1.A clinical comparative study of citalopram augmented with aripiprzole on depression
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2009;18(12):1118-1119
Objective To explore the efficacy of low-dose aripiprazole combining with citalopram on the depression. Methods A total 57 patients with depression were randomly assigned to the study group and the control group. Either group was treated with a fixed dose 20 mg citalopram per day, and the study group was simultaneously titrated to low dose (5~10mg/d) of aripiprazole at initiating dose 2.5 mg per day within two weeks. They were evaluated with Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD).Clinical Global Impression (CGI-SI) and Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale(TESS) before treatment and at the end of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th week after treatment. The study lasted for 6 weeks. Results HAMD total score of either group were 11.54 ± 5.58 and 16.59 ± 6.67 respectively, which had statistically significant difference between two groups(t = 2.961, P<0.05) at the end of the study. CGI-SI score of either group was 2.12 ± 1.47 vs 3.17 ± 1.63 at treatment termination, which also had statistically significant difference (t = 2.439, P<0.05). There were mild side effects rate and no statistically significant difference between two groups (χ~2 =0.625, P>0.05). TESS scores were not statistically significant difference between two groups at each point of measure. Conclusion The results suggest low dose of aripiprazole augmentation of citalopram may be effective and safe in the treatment of depression.
2.Comparison and inspiration of neuro-ophthalmological specialist training between America and China
Ying DONG ; Shihui WEI ; Yuli PI ; Qing GUO
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2015;14(4):342-344
Neuro-ophthalmology,as an interdisciplinary,covers ophthalmology,neurology and neurosurgery.In China,the development of neuro-ophthalmology has just started,therefore how to train neuro-ophthalmological specialists in China is a problen.This paper analyzed the medical education and current situation of neuro-ophthalmology of China and America,discussed the differences between them,and then put forward some problems existing in the neurological ophthalmology physician training and solutions,aiming at improving the specialist physician train program of Neuro-ophthalmology by learing from foreign medical education development experience,and promoting the development of neuro-ophthalmology in China.
3.Antibiotic-resistance of Acinetobacter spp Nosocomial Infection:Analysis from 2003 to 2005
Juan HUANG ; Jinai QIN ; Chunfang HUANG ; Shihui GUO
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 1994;0(01):-
OBJECTIVE To investigate the drug-resistance rate of strains isolated from nosocomial infection patients with Acinetobacter spp.METHODS A total of 198 patients with Acinetobacter spp nosocomial infection were studied retrospectively from 2003 to 2005.The antibiotic resistance profiles were specifically analyzed.RESULTS The strains of Acinetobacter spp were mainly isolated from sputum(74.75%) and wound secretion(11.61%) specimens.There were no significant differences in the resistance of Acinetobacter spp against antibiotics in 3 years except piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem.The resistance rate of all 198 strains to 13 kinds of antibiotics were as following:imipenem/cilastatin 2.53%,meropenem 2.02%,cefoperazone/sulbactam 30.81%,piperacillin/tazobactam 38.38%,amikacin 53.54%,cefepime 61.11%,levofloxacin 66.67%,ceftazidime 66.16%,ciprofloxacin 68.69%,gentamicin 67.68%,sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim 63.64%,piperacillin 70.72%,and aztreonam 85.35%.CONCLUSIONS It is indicated that Acinetobacter spp are highly resistant to the common antibiotics,but still sensitive to imipenem/cilastatin and meropenem.
4.Relationship between resistance and integron of multidrug-resistant Acine-tobacter baumannii
Fan HUANG ; Haining YUAN ; Jinai QIN ; Minghua SU ; Daobin LIANG ; Shihui GUO
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2014;(12):705-709
Objective To investigate the expression and resistant gene of integron in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-Ab).Methods 51 strains of MDR-Ab isolated from a hospital in August-October 2012 were collected, antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed.Class I(Int I),II (Int II)and III (Int III)of integrase genes and inte-gron variable region gene cassettes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR),and the homology of integron varia-ble region was analyzed by detection results of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)and DNA sequencing. Results Positive rate of integrase gene in MDR-Ab was 78.43%(40/51).All genes belonged to Int I,while IntⅡand IntⅢ were not found.Variable region cassettes were detected in 97.50% (n=39)of Int I,there were 5 types of integron gene cassettes:aacA4 in 14 strains,aacA4+catB8 in 22 strains,arr-3 +aacA4 in 1 strain,dfrA15 in 1 strain and arr-3 in 1 strain.Conclusion MDR-Ab isolated from this hospital may be related with Int I expression.Int I carried gene cassettes as follows:aacA4,aacA4+catB8,arr-3+aacA4,dfrA15 and arr-3.
