1.Progress and prospect on treatment for radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer
China Oncology 2025;35(1):30-39
Most patients with differentiated thyroid cancer benefit from surgery,radioactive iodine-131 therapy and TSH suppression therapy,resulting in a favorable prognosis.However,once radioactive iodine refractory thyroid cancer(RAIR-DTC)develops,the prognosis becomes significantly poorer,treatment options are limited,and therapeutic efficacy is constrained.This has emerged as a research focus in recent years.With advancements in understanding tumor mechanisms and rapid developments in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies,significant progress has been made in new drugs and new treatments for RAIR-DTC.The development of novel targeted therapies has revolutionized the management.Notably,multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor(mTKI)such as sorafenib and lenvatinib has demonstrated significant improvements in progression-free survival,thereby establishing targeted therapy as a viable option for RAIR-DTC.Cabozantinib has also shown promising results as a second-line treatment following TKI failure.Other TKIs like apatinib and anlotinib have also arnered attention due to efficacy and safety.Additionally,specific TKI targeting BRAF V600E mutations,RET fusions and NTRK fusion genes have ushered in an era of precision medicine for RAIR-DTC.Thus,for patients with RET or NTRK fusions,guidelines recommend prioritizing specific target TKI over pan-target kinase inhibitors.If no such gene mutations are present,pan-target kinase inhibitors are considered as the standard first-line treatments.MEK inhibitors(selumetinib)may induce redifferentiation,potentially restoring iodine uptake.Consequently,the combination of targeted therapy and iodine-131 therapy represents a promising strategy.While immune checkpoint inhibitors only have not yielded optimistic results in RAIR-DTC,combination with TKIs has shown certain safety and efficacy,warranting further exploration.However,given issues of drug resistance and intolerable side effects,it is imperative to explore new treatments.Radionuclide therapy guided by nuclear medicine molecular imaging offers potential hope for RAIR-DTC patients.Targeted radioligand/receptor therapies,such as PSMA,SSTR and FAPi,exhibit characteristics of targeting,visualization and integration of diagnosis and treatment.Initial trials of them in RAIR-DTC patients with TKIs treatment failure have been confirmed feasibility.This review summarized recent advances in new drugs and new technologies for RAIR-DTC treatment,aiming to guide clinical practice and anticipate more personalized and precise treatment options to improve quality of life and survival.
2.Risk factors of anastomotic stenosis after esophageal cancer surgery
Wenrong YANG ; Aimin LI ; Lijie YANG ; Zhonghua LI ; Zheng SONG ; Wanchun YANG ; Jianyuan CHA
China Modern Doctor 2025;63(23):24-27
Objective To investigate the risk factors for postoperative anastomotic stenosis in esophageal cancer patients.Methods A total of 200 patients who underwent radical esophageal cancer resection at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University from July 2015 to June 2024 were selected as subjects.The patients were divided into stenosis group(n=100)and non-stenosis group(n=100)based on whether they had benign anastomotic stenosis.Comparative analyses were conducted regarding the first feeding time,surgical duration,use of non-linear anastomotic devices,and anastomotic leakage in both groups.The independent risk factors for benign postoperative anastomotic stenosis were systematically evaluated.Results Delayed initial postoperative feeding,non-linear anastomotic devices,anastomotic leakage,and persistent postoperative hypoxemia were identified as risk factors for anastomotic stenosis in esophageal cancer patients after neck anastomosis.Balloon dilation-induced bleeding and early postoperative feeding within 12h served as protective factors(P<0.05).Conclusion The development of anastomotic stenosis in esophageal cancer patients following neck anastomosis may be associated with delayed initial feeding,non-linear anastomotic devices,anastomotic leakage,and persistent hypoxemia.
3.Caregiver fatigue in aging society:a conceptual analysis
Shuhui LIU ; Haixin ZHAI ; Wei LI ; Sihua WEI ; Xinyi YANG ; Aimin GUO
Modern Clinical Nursing 2025;24(9):84-90
Objective To clarify the concept of caregiver fatigue in an aging society and to provide references in the elderly people nursing.Methods Literature on caregiver fatigue was systematically retrieved from databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),Wanfang Data,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,PubMed,EMbase,Scopus,and Web of Science from the inception to June 15th 2024.Walker and Avant's framework for concept analysis was performed to analyse the retrieved literature.Results Forty-one papers were included in the study.Caregiver fatigue was identified to comprise of five defining attributes:simultaneous physical and psychological burden,subjective perception,changing over time,negative impact arising from caregiving,and negative impact on both caregivers and care recipients.Antecedents included three perspectives:caregiver-related,care-recipient-related and environmental,The consequences included an impact on both the caregiver and the person being cared for.Empirical assessment indicators of fatigue include the checklist individual strength(CIS)and the fatigue assessment instrument(FAI)and fatigue scale-14(FS-14,FS-14).Conclusion Walker and Avant's conceptual analysis identifies five attributes of caregiver fatigue.Nurses should pay attention to and evaluate the degree of caregiver fatigue from multiple perspectives,thereby effectively identifying and intervening in the fatigue as early as possible.
