1.Tigecycline for complicated intra abdominal infections in surgical intensive care units
Zhiyi JIANG ; Minying CHEN ; Ning LIU ; Song GUO ; Juan CHEN ; Bin OUYANG ; Xiangdong GUAN
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2015;30(10):785-788
Objective To analyze clinical effectiveness of tigecycline for complicated intra abdominal infections (cIAIs) in surgical intensive care units.Methods The clinical data of patients diagnosed as cIAIs from Nov 2011 to Aug 2014 were retrospectively collected.Data of sex, age, severity of disease, bacterial strains and drug resistance, prior antibiotics, dosage of tigecycline were included.Results 1 862 patients were admitted into surgical intensive care unit from Nov 2011 to Aug 2014.54 patients were finally treated by tigecycline among 304 patients diagnosed as cIAIs.Acinetobacter baumannii (23.1%), Klebiella pneumonia (18.5%), Escherichia coli (16.9%) were the top three pathogenic bacteria.41/50 were of multiple bacterial infection.Previously adopted antibiotics were miscellaneous, the number of used antibiotics was up to 13 for one patient.Coverage of tigecycline averaged at 8.9 days.Tigecycline effective rate was 62%, 38% (19/50) cIAIs were completely controlled and cured,24% (12/50) patients showed effectiveness of tigercycline that procalcitonin decreased 50% within 72 h.Logistic regression analysis showed that severity of disease and tigecycline dose contribute to the effectiveness within 72 h.Conclusions Tigecycline is effective alterative for patients diagnosed as complicated intra abdominal infections in surgical intensive care units.
2.An association of the HLA-DR and DQ polymorphisms with EHF in Han Nationality at Zunyi area
Junmin LUO ; Wanbang SUN ; Xuegui HUANG ; Jihong FENG ; Yixiong ZHANG ; Minying SONG ; Xinsheng YAO
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2000;0(09):-
Objective:To explore the association between HLA-DR,DQ allele polymorphisms and onset of epidemic hemorrhagic fever(EHF)among Han Nationality in Zunyi area.Methods:Using group study,HLA-DR and DQ genotyping was conducted in 100 EHF cases and 100 controls among Han Nationality in Zunyi area with polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primer(PCR-SSP),GF(gene frequency)and RR(relative risk)were calculated and compared.Results:The frequency of HLA-DRB1 16 in patients with EHF was higher than in the control group(RR=3.58,?2=4.916,P=0.0266
3.Inhibitory effect of quercetin on the biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans
Jiaxi YUE ; Hongye YANG ; Lin HAN ; Minying ZHU ; Fangfang SONG ; Cui HUANG
Chinese Journal of Stomatology 2016;51(6):368-373
Objective To observe the inhibitory effect of quercetin on the biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans(Sm),to preliminarily reveal the possible underlying mechanisms,and to evaluate the cytotoxicity of quercetion to human dental pulp cells so as to provide the theoretical basis for the application of quercetin in oral biomaterials.Methods Quercetin storage solution was diluted to 0,3.125,6.25,12.5,25,50,100,200,400 and 800 mg/L,and added into Sm medium for 4 h and 24 h,crystal violet staining was used to evaluate the biofilm volume.In subsequent detections,three groups were set:control(0 mg/L),200 mg/L quercetin and 400 mg/L quercetin.Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to observe the morphology of the biofilm;qPCR for gtfB,gtfC,comD,comE,and luxS were assessed to preliminarily investigate the mechanisms.Finally,the methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT) test using human dental pulp cells was used to investigate cytotoxicity.Results Quercetin could significantly inhibit up to (86.16±0.45)% of the biofilm formation of Sm (Compared with the control group P=0.00) and effectively removed (43.04±0.53)% of the mature biofilm(Compared with the control group P=0.00).Confocal laser scanning microscopy photographs showed that after co-incubated for 24 h,the dense biofilm structures of the experimental group were destroyed by quercetin both at 200 mg/L and 400 mg/L.Quercetin suppressedover 50% of the expression of gtfB,gtfC,comD,comE(compared with the control group P<0.05) and promoted the expression of luxS up to 2.18 ±0.24 and 2.84±0.26 after 4 h and 24 h,respectively(compared with the control group P<0.05).Quercetin also exhibited acceptable compatibility for human dental pulp cells.Conclusions Quercetin could effectively reduce the biofilm formation of Sm by inhibiting the expression of the related genes,and exhibited no cytotoxicity for human dental pulp cells.Quercetin has good potential to be applied in oral biological materials.