log-normal curve were then used to determine the wild-type MIC range, determined by calculating the MICs associated with the lower and upper 0.1% of the distribution, rounding to the nearest two-fold dilution, and calculating the probabilities of values higher and lower than these values. When plotted logarithmically, histograms of MIC frequencies appeared normal (Gaussian), but standard goodness-of-fit tests showed that the two-fold dilution grouping of MICs fits poorly to a log-normal distribution, whereas non-linear regression gave good fits to population (histogram) log-normal distributions of log(2) MIC frequencies, and even better fits to log-normal cumulative distributions. Optimum fits were found when the difference between the estimated and true number of isolates in the fitted subset was minimal. Sixteen antibiotic-bacterium datasets were fitted using this technique, and the log(2) values of the means and standard deviations were used to determine the 0.1% and 99.9% wild-type cut-off values. When rounded to the nearest two-fold dilution, > or = 98.5% of MIC values fall within the cut-off value range. Non-linear regression fitting to a cumulative log-normal distribution is a novel and effective method for modelling MIC distributions and quantifying wild-type MIC ranges.     

Mueller–Hinton agar is superior to PDM blood agar for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The aim of this study was to compare the expression of oxacillin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on Paper Disc Method agar supplemented with 5% defibrinated blood (PDM blood agar) and Mueller–Hinton agar supplemented with 2% NaCl (MH NaCl agar) using different susceptibility tests. Fifty mecA- containing isolates of S. aureus, exhibiting 46 different pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, were comparatively tested using the E test, the single disk diffusion test, and the multipoint inoculation technique, under various culture conditions. The E test incubated at 35 °C for 24 h (breakpoint of resistance ≥2.0 mg/L) detected 94% of the isolates on MH NaCl agar, compared with 28% for PDM blood agar ( P  < 0.05). The disk diffusion test (breakpoint ≤ 10 mm in diameter) under these incubation conditions detected resistance in 100% of the isolates on MH NaCl agar and in 80% of the isolates on PDM blood agar ( P  < 0.05). The multipoint technique (breakpoint ≥1 mg/L), applied at 35 °C for 24 h, detected 100% on MH NaCl agar and 46% on PDM blood agar ( P  < 0.05). Irrespective of the method of susceptibility testing evaluated, MH NaCl agar was superior to PDM blood agar for the detection of oxacillin resistance in mecA -containing S. aureus .     

注射用清开灵冻干粉体外抗菌活性研究

目的：研究注射用清开灵冻干粉对临床分离致病菌的体外抗菌活性。方法：注射用清开灵冻干粉与市售清开灵注射液作比较，采用二倍稀释法，测定注射用清开灵冻干粉浓缩液对临床分离的47株致病菌的最低抑菌浓度（MIC）及最低杀菌浓度（憾），观察注射用清开灵冻干粉体外抗菌活性。结果：对金葡菌、大肠埃希菌、铜绿假单孢菌、肺炎克雷伯菌，注射用清开灵冻干粉与市售清开灵注射液均显示出良好的体外抗菌活性，注射用清开灵冻干粉体外抗菌活性强于市售清开灵注射液。按药液稀释度计算，注射用清开灵冻干粉浓缩液对金葡菌、大肠埃希菌、铜绿假单孢菌、肺炎克雷伯菌的MIC和MBC分别为市售清开灵注射液的1／4-1／2。结论：注射用清开灵冻干粉对临床分离的致病菌，具有较好的抗菌活性，且略优于市售清开灵注射液。     

Gentamicin susceptibility in Escherichia coli related to the genetic background: problems with breakpoints

In total, 120 Escherichia coli isolates positive for one of the gentamicin resistance (GEN(R)) genes aac(3)-II, aac(3)-IV or ant(2')-I were tested for gentamicin susceptibility by the agar dilution method. Isolates positive for aac(3)-IV or ant(2')-I had an MIC distribution of 8-64 mg/L, whereas isolates positive for aac(3)-II had MICs of 32 to >512 mg/L, suggesting a relationship between the distribution of MICs and the specific GEN(R) mechanism. The MIC distribution, regardless of the GEN(R) mechanism, was 8 - >512 mg/L, which supports the clinical breakpoint of MIC >4 mg/L suggested by EUCAST and questions the breakpoint recommended by the CLSI (> or =16 mg/L).     

妥布霉素伤用凝胶的体外抗菌作用研究

观察妥布霉素伤用凝胶的体外抗菌活性 ,为临床应用提供试验依据。采用平皿二倍稀释法测定了妥布霉素伤用凝胶对临床分离的 12 0株临床常见的革兰氏阳性及革兰氏阴性菌的体外抗菌作用。以对青霉素敏感的金葡菌、表葡菌、对庆大霉素敏感的大肠杆菌、敏感绿脓杆菌的作用为最强 ,MIC50 均为 0 2 5mg/L。妥布霉素伤用凝胶抗菌谱较广 ,对试验中的革兰氏阳性及革兰氏阴性菌均具有较强的杀灭或抑制作用 ,显示出较好的抗菌活性。     

018 MHC-Ⅰ链相关基因最新研究进展

人类MHC-Ⅰ链相关基因(MHC class Ⅰ chain-related genes,MIC)位于第6号染色体短臂HLA-Ⅰ类区域.但这些基因的组成、表达和产物不同于HLA-Ⅰ类基因.MIC的编码蛋白被认为是上皮细胞应急(stress)状态的标志,并作为激活NK细胞受体(NKG2D)的配体.目前,已有MIC蛋白与NKG2D结合的分子模型报道.尽管MIC的相关功能和多态性的意义并没有被完全阐明,MIC的高可变性和高多态性却是不争的事实[1].下面就MIC的表达、蛋白的结构、功能、基因座位、基因多态性和与疾病的关联作一综述.     

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of small round cell type with pleomorphic spindle cell sarcomatous areas

An unusual case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) arising in the posterior mediastinum of a 59-year-old man is reported. Histopathologically, the tumor showed an admixture of a dense proliferation of small round cells resembling a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) and a pleomorphic spindle cell sarcomatous area. Abortive rosettes, primitive neural tube-like structures, and a few glandular structures were found in the small round cell area. Small round cells were immunoreactive for neural cell adhesion molecule and synaptophysin, but were not immunoreactive for MIC2 and neuron-specific enolase. Pleomorphic spindle cells were occasionally arranged in a storiform pattern and were diffusely immunoreactive for S-100 protein. The MPNST of small round cell type is distinguishable from PNET by its negative immunoreactivity for MIC2, and the present tumor is assumed to be derived from primitive neuroectodermal cells in the peripheral nerve capable of bidirectional (neuron and Schwann cell) differentiation.     

射干和马齿苋对46株绿脓杆菌体外抑菌试验的研究

目的 :探讨射干、马齿苋对绿脓杆菌 ( PA)的体外抑菌作用。方法 :取射干、马齿苋水煎剂对4 6株PA进行 MIC试验 ,统计 MIC50 和 MIC90 。结果 :射干水煎剂对 PA MIC范围为 31.2 5～ 3.90 g/ L,MIC50 为 7.81g/ L,MIC90 为 15.62 g/ L;马齿苋水煎剂对 PA MIC范围为 31.2 5～ 7.81g/ L,MIC50 为15.62 g/ L,MIC90 为 31.2 5g/ L。结论 :射干、马齿苋于体外对绿脓杆菌有较强抑制作用。