1.Screening and analysis of metallo-β-lactamase -producting Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the burn ward
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2009;30(7):653-654
Objective To compare the resistance of metallo-β-lactamase -producting Pseudomonas aeruginosa between burn ward and other wards, so as to provide basis for reasonable use of antimicrobial agents. Methods BD Phoenix-100 bacteria identification and drug sensitivity analyzer was used to detect Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its susceptibility, and disc synergy method was used for the screening of metallo-v-lactamase -producting Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Results Of 68 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 9 strains (13.2%) were metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) positive. Among the 9metallo-β-lactamase positive strains, 7 strains were from the burn ward and 2 strains from other wards. The resistance rate of the MBL-producing strains to ceftazidime, cefotaxime, imipenem, ciprofloxacin, amikacin, gentamicin, piperacillin and aztreonam was respectively 100.0%, 100. 0%, 88.9%, 66.7%, 88.9%, 100,0%, 100.0%, and 88.9%, obviously higher than that of non-MBL-pro-ducing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Conclusion The rate of MBL-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa is obviously higher in burn ward than that in other wards. The resistance of MBL-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa is high against commonly used antimicrobial agents. Clinical use of antibiotics should he based on the antimicrobial susceptibility test results.
2.Empathy – The Essentials in Counselling People with HIV
The Singapore Family Physician 2013;39(1 (Supplement)):8-9
The landscape of HIV has changed from an incurable disease to be more like a chronic disease as the result of advances in medications; the lifespan of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) has also lengthened, HIV defining diseases are delayed, and many of the complications of HIV prevented with adherence to medications. The stigma and discrimination of HIV remain however. PLHIV need to cope with emotional issues of guilt, shame, and self-blame; social issues of rejection, termination of employment, fear and bad social experiences. The paradigm shift from negative regard of PLHIV to that of empathy, which is a deliberate and conscious attitude to relate to PLHIV as fellow travellers in life, to be able to feel with them rather than against them, has therapeutic effects. Empathy has its processes of active listening, responding with appropriately chosen words to describe feelings of the patients, and reflecting the desire to understand more about the patient’s emotions and social turmoil. The benefit of empathy in counseling are the ability to connect with the patient, to build trust from the patient being counseled, and a more objective perspective of being able to see the patient from his/her perspective rather than from the therapist’s perspective. More importantly empathy is a positive response to emotional and social issues experienced by the patient compared to platitudes like “You will be alright; or “don’t worry”, which negate and minimise the opportunity to have a catharsis.
3.The Research of Cell-broken Pieces of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Jinle CHENG ; Zhitian LAI ; Lihua PENG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(2):254-262
In this paper, the research work of Cell-broken Pieces of traditional Chinese Medicine was summarized;the preparation technology, quality standard, effectiveness and safety of typical Cell-broken Pieces were introduced;the attribute, connotation and orientation of Cell-broken Pieces were discussed. It can provide reference for the fur-ther research and development of Cell-broken Pieces of traditional Chinese Medicine.
5.Detection of SARS-associated coronavirus in 158 volunteer blood-donors before SARS epidemic
Daobo PENG ; Fucai LAI ; Hu ZHAO
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army 2001;0(09):-
Objective To investigate the possibility of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) related coronavirus by transfusion of unreliable blood and relevant product. Methods ELISA technique was used to detect the antibodies of SARS associated coronavirus in the plasma from 158 volunteer blood donors, who were medical workers, before the SARS epidemic. The subjects with positive result were place under surveillance. Results There were two positive samples in 158 tested samples. The subjects with positive test result did not have the history of SARS infection. Conclusion There was no epidemic of SARS in the hospital. The transmission pathway of SARS was unknown. It seems that the risk of transmitting SARS by unreliable blood product transfusion is just a theoretical hypothesis. With further investigation of SARS, its transmission pathway will be hopefully made known.
6.Curative effect of stomatitis spray combined with 3M liquid dressing on degree II red buttocks in infants
Xiaoyan PENG ; Yanfang LIANG ; Weihong LAI
Modern Clinical Nursing 2017;16(6):33-36
Objective To explore the curative effect of stomatitis spray combined with 3M liquid dressing on degree II red buttocks in infants and summarize key points of nursing care. Methods From April 2012 to June 2016, 64 infants with degree II red buttocks were treated in our department. According to the admission time, the infants were divided into control and experiment groups in equal number. The control group was treated with zinc oxide ointment, and the experiment group with stomatitis spray combined with 3M liquid dressing. The curative effect, total effective rate, and wound healing time were compared after treatment between the groups. Results The curative effect and total effective rate of red buttocks in the experiment group were significantly better than those of the control group (P<0.05). Moreover, the wound healing time in the experiment group was obviously shorter than that of the control (P<0.05). Conclusions Compared to zinc oxide ointment, the stomatitis spray combined with and 3M liquid dressing is more effective in the treatment of severe red buttocks of the infants. Moreover, the latter is advantageous in wound healing time, compliance, treatment, and curative effect, which indicates its potential application in clinic.
7.Research progress of narrow band imaging in the diagnosis of early esophageal cancer
Lai SONG ; Xiaodong PENG ; Xiaohong YANG ; Maoyong FU
Journal of International Oncology 2015;42(9):696-698
Early diagnosis of esophageal cancer is essential for improving both the effectiveness of esophageal cancer treatment and the prognosis of patients.As a new technology for esophageal cancer early diagnosis,narrow-band imaging (NBI) enables surgeon to clearly observe the mucosa and submucosal blood vessels changes in early esophageal cancer.It has initially shown excellent application value in the early diagnosis.In particular it has obvious advantages to the ordinary white light endoscopy which is currently used in esophageal cancer early diagnosis.If combined with Lugol iodine staining,magnifying endoscopy and other diagnostic methods in clinical,NBI will have a better value in early diagnosis of esophageal.
