1.Research progress of 3D printed patient-specific instrumentation in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Yufeng HE ; Xiao YU ; Tianjiao YAN ; Guangtao JIANG ; Xiaoqiang ZHOU ; Zhengquan XU ; Xiangxin ZHANG
International Journal of Surgery 2025;52(3):211-216
Three-dimensional printed patient-specific instrumentation (3D-PSI) provides a precise and individualized treatment solution for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). Currently, this technology is being applied in clinical practice and has demonstrated certain potential. Compared to conventional instrumentation (CI), 3D-PSI offers a broader range of indications, higher-quality preoperative planning, shorter surgical time, a smoother learning curve, more precise osteotomy and prosthesis placement, and better postoperative functional recovery. However, it still has limitations in the rotational alignment of the tibial component. Additionally, the higher cost for patients and increased hospital equipment investment make it less beneficial for surgeons already proficient in CI techniques. Further reliable evidence is needed to compare 3D-PSI with computer navigation and robotic technologies. This review summarizes the advantages and limitations of 3D-PSI assisted UKA and compares 3D-PSI with different auxiliary technologies.
2.Expert Consensus on Clinical Diseases Responding Specifically to Traditional Chinese Medicine:Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Juan JIAO ; Jinyang TANG ; Xiujuan HOU ; Mengtao LI ; Dongfeng LIANG ; Yuhua WANG ; Weixia JING ; Guangtao LI ; Qin ZHANG ; Yongfeng ZHANG ; Guangyu LI ; Qian WANG ; Yang YANG ; Jin HUO ; Mei MO ; Jihua GUO ; Xiaoxiao ZHANG ; Quan JIANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(1):216-222
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a refractory, chronic non-articular rheumatic disease characterized by widespread pain throughout the body, for which there are no satisfactory therapeutic drugs or options. There are rich Chinese medical therapies, and some non-drug therapies, such as acupuncture, Tai Chi, and Ba-Duan-Jin, have shown satisfactory efficacy and safety and definite advantages of simultaneously adjusting mind and body. FMS is taken as a disease responding specifically to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2018. In order to clarify the research progress in FMS and the clinical advantages of TCM/integrated Chinese and Western medicine, the China Academy of Chinese Medicine organized a seminar for nearly 20 experts in Chinese and Western medicine, including rheumatology, psychology, acupuncture and moxibustion, and encephalopathy, with the topic of difficulties in clinical diagnosis and treatment of FMS and advantages of TCM and Western medicine. The recommendations were reached on the difficulties in early diagnosis and solutions of FMS, mitigation of common non-specific symptoms, preferential analgesic therapy, TCM pathogenesis and treatment advantages, and direction of treatment with integrated Chinese and Western medicine. FMS is currently facing the triple dilemma of low early correct diagnosis, poor patient participation, and unsatisfactory benefit from pure Western medicine treatment. To solve the above problems, this paper suggests that rheumatologists should serve as the main diagnostic force of this disease, and they should improve patient participation in treatment decision-making, implement exercise therapy, and fully utilize the holistic and multidimensional features of TCM, which is effective in alleviating pain, improving mood, and decreasing adverse events. In addition, it is suggested that FMS treatment should rely on both TCM and Western medicine and adopt multidisciplinary joint treatment, which is expected to improve the standard of diagnosis and treatment of FMS in China.
