1.Detection situation of L-form bacteria in urinary calculi and drug resistance
Guoning LI ; Xiaoliang HUANG ; Weiling LIU ; Hangjia QIU ; Bin ZHENG
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2017;38(4):461-462
Objective To investigate the infection situation of L-form bacteria in urinary calculi from the patients with urolithia-sis in a hospital to provide a scientific basis for postoperative anti-infection and prevention of urinary stone recurrence.Methods The calculi samples in 265 cases of urinary calculi from October to December 2015 were collected and performed the culture of com-mon bacteria and L-form bacteria respectively.Culture of common bacteria and bacterial L-forms.Results Among 265 cases of uri-nary calculi ,8 cases(3% ,8/265) were L-form Bacterial combined with common bacterial infection ,only 7 cases(2.6% ,7/265) were L-form bacterial infection ,80 cases (30.0% ,80/265) were common bacterial infection.15 strains of L-form bacteria were detected and 96 strains of common bacteria were detected.The drug resistance of L-form bacteria was significantly increased compared with common bacteria.Conclusion The positive rate of L-form bacteria culture of urinary calculi is lower than other domestic reports. Adding hypertonic medium for conducting L-form bacterial isolation and culture in the patients with urinary tract infection can re-duce the false negative.
2.Expression of collagen and salvage treatment for recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after radical chemoradiotherapy
Ning LU ; Hangjia ZHU ; Zhen HUANG ; Jing WANG ; Wei SHI ; Yi GONG ; Hu QIU ; Shaobo KE ; Yongshun CHEN
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2024;33(7):614-619
Objective:To investigate the change of collagen fibers in locally recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after radical chemoradiotherapy and the discrepancy of adverse effects and survival outcomes among groups with different salvage treatments, provide references for the options of salvage therapy.Methods:Medical records of 137 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who received radical chemoradiotherapy and had local recurrence admitted to Cancer Center of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from January 2015 to September 2022 were retrospectively collected. The expression of collagen fibers in paraffin samples of cases with different recurrence time was determined by Masson staining, and the differences of the average optical density were calculated. According to the salvage treatment after local recurrence, all cases were divided into the salvage surgery group, second-course chemoradiotherapy group and immunochemotherapy group. The differences of survival outcomes and incidence rates of esophageal tracheal fistula, hemorrhage, pericardial effusion, radiation pneumonitis, radiation esophagitis were analyzed among the three groups. The differences of survival rates were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method and compared by log-rank test among groups.Results:The expression of collagen fibers in recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was significantly higher than that in primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Collagen fiber expression was gradually down-regulated with the prolongation of recurrence time. The expression of collagen fibers in recurrent cases after 7 years was similar to that of primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The 1-, 2- and 3-year survival rates of patients in the salvage surgery group, the second-course chemoradiotherapy group and the immunochemotherapy group were 47%, 30%, 20%; 50%, 27%, 15% and 72.5%, 50%, 50%, respectively; Immunochemotherapy was more effective in salvage treatment for recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, but there was no statistical difference.Conclusions:Collagen fibers are abundant in recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after radical chemoradiotherapy. With prolongation of recurrent interval, the expression of collagen fibers is down-regulated. The survival outcomes of patients in the immunochemotherapy group, salvage surgery group and second-course chemoradiotherapy group were comparable.