1.Decoding of the imaging and pathological diagnosis standard of rectal cancer
Yinhua LIU ; Rong RONG ; Hongwei YAO
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2011;10(6):419-422
In October 2010,the Department of Medical Administration of the Ministry of Healthy of China published Diagnosis and Treatment Standard of Colorectal Cancer.Since then,the diagnosis and treatment of rectal cancer are under regulation.Standardization of preoperative diagnosis and proper selection of imaging or histopathological examinations are key points in improving the efficacy of individual treatment of patients with rectal cancer.In this article,suggestions from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (2011 version ),American College of Radiology and College of American Pathologists are analyzed,and the recommendations of imaging and histopathological examinations are highlighted.
2.Evaluation of cefoxitin disk diffusion test for the detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Hongwei ZHOU ; Rong ZHANG ; Gongxiang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science 2006;0(01):-
Objective To establish and evaluate the method for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by the cefoxitin disk diffusion test.Methods The disks with 30 microgramme of cefoxitin and oxacillin recommended by NCCLS were used for the detection of MRSA with PCR by using mecA as the reference.The MIC of cefoxitin to Staphylococcus aureus was also determined.Results Of the 145 test isolates of Staphylococcus aureus,83 isolates showed the mecA-positive by PCR,62 isolates were negative.In cefoxitin disk diffusion tests,82 isolates showed MRSA-positive and 63 isolates were negative.The sensitivity was 98.8% and the specificity was 100%.In oxacillin diffusion tests,the sensitivity was 95.2% and the specificity was 96.8%.Conclusions For the detection of MRSA,the cefoxitin disk diffusion test was consistent with the results by PCR for mecA.The cefoxitin disk diffusion test is easy to be performed and can be used in routine diagnostic works.
3.Comparison of Transcervical Resection and Loop Electrosurgical Excision for the Treatment of Grade Ⅰ Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Hongwei ZHANG ; Xishi LIU ; Rong SHEN
Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery 2005;0(11):-
Objective To compare the efficacy of transcervical resection(TCRC)and loop electrosurgical excision procedure(LEEP)for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade I(CINⅠ).Methods A total of 231 CIN I patients were divided into two groups according to their patient number to receive TCRC or LEEP.The resected specimens were sent for pathological diagnosis and human papilloma virus(HPV)-16/18 test.Results No significant difference was found in the operation time[(14.1?2.2)min vs.(13.8?2.1)min],rates of wound infection and cervical stricture[1.7%(2/115)vs.1.7%(2/116)and 0.9%(1/115)vs.1.7%(2/116)],and rates of cure and recurrence [99.1%(107/108)vs.99.1%(108/109)and 0.9%(1/108)vs.0.9%(1/109)] between the TCRC and LEEP groups(t=1.060,P=0.290;?2=0.000,P=1.000;?2=0.000,P=1.000;?2=0.000,P=1.000;?2=0.000,P=1.000).In the TCRC group,the surgical wound was healed in(5.0?0.6)weeks,which was significantly shorter than that in the LEEP group[(5.2?0.7)weeks,t=-2.331,P=0.021].The patients who had severe endocervicitis in both the groups had similar rate of residual endocervicitis[16.7%(2/12)vs.53.8%(7/13),Fisher's test:P=0.097].In both the groups,one patient respectively showed residual lesion after the procedure,in whom HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 were detected.Conclusions Both TCRC and LEEP are effective for CINI.LEEP is easier to master than TCRC.Closed follow-up is essential of the with patients positive HPV-16 or-18.
4.Comparison of Transcervical Resection and Loop Electrical Excision Procedure for the Treatment of Moderate-to-severe Chronic Cervicitis
Hongwei ZHANG ; Lei ZHANG ; Rong SHEN
Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery 2001;0(02):-
Objective To compare the therapeutic effects of transcervical resection(TCRC) and loop electrical excision procedure(LEEP) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic cervicitis.MethodsFrom January 2003 to July 2006,totally 520 patients with moderate-to-severe chronic cervicitis were randomly divided into two groups to receive TCRC or LEEP.ResultsThe intraoperative blood loss in the TCRC group was significantly less than that in the LEEP group [(4.2?1.3) ml vs(10.1?4.5) ml,t=-20.310,P=0.000].Whereas,no significantly differences were found in the drainage and bleeding time and cure rates between the two groups [(15.9? 3.7) d vs(16.2? 3.3) d,t=-0.976,P=0.330;and 95.2%(236/248) vs 93.2%(235/252),?2=0.832,P=0.362].ConclusionsBoth TCRC and LEEP are effective for chronic cervicitis.TCRC is superior to LEEP in the surgical outcomes;however the latter is easier to perform than TCRC.
