1.Pathogenic and molecular diagnoses of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in tumor transplanted nude mice
Zhengqin GAO ; Zhengming HE ; Weihong GUAN
Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine 2014;(7):51-53,6
Objective To diagnosis tumor transplanted nude mice Strongyloidiasis .Methods Postmortem microscopic examination of the tumor transplanted nude mice detected Strongyloides stercoralis for morphological identification and double polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) assay for molecular diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in tumor transplanted nude mice .Results Presence of numerous S .stercoralis in autopsy in tumor transplanted nude mice samples preliminary determined the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis .Confirmed diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection by double PCR detection of specific DNA in tumor transplanted nude mice samples .Conclusion The most important clue to prevent such serious consequences is early diagnosis .Tumor transplanted recipients and donors should be screened for parasitic infections including strongyloidiasis .To the authors ’ knowledge , this study is the first extensive report on diagnosis tumor transplanted nude mice Strongyloidiasis .
2.Advances in the enteral nutritional support treatment for patients after digestive tract reconstruction
Xiaojie BIAN ; Meng WANG ; Weihong GE ; Wenxian GUAN
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014;(18):1150-1153
Postoperative patients who underwent digestive tract reconstruction have a high risk of malnutrition and absorbing bar-rier. Enteral nutrition support can effectively maintain and improve the nutritional status of the human body, shorten hospital stay, and reduce complications. Therefore, the enteral approach is the preferred postoperative means of nutrition support. This article retrospec-tively summarizes the appropriate time to start enteral nutrition support therapy after digestive tract reconstruction, the proper selection of the mode of enteral nutrition support, the different enteral nutrition preparations, and the treatment of postoperative complications.
3.Reliability and validity of the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life scale (Chinese version)
Hongli GUAN ; Weihong QIU ; Huixiang WU ; Chunqing XIE ; Haixia YAN
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017;39(2):97-101
Objective To develop a quality of life scale suitable for aphasic Chinese stroke patients by translating and evaluating the psychometric properties of the original 39-generic version of the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life scale (SAQOL-39g).Methods The SAQOL-39g was translated into Chinese and edited.The well edited and translated self-rated and non-self-rated scales were used to test 86 aphasia patients and their caretakers to evaluate the feasibility,internal consistency,test-retest reliability,content validity,and construct validity of the scale.Results The feasibility of the Chinese version of the SAQOL-39g scale was sufficient,with 97% of the ques tionnaires completed.The average time taken to complete the self-report version was (21.4±4.37) minutes,with (13.25±5.61) minutes needed for the proxy version.The Cronbach's alpha values for the overall survey ranged from 0.879 to 0.950 and for the subdomains from 0.863 to 0943 for both forms,suggesting satisfactory internal reliability.The test-retest coefficients for the two forms ranged from 0.804 to 0.974 and from 0.861 to 0.987.A total of 3 common factors were extracted using factor analysis,and the cumulative contribution rate was 59.7%.The consistency between the self-reports and the proxy-reports was good.Conclusion The Chinese version of the SAQOL-39g scale demonstrates good feasibility,reliability and validity,and good consistency between the self-reported and proxy-reported versions.It seems suitable for assessing the quality of life of Chinese stroke patients with aphasia.
4.Pathogenic characteristics and molecular typing of Salmonella strains isolated from diarrhea patients in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China
Dan SHA ; Hong LI ; Hongxia GUAN ; Weihong FENG ; Yong XIAO
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses 2017;33(4):378-381
We analyzed the pathogenic characteristics of Salmonella strains isolated from diarrhea patients in Wuxi City,Jiangsu Province,China and compared the differences among pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns of main serotype strains,so as to provid scientific basis for disease control.After biochemical identification of the Salmonella strains isolated from infectious diarrhea patients in Wuxi in 2015,drug susceptibility test,serotyping and PFGE were applied to analyze these strains.Results showed that a total of 32 Salmonella strains were detected from 756 diarrhea specimens with a positive rate of 4.23 %.The infection occurred more frequently between May and October and adults aged more than 60 years old affected mostly.There was no significant difference between genders in infected population.The drug susceptibility test indicated that the antibiotic resistance rate of these Salmonella strains to ampicillin (56.25 %) was the highest,and to ciprofloxacin(6.25 %)and Ceftazidime (6.25%) were the lowest.The 32 Salmonella strains belonged to 11 serotypes,and S.enteritidis(31.25%)and S.typhimurium(21.88%) were the predominant serotypes.PFGE showed that the pattern similarity of all S.enteritidis was more than 85 %;PFGE patterns of S.typhimurium were different.In conclusion,the infection of Salmonella from diarrhea patients in Wuxi City had obvious season and age specific distribution,and the most prevalent serotype of Salmonella was the S.enteritidis.It is necessary to strengthen the surveillance of Salmonella concurrently in food and environment.
