ObjectiveTo investigate the flora distribution and drug resistance status of nosocomial fungal infection in cancer hospitals for providing the scientific basis for clinical prevention and control.Methods The related clinical data and results of drug sensitivity tests of fungal infection in hospitalized patients from April 2006 to November 2010 were analyzed retrospectively.ResultsA total of 1011 strains of candida were isolated in five years, in which, Candida albicans (41.6％ on average) were the highest detection rate strains.The proportion of Candida albicans declined from 53.8％ in 2006 to 31.7％ in 2010, while the other non-Candida albicans increased from 46.2％ in 2006 to 68.3％ in 2010.In the General surgery, the Internal medicine,the Hepatobiliary surgery, and the Chinese and Western medicine, the number of candida were more than the other departments.The specimens were mainly isolated from sputum and swab, followed by blood specimens.In vitro susceptibility test results showed that: voriconazole, amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine showed high sensitivity and itraconazole, fluconazole showed high drug resistance to albicans.Conclusion Distribution of pathogens causing nosocomial fungal infection has changed, and the rates of fungal resistance were rising,so this situation should arouse the clinician's attention.

Objective To investigate the dynamic changes and drug resistance of fungal infection in our hospital during 2010 -2012 for guiding the clinical reasonable use of anti-fungal drugs .Methods The related clinical data and the drug sensitivity tests re-sults of fungal infection in the hospitalized patients from 2010 to 2012 were retrospectively analyzed by the WHONET 5 .6 soft-ware .Results Candida albicans was the major pathogen causing candida infection for these 3 years .The isolated specimens were mainly sputum and blood .In the departments of internal medicine ,general surgery and integrated Chinese and Western medicine ,the number of detected candida were more than that of the other departments .Five kinds of candida showed high sensitivity to ampho-tericin B and high resistance to itraconazole .Conclusion The distribution of pathogens causing nosocomial fungal infection has changed and the drug resistance rate is continuously rising .Therefore the dynamic monitoring and the study of fungal infection should be strengthened for reducing the occurrence of fungal infection in the patients with tumor .

Autoimmune Diseases ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Cholangitis ; drug therapy ; immunology ; pathology ; Cholangitis, Sclerosing ; drug therapy ; immunology ; pathology ; Hepatitis, Autoimmune ; drug therapy ; immunology ; pathology ; Humans ; Interferon-gamma ; therapeutic use ; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary ; drug therapy ; immunology ; pathology ; Ursodeoxycholic Acid ; therapeutic use

Adult ; Blood Pressure ; Environmental Exposure ; Female ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation ; adverse effects ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Exposure ; Personnel, Hospital ; Young Adult

Tensegrity structure is comprised of compression-resis tant elements and a set of continuous tensile elements that are interconnected w ith each other. The stability of such system depends on maintenance of tensional integrity inside the structure, or what has come to be termed “tensegrity”. A ccording to studies on biology, cell structures are assembled on the basis of te nsegrity mechanism. Tensegrity of cytoskeleton can affect cell shape and functio n. Furthermore, some basic rules of mechanochemical transduction in cells can be well explained using tensegrity theory.

Objective To investigate the role of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the occurrence of drug eruptions.Methods Peripheral blood samples were collected from 44 patients with drug eruptions (including 13 severe cases) and 50 healthy human controls.Taqman fluorescent real-time quantitative PCR (RT-PCR) was performed to determine the positive rate and load of CMV DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs).Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was conducted to detect anti-CMV IgM antibodies in sera.Results The positive rate of CMV DNA was significantly higher in the patients than in the controls (65.91％ (29/44) vs.28.00 ％ (14/50),x2 =13.552,P ＜ 0.05),significantly different among patients with severe drug eruptions (11/13),patients with mild drug eruptions (58.06％ (18/31)) and the controls (x2 =16.153,P ＜ 0.05).In addition,patients with severe drug eruptions showed a higher positive rate of CMV DNA compared with patients with mild drug eruptions (x2 =13.817,P ＜ 0.05) and the controls (x2 =7.237,P ＜ 0.05).CMV DNA load was significantly higher in the patients than in the controls ((28 183.829 ± 19 527.654) vs.(3 019.952 ± 1 760.952) copies,t' =8.517,P ＜ 0.05).No significant difference was found in CMV DNA load between patients with severe drug eruptions ((554 813.389 ± 722 642.498) copies),patients with mild drug eruptions ((13 290.558 ± 14 082.356) copies)) and the controls (P ＞ 0.05).The positive rate of anti-CMV IgM antibodies was similar between the patients and controls (13.64％ (6/44) vs.6.00％ (3/50),P ＞ 0.05),but significantly different among patients with severe drug eruptions (4/13),patients with mild drug eruptions (6.45％,2/31) and the controls (x2 =7.832,P ＜ 0.05),and significantly higher in patients with severe drug eruptions than in the controls (x2 =6.409,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions CMV infection exists in patients with drug eruptions,and might be a factor associated with the initiation and aggravation of drug eruptions.