4.Neuroprotective effect of vanillin on experimental autoimmune encephalo-myelitis in rats by regulating CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling pathway
Jingfang GUO ; Lei WU ; He YANG ; Aimin LI
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2025;41(5):1096-1101
Objective:To investigate the neuroprotective effect of vanillin on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis(EAE)rats by regulating C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12(CXCL12)/chemokine(C-X-C motif)receptor(CXCR4)signaling path-way.Methods:A total of 50 rats were injected with 400 μl guinea pig spinal cord and water in oil mixture of complete Freund's adju-vant to establish EAE rat model,and were divided into model group,low-dose vanillin group(50 mg/kg),medium-dose vanillin group(100 mg/kg),high-dose vanillin group(200 mg/kg)and positive drug group(5 mg/kg prednisone acetate),another 10 rats were only injected with the mixture of the same amount of normal saline and complete Freud adjuvant as control group,since the first day of mod-eling,all rats were given corresponding drugs by gavage for 16 consecutive days,and after modeling,rats in each group were scored for neurological function every day;HE and LFB staining were used to observe the pathology and demyelination of spinal cord in rats;levels of serum TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 were detected by ELISA;immunohistochemistry was used to detect expressions of CD68 and Iba-1 in spinal cord of rats;Western blot was used to detect expressions of CXCL12 and CXCR4 proteins in spinal cord of rats.Results:Compared with control group,rats in model group showed obvious infiltration of inflammatory cells,a large number of inflammatory cells gathered around the small blood vessels,and the structure of myelin sheath in spinal cord of rats was abnormal,accompanied by a large number of myelin sheath loss,the neurological function score,inflammatory infiltration score and demyelination score of spinal cord,serum TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 levels,spinal cord CD68 and Iba-1 proteins,CXCL12 and CXCR4 proteins expressions in-creased obviously(P<0.05);compared with model group,inflammatory cell infiltration and myelin sheath loss of rats in low,medium and high doses groups and positive drug group were obviously alleviated,neurological function score,inflammatory infiltration score and demyelination score of spinal cord,serum TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 levels,and expressions of CD68 and Iba-1 proteins in spinal cord decreased obviously(P<0.05),while expressions of CXCL12 and CXCR4 proteins in spinal cord further increased(P<0.05).Conclusion:Vanillin inhibits inflammatory response and alleviates nerve injury in EAE rats,and its mechanism may be related to acti-vation of CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling pathway.
5.Caregiver fatigue in aging society:a conceptual analysis
Shuhui LIU ; Haixin ZHAI ; Wei LI ; Sihua WEI ; Xinyi YANG ; Aimin GUO
Modern Clinical Nursing 2025;24(9):84-90
Objective To clarify the concept of caregiver fatigue in an aging society and to provide references in the elderly people nursing.Methods Literature on caregiver fatigue was systematically retrieved from databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),Wanfang Data,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,PubMed,EMbase,Scopus,and Web of Science from the inception to June 15th 2024.Walker and Avant's framework for concept analysis was performed to analyse the retrieved literature.Results Forty-one papers were included in the study.Caregiver fatigue was identified to comprise of five defining attributes:simultaneous physical and psychological burden,subjective perception,changing over time,negative impact arising from caregiving,and negative impact on both caregivers and care recipients.Antecedents included three perspectives:caregiver-related,care-recipient-related and environmental,The consequences included an impact on both the caregiver and the person being cared for.Empirical assessment indicators of fatigue include the checklist individual strength(CIS)and the fatigue assessment instrument(FAI)and fatigue scale-14(FS-14,FS-14).Conclusion Walker and Avant's conceptual analysis identifies five attributes of caregiver fatigue.Nurses should pay attention to and evaluate the degree of caregiver fatigue from multiple perspectives,thereby effectively identifying and intervening in the fatigue as early as possible.