5.The study on the changes of endothelin-1 and troponin-1 levels in kawasaki disease
Weihong TANG ; Minchang GUAN ; Xuejuan JIANG ; Xinguang SHENG ; Dan LIN
Journal of Chinese Physician 2011;13(5):608-610
Objective To discuss the clinical significance of the changes of endothelin-1 and troponin-1 levels in kawasaki disease after acute stage. Methods 60 patients of kawasaki disease in which 12 cases of patient were complicated with coronary artery disease and 48 cases of patient who were not complicated with coronary artery disease were enrolled this study. Blood plasma endothelin-1 and serum cardiac troponin I were determined in kawasaki disease acute phase and recovery phase and 30 healthy children. Results Acute phase ET-1 and cTnI [(90.19±3.43)ng/L, (1.35±0.14)μg/L] and recovery phase ET-1 and cTnI [(89.09±2.44)ng/L, (1.12±0.11)μg/L ] in coronary artery lesions of (CAL) group had no significant difference(P>0.05). The concentration values of ET-1, cTnI in no coronary artery lesions (NCAL) group of acute phase (64.49±4.78)ng/L,(0.62±0.02)μg/L were different with convalescent phase (50.47±4.49)ng/L,(0.07±0.05)μg/L. There were significant difference between the the two phases (P<0.01). Plasma endothelin-1 and serum troponin I concentrations were positively correlated in acute phase of Kawasaki disease in children (r=0.93,0.96,P<0.01). Conclusions Plasma endothelin-1 and serum cardiac troponin I test for the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease with coronary artery disease may be early indicators of risk monitoring, they are valuable indexes in diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki disease.
6.Treatment of secretory otitis media with eustachian tube insertion under nasal endoscope
Weihong DUAN ; Shiheng WAN ; Jinghua CHEN ; Zhiwei GUAN ; Rui DA ; Meiying ZHOU
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2006;0(10):-
OBJECTIVE To investigate the effective treatment for secretory otitis media. METHODS 63 patients (78 ears)with secretory otitis media were randomly devided into two groups: The experimental group :Thirty-one patients (38 ears) were treated by eustachian tube insertion under nasal endoscope. Drugs were injected repeatedly through the pipe. The control group: 32 patients (40 ears) were treated by traditional method: the tympanic cavity pressure equalization tube. All patients were followed up for 6-9 months, the effectiveness was compared.RESULTS The experimental group: 16 ears (42.1 %) were cured, 18 ears (47.4 %) were straightened up, The total efficiency rate was 89.5 %. The control group: 8 ears (20.0 %) were cured, 21 ears (52.5 %) were straightened up, The total efficiency rate was 72.5 %. There were significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P
7.Risk factors and nursing methods of adverse event during the fiberoptic bronchoscopy in children
Liu YING ; Haiying WANG ; Minhong LIN ; Weihong TANG ; Jinguo HANG ; Minchang GUAN
China Modern Doctor 2015;53(35):135-138
Objective To investigate risk factors of the adverse event during the fiberoptic bronchoscopy in children and to give some related nursing strategies. Methods Eighty cases were enrolled from pediatric department of the first people's hospital of hangzhou, who were performed by bronchoscope from July 2012 to July 2015, and were divided into the observation group and the control group according to whether appeared the adverse event, with 40 patients each, then univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis were adopted. Results Univariate logistic regression analy-sis showed that age, basic disease and operation time were the risk factors of the adverse event during the fiberoptic bronchoscopy in children. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age(OR:16.628,95%CI:1.688-163.764), basic disease (OR:9.369,95%CI:1.429-61.412), operation time (OR:15.252,95%CI:1.767-131.676), were independent risk factors of the adverse event during the fiberoptic bronchoscopy in children. Conclusion More attention should be paid to the younger patients with underlying diseases and long operation time, and corresponding nursing measures should be applied to reduce the adverse event when performed by bronchoscope.
