1.Clinical analysis of elder patients with invasive fungal infections of gerontal hematological malignant
Qingming YANG ; Chaojin PENG ; Fang LIU ; Zhigang CAO ; Mo LIU ; Xi ZHENG
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2009;18(6):356-358
Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of the elder patients with the invasive fungal infections (IFI) in gerontal hematological malignant. Methods 38 patients with IFI during Jan 2000 to October 2007 were enrolled to analyze retrospectively. Results A total of 38 cases of gerontal hematological malignancies were diagnosed IFI. Occurrence of IFI correlated with agranulocytosis persistence >5 days, broad - spectrum antibiotics using >7 days, complicating diabetes, the hospitalized day longer than 20 days,chemotherapy scheme combined with glucocorticoids. IFI clinical manifestation varied with different infection sites and different fungal species. Lung was the frequently fungal infection site(25 cases, 65.8 %). The most common fungal subtypes were Candida albicans (14 strains, 38.9 %) and aspergillus (7 strains, 19.4 %).Although amphotericin B and itraconozole were adopted to treat IFI, but there were still 10 cases of patients died because of severe respiratory failure. Conclusion Elder patients with gerontal hematological malignant with a marked increasing mortality of IFI, prognosis was poor. Morbidity concerned with many factors, early prophylaxis or empiric antifungal treatment should be adopt.
2.Clinical utility of tuberculosis protein chip in diagnosis of tuberculosis
Yougen WU ; Xingping YANG ; Jun WANG ; Hongbing LIU ; Juhua LUO ; Bi YU ; Shuyuan XIAO ; Li ZHANG ; Chaojin LI
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2014;(3):196-198
Objective To explore the potential value of tuberculosis protein chip for clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis.Methods The antibody level of tuberculosis protein ESAT-6,CFP10,16 KD,38 KD and LAM was determined in 4 093 patients,inclu-ding 441 tuberculosis and 3 652 non-tuberculosis cases by protein chip.Results The tuberculosis antibody was positive in 297 of the 441 tuberculosis cases and 647 of the 3 652 non-tuberculosis cases.Tuberculosis protein chip provided a sensitivity of 67.35% and specificity of 82.28% in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.Conclusions Tuberculosis protein chip test is a quick,easy and effective method for identifying potential tuberculosis patients with good specificity.
3.Effect of brentuximab vedotin combined with chlormethine hydrochloride on the treatment of 6 patients with relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.
Zhigang CAO ; Zhihong WANG ; Junzhong SUN ; Chaojin PENG ; Shaomei FENG ; Xiaoyan ZHOU ; Qingming YANG
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2015;36(7):575-577
OBJECTIVETo observe the clinical efficacy and side effects of brentuximab vedotin (BV) plus chlormethine hydrochloride (CH) in patients with relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) after failure with BV alone.
METHODSFrom March, 2014 to December, 2014, 6 patients who failed with BV monotherapy were enrolled in this study. The chemotherapy regimen consisted of BV (1.2-1.8 mg/kg, iv. gtt, d1) and CH (6 mg/m2, iv. gtt, d1) was given for 3 weeks as one course, and all patients received about 3-8 courses of chemotherapy, with an median of 4 courses. Clinical efficacy and adverse events were assessed and observed by radiographic examination and serological detection.
RESULTSAmong 6 patients, the overall response rate was 100% with 2 complete remission and 4 partial remission. The main adverse events were grade I (2 patients) and IV (2 patients) bone marrow depression, grade II (2 patients)gastrointestinal reaction, grade I (1 patient) increase of transaminase and myocardial enzyme and grade I (1 patient) mouth ulcers.
CONCLUSIONThe combination of BV and CH in the treatment of relapsed and refractory HL after failure with BV alone was high effective and the toxicities were well tolerable.
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating ; therapeutic use ; Hodgkin Disease ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Immunoconjugates ; therapeutic use ; Mechlorethamine ; therapeutic use
4.Effects and Mechanism of Jidesheng Anti-venom Tablet on Local Wound Inflammation and Systemic Inflammatory Response of Snake Bite Patients
Jie HU ; Chaojin YANG ; Xingsong HE ; Zheng MING ; Zhihui XIE
China Pharmacy 2021;32(17):2102-2107
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects and mechanism of Jidesh eng anti-venom tablet on local wound inflammation and systemic inflammatory response of snake bite patients. METHODS :Totally 64 patients with snake bite admitted to our hospital during Jun. 2018-Jun. 2020 were randomly divided into control group and observation group ,with 32 cases in each group. Both groups received routine treatment ,such as debridement ,drainage,flushing,sealing,anti-venom,anti-infection,anti-fibrinolysis and anti-shock. Observation group was additionally given Jidesheng anti-venom tablet for internal and external use ,for consecutive 7 d. Related indexes of systemic inflammatory response ,local wound condition ,hospital stay ,laboratory indexes of important organs,coagulation function index ,wound inflammatory cell counts ,serum levels of inflammatory cytokines and chemokine ,the occurrence of ADR were compared between 2 groups. RESULTS :After treatment ,most of related indexes of systemic inflammatory response (RR,HR and WBC ),local wound condition (local pain disappearance time ,wound detumescence time ), hospital stay ,laboratory indexes of important organs (AST,ALT,Scr,BUN,CKB,CK-MB),coagulation function index (t-PA, PAI-1,TAT,SFMC),wound inflammatory cell (macrophages,neutrophils,lymphocytes)count,serum levels of inflammatory cytokines(TNF-α,IL-1,IL-6,hs-CRP,NF-κB)and chemokine (MCP-1,CXCL-8)in 2 groups were significantly better than before treatment (P<0.05);most indexes of observation group were significantly better than those of control group (P<0.05). No severe ADR was found in 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS :Jidesheng anti-venom tablet as auxiliary treatment can significantly reduce the local wound inflammation and systemic inflammatory response of snake bite patients ;the mechanism is probably related to reducing the levels of chemokine MCP- 1 and CXCL- 8 and inflammatory cytokines hs-CRP and NF-κB.