3.Analysis of the efficacy of 3D printing-assisted hematoma puncture and drainage in the treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage and the factors of postoperative brain dysfunction
Wencheng YUAN ; Hangang JIANG ; Yu FU ; Hua TIAN ; Jia HE ; Guangtao LYU
International Journal of Surgery 2023;50(8):537-544,C2
Objective:To observe the efficacy of 3D printing-assisted hematoma puncture and drainage in the treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage and to explore the factors affecting postoperative brain dysfunction.Methods:A retrospective Case-control study was conducted to select 168 hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage patients who were treated with 3D printing assisted hematoma puncture and drainage in the People′s Hospital of Yuechi County from January 2020 to September 2022 as the observation group, and 125 hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage patients who were treated with CT guided hematoma puncture and drainage in the People′s Hospital of Yuechi County at the same time as the control group. The clinical efficacy of the two groups of patients was compared. According to the occurrence of postoperative brain dysfunction, the patients in the observation group were divided into normal brain function group ( n=121) and brain dysfunction group ( n=47). The clinical data of age, preoperative cerebral hernia, blood loss, ventilator-assisted ventilation, postoperative Glasgow coma index score (GCS) and postoperative complications were compared between the two groups. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the factors affecting postoperative brain dysfunction in the observation group, and a line chart model was constructed and its predictive efficiency was evaluated. The measurement data of normal distribution is expressed as mean ± standard deviation ( ± s), and independent sample t-test is used for inter group comparison. Chi-square test was used for comparison between count data groups. Results:The proportion of the drainage tube in the hematoma, hematoma clearance rate at 3 and 7 days after surgery, total effective rate of treatment, and GCS score at 1 week after surgery in the observation group were 88.69%(149/168), 54.17%(91/168), 96.43%(162/168), 92.86%(156/168), and 10.72±3.45, respectively, the control group was 75.20%(94/125), 36.80%(46/125), 81.60%(102/125), 76.80%(96/125), and 9.08±3.22, respectively, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( P<0.05). Advanced age ( OR=1.983, 95% CI: 1.169-2.732, P=0.017), preoperative cerebral hernia ( OR=1.532, 95% CI: 1.113-2.139, P=0.029), bleeding volume ≥ 50 mL ( OR=2.538, 95% CI: 1.802-3.347, P=0.003), postoperative GCS score 3-5 ( OR=2.874, 95% CI: 2.265-3.449, P<0.001), postoperative hypoxemia ( OR=2.251, 95% CI: 1.673-2.842, P=0.010) and postoperative chronic hydrocephalus ( OR=1.642, 95% CI: 1.214-2.021, P=0.022) were risk factors for postoperative brain dysfunction, while ventilator-assisted ventilation ( OR=0.656, 95% CI: 0.132-0.828, P=0.038) was protective factors. The internal verification of the line chart model by Bootstrap resampling method shows that the model has high differentiation, accuracy and validity. Conclusion:The application of 3D printing-assisted localization in hematoma puncture and drainage can improve the puncture condition and the hematoma clearance rate and clinical effect of patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage. Advanced age, preoperative cerebral hernia and bleeding volume are related to postoperative brain dysfunction. Clinical attention should be paid to patients with risk indicators of postoperative brain dysfunction.
4.Plasmids carried by carbapenems-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in burn patients and its correlation with strain transmission
Siyi HUANG ; Yali GONG ; Dapeng ZHOU ; Lingli JIANG ; Lijuan XIANG ; Zehui CHEN ; Dali WANG ; Guangtao HUANG
Chinese Journal of Burns 2022;38(12):1140-1147
Objective:To explore the carrier status of carbapenems-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) plasmids in burn patients and analyze the correlation of these plasmids with the transmission of CRKP. Methods:A retrospective observational study was conducted. A total of 26 CRKP strains, which were isolated from the clinic-related samples of 22 burn patients (with 20 males and 2 females, aged (42±16) years) admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University) from January to December 2017, were collected and individually numbered. The plasmids of the strains were extracted by alkali lysis. After determination of the plasmid concentration by a nucleic acid concentration detector, the agarose gel electrophoresis was used to visualize the bands, and rough plasmids typing was performed. The plasmid of the smallest numbered CRKP in each plasmid type was transformed into competent Escherichia coli ( E. coli) strain Top10 (hereinafter referred to as TOP10 strain). The growth of each transformed strains and