8.Initial establishment of the cognitive questionnaire about blood pressure monitoring in critical care nurses
Weihong TANG ; Xiangrong ZUO ; Yong CHEN ; Sheng ZHAO ; Fang CAO ; Yuzhen GUAN ; Shaohua LIU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2014;20(21):2629-2633
Objective To develop the suitable for our country , high reliability and validity of cognitive questionnaire about blood pressure monitoring in critical care nurses ( CCNs ) in order to provide the help for understanding the status of blood pressure monitoring in CCNs in our country .Methods The original entry pool was preliminarily established according the international assessment scale of clinical outcome in patients through the structured decision-making including the McGhee-items, references from databases and experts ’ modification.70 CCNs and 120 undergraduate nursing students with one ICU at least were surveyed by the preliminary questionnaire .The entries were screened again through the investigation of entry distribution , dispersion, t test, resolution coefficient and the discussion in core group again , and the reliability and validity of internal consistency were evaluated .Results The original entry pool was 35 items, and the items of experts ’ modification was 3;5 items were deleted through the item selection combined with the discussion in core group . The items of the remaining entries in three dimensions including the physiology of blood pressure monitoring , technical aspects of monitoring , wave distinguish and data interpretation were respectively 12, 8, 10 items.The total Cronbach ’ s αcoefficient of questionnaire was 0.783, and the Cronbach ’ s αcoefficient of different dimensions were respectively 0.822, 0.793 and 0.734.Six extracting factors explained 82.57% of the total variance, and the loads of the corresponding dimensions were more than 0.55.Conclusions The initial questionnaire which is consisted of items after selection can comprehensively reflect the connotation of blood pressure monitoring , and can be used for investigating the cognitive level of blood pressure monitoring in CCNs in our country due to high validity and reliability .
9.Genome shuffling method of Bacillus subtilis.
Junjie YANG ; Wenchao FAN ; Han XIAO ; Chunhong GUAN ; Chuanzeng CAO ; Haifeng SHAO ; Weihong JIANG ; Sheng YANG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2010;26(10):1385-1392
Genome shuffling methods were explored for Bacillus subtilis strain molecular breeding. Recycling protoplast fusion, recycling transformation and recycling universal transduction were used for genome shuffling in B. subtilis. Four strains with different nutrition-deficiency markers were used as initial strains. After five rounds protoplast fusion, transformation or transduction, the descendant with 4 markers had not been detected, and the rate of descendant with 3 markers were 4.53 x 10(-4), 1.64 x 10(-4), 4.47 x 10(-3), respectively. A computer program was made to simulate the recycling fusion process. Based on simulation result and comparing the genome shuffling result of B. subtilis in this experiment and that of Streptomyces coelicolor reported in references, effective genome shuffling needs a high recombination rate of at least between 10(-3) and 10(-2).
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10.Changes and significance of T follicular regulatory cells/T follicular helper cells and related cytokines in peripheral blood of children with dust mite allergic asthma
Xiao TONG ; Fang GONG ; Chaojiao GUAN ; Yucen JIANG ; Bingjie ZHANG ; Xuemei ZHOU ; Tuo JI ; Weihong SHEN
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2022;37(23):1793-1796
Objective:To explore the changes of T follicular regulatory (T FR) cells/T follicular helper (T FH) cells and their related cytokines in peripheral blood of children with dust mite allergic asthma, and their clinical significance. Methods:A total of 25 children with acute dust mite allergic asthma (the asthma group) in Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University from January to December 2021 and 16 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers (the healthy control group) at the same time were enrolled in the retrospective study.The percentages of peripheral T FR cells and T FH cells of the 2 groups were measured by flow cytometry.The plasma levels of cytokines[interleukin (IL)-10, IL-21] of the 2 groups were assessed by the flow cytometric microsphere-based array technology.The specific IgE (sIgE) levels of dust mites in 2 groups were detected by fluorescence enzyme immunoassay.The percentage of eosinophils in peripheral blood detected by blood cell analyzer.Data between groups were compared by t-test, and the correlation among indicators was analyzed by Spearman rank correlation analysis. Results:The asthma group had evident T FR cells/T FH cells immune imbalance.Compared with the healthy control group, the asthma group had a significantly lower T FR cells level[(0.11±0.03)% vs.(0.13±0.03)%], a significantly higher T FH cells level[(5.07±1.75)% vs.(3.80 ± 1.60)%], and a significantly lower ratio of T FR cells /T FH cells(0.02±0.01 vs.0.05±0.03) ( t=2.29, 2.30, 3.71; all P<0.05). Compared with the healthy control group, the asthma group had a significantly higher IL-21 level[(547.85±195.13) ng/L vs.(404.94±110.41) ng/L], and a significantly lower IL-10 level[(10.18±3.49) ng/L vs.(14.79±5.65) ng/L] ( t=2.60, 3.15; all P<0.05). The ratio of T FR cells/T FH cells in asthma group was negatively correlated with sIgE ( r=-0.444 2, P=0.026 1), but not related to the eosinophil percentage ( r=-0.135 2, P=0.519 3). Conclusions:Children with dust mite allergic asthma suffer from T FR cells/T FH cells subset imbalance.The imbalanced T FR cells, T FH cells and their related cytokines IL-10 and IL-21 may play a role in regulating the production of asthma sIgE.