1.Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Guangzhou hospitals in 2007
Chao ZHUO ; Danhong SU ; Nanshan ZHONG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2009;32(4):397-402
Objective To investigate antimicrobial resistance of clinical isolates from 15 hospitals submitted to Guangzhou Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (GSAR) in 2007,and to learn the feature of bacterial resistance in Guangzhou.Methods Disc diffusion test (K-B methods) was employed to study the antimicrobial resistance.Results Of 18 500 clinical isolates,Gram negative bacilli and Gram positive cocci accounted for 68.4% and 31.6%,respectively,and 45.7% isolates in Gram negative bacilli belonged to non-fermentative bacilli.The detection rotes of methiciHin-resistant strains was 55.9% in Staphylococcus aureus and 75.9% in coagulase negative Staphylococcus.All of the Staphylococcus pneumoniae isolates were penicillin-susceptible (PSSP) according to 2008 CLSI criterion.One strains of Enterobacter faecium were identified as vancomycin-resistance (VRE).The resistant rates of Enterobacter to imipenem and merpenem were the lowest.The prevalence of ESBLs-producing strains in Enterobacter coli and Klebsiella spp.isolates was 43.8% and 39.8%,respectively.Against all the ESBLs strains in Enterobacter coli and Klebsiella spp,meropenem,imipenem,cefoperazone/sulbactam,and piperacillin/tazobactam showed the lowest resistant rates,ranging from 0 to 14.1%,20.4%,24.4% and 25.4% isolates of Pseudomonas aernginosa were resistant to efoperazone/sulbactam,piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem,while 75.6%,72.4% and 63.2% isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were susceptible to piperacillin/tazobactam,meropenem and cefoperazone/sulbactam,respectively.The resistance rates of Acinetobacter spp.to cefoperazone/sulbactam and meropenem were 2.6% and 5.1%,respectively.Some panresistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.5%) and Ac/naobacter baumannii (1.5%) emerged.The resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aeinetobacter baumannii isolated from sputum sample was higher than those from blood sample.Conclusions The increase of isolated rates of non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli and the emerging bacterial resistance and oandrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii warrants further enbancing the local surveillance of bacterial resistance and characterization of panresistance mechanism to inform the rational use of anfimicrobial agents and containment of bacterial resistance.
2.Research on Teaching Innovation of Infectious Disease
Chao ZHUO ; Wenxiang HUANG ; Ze YUAN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2003;0(02):-
The problems in teaching infectious disease were discussed .The measures should be taken to improve the teaching quality from the varies of aspects, such as the aim and the model of the teaching, the arrangement of curricula, the cultivation of the clinical ability, and the method of examination and the application of multi-media materials.
3.In vitro antimicrobial activity of piperacillin-sulbactam and other 7 antimicrobial agents against non-fermentative bacilli
Chao ZHUO ; Shunian XIAO ; Guixia QIU ; Nanshan ZHONG
Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine 2010;49(12):1015-1019
Objective To evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial activity of piperacillin-sulbactam against clinical isolates of non-fermentative bacilli isolated from common infections. Methods Microdilution was employed to study the antimicrobial resistance. Results A total of 770 strains were collected from 6 hospitals in Guangzhou, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia , Burkholderia cepacia , Flavobacterium , and Alcaligenes. Compared with other β-lactams,piperacillin-sulbactam displayed the highest activity against all the isolates of P. aeruginosa, especially for imipenem non-sensitive isolates, with the susceptibility of 71.9% and 55.8%, respectively. Piperacillinsulbactam and cefoperazone-sulbactam kept good activity against imipenem sensitive isolates of A. baumannii,with the susceptibility of 71.0% and 73. 0%, respectively. For the strains of Burkholderia cepacia, 69% strains exhibited minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ≤ 16 mg/L for piperacillin-sulbactam. For the strains of Flavobacterium, and Alcaligenes, piperacillin-sulbactam also had excellent activity, with the susceptibility of 70. 2% and 94. 4%, respectively. Conclusion Piperacillin-sulbactam exhibits good activity again non-fermentative bacilli, especial for imipenem non-sensitive isolates of P. aeruginosa.
4.The study on effects of indoor air filtration on radon exposure to residents
Liping HE ; Bo CHEN ; Chao ZHAO ; Weihai ZHUO
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2016;36(9):688-693
Objective To evaluate the influence of indoor air filtration by air purifier on the behavior of indoor radon progeny and estimate its effects on indoor radon exposure to residents.Methods The concentrations of indoor radon progeny with and without the air filtration were calculated by the theoretical model developed in this study.Based on the dose conversion factors of attached and unattached radon progeny,the mitigation effects of indoor radon exposure due to the air filtration were estimated.Verification experiments were conducted in an airtight room.Results With the air filtration rate increased,the removal efficiency of indoor radon progeny would appear more obvious.For an airtight room with its initial aerosol concentration of 10 000 cm-3,the concentration of total radon progeny would decrease by more than 90% when the air filtration rate exceeded 10 h-1.But the concentrations of indoor unattached radon progeny would increase by using the air purifier in different extents.The variations of radon progeny concentrations and the decrease of internal doses were closely related to the filtration rate of air purifier.With the air filtration rates increased,the mitigation effects would be better and faster.The internal dose would reduce by more than 70% when the filtration rate exceeded 5 h-1.Conclusions Although the indoor concentration of unattached radon progeny will increase by using the air purifier,it is still effective in reducing the exposure dose to residents due to the inhalation of radon progeny.
