1.Investigation of hospital-acquired pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a child and its prevention and control
Jieling LIU ; Qiaoling TIAN ; Huarui XIAO ; Lingling XIE ; Yanjie XIA ; Xue WANG ; Xiaodong GAO
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2025;35(18):2800-2805
OBJECTIVE T o explore the prevention and control measures for the hospital-acquired pulmonary mu-cormycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae.METHODS One case of patient with pulmonary mucormyco-sis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae who was treated in pediatric intensive care unit(PICU)of a three-A general hospital was enrolled in the study,the process of clinical diagnosis and treatment was summarized.A ret-rospective survey regarding four aspects including people,machine,materials and environment was conducted.The related factors leading to the hospital-acquired infections in the patient were analyzed.RESULTS The child was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia and underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,the child was treated with various invasive procedures during the treatment period and was infected with pulmona-ry mucormycosis caused by the rare Cunninghamella bertholletiae.The occurrence of the pulmonary mucormyco-sis was associated with the poor management of medical textile,insufficient environmental cleaning and disinfec-tion and nonstandard invasive procedures.CONCLUSIONS The Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection is less com-mon,but the risk of death is high.It is necessary for the medical institutions to complete the prevention and con-trol measures and intensify the health care workers'capabilities in identification of the pathogenic fungus so as to reduce the incidence of pulmonary mucormycosis caused by the pathogen.
2.Investigation of hospital-acquired pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a child and its prevention and control
Jieling LIU ; Qiaoling TIAN ; Huarui XIAO ; Lingling XIE ; Yanjie XIA ; Xue WANG ; Xiaodong GAO
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2025;35(18):2800-2805
OBJECTIVE T o explore the prevention and control measures for the hospital-acquired pulmonary mu-cormycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae.METHODS One case of patient with pulmonary mucormyco-sis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae who was treated in pediatric intensive care unit(PICU)of a three-A general hospital was enrolled in the study,the process of clinical diagnosis and treatment was summarized.A ret-rospective survey regarding four aspects including people,machine,materials and environment was conducted.The related factors leading to the hospital-acquired infections in the patient were analyzed.RESULTS The child was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia and underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,the child was treated with various invasive procedures during the treatment period and was infected with pulmona-ry mucormycosis caused by the rare Cunninghamella bertholletiae.The occurrence of the pulmonary mucormyco-sis was associated with the poor management of medical textile,insufficient environmental cleaning and disinfec-tion and nonstandard invasive procedures.CONCLUSIONS The Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection is less com-mon,but the risk of death is high.It is necessary for the medical institutions to complete the prevention and con-trol measures and intensify the health care workers'capabilities in identification of the pathogenic fungus so as to reduce the incidence of pulmonary mucormycosis caused by the pathogen.
3.Proteolytic Enzymes Screening for Enzymolysis Preparation Technology of Active Parts of Periplaneta americana against Liver Fibrosis
Huarui YANG ; Yongshou YANG ; Peiyun XIAO
China Pharmacy 2019;30(14):1953-1958
OBJECTIVE: To optimize the proteolytic enzymes for enzymolysis technology of degreasing ointment from Periplaneta americana, and to improve the extraction rate and activity of anti-liver fibrosis active part from P. americana. METHODS: Using degreasing ointment of P. americana as control, ninhydrin method and folin-ciocalteu method were used to investigate the hydrolysis degree of trypsin (TR), pepsin (PE), alkaline protease (AL), papain (PA) and neutral protease (NE) to the degreasing ointment. Macroporous resin isolation and purification method was used to investigate the yield of elution part from hydrolyzate, with 50%, 60%, 70%, 95% ethanol as eluting solvents. Inhibition test in vitro of rat hepatic stellate cells HSC-T6 was performed, and anti-liver fibrosis activity of elution part from hydrolyzate was investigated. RESULTS: The hydrolysis degree of PA and NE were 14.15% and 15.70%, showing strong enzymatic hydrolysis ability. The yield of 95% ethanol elution part from PA, NE and AL hydrolyzate were (0.73±0.04)%,(0.65±0.01)% and(0.64±0.05)%, improving 30.36%, 16.07%, 14.29% compared with degreasing ointment without enzyme. Results of inhibition test in vitro showed that inhibitory rate of 50%, 60%, 70% ethanol elution parts isolated and purified from hydrolyzate had a low inhibition rate or a growth-promoting effect on HSC-T6 cells. Inhibition rates of 95% ethanol elution parts to HSC-T6 cells were all more than 20%. IC50 of 95% ethanol elution part isolated and purified from PA and NE hydrolyzate for 24-72 h were 94.5-112.3 and 117.1-120.0 μg/mL, which were lower than that (116.1-123.0 μg/mL) of degreasing ointment without enzyme. CONCLUSIONS: PA is the best hydrolyzate for enzymolysis technology of active parts against liver fibrosis in degreasing ointment from P. americana, followed by NE and AL; PE and TR, which have poor effect, are not suitable for the enzymatic hydrolysis technology.
4.Evaluation of volume transfer coefficient (Ktrans)in differentiating brain metastasis from high-grade gliomas
Bing FAN ; Huarui DU ; Xiaoyin WANG ; Yufeng XU ; Jiangxi XIAO ; Jue ZHANG
Journal of Practical Radiology 2014;(4):557-560
Objective To determine whether volume transfer coefficient (Ktrans )can be used to differentiate high-grade glioma (HGG)and metastasis.Methods Thirty-nine patients with brain tumors (12 HGG,27 metastases)underwent dynamic contrast en-hanced MR imaging before surgical resection or stereotactic biopsy.Images were acquired with a three-dimensional (3D)fast gradi-ent echo sequence.Gadolinium-based contrast agent was injected intravenously with dosage of 0.1 mmol/kg bodyweight at a rate of 3.0 mL/s.Ktrans and Ve were calculated from the DCE MRI data.The results of Ktrans and Ve were compared between the 2 types of tumors.Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed for each of the variables in differentiation cerebral metastasis from HGG.Results The Ktrans values in the parenchyma of HGG and metastases were 0.10 (0.11,0.71)min-1 and 0.21 (0.05, 0.77)min-1 ,respectively.The difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05).The Ktrans values in the peritumoral region of the HGG and brain metastasis were 0.04 (0.01,0.10)min-1 and 0.01 (0.00,0.06)min-1 ,respectively.There was a significant difference between the Ktrans values in the peritumoral edema of HGG and cerebral metastases (P<0.05).The optimal cutoff value of Ktrans for differentiating HGG from cerebral metastases was 0.03,with sensitivity of 75% and specificity of 70%.Conclusion Ktrans values in the peritumoral edema may be useful in the differentiating cerebral metastases between HGG.

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