8.Characteristics of Biochemical Markers in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Left Heart Disease
Peng JIN ; Wei ZHENG ; Wenzhu GU ; Yayu LAI ; Xiaojing WU
Chinese Circulation Journal 2016;31(4):362-366
Objective: To investigate the differences of biochemical markers between the patients with pulmonary hypertension related to left heart disease (PH-LHD) and LHD; to explore the sensitive bio markers which may predict PH in LHD patients. Methods: A total of 355 LHD patients admitted to our hospital from 2014-01 to 2015-05 were enrolled. According to 2009 ESC/ERS guidelines, PH was deifned by pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP)>50 mmHg and patients were divided into 2 groups: LHD group,n=224 and PH-LHD group,n=131. The basic information with blood levels of biomarkers was recorded and their accuracy for predicting PH was analyzed. Results: The pathogenesis of LHD included 184 (51.83%) patients of coronary heart disease, 90 (25.35%) of dilated cardiomyopathy and 81 (22.81%) of cardiac valve heart disease. Compared with LHD group, PH-LHD group had increased ratio of NYHA III and IV degree (89.31% vs 45.54%), decreased LVEF [42.0 (33.0, 59.0) % vs 60.0 (42.0, 65.0) %], all P<0.001; PH-LHD group presented elevated blood levels of BNP, bilirubin, red cell distribution width (RDW), uric acid and cystatin C, while reduced lipoprotein (HDL), allP<0.001. PASP was positively related to biomarkers as BNP, bilirubin, RDW, uric acid and cystatin C, while negatively related to HDL. With the combination of BNP, direct bilirubin and RDW, the predictive value for PH-LHD under ROC curve was 0.828 with the sensitivity at 0.813, speciifcity at 0.708. Conclusion: Blood levels of biochemical markers were statistically different between the patients of PH-LHD and LHD; the combination of BNP, direct bilirubin and RDW showed the higher accuracy for predicting PH occurrence in LHD patients.
9.Cerebral Microbleeds Associated with Hypertension:the Distribution and Related Risk Factors
Dongliang YANG ; Hongyan LIU ; Biyu LAI ; Junying LU ; Xuhong PENG
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging 2016;24(1):32-35
Purpose To detect the distribution of cerebral microbleeds (CMB) in patients with hypertension and evaluate its related risk factors in order to reduce long-term risk of cerebral hemorrhage in large areas. Materials and Methods A consecutive 110 patients of hypertension and 50 patients of non-hypertension in the departments of cardiovascular medicine and neurology were enrolled. All the patients underwent T2 star weighted angiography (SWAN) sequence scan of head. The location and quantity of CMB and other related information of patients were recorded. The distribution of CMB in patients with hypertension and correlation between CMB and age, sex, level of hypertension, duration of time, hemoglobin, platelets, smoking, diabetes, hyperlipidemia were also analyzed. Results A total of 472 CMB were detected in the hypertension group, of which 212 CMB (44.9%) were found in deep brain, 149 (31.6%) were in cortical and subcortical region, 111 (23.5%) under the tentorium. The highest distribution of CMB was in thalamus (98, 20.8%), followed by basal ganglia (78, 16.5%), temporal lobe (64, 13.6%) and brainstem (62, 13.1%). The univariate analysis showed that CMB group had significantly higher rate of hypertension and diabetes than that without CMB and the average age in CMB group was also higher (P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that age and hypertension were independent risk factors for CMB. In hypertension group, there was statistically significant difference in the incidence of CMB between patients aged 45 and older and those aged under 45 (P<0.05);the differences were significant between the patients with hypertension duration time less than 5 years, those with hypertension duration time 5 to 10 years and those over 10 years (P<0.05);the differences also existed between the patients with hypertension at class I and those patients with hypertension at class II and III (P<0.05). The quantity of CMB in patients with hypertension was correlated with duration time (P<0.05), but not correlated with age and the severity of hypertension (P>0.05). Conclusion Hypertension and age are independent risk factors for CMB. Patients aged 45 and older, with more than 5 years duration of hypertension, or with hypertension at class II and III, should be paid more attention in clinic. If necessary, magnetic resonance examination is suggested to be used, in order to reduce long-term risk of cerebral hemorrhage.
10.Study of ocular surface macro genome in dry eye patients
Hong CHEN ; Xiaofeng WEN ; Yuhua DENG ; Lai WEI ; Guanghua PENG
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology 2017;37(2):129-132
Objective To investigate the difference in ocular surface microbiota between dry eye patients and healthy subjects,and discuss the role of microbiota in dry eye.Methods Twenty cases of dry eye patients and 90 cases of healthy subjects were collected in the PLA General Hospital and Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center.The samples of conjunctiva impression cytology were collected from all subjects,and then metagenomic shotgun sequencing was performed following the DNA extraction.The differences in alpha diversity and metabolic pathways of the ocular surface microbiota between dry eye patients and healthy subjects were evaluated.Results There was no significant difference in alpha diversity of the microbial community between dry eye patients and healthy subjects (P =0.13).However,an increase of 15 species and a decrease of 10 species were detected on the ocular surface of dry eye patients.The enriched antibiotic resistance genes in dry eye patients were more than healthy subjects.Conclusion Although the alpha diversity of the microbial community on ocular surface between dry eye patients and healthy subjects are not distinguishable,a significant difference could be found in relative abundance and metabolic pathways,suggest that these specific microbiome may be related to the pathogenesis and disease progression of dry eye.