This study is to explore the antibiofilm activity of tirapazamine(TPZ)against Salmonella and the mechanism of inhibiting biofilm formation.In this study,crystal violet staining was used to determine the