5.Development and application of computer management system for nursing care knowledge
Rong WU ; Changsheng ZHU ; Hongwei FENG ; Yanping TANG
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2010;45(4):323-325
This paper introduced the development and application of a computer management system for nursing care knowledge,which could manage intra-and extra-nursing care knowledge respectively and realized information share,utilization and innovation. It motivated the nurses to study actively,helped them with knowledge accumulation and innovation,elevated nurses' job identification,optimized team culture construction and increased work efficiency.
6.Prevalence of qnr and aac(6')-Ⅰ b-cr genes in water-borne environmental bacteria and clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii in China
Rong ZHANG ; Jiachang CAI ; Hongwei ZHOU ; Gongxiang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2010;30(4):371-376
Objective To investigate the prevalence of qnr and aac(6')-Ⅰ b-cr genes in water-borne environmental bacteria and clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii, and the subtypes of qnr gene. Methods Environmental bacteria were isolated from surface water samples obtained from 10 distinct loca-tions in Hangzhou city, and clinical isolates of C. Freundii were isolated from several hospitals of 4 cities in China. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICa) of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and nalidixic acid were de-termined by agar dilution method, qnrA, qnrB, qnrS and aac(6')-Ⅰ b-cr genes were screened by PCR, and the genotypes were analyzed by DNA sequencing. Results Seventy-eight gram negative bacilli (including 33 Enterobacteriaceae, 21 Aeromonas spp., 10 Acinetobacter spp., 10 Pseudomonas app., 2 Alcaligenes app. , and 2 Plesiomonas app.) were isolated from water samples. Among these isolates, 8 of 10 C. Freundii were positive for qnrB gene. qnrS1 and aac (6')-Ⅰ b-cr were detected in two distinct Escherichia coil, and qnrS2 was detected in a Aeromonas punctata qnr and aac(6')-Ⅰ b-cr genes were present in 75 (72.8%) and 12 (11.6%) of 103 clinical isolates of C. Freundii, respectively. Three (2.9%) C. Freundii isolates were positive for qnrA1 gene, 65 (63.1%) qnrB, 1 (1.0%) qnrS2, 5 (4.8%) were positive for both qnrA1 and qnrB, and 1 was positive for both qnrS1 and qnrB. Within the subtypes of qnrB gene, qnrB9 predominated, followed by qnrB8 and qnrB6. Conclusion It was the first isolate of Aeromonas spp. Harboring qnrS2 gene outside Europe. The prevalence of qnrB in water-borne environmental and clinical isolates of C.freundii was particularly high and qnrB9, qnrB8 and qnrB6 were the most common subtypes, aac(6')-Ⅰ b-cr gene widely spread in clinical isolates of C. Freundii.
