1.A cross-sectional study of restless legs syndrome in maintenance hemodialysis patients
Chenggen XIAO ; Xinling LIANG ; Ruizhao LI ; Lu CAI ; Dezhen XU
Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine 2013;52(8):672-674
Objective To explore the incidence and possible risk factors of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in the maintenance hemodialysis patients.Methods A total of 375 maintenance hemodialysis patients were enrolled in this study from September 1 to 30 in 2012.The diagnosis and assessment of severity were based on the International Restless Leg Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) standard.The relevant laboratory parameters and dialysis indicators were collected,such as hemoglobin,serum ferritin,parathyroid hormone,blood flow and dialysis mode.The clinical data were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression method.Results The incidence of RLS was 13.3% with the severity score of 18.69 ± 0.95.The logistic regression analysis showed that anuria (OR 0.292,95% CI 0.114-0.750) and β2 microglobulin(OR 1.023,95%C1 1.003-1.044) were the risk factors for RLS in the maintenance hemodialysis patients,while hemoglobin,serum iron and parathyroid hormone were not correlated with RLS.Conclusions The incidence of RLS is high in the maintenance hemodialysis patients.The risk factors of RLS are anuria and β2 microglobulin.Therefore,the preservation of residual renal function and the improvement of dialysis adequacy,especially the removal of the middle molecular weight toxins,may reduce the occurrence of RLS and improve the quality of life in the hemodialysis patients.
2.Antimicrobial resistance analysis on clinically isolated Escherichia coli and detection of class I integrons
Xiaorong HUANG ; Peichen LIU ; Ruizhao CAI ; Xiaoyan CHEN ; Haoquan HUANG ; Junyi ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2014;(9):524-529
Objective To study antimicrobial resistance of clinically isolated Escherichia coli (E.coli),the preva-lence of integrons in E.coli,and relation of integron with antimicrobial resistance of E.coli.Methods E.coli isola-ted from three hospitals of Guangdong Province from 2010 to 2012 were collected,and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby-Bauer method;integrons were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR),and gene cassette was analyzed by sequencing.Results A total of 156 E.coli isolates were collected,antimicrobial sus-ceptibility testing showed that resistance rate of E.coli to most penicillins,cephalosporins,fluoroquinolones,amin-oglycosides and sulfonamides were over 50%;the resistance rate to antimicrobials < 10% included cefoperazone/sulbactam(0),imipenem(3.85%),cefotetan(4.35%),ertapenem(7.69%)and piperacillin /tazobactam (8.97%);The positive rate of class I integron was 57.69%(90/156);the positive rate of class I integron in multidrug-resist-ant and non-multidrug-resistant E.coli was 66.00% (66/100)and 64.71 % (22/34)respectively,the difference was not statistically different (P >0.05),but compared with sensitive E.coli (9.09%,2/22),the difference was statisti-cally different (P<0.01 ).There were nine types of integron-drug resistant gene cassettes in the variable regions, most of which contained aadA and dfrA.Conclusion Antimicrobial resistance of E.coli is serious;high incidence of class I integrons are widely found in E.coli,and is closely related with drug resistance of E.coli,class I integrons mainly mediated aminoglycosides,sulfonamides and beta-lactams resistance.