6.Neuroprotective effect of vanillin on experimental autoimmune encephalo-myelitis in rats by regulating CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling pathway
Jingfang GUO ; Lei WU ; He YANG ; Aimin LI
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2025;41(5):1096-1101
Objective:To investigate the neuroprotective effect of vanillin on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis(EAE)rats by regulating C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12(CXCL12)/chemokine(C-X-C motif)receptor(CXCR4)signaling path-way.Methods:A total of 50 rats were injected with 400 μl guinea pig spinal cord and water in oil mixture of complete Freund's adju-vant to establish EAE rat model,and were divided into model group,low-dose vanillin group(50 mg/kg),medium-dose vanillin group(100 mg/kg),high-dose vanillin group(200 mg/kg)and positive drug group(5 mg/kg prednisone acetate),another 10 rats were only injected with the mixture of the same amount of normal saline and complete Freud adjuvant as control group,since the first day of mod-eling,all rats were given corresponding drugs by gavage for 16 consecutive days,and after modeling,rats in each group were scored for neurological function every day;HE and LFB staining were used to observe the pathology and demyelination of spinal cord in rats;levels of serum TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 were detected by ELISA;immunohistochemistry was used to detect expressions of CD68 and Iba-1 in spinal cord of rats;Western blot was used to detect expressions of CXCL12 and CXCR4 proteins in spinal cord of rats.Results:Compared with control group,rats in model group showed obvious infiltration of inflammatory cells,a large number of inflammatory cells gathered around the small blood vessels,and the structure of myelin sheath in spinal cord of rats was abnormal,accompanied by a large number of myelin sheath loss,the neurological function score,inflammatory infiltration score and demyelination score of spinal cord,serum TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 levels,spinal cord CD68 and Iba-1 proteins,CXCL12 and CXCR4 proteins expressions in-creased obviously(P<0.05);compared with model group,inflammatory cell infiltration and myelin sheath loss of rats in low,medium and high doses groups and positive drug group were obviously alleviated,neurological function score,inflammatory infiltration score and demyelination score of spinal cord,serum TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 levels,and expressions of CD68 and Iba-1 proteins in spinal cord decreased obviously(P<0.05),while expressions of CXCL12 and CXCR4 proteins in spinal cord further increased(P<0.05).Conclusion:Vanillin inhibits inflammatory response and alleviates nerve injury in EAE rats,and its mechanism may be related to acti-vation of CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling pathway.
7.The language abilities comparison between children aged 3-6 with developmental delay and those with autism
Mengke JIN ; Mengya YIN ; Yang MA ; Yang SHI ; Aimin LIANG ; Ao CHEN ; Chunyan QU
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2025;33(2):115-118
Objective To investigate the differences of language abilities between children with developmental delay(DD)and those with autism spectrum disorder(ASD)aged 3-6 years,and to provide references for clinical differential diagnosis and subsequent rehabilitation therapy.Methods In this study,61 cases of DD children and 61 cases of ASD chil-dren were selected.The language ability of children was assessed using the"Children's Language Ability Assessment Stand-ards and Methods",which evaluated grammar,comprehension,expression and communication abilities.Results Children with DD showed better comprehension and social skills but weaker grammar and expressive abilities.Children with ASD generally had lower levels in all language areas.There was no significant difference in the average language ability or expres-sive ability the two groups(P>0.05),but the language comprehension ability and communication ability of the ASD group were significantly lower than those of the DD group(P<0.05).The grammar ability of the ASD group was higher than that of the DD group(P<0.05).Conclusion The levels of different language areas of children with DD and ASD children are significantly different.Language ability tests can assist in the differential diagnosis of DD and ASD children,and provide reference for language rehabilitation training.