5.Experiences of patients prior to operation with recurrent glioma based on the Corbin and Strauss chronic illness trajectory framework:a qualitative study
Zhuo WANG ; Meifen SHEN ; Yulun HUANG ; Chao WU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2015;31(34):2624-2627
Objective To understand the experiences of patients prior to operation with recurrent glioma based on the Corbin and Strauss chronic illness trajectory framework. Methods Fourteen patients participated in the semi-structure interviews.Data were analyzed with Colaizzi′s phenomenologica l procedure. Results Based on the Corbin and Strauss chronic illness trajectory framework, experiences of patients prior to operation with recurrent glioma were extracted. (1) Illness-related work including severe symptoms of illness and lack of knowledge of illness. (2) Biographical work including loss of biography and identity of self. (3) Everyday life work including change of social roles, complicated mood combined negative experience and positive experience, heavy economic burden. Conclusions Nursing staff should attach importance to experiences of patients, and provide targeted interventions for successful operations and recovery of physical and spiritual healing.
6.Estimation of the indoor external γ-dose rate from decorative stones
Qiang WANG ; Weihai ZHUO ; Yan KONG ; Chao ZHAO ; Dunhuang FAN
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2014;34(5):376-380
Objective To establish an accurate method for estimating the indoor gamma dose rate from decorative stones.Methods Combining a room model with decorating conditions,the gamma dose rates and dose rate conversion factors (DCF) at 1 m above the floor in the room center were calculated with the Monte Carlo simulations,and the calculation results were verified through experiments.Based on the results,the limit of radionuclide contents in stone materials was further discussed.Results The DCF increases with the increase of area or thickness of decorative stones in the same room.The increase of DCF with the thickness of decorative stone is approximately linear.The DCF also increases with the area of decorative stones,but the increasing trend slows down.For the same decorative stones,the smaller the room,the larger the increase of gamma dose rate.Experimental results were consistent with the simulation results within ± 20%.Conclusions The increase of indoor gamma dose rate depends not only on the radionuclide contents,but also on the area and thickness of the decorative stones as well as the room size.The method used in this study can be used to estimate,more accurately than ever,the additional external exposure to residents due to decorative stones,and it provides a theoretical basis for revising the limit standard on radionuclide contents in decorative materials.
7.Short-time middle-load treadmill exercise affects the bone mineral density of hyperlipidemia male rats
Xiaohong WANG ; Chao XU ; Zhuo ZHANG ; Lianying GUO ; Bo ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2013;(37):6555-6560
BACKGROUND:Some studies have shown that hyperlipidemia can lead to osteoporosis in rats, and exercise can increase the bone mineral density of rats. But the effect of short-time exercise on the bone mineral density of hyperlipdemia induced osteoporosis male rats is unclear yet.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of short-time middle-load treadmil exercise on the bone mineral density of hyperlipidemia male rats.
METHODS:Twenty-six male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups:control group (n=8), hyperlipidemia group (n=9) and exercise intervention group (n=9). The rats in the control group were fed with normal diet, and the rats in the other two groups were fed with high-fat diet and lasted for 4 weeks to establish the hyperlipidemia models. The rats in the exercise intervention group received treadmil exercise 5 days per week for 4 weeks according to the fol owing schedule:15 m/min for 15 minutes in the 1st week, 15 m/min for 20 minutes in the 2nd week, and then 20 m/min for 20 minutes in the last 2 weeks. Slope grade of the treadmil was adjusted at 0°. At the end of experiment, the rats were sacrificed, and the bone mineral density of the right femur, the morphological change of tibia, the level of plasma alkaline phosphates and calcium content were examined.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the control group, the distal femur bone mineral density in hyperlipidemia group was significantly decreased (P<0.05);histological analysis of the proximal tibia showed thinning and loss of bony trabeculae arrangement, the gap was widened, and a large amount of fat cel s infiltration or integration into vacuoles in the marrow was observed, the plasma alkaline phosphates was significantly increased (P<0.01). Compared with the hyperlipidemia group, distal femur bone mineral density in the exercise intervention group was increased (P<0.05). After adjust body weight, the whole femur bone mineral density was significantly greater in exercise intervention group compared to hyperlipidemia group (P<0.05). The histological analysis of the proximal tibia showed that the spaces of bone trabeculae decreased and the structure of bone trabeculae compacted, the alkaline phosphates activities were increased (P<0.01). There were no significant differences in serum calcium and phosphates levels between groups. The results show that short-time middle-load treadmil exercise can increase the bone mineral density of hyperlipidemia male rats.
8.Optimization of innovation education system in medical undergraduate teaching practice
Zhuo ZHAO ; Chao WU ; Gang GUO ; Hao ZENG ; Quanming ZOU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2013;(9):886-889
This paper analyzed innovative education management system,innovative education resources,innovative education mode and innovative education evaluation standard through practicing‘integration of production,study and research’ teaching platform. Meanwhile,this paper explored the optimization system of innovative education in medical undergraduate teaching.
9.The Thought Of The Relationship Between Patients and Medical Houseman
Mingzhang XU ; Liang SHI ; Zhuo PENG ; Yue CHAO
Chinese Medical Ethics 1994;0(06):-
In this article, we clarify the most important four facets about developing the Relationship Between Patients and Medical Houseman , including experienced mastery of the basic medical theories, comprehending basic medical skills, cultivating favorable occupation morality , and bringing out the means to advance the Relationship Between Patients and Medical Houseman in order to acquire the better social effect .
10.Reform and exploration of teaching system keeping pace with the change of food safety and nutrition in China
Bo ZHOU ; Lianying GUO ; Zhuo ZHANG ; Xiaohong WANG ; Chao XU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2015;(3):280-282,283
In view of the new situation in rapid variation with food safety and nutrition, and an urgent need of the practical talents in China, this study proposes corresponding reforming measures in improving teaching principle, teaching content, teaching methods, teaching equipment, teaching evalu-ation and training teachers.