7.Bone turnover and its related molecular mechanism in STZ-induced diabetic rats
Hongwei JIA ; Jin CUI ; Xin ZHANG ; Rong LUO ; Mingcai QIU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2010;26(2):99-103
Objective To study the bone turnover and its related molecular mechanism in STZ-induced diabetic rats. Methods Of 30 male SD rats studied, 15 were induced diabetics by intravenous injection of streptozotocin (50 mg/kg)and fed for 8 weeks. After the sacrifice of both the diabetic and control groups, serum Ca, P, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and osteocalcin were determined, and 24 h urinary Ca and urinary cross-linked N-telopeptide of type Ⅰ collagen (NTx)and creatinine (Cr)ratio were also determined. The left tibia was dissected for bone histomorphometry analysis. Right femur and lumbar vertebrae (L1-L4) were reserved for bone mineral density (BMD) determination. The right tibia was separated for the study of bone tissue RANKL/osteoprotegerin, Core binding factor 1 (Cbfa1) ,osterix and osteocalcin mRNA level which was performed by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. Results No significant difference was found in serum Ca, P, and ALP levels between 2 groups of rats. ST-Z-induced diabetic rats were characterized by extreme hyperglycemia, marked weight loss, polyuria, and hypercalciuria. A low-turnover osteopenia was evidenced in diabetic rats by decreased BMD in both femur [(0. 099±0.013) vs (0. 139 ± 0.013 g/cm~3) , P < 0.01] and lumbar vertebrae [(0. 107±0.011)vs (0. 149±0.009) g/cm~3, P<0.01] , reduced serum osteoealcin level [a marker of formation, (3.03±0.52) vs (6. 18±0.71) ng/ml ,P<0. 01]) ,decreased urine NTx/Cr ratio [(5. 67±0.86) vs (5.23±0.98) nmol/g Cr, P<0. 05], decreased trabeeular volume and thickness, and reduced bone label surface and bone formation rate [(0. 44±0. 11) vs (0. 78±0. 14) μm/d,P<0. 01] by bone dynamic study. The RANKL/ osteoprotegerin [(0.57±0.11)vs (0.89±0.13) ,P<0.01] ,osterix [(1.93×10~(-4)±0.65×10(~-4))vs (4.19×10~(-4)± 0.71×10~(-4)) ,P<0.01] ,Cbfa1 [(26.68×10~(-4)±6.53×10~(-4))vs (37.21×10~(-4)±7.14×10~(-4)) ,P<0.01] ,and osteocalcin [(2.25×10~(-4)±1.19×10~(-4))vs (3.43×10~(-4)±1.63×10~(-4)) ,P<0.01] mRNA expressions were declined in the bone tissue of the tibia in the ST-Z-induced diabetic rats, as compared with the control. Conclusion A low-turnover osteopenia is evidenced in STZ-induced diabetic rats by significant decrease of both osteoclastic marker(RANKL/ osteoprotegerin)and osteoblastic marker (osterix ,Cbfa1 ,osteocalcin)mRNA levels in tibia.
8.Rapid identification of common clinical organism by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of-fright mass spectrometry
Yan JIANG ; Hongwei ZHOU ; Jiachang CAI ; Rong ZHANG ; Gongxiang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2010;33(6):544-547
Objective To estimate the application for the rapid identification of common clinical bacteria by MALDI-TOF MS. MethodsFour hundred and twenty-six bacteria, including Salmonella spp strains collected from Zhejiang center for disease control and prevention were collected from blood, sputum,secretion and urine in 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University during December 2008 to August 2009. The isolates included 76 gram positive coccus and 350 gram negative bacilli. Species identification was performed with the Vitek system, and serotypes of Salmonella and Shigella were determined by serum agglutination test. 16s rDNA gene of 91 bacteria were amplified by PCR. The RCP products were sequenced. Then the results were compared with the reported sequences from GenBank. All strains were identified by MALDI-TOF MS. Results of three identification methods were compared with each other. Results Among 426 tested isolates, identification results from Vitek system and MALDI-TOF MS for gram positive coccus and 323 out of 350 gram negative bacilli (exception for Salmonella and Shigella spp.),were identical. For 23 Salmonella and Shigella spp. , only 2 Salmonella enterica subsp, enterica serovar Typhimurium were identified the same results by the three methods. Besides, results from Vitek system and serum agglutination test for 1 Salmonella enterica subsp, enterica serovar Typhi, 3 Salmonella enterica subsp.enterica serovar Paratyphi A, 1 Salmonella enterica subsp, enterica serovar Paratyphi B, 1 Salmonella enterica subsp, enterica serovar Enteritidis, and 1 Salmonella enterica subsp, enterica serovar Bovis-morbificans were consistent with that from 16S rDNA gene sequence. Four isolates which were confirmed as S. flexneri by Vitek system and serum agglutination test were identified as Escherichia coli by both 16S rDNA gene sequence and MALDI-TOF MS. ConclusionMALDI-TOF MS could be used for rapid and accurate identification of common clinical bacteria with good repeatabihty, excepting for the Salmonella and Shigella spp.
