1.Analysis on clinical significance of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients′sputum samples in cerebral surgery ICU
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2015;(5):624-625
Objective To understand the clinical distribution and drug resistance situation of112 strains of Acinetobacter Bau-mannii isolated from the patients′sputum samples in cerebral surgery ICU in order to provide the basis for the rational use of anti-bacterial drugs in clinical therapy.Methods 112 strains of Acinetobacter Baumannii were performed the retrospective analysis.The VITEK2-Compact automatic microbiological analyzer was adopted to conduct the bacterial identification and the drug susceptibility test and the K-B method was combined as the supplement control.The Whonet 5.6 software was used for conducting the statistical analysis.Results Among 112 strains of Acinetobacter baumannii,75 strains(67.0%)were multi-drug resistant,8 strains(7.1%) were pan-resistant.The antimicrobial susceptibility tests showed that the resistant rates of Acinetobacter baumannii to mezlocillin, piperacillin and nitrofurantoin reached up to 100%.Acinetobacter Baumannii had the lower resistant rate to polymyxin B (2.7%), the resistant rates to minomycin and ceperazone/sulbactam were 4.5% and 10.7% respectively.Conclusion The drug resistance phenomena of Acinetobacter Baumannii in the cerebral surgery department ICU is serious.Minomycin,polymyxin B and ceperazone/sulbactam have the better antibacterial activities to clinically isolated Acinetobacter Baumannii and may be the alternative drugs for therapy.Clinic should strengthen the monitoring and rationally use the antibacterial drugs.
2. Predictors of curative effect of Quyin Koufuye and its synergistic effect on biologics in the treatment of psoriasis
Juan DU ; Lanmei LIN ; Canbin DONG ; Kexiang YAN ; Jian GAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2024;29(4):460-465
AIM: To assess the efficacy of Quyin Koufuye in different types of psoriasis vulgaris and analyzes the relationship between efficacy and various disease-related factors, as well as its complementary role in biologic therapy. METHODS: This study included a total of 396 patients with psoriasis. Based on the patient history, participants were categorized into the biologics group (n=98), Quyin Koufuye-assisted biologics group (n=62), and Quyin Koufuye monotherapy group (n=236). Patient history data were collected, including gender, duration of illness, disease type, initial site of onset, degree of itching, recurrence status and time, smoking habits, joint pain, family history of psoriasis, nail damage, treatment plan, and PASI/BSA scores. A retrospective analysis was conducted to identify factors influencing the efficacy of Quyin Koufuye and to analyze its combined effects with biologics. RESULTS: Combining Quyin Koufuye with biologics significantly boosted the PASI90 response rate to 72.6% (P=0.014). Responders to PASI50 with Quyin Koufuye experienced longer recurrence intervals (> 6 months) than non-responders (50% vs. 33.6%, P= 0.045). Influencing factors included psoriasis-affected body surface area (OR=0.960, P=0.000), prolonged smoking history (OR=2.10, P=0.046), and psoriasis type (OR=2.47, P=0.015). CONCLUSION: This study underscores the synergy of Quyin Koufuye and biologics in treating psoriasis, particularly for longer recurrence intervals-factors like smoking history, psoriasis type, and affected body surface area impact Quyin Koufuye's efficacy.