Objective To explore the relationship of the severity of coronary-artery stenosis with plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and Meprin-α.Methods Totally 237 patients in our hospital were divided into control group (CON group), stable angina group (SA group) and acute coronary syndrome group (ACS group), according to coronary artery angiography.Patients with acute coronary syndrome were divided into 3 subgroups: unstable angina (UA) group, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) group and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) group.Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) were divided into 3 subgroups: low-score, medium-score and high-score groups, according to coronary angiography and Syntax score.BNP and Meprin-α levels were determined in patients with coronary artery disease, and the degree of coronary artery stenosis was evaluated.The differences in above indexes were analyzed and compared among the three groups.Results Plasma levels of BNP and Meprin-α were higher in ACS group than in CON group [(233.16± 78.22)ng/L vs.(33.48 ± 13.71)ng/L, (26.89 ± 6.45) nmol/L vs.(12.83±0.66)nmol/L, both P＜0.05].Compared with UA group, plasma levels of BNP and Meprin-α were increased in NSTEMI and STEMI groups (all P＜0.05).Compared with the control group, plasma levels of BNP and Meprin-α in the Syntax scores-divided subgroups were increased (all P＜ 0.05).The plasma levels of BNP and Meprin-α in CAD patients were significantly increased along with the increase of Syntax Score.Spearman correlation analysis showed that low density lipoprotein cholesterol, glucose, BNP and Meprin-α levels had positive correlations with the occurrence of coronary heart disease, while high density lipoprotein level was negatively correlated with the occurrence of coronary heart disease (all P＜0.05).Conclusions BNP and Meprin-α levels in peripheral blood are significantly elevated in patients with coronary heart disease, and they are correlated with Syntax score.The risk of ACS is increased along with the increased BNP and Meprinα levels.

Laboratory animals and animal experiments are foundations and important support conditions for life sciences, especially for medical research. The animal experiments have drawn extensive attention from the society because of the ethical issue. This paper takes Wenzhou Medical University as an example to give a brief introduction to the ethical review about laboratory animals in the university so as to further draw attention and concerns from the public about the ethical issue of laboratory animals. We successively introduce its scientific projects, nurturing environment and ethical review of laboratory animals.
Animal Experimentation ; ethics ; Animals ; Animals, Laboratory ; Universities

Adult ; Antigens, CD ; metabolism ; Antigens, CD34 ; metabolism ; Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic ; metabolism ; Dermatofibrosarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Fibroma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Lipoma ; pathology ; Neurofibroma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Receptors, Cell Surface ; metabolism ; Skin Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery

Objective To study plasmid-mediated transfer,plasmid replicon typing,and genetic environment of blaNDM-1 gene in Enterobacteraerogenes(E.aerogenes).Methods E.aerogenes HN-NDM0711 was used as the subject of this research,the transferable properties of plasmid were analyzed by conjugation testing,conjugant was performed stability testing,plasmid type was determined by PCR-based replicon typing (PBRT),downstream and upstream of blaNDM-1 were sequenced using chromosome walking method,genetic context was analyzed by BLASTN and BALSTP,as well as annotated using Vector NTI 11.5.1 software,sequence pipeline graph was made,the sequence was submitted to Genbank through software Banklt.Results The conjugation testing of E.aerogenes pHN-NDM0711 was positive,after positive conjugant was conducted 4-day passage,minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of imipenem and meropenem to all the cloned strains didn't change,blaNDM-1 were all positive.The replicon type was IncA/C;blaNDM-1 gene was localized between ISAba14 and IS91,at upstream of the blaNDM-1,class 1 integron and Tn3 transposon were identified,class 1 integron contained a new mosaic structure of a drug-resistant resistance gene cassette.Conclusion E.aerogenes pHN-NDM071 1,bearing blaNDM-1 gene in IncA/C plasmid,derived from gene recombination under different antimicrobial selection pressure.Antimicrobial use in clinical,industrial and agricultural area should be strictly controlled,so as to reduce the emergence of such bacteria.