8.Promotive effect of hypoxia-induced ANGPTL4 expression on experimental choroidal neovascularization
Jia CHEN ; Ying YANG ; Shu SU ; Shenglai ZHANG ; Xiaowei YANG ; Aimin SANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2025;43(10):906-914
Objective:To investigate the role of hypoxia-induced angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) expression in experimental choroidal neovascularization (CNV).Methods:Twenty-seven SPF male C57BL/6J mice aged 6-8 weeks were selected.Eighteen of the mice were used to establish a laser-induced CNV model.On the 7th day after laser photocoagulation, success of the modeling was verified using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA). The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid-sclera complex was extracted for protein analysis before modeling and on the 3rd and 7th days after modeling.The relative expression levels of ANGPTL4 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) at different time points were detected by Western blot.Additionally, frozen sections of mouse eyeballs on day 7 after modeling were prepared and the expression and cellular localization of ANGPTL4 were observed by immunofluorescence.RF/6A cells, derived from monkey choroidal retinal endothelial cells, were treated with 200 μmol/L cobalt chloride (CoCl 2) in the culture medium for 0, 3, 6, and 12 hours.RF/6A cells were also divided into a normal control group, a hypoxia group, and a hypoxia+ si-ANGPTL4 group, and cells were transfected with a plasmid containing si-ANGPTL4 sequence.The relative expression levels of ANGPTL4 and VEGF proteins in each group were detected by Western blot, and the differences in tube formation among the groups were observed by tube formation assay.A total of 27 male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into CNV group, CNV+ si-NC group, and CNV+ si-ANGPTL4 group, with 9 mice in each group.In the CNV+ si-NC and CNV+ si-ANGPTL4 groups, si-NC and si-ANGPTL4 were respectively injected into the vitreous cavity after the CNV model was established.Fluorescence leakage in mice was observed by FFA, and the length, thickness and area of CNV was observed using OCTA and immunofluorescence staining of choroidal flat mounts.The relative expression levels of ANGPTL4 and VEGF proteins in each group were detected by Western blot.All animal experiments were conducted in accordance with ARVO Statement on the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research.The experimental protocol was approved by the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University (No.S20220822-902). Results:Before modeling and on the 3rd and 7th days after modeling, the relative expression levels of ANGPTL4 protein were 1.00±0.00, 1.58±0.05, and 1.90±0.04, respectively, and the relative expression levels of VEGF protein were 1.00±0.00, 1.31±0.05, and 1.84±0.04, respectively, with statistically significant overall differences ( F=528.934, 390.424, both P<0.05). Among them, on the 3rd and 7th days after modeling, the relative expression levels of ANGPTL4 and VEGF proteins were significantly higher in CNV group than in the control group (all P<0.05). The tissues of each layer of the retina were clear in the control group, while neovascularization could be seen growing under the retinal neuroepithelial layer in the CNV group.Compared with the control group, ANGPTL4 expression was significantly increased and colocalized with vascular endothelial cells in the CNV group.After CoCl 2 treatment of RF/6A cells for 3, 6, and 12 hours, the relative expression levels of ANGPTL4 and VEGF proteins were higher than at 0 hour, with statistically significant differences (all P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the relative ANGPTL4 protein expression was increased in the hypoxia group and significantly decreased in the hypoxia+ si-ANGPTL4 group, showing statistically significant differences (both P<0.05). The number of tube formations in the control group, hypoxia group, and hypoxia+ si-ANGPTL4 group were 12.67±1.53, 19.64±1.56, and 17.01±1.04, respectively, with a statistically significant overall difference ( F=33.091, P<0.01). The number of tube formations increased in the hypoxia group and hypoxia+ si-ANGPTL4 group compared with the control group, and the number of tube formations decreased in the hypoxia+ si-ANGPTL4 group compared with the hypoxia group, with statistically significant differences (all P<0.05). Relative expression levels of ANGPTL4 and VEGF proteins were significantly lower in the CNV+ si-ANGPTL4 group than those in the CNV group (both P<0.05). The CNV area was significantly lower in the CNV+ si-ANGPTL4 group than in the CNV group and CNV+ si-NC group (both P<0.05). Conclusions:Hypoxia-induced ANGPTL4 promotes experimental CNV formation in vivo and in vitro.Inhibiting ANGPTL4 can reduce CNV formation and leakage.