5.Establishment of a mouse model of acute liver failure induced by LPS/D-GalN
Xiaohong WU ; Yan GUO ; Chenfeng LIU ; Tongtong GAO ; Hong YU ; Shihui SUN ; Yusen ZHOU
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2014;(3):15-19
Objective To establish a mouse model of acute liver failure induced by lipopolysaccharide /D-galac-tosamine ( LPS/D-GalN) .Methods The optimum dose of LPS/D-GalN was determined by i .p.injection of eight differ-ent doses of LPS and D-GalN into 40 female C57BL/6 mice and observation of their survival time .Then, 32 female C57BL/6 mice were i.p.injected with the optimal dose of LPS/D-GalN and sacrificed at 0, 1, 4, 8 hours after the injec-tion, 8 mice in each group.The control mice received saline injection .Hepatic changes were observed by pathology and se-rum ALT, IL-6, MCP-1 and TNF-αwere measured by biochemistry or flow cytometry .Results LPS (2.5 mg/kg) and D-GalN (0.3 g/kg) were determined as the optimal dose for the establishment of mouse model of acute liver injury .Com-pared with the control group , the hepatocellular damages were progressing in a positive correlation with the time course after LPS/D-GalN administration .The level of serum ALT was significantly increased after LPS/D-GalN administration ( P <0.001).The levels of inflammatory cytokines IL-6, MCP-1 and TNF-αwere increased and reached a peak at one hour after LPS/D-GalN administration and then decreased almost to that of the control group 8 hours later(P<0.001).Conclusions The mouse model of acute liver injury is successfully established by LPS /D-GalN administration , and provide an effective animal model for the study of pathogenic mechanisms of acute liver failure and evaluation of therapeutic drugs .
6."The exploration and practice of ""the holistic thinking on the treatment of severe medicine in the training of the national college students' clinical skills competition"
Rui GUO ; Qiong LIU ; Shihui LIN ; Hongyan CHEN ; Dan ZHU ; Manxia LI ; Fang XU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2015;(12):1279-1282
The holding of the national college students' clinical skills competition reflects the importance of medical education for clinical practice training . Although through intensive itemized skills drills, the competitors can complete each individual operation with satisfaction, due to the lack of clinical experience, in the integrated circuit training, they will easily stray into question stemtrap. The concrete analysis of the national college students' clinical skills contest competition reflects the medical students' insufficient recognition of clinical skills, lack of the overall concept of the intensive medical treatment, not flexible and insufficient mastery of the connotation of the clinical skills, which seriously restricts the improvement of clinical education. Therefore this article raises special sugges-tions, referring to training focusing on “Airway and Circulation”, developing the critical care thinking based on the relationship of multi-organ and improving the first-aid capability of the team work, so as to provide reference for the improvement of training effect.
7.Distribution and antimicrobial resistance profile of Klebsiellapneumoniae
Jingqiu QIN ; Yue QIU ; Shihui GUO ; Meng LI ; Faquan LIN ; Ruirong WAN ; Yan WEN
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2017;17(3):269-272
Objective To investigate the clinical feature and antibiotic resistance profile of K.pneumoniae isolates from patients for better management of K.pneumoniae infections.Methods Nonduplicate K.pneumoniae strains were collected from January to December in 2015.K.pneumoniae strains were identified by VITEK 2-Compact 60 and tested for antimicrobial susceptibility by KirbyBauer method.Results A total of 753 strains ofK.pneumoniae were included,most (40.9%,308/753) of which were isolated from sputum,followed by urine (18.2%,137/753).Most of the strains were from old patients at least 60 years of age (40.8%,307/753),and primarily from intensive care units (16.7%,126/753) and Department of Respiratory Medicine (13.7%,103/753).Respiratory tract infection was found in 144 patients,of which 71.5% (103/144) were due to K.pneumoniae.More than half of the K.pneumoniae strains were resistant to piperacillin (66.3 %),cefazolin (60.8 %) and cefitroxime (59.4 %).Only a few strain were resistant to imipenem (2.4 %) and meropenem (2.0).ESBLs were produced in 410 (54.4 %) of the 753 strains,and 29 (3.9 %) strains were carbapenem-resistant,492 (65.3 %) strains were resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents.Conclusions Clinical K.pneumoniae isolates are highly resistant to most of the antimicrobial agents tested.The strains were mostly isolated from sputum and urine,and positive for ESBLs.MDR K.pneumoniae sWains are emerging.K.pneumoniae isolates are still very susceptible to carbapenems in vitro.