9.The presence of high-level carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae is due to the combination of IMP-4 metallo-β-lactamase and porin OmpK36 deficiency
Rong ZHANG ; Jiachang CAI ; Yunjian HU ; Hongwei ZHOU ; Gongxiang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2010;33(9):845-851
Objective To investigate mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Methods Two carbapenem-non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae Z4 and Z5 isolated from Beijing Hospital in 2008 were investigated. MICs of antibiotics were determined by agar dilution method.Conjugation experiment was carried out in mixed broth cultures. Plasmid DNA preparations were obtained by using an alkalinelysis technique. Elimination of plasmids was performed by repeated SDS treatment. The crude β-lactamase extracts were subjected to IEF. The genotype of β-lactamases were confirmed by PCRs and DNA sequence analysis. Outer membrane proteins (Omps) were isolated and examined by SDS-PAGE.The ompK35 and ompK36 genes were amplified by using PCR and were sequenced. Results MICs of imipenem, meropenem and ertapenem for Z4 and Z5 were 32, 32 and 256 μg/mi, and 1, 1 and 2 μg/ml.Conjugation study with Escherichia coli EC600 resulted in the transfer of significant reduced carbapenem susceptibility from Z4 and Z5 ( MICs increased at least 8-fold). Klebsiella pneumoniae Z4 produced IMP-4 metallo-β-lactamase, TEM-1 and SHV-1 spectrum β-lactamase and Z5 produced IMP-4, TEM-1 and SHV-12 extended-spectrum β-lactamase. E. coli transconjugants of both Z4 and Z5 produced a single IMP-4.Elimination of IMP-4-encoding plasmid from Z5 resulted in carbapenem susceptibility in the isolate,however, Z5 whose IMP-4-encoding plasmid was eliminated exhibited reduced susceptibility to carbapenems ( MICs of imipenem, meropenem and ertapenem were 0. 25 μg/ml,0. 5 μg/ml and 4 μg/ml). Amplification of integron revealed that blaIMP-4 gene of both Z4 and Z5 located within two different class I integrons which were carried on two plasmids with a similar size of approximately 55 000 bp. SDS-PAGE and ompK35/36 genes sequence analysis of Omp indicated that Z4 failed to express OmpK36, because of a nonsense mutation (CAG into TAG) in the ompK36 gene. Conclusion Production of plasmid-mediated metallo-β-lactamase IMP-4 or production of β-lactamase combined with porin OmpK36 deficiency can lead to reduced susceptibility to carbapenems. High-level carbapenem resistance in Z4 is mainly due to production of IMP-4 and the loss of OmpK36.
10.Linezolid resistance mechanisms and molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci
Jiachang CAI ; Hongwei ZHOU ; Yanyan HU ; Rong ZHANG ; Gongxiang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2012;32(6):532-536
Objective To investigate the linezolid resistance mechanisms and molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MRCoNS).Methods Seventeen MRCoNS,including 10 S.capitis,4 S.cohnii,2 S.haemolyticus,and 1 S.sciuri with various levels of linezolid resistance were isolated from intensive care units in our hospital from March to August 2011. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined by E-test method. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed to analyze the molecular epidemiology.PCRs and DNA sequencing were preformed to investigate the mechanisms of linezolid resistance in MRCoNS.Results Nine S.capitis with linezolid MIC of >256 μg/ml were indistinguishable,and another S.capitis with linezolid MIC of 4 μg/ml was closely related.Four S.cohnii with linezolid MIC of >256 μg/ml were belonged to the same clonal strain.MIC of linezolid for S.sciuri was 64 μg/ml,and were 4 μg/ml and 6 μg/ml for 2 S.haemolyticus,respectively.A commom G2576T mutation and a novel C2104T mutation were identified in 9 S.capitis with linezolid MIC of >256 μg/ml by DNA sequence analysis of domain V of the 23S rRNA gene.cfr gene was deteeted in all staphylococci except a S.sciuri whose 23S rRNA gene contained the G2576T mutation.Conclusion It is the first report of linezolid-resistant clinical isolates of staphylococci in China.Linezolid resistance in MRCoNS is related to the presence of DNA mutation in domain V of the 23S rRNA gene and cfr gene.It's a clonally dissemination of linezolid-resistant MRCoNS in intensive care units of our hospital.