9.Changing distribution and antimicrobial resistance profiles of clinical isolates in children:results from the CHINET Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program,2015-2021
Qing MENG ; Lintao ZHOU ; Yunsheng CHEN ; Yang YANG ; Fupin HU ; Demei ZHU ; Chuanqing WANG ; Aimin WANG ; Lei ZHU ; Jinhua MENG ; Hong ZHANG ; Chun WANG ; Fang DONG ; Zhiyong LÜ ; Shuping ZHOU ; Yan ZHOU ; Shifu WANG ; Fangfang HU ; Yingchun XU ; Xiaojiang ZHANG ; Zhaoxia ZHANG ; Ping JI ; Wei JIA ; Gang LI ; Kaizhen WEN ; Yirong ZHANG ; Yan JIN ; Chunhong SHAO ; Yong ZHAO ; Ping GONG ; Chao ZHUO ; Danhong SU ; Bin SHAN ; Yan DU ; Sufang GUO ; Jiao FENG ; Ziyong SUN ; Zhongju CHEN ; Wen'en LIU ; Yanming LI ; Xiaobo MA ; Yanping ZHENG ; Dawen GUO ; Jinying ZHAO ; Ruizhong WANG ; Hua FANG ; Lixia ZHANG ; Juan MA ; Jihong LI ; Zhidong HU ; Jin LI ; Yuxing NI ; Jingyong SUN ; Ruyi GUO ; Yan ZHU ; Yi XIE ; Mei KANG ; Yuanhong XU ; Ying HUANG ; Shanmei WANG ; Yafei CHU ; Hua YU ; Xiangning HUANG ; Lianhua WEI ; Fengmei ZOU ; Han SHEN ; Wanqing ZHOU ; Yunzhuo CHU ; Sufei TIAN ; Shunhong XUE ; Hongqin GU ; Xuesong XU ; Chao YAN ; Bixia YU ; Jinju DUAN ; Jianbang KANG ; Jiangshan LIU ; Xuefei HU ; Yunsong YU ; Jie LIN ; Yunjian HU ; Xiaoman AI ; Chunlei YUE ; Jinsong WU ; Yuemei LU
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2025;25(1):48-58
Objective To understand the changing composition and antibiotic resistance of bacterial species in the clinical isolates from outpatient and emergency department(hereinafter referred to as outpatients)and inpatient children over time in various hospitals,and to provide laboratory evidence for rational antibiotic use.Methods The data on clinically isolated pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates from outpatients and inpatient children in the CHINET program from 2015 to 2021 were collected and analyzed.Results A total of 278 471 isolates were isolated from pediatric patients in the CHINET program from 2015 to 2021.About 17.1%of the strains were isolated from outpatients,primarily group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus,Escherichia coli,and Staphylococcus aureus.Most of the strains(82.9%)were isolated from inpatients,mainly SS.aureus,E.coli,and H.influenzae.The prevalence of methicillin-resistant S.aureus(MRSA)in outpatients(24.5%)was lower than that in inpatient children(31.5%).The MRSA isolates from outpatients showed lower resistance rates to the antibiotics tested than the strains isolated from inpatient children.The prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis or E.faecium and penicillin-resistant S.pneumoniae was low in either outpatients or inpatient children.S.pneumoniae,β-hemolytic Streptococcus and S.viridans showed high resistance rates to erythromycin.The prevalence of erythromycin-resistant group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus was higher in outpatients than that in inpatient children.The prevalence of β-lactamase-producing H.influenzae showed an overall upward trend in children,but lower in outpatients(45.1%)than in inpatient children(59.4%).The prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae(CRKpn),carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa(CRPae)and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii(CRAba)was 14%,11.7%,47.8%in outpatients,but 24.2%,20.6%,and 52.8%in inpatient children,respectively.The prevalence of multidrug-resistant E.coli,K.pneumoniae,Proteus mirabilis,P.aeruginosa and A.baumannii strains was lower in outpatients than in inpatient children.The prevalence of fluoroquinolone-resistant E.coli,ESBLs-producing K.pneumoniae,ESBLs-producing P.mirabilis,carbapenem-resistant E.coli(CREco),CRKpn,and CRPae was lower in children in outpatients than in inpatient children,but the prevalence of CRAba in 2021 was higher than in inpatient children.Conclusions The distribution of clinical isolates from children is different between outpatients and inpatients.The prevalence of MRSA,ESBL,and CRO was higher in inpatient children than in outpatients.Antibiotics should be used rationally in clinical practice based on etiological diagnosis and antimicrobial susceptibility test results.Ongoing antimicrobial resistance surveillance and prevention and control of hospital infections are crucial to curbing bacterial resistance.