8.Prokaryotic expression and activity analysis of 5′-methylthioadenosine nucleosidase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Haizhen CHEN ; Hua YANG ; Zhongyi HU ; Huansen YANG ; Hui MA ; Shihui GAO ; Qi GUO ; Wenjuan BAI ; Lianhua QIN ; Lianqing LI
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2012;32(7):589-594
Objective To clone and express of Rv0091 encoding protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis,identify and characterize of the enzyme activities.Methods Construct the Rv0091 prokaryotic expression plasmid,the vector was transformed into E.coli strain BL21trxB.After induced by IPTG,recombinant protein was purified by Ni2+-NTA chromatography and analyzed for purity by SDS-PAGE gels stained with Coomassie Blue.Immunological activity was identified by Western blot.The recombinant protein molecular weight was identified by Mass spectrometry.The enzyme-coupled assay detectes enzyme activity.Results The expression plasmid pET32a-Rv0091 was constructed and expressed in E.coli.BL21trxB,and the optimum expression system was conformed.The purity of the recombinant protein was more than 95%.Western blot analysis confirmed that recombinant protein was one of Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins.Mass spectrometry identified the relative molecular weight and theoretical molecular weight was basically the same.Enzyme assay showed the recombinant protein able to catalyze the substrate MTA.Enzymatic properties showed that the optimal buffer for the phosphate and Hepes buffer,the poor thermal stability of the enzyme,the optimal temperature of 37℃,optimal pH10-12,when the pH ≤7,the protein denaturation and loss of some vitality.Conclusion The recombinant protein methylthioadenosine nucleosidase(MTAN) was obtained and enzyme activity was detected and plays a key role in the metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
9.Stable expression of targeting complement inhibitor CR2-CD59 in Chinese hamster ovary cells
Yan GUO ; Zhihua KOU ; Shihui SUN ; Chuanfu ZHANG ; Guangyu ZHAO ; Hong YU ; Hongbin SONG ; Fei QIAO ; Wanrong CHEN ; Yusen ZHOU
Journal of Third Military Medical University 2003;0(09):-
Objective To obtain Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines that stably express a targeting complement inhibitor CR2-CD59.Methods The recombinant plasmid PEE14.1-CR2-CD59 was constru-cted by cloning the DNA fragment CR2-CD59 into plasmid PEE14.1,and the obtained plasmid was transfected into CHO cells by FuGENE 6.The clones with stable high expression of target fragment were selected by methionine sulfoximine (MSX),the expression of CR2-CD59 was analyzed by ELISA,SDS-PAGE and Western blotting analysis.Results Several stable expression clones were obtained,and CR2-CD59 was highly expressed in the secret form in CHO cells.SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the molecular weight of the recombined protein CR2-CD59 was consistent with the predicted one.ELISA and Western blotting results revealed that the CR2-CD59 could react with both anti-human CR2 and anti-human CD59 polyclonal antibodies.Compared with serum-containing medium,the protein was highly expressed in serum-free medium (P
10.Comparison of pulmonary pathological changes in mice infected with H7N9 influenza virus and pandemic H1N1 influenza virus
Shihui SUN ; Xiaohong WU ; Chenfeng LIU ; Tongtong GAO ; Yang ZENG ; Yan GUO ; Jian TANG ; Ting PAN ; Hong YU ; Zhihua KOU ; Guangyu ZHAO ; Yusen ZHOU
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2014;(3):1-6
Objective To analyze and compare the pathological changes of lung tissue in mice infected with the novel H7N9 influenza virus and 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, respectively, and to preliminarily study the mecha-nisms of acute lung injury induced by those virus infection .Methods SPF 6-week old BALB/c mice ( body weight 18-20 g, male∶female=1∶1) (n=3 in each subgroup) were intranasally infected with H7N9 virus and H1N1 virus, respec-tively.The behavior and survival time of mice after virus infection were observed and the survival rates were analyzed .The heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, intestines, and brain were collected at indicated time points for histopathological exami-nation using H&E staining .The distribution of virus antigen was detected by immunohistochemistry .The neutrophil infiltra-tion was also observed .The correlation of lung injury with virus replication and host immune responses was analyzed .Re-sults The lung and spleen injury of mice infected with H 7N9 virus was slighter and their survival rate (100%) was high-er than those of mice infected with H1N1 virus.The damages of the lung and spleen in H1N1virus-infected mice were more severe than that in H7N9 virus-infected mice, and all the 10 mice in this group died within 9 days after virus inoculation . The distributions of both the virus antigens were mainly in the bronchial epithelial cells , a few stromal cells and alveolar ep-ithelial cells .The levels of virus replication in the two groups were not significantly different .There were more intense neu-trophil infiltration in the lung and inflammatory response in the H 1N1 virus-infected mice than those in the H7N9 virus-in-fected mice .Conclusions There are some differences of the pathological characteristics and extent of lung injury in the mice infected with H7N9 virus and H1N1 virus, respectively.The virus replication is a precipitating factor but not the deci-sive factor of the lung injury , and there is a close relationship between the host immune responses and acute lung injury .