a Top10 strain cultivated in ampicillin containing Luria-Bertani (LB) agar medium overnight was observed, and the proportion of successful transformation was calculated. The plasmids from the smallest numbered plasmid carrying CRKP strain of successfully transformed Top10 strains (hereinafter referred to as the smallest successfully transformed strain) and correspondingly numbered CRKP were extracted, and then, the agarose gel electrophoresis was used to visualize the bands. Aforementioned successfully transformed strains and a TOP10 strain were used for the antimicrobial susceptibility testing with 17 antibiotics commonly used in clinic. The plasmid from the smallest successfully transformed strain was sequenced using the next-generation sequencing technology. Bioinformatics analyses such as protein-coding gene prediction and protein sequence alignment were performed successively. The sequence was subsequently named pKP03-NDM1 according to the carrying of drug resistance gene. According to the whole genome sequence of the plasmid carried by the smallest successfully transformed strain, the polymerase chain reaction, agarose gel electrophoresis, and gene sequencing were used to detect the New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1 ( blaNDM-1) of plasmids in the remaining 25 strains of CRKP. The ST typing in multilocus sequence typing of 26 strains of CRKP was analyzed based on the literature. Results:Plasmids were successfully extracted from 26 CRKP, with mass concentrations ranging from 19.3 to 189.8 ng/μL. Each of the 26 CRKP carrying plasmids showed at least one band longer than 2 500 bp in the agarose gel electrophoresis, which were roughly divided into 6 patterns of A, B, C, D, E, and F. After overnight cultivation, no growth of strains was observed in LB agar medium containing ampicillin inoculated with the TOP10 strain or TOP10 strains transformed by the plasmid of CRKP patterning A, B, D, or E. In contrast, TOP10 strains transformed by the pattern C plasmid from NO.3 CRKP and the pattern F plasmid from NO.15 CRKP resulted in numerous colony growths, and those transformed strains were named as TOP10-pKP03 and TOP10-pKP15, respectively. The proportion of successful transformation was 1/3. The plasmid carried by TOP10-pKP03 showed a single band in the agarose gel electrophoresis, which was the same size as the largest band of the plasmid from NO.3 CRKP. The TOP10 strain was sensitive to the 17 antibiotics commonly used in clinic. TOP10-pKP03 and TOP10-pKP15 were resistant to penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems but remained sensitive to monocyclic β-lactam, aminoglycosides, quinolones and tigecycline. The full length of the plasmid carried by TOP10-pKP03 was 41 190 bp. In addition to blaNDM-1, this plasmid carried bleMBL, T4SS, bleomycin resistance gene, conjugation transfer elements, and relaxase, etc. The plasmid showed 99% nucleotide identity similarity and the same length to the plasmid pJN24NDM1 extracted from an E. coli isolate JN24. Totally 16 (61.5%) CRKP were confirmed to carrying blaNDM-1 gene, among the ST typing of the 16 strains, 11 strains were ST11, while ST215, ST260, ST395, ST2230, and new ST had 1 strain each. Among the ST typing of 10 blaNDM-1-negative CRKP, 8 strains were ST11, while ST395 and ST2230 had 1 strain each. Conclusions:A blaNDM-1 gene carrying plasmid pKP03-NDM1 was extracted and sequenced from CRKP isolated from burn patients, with a high plasmid carrying rate. Meanwhile, this plasmid may mediate inter-CRKP and CRKP- E. coli horizontal transfer of blaNDM-1, leading to transmission of antimicrobial resistance.
5.miR-125a-5p regulates migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells by down-regulating BAG4 expression
JIANG Le ; CHEN Yan ; WANG Jun ; MIN Guangtao ; CHEN Wei ; WANG Hongpeng ; WANG Xiangwen ; YAO Nan
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2021;28(6):558-566
[摘 要] 目的:探讨miR-125a-5p通过调控Bcl-2相关永生基因4(Bcl-2-associated athanogene 4,BAG4)的表达抑制胃癌细胞迁移和侵袭的分子机制。方法:选用2014年1月至2015年12月兰州大学第一医院手术切除的82例胃癌组织标本及配对的癌旁组织以及人胃癌细胞系MGC803、BGC823、SGC7901、HGC27及人胃黏膜上皮细胞(GES-1),qPCR法检测胃癌组织、癌旁组织及胃癌细胞系中miR-125a-5p的表达水平。分别将miR-125a-5p mimic、miR-125a-5p inhibitor、(si-BAG4)siRNA-BAG4及阴性对照质粒转染至胃癌细胞,划痕愈合实验和Transwell侵袭实验分别检测miR-125a-5p/BAG4信号轴对胃癌细胞迁移和侵袭能力的影响。WB检测胃癌细胞中BAG4蛋白的表达。荧光素酶报告基因实验验证miR-125a-5p和BAG4之间的靶向调控关系。结果:miR-125a-5p在胃癌组织和细胞系中均低表达(均P<0.01)。miR-125a-5p的表达与患者的性别(P=0.953)、年龄(P=0.772)、肿瘤部位(P=0.867)、组织学分级(P=0.745)和肿瘤大小(P=0.088)无相关性,与胃癌患者的T分期(P=0.003)、N分期(P=0.001)、M分期(P=0.027)和TNM分期(P=0.035)显著相关,差异有统计学意义。miR-125a-5p低表达是胃癌患者总生存时间的独立危险因素。过表达miR-125a-5p显著抑制胃癌细胞的迁移和侵袭能力(均P<0.01)。敲降BAG4可逆转miR-125a-5p inhibitor对胃癌细胞迁移和侵袭能力的抑制作用。荧光素酶报告基因实验证实miR-125a-5p可与BAG4 3'非翻译区(untranslated regions,UTR)结合抑制其表达。结论:miR-125a-5p通过靶向下调BAG4的表达水平进而抑制胃癌细胞的迁移和侵袭。
6.Electroencephalogram and clinical characteristics of moyamoya disease in children
Xiaoqing LUO ; Yaoling LIU ; Jufang LIANG ; Guangtao KUANG ; Cheng LI ; Jun JIANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2020;35(12):907-911