10.Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli:results from the CHINET Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program,2015-2021
Shanmei WANG ; Bing MA ; Yi LI ; Yang YANG ; Fupin HU ; Demei ZHU ; Yingchun XU ; Xiaojiang ZHANG ; Zhaoxia ZHANG ; Ping JI ; Yi XIE ; Mei KANG ; Chuanqing WANG ; Aimin WANG ; Yuanhong XU ; Ying HUANG ; Ziyong SUN ; Zhongju CHEN ; Yuxing NI ; Jingyong SUN ; Yunzhuo CHU ; Sufei TIAN ; Zhidong HU ; Jin LI ; Yunsong YU ; Jie LIN ; Bin SHAN ; Yan DU ; Sufang GUO ; Lianhua WEI ; Fengmei ZOU ; Hong ZHANG ; Chun WANG ; Yunjian HU ; Xiaoman AI ; Chao ZHUO ; Danhong SU ; Dawen GUO ; Jinying ZHAO ; Hua YU ; Xiangning HUANG ; Wen'en LIU ; Yanming LI ; Yan JIN ; Chunhong SHAO ; Xuesong XU ; Chao YAN ; Lixia ZHANG ; Juan MA ; Shuping ZHOU ; Yan ZHOU ; Lei ZHU ; Jinhua MENG ; Fang DONG ; Zhiyong LÜ ; Fangfang HU ; Han SHEN ; Wanqing ZHOU ; Wei JIA ; Gang LI ; Jinsong WU ; Yuemei LU ; Jihong LI ; Jinju DUAN ; Jianbang KANG ; Xiaobo MA ; Yanping ZHENG ; Ruyi GUO ; Yan ZHU ; Yunsheng CHEN ; Qing MENG ; Shifu WANG ; Xuefei HU ; Jilu SHEN ; Wenhui HUANG ; Ruizhong WANG ; Hua FANG ; Bixia YU ; Yong ZHAO ; Ping GONG ; Kaizhen WEN ; Yirong ZHANG ; Jiangshan LIU ; Longfeng LIAO ; Hongqin GU ; Lin JIANG ; Wen HE ; Shunhong XUE ; Jiao FENG ; Chunlei YUE
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2025;25(1):39-47
Objective To investigate the changing antibiotic resistance profiles of E.coli isolated from patients in the 52 hospitals participating in the CHINET program from 2015 to 2021.Methods Antimicrobial susceptibility was tested for clinical isolates of E.coli according to the unified protocol of CHINET program.WHONET 5.6 and SPSS 20.0 software were used for data analysis.Results Atotal of 289 760 nonduplicate clinical strains ofE.coli were isolated from 2015 to 2021,mainly from urine samples(44.7±3.2)%.The proportion of E.coli strains isolated from urine samples was higher in females than in males(59.0%vs 29.5%).The proportion of E.coli strains isolated from respiratory tract and cerebrospinal fluid samples was significantly higher in children than in adults(16.7%vs 7.8%,0.8%vs 0.1%,both P<0.05).The isolates from internal medicine department accounted for the largest proportion(28.9±2.8)%with an increasing trend over years.Overall,the prevalence of ESBLs-producing E.coli and carbapenem resistant E.coli(CREco)was 55.9%and 1.8%,respectively during the 7-year period.The prevalence of ESBLs-producing E.coli was the highest in tertiary hospitals each year from 2015 to 2021 compared to secondary hospitals.The prevalence of CREco was higher in children's hospitals compared to secondary and tertiary hospitals each year from 2015 to 2021.The prevalence of ESBLs-producing E.coli in tertiary hospitals and children's hospitals and the prevalence of CREco in children's hospitals showed a decreasing trend over the 7-year period.The prevalence of CREco in secondary and tertiary hospitals increased slowly.Antibiotic resistance rates changed slowly from 2015 to 2021.Carbapenem drugs(imipenem,meropenem)were the most active drugs amongβ-lactams against E.coli(resistance rate≤2.1%).The resistance rates of E.coli to β-lactam/β-lactam inhibitor combinations(piperacillin-tazobactam,cefoperazone-sulbactam),aminoglycosides(amikacin),nitrofurantoin and fosfomycin(for urinary isolates only)were all less than 10%.The resistance rate of E.coli strains to antibiotics varied with the level of hospitals and the departments where the strains were isolated,especially for cefazolin and ciprofloxacin,to which the resistance rate of E.coli strains from children in non-ICU departments was significantly lower than that of the strains isolated from other departments(P<0.05).The E.coli isolates from ICU showed higher resistance rate to most antimicrobial agents tested(excluding tigecycline)than the strains isolated from other departments.The E.coli strains isolated from tertiary hospitals showed higher resistance rates to the antimicrobial agents tested(excluding tigecycline,polymyxin B,cefepime and carbapenems)than the strains from secondary hospitals and children's hospitals.Conclusions E.coli is an important pathogen causing clinical infection.More than half of the clinical isolates produced ESBL.The prevalence of CREco is increasing in secondary and tertiary hospitals over the 7-year period even though the overall prevalence is still low.This is an issue of concern.

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