Objective:To analyze the characteristics of electroencephalogram (EEG) and clinical manifestations of children with moyamoya disease (MMD), and to explore the value of EEG in the clinical diagnosis of childhood MMD.Methods:Twelve children indicated as cerebrovascular diseases by EEG and later diagnosed with MMD by head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in Wuhan Children′s Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology from January 2012 to June 2019 were enrolled in this study.Their EEG and clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.Results:Nine cases were male and 3 cases were female, with the onset age of 3.0-8.7 years old.Ten cases were taken to the hospital because of paroxysmal limb weakness on one side or both sides, 1 case was because of paroxysmal fall, and 1 case was because of paroxysmal posture abnormalities.EEG background activities of 12 cases were normal.Interictal EEG was normal in 8 cases, borderline in 1 case, and abnormal in 3 cases (1 case had many slow waves in bilateral anterior head, and its number significantly increased during the awakening period; 1 case had a great many irregular delta slow waves on bilateral prefrontal cortex, showing significant aggravation during the awakening period; 1 case had many multifocal delta slow waves especially in the right frontopolar region). The hyperventilation (HV) induction test was abnormal, and rebuild-up of slow waves was noted in 4 cases.The focal delta slow waves (especially in the anterior head) developed to diffuse slow waves after stopping HV for 0.5 to 1.0 minutes, and lasted for 5 to 9 minutes after relief of symptoms.The delayed disappearance of asymmetric focal slow waves was noted in 8 cases.Focal slow waves (especially in anterior head) developed to diffuse slow waves at 1.5 to 2.0 minutes after HV initiation, and lasted for 5 to 10 minutes in total.Among them, 1 case pre-sented no obvious accompanying symptoms during HV, while 11 cases showed transient ischemic symptoms that were basically consistent with the chief complaint.The duration of symptoms was much shorter than the appearance of slow waves in EEG.Besides, brain MRI of 3 cases suggested local malacia lesions or abnormal signals, especially in parietal and basal ganglia areas.The high signal shadow was observed in the sulcus of bilateral cerebral hemispheres on the fluid attenuating inversion recovery sequence of one case.All of 12 cases were proved to MMD by head MRA.Conclusions:Clinical symptoms of children with MMD are paroxysmal limb weakness.Rebuild-up of slow waves or the delayed disappea-rance of focal slow waves is highly suggestive of MMD.These 2 kinds of abnormal EEG patterns sustain over long periods of time.Focal slow waves (especially in anterior head) develop to diffuse slow waves, and lastly decrease to focal slow waves in anterior head.
7.Electrophysiological and clinical characteristics of children with startle epilepsy
Xiaoqing LUO ; Cheng LI ; Guangtao KUANG ; Jufang LIANG ; Xiaoli YU ; Xiaolu WANG ; Jun JIANG
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2018;36(5):376-380
Objective To investigate the characteristics of ictal and interictal electroencephalogram (EEG) and clinical manifestation in children with startle epilepsy. Methods The age of onset, inducing factors, the types of attacks, EEG features, cognitive function, treatment and prognosis were retrospectively analyzed in 8 cases of children with startle epilepsy from June 6, 2012 to March 2016. Results In 8 cases, 3 cases were male and 5 were female. The onset age was from 2.3 to 8.1 years old. The forms of onset were varied from generalized (tonic, myoclonic, atonic) to partial seizures (the asymmetry of posture rigidity, spasm). The most common ictal EEG finding was a diffuse electrodecremental pattern (5 cases), and the interictal EEG showed a large number of multifocal, generalized spines, slow waves and multiple spinous waves. There was one case with no history of brain injury while the other 7 cases had a history of brain injury. There were 7 cases with imaging abnormality, and the lesions of the frontal, parietal and temporal regions were indicated with a partial cerebral softening and brain atrophy. In 7 cases, all children had abnormal mental and motor development, and 1 case had normal cognitive function. The 7 cases with shock epilepsy showed no obvious response to the treatment of multiple antiepileptic drugs, and 1 case had no clinical onset after 2 months of treatment with VPA. Conclusions Startle epilepsy is mostly symptomatic, and few are non-symptomatic. The former had history of brain structure abnormalities, certain degree of motor retardation and mental disability, and no clinical response to antiepileptic drug therapy. The latter had basically normal cognitive function, and antiepileptic drug VPA treatment is effective. The degree of interictal epileptic was not an indicator of cognitive impairment and prognosis in children with startle epilepsy.
8.Impact of factors to delayed diagnosis and its clinical outcome on Guillain-Barré syndrome
Ruidi SUN ; Guangtao KUANG ; Mingyang LIU ; Li FENG ; Zhisheng LIU ; Jun JIANG
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2017;35(11):801-805
Objective To investigate the factors in diagnosis delay in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its impact on prognosis.Methods In this study 118 GBS children including Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS) and pharyngeal-cervical-brachial Guillain-Barré syndrome (PCB) were studied.All children included were divided into 2 groups as GBS-initially-diagnosed group (GBSid,n=76) and not-GBS-initially diagnosed group (nGBSid,n=42) based on the initial diagnosis.Analysis was performed with age at disease onset,preceding infection,Hughes functional grading (HG),the department where the instial diaghosis is done,main complain,the days from disease onset to seeing doctor,time start to treatment,the discharge time,evaluation by a neurologist.Results Among 118 GBS,90 children were of classical GBS,13 of MFS,and 6 of PCB.Atypical muscle weakness,neuropathic pain and impaired respiration function were more frequently seen in nGBSid group (P<0.05).At the initial diagnosis,lacking of neurological evaluation was found more frequently in nGBSid group (P<0.05).The duration from onset to the commencement of treatment was longer in nGBSid group than that in GBSid group (P<0.05),and short term prognosis was poor in GBSid group (P<0.05).Conclusions Atypical main complaints including neuropathic pain,the impaired respiration function and atypical muscle weakness,and lack of neurological evaluation were all associated with a delay in considering the diagnosis of GBS.The delay in diagnosis had a significant impact on short term prognosis.
9.Therapeutic effect of phages on extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-induced sepsis in mice
Liuyang DENG ; Zichen YANG ; Yali GONG ; Guangtao HUANG ; Supeng YIN ; Bei JIANG ; Yizhi PENG
Chinese Journal of Burns 2016;32(9):523-528
Objective To study the therapeutic effect of phages on extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-induced sepsis in mice.Methods (1) Sixty BALB/c mice were divided into blank control group,sepsis control group,antibiotics treatment group,phage treatment group,and phage control group according to the random number table,with 12 mice in each group.Mice in blank control group were intraperitoneally (the same injection position below) injected with 1 mL normal saline.Mice in sepsis control group,antibiotics treatment group,and phage treatment group were injected with 1 mL extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (the strain was isolated from the blood of a severely burned patient hospitalized in our unit) in the concentration of 5 × 107 colony-forming unit/mL to reproduce sepsis model.Two hours later,mice in sepsis control group,antibiotics treatment group,and phage treatment group were injected with 1 mL saline,1 mg/mL imipenem/cilastatin,and 1 × 108 plaque-forming unit (PFU)/mL phages screened based on above-mentioned Acinetobacter baumannii (the same phages below) respectively.Mice in phage control group were injected with 1 mL phages in the titer of 1 × 108 PFU/mL.The injection was performed continuously for 7 days in each living mouse,and the survival situation of mice was observed each day to calculate the survival ratio in one week.(2) Another 60 BALB/c mice were grouped and treated as in experiment (1),and the injection was performed continuously for 5 days in each living mouse.On experiment day 2,4,and 6,3 mice from each group were selected (if the number of survived mouse in any group was less than 3 at sample collecting,all the survived mice were selected),and blood was drawn to determine white blood cell count (WBC,with 3 samples at each time point in each group).On experiment day 2,blood was drawn from the mice that had their blood taken earlier for bacterial culture,and lung,liver,kidney,and spleen tissue was collected from the same mice.The tissue samples were added to the LB solid medium after being homogenized and diluted for bacterial culture.The content of bacteria was calculated after the bacterial colony number was counted.Data were processed Wilcoxon rank sum test,one-way analysis of variance,LSD test and Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test.Results (1) On experiment day 7,there were 12,8,10,and 12 mice survived in blank control group,antibiotics treatment group,phage treatment group,and phage control group respectively,while no mouse survived in sepsis control group.Compared with that in sepsis control group,the survival ratio of mice was significantly higher in the other four groups (with Z values from 55.635 to 106.593,P values below 0.05).The survival ratio of mice in phage treatment group was slightly higher than that in antibiotics treatment group,without statistically significant difference (Z =2.797,P >0.05).(2) On experiment day 2,WBC data of mice in blank control group,phage treatment group,and phage control group were close [respectively (5.60 ± 0.94) × 109/L,(5.16 ±0.36) × 109/L,and (5.26 ± 1.89) × 109/L],all significantly lower than the datum in sepsis control group [(8.64 ±0.64) × 109/L,P <0.05 orP <0.01],and the WBC data in the latter two groups were significantly lower than the datum in antibiotics treatment group [(7.80 ± 1.76) × 109/L,with P values below 0.05].On experiment day 4,WBC data of mice in antibiotics treatment group,phage treatment group,and phage control group were close,all significantly lower than the datum in blank control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01),and WBC data in the above-mentioned four groups were all lower than the datum in sepsis control group (with P values below 0.01).On experiment day 6,there was no statistically significant difference in WBC among blank control group,antibiotics treatment group,phage treatment group,and phage control group (x2 =4.128,P >0.05).On experiment day 2,respectively 12,7,and 2 mice were detected as blood bacterial culture-positive in sepsis control group,antibiotics treatment group,and phage treatment group,while no positive result was detected in the other two groups.Positive ratios of blood bacterial culture of mice in blank control group,phage treatment group,phage control group were significantly lower than the ratio in sepsis control group (with x 2 values from-30.000 to 30.000,P values below 0.01).Positive ratio of blood bacterial culture of mice in antibiotics treatment group was significantly higher than that in blank control group or phage control group (withx 2 values respectively 17.500 and-17.500,P values below 0.05).On experiment day 2,except for the kidney tissue of mice in phage treatment group,the bacteria load in each viscus of mice in blank control group,phage treatment group,and phage control group was significantly lower than that in sepsis control group (withx 2 values from-9.000 to 9.000,P values below 0.01).The bacteria load in kidney of mice in antibiotics treatment group was significantly higher than that in blank control group or phage control group (withx2 values respectively-7.500 and 7.500,P values below 0.05).Conclusions Phages can significantly improve survival ratio,control inflammation response,and effectively clean bacteria in lung,liver,spleen,and kidney in treating extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-induced sepsis in mice.
10.Establishment and evaluation of classification criteria for early rheumatoid arthritis
Jinxia ZHAO ; Yin SU ; Xiangyuan LIU ; Hua YE ; Ru LI ; Qinghua ZOU ; Yongfei FANG ; Huaxiang LIU ; Xingfu LI ; Jialong GUO ; Liqi BI ; Fei GU ; Lingyun SUN ; Yifang MEI ; Zhiyi ZHANG ; Lina CHEN ; Ping ZHU ; Guangtao LI ; Zhuoli ZHANG ; Xiaomei LENG ; Yan ZHAO ; Li JIANG ; Hejian ZOU ; Yi ZHAO ; Yi LIU ; Lei LI ; Hongyuan WANG ; Zhanguo LI
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2012;16(10):651-656
Objective To establish new classification criteria for early rheumatoid arthritis (E-RA) based on large samples of early inflammatory arthritis patients and to evaluate the value of this criteria in China.Methods Patients who had arthritic complaints with disease duration less than one year were enrolled.They were divided into RA group and non-RA group according to the clinical diagnosis by experienced rheumatologists.The clinical and laboratory parameters were analyzed and those with high sensitivity or specificity were selected as the new classification criteria.Statistical analysis was carried out by using t test,x2 test and Logistic regression.Results ① A total of 803 patients with early inflammatory arthritis were included in this study.Five hundreds and fourteen patients were diagnosed as early RA and 251 were diagnosed as other rheumatic diseases,and the diagnosis of 38 patients remained unestablished by the end of follow-up.② New E-RA classification criteria were established based on the parameters with high sensitivity and/or specificity.The sensitivity of the new E-RA criteria was 84.4%,which was higher than 1987 ACR criteria (58.0%),while the corresponding specificities were similar,which were 87.4% and 93.6% respectively.③ Compared with the complex scoring system of 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria,the E-RA criteria was more simple and practical.The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of E-RA criteria were higher than those of 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria reported in the literatures.④ New classification criteria based on scoring system using Logistic regression analysis was established.The sensitivity of this criteria was 86.4%,which was higher than 1987 ACR criteria (58.0%).Conclusion The diagnostic value of the E-RA criteria developed in this study for early RA is better than 1987 ACR criteria,and is more simple than 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria.It may be used as a new classification criteria for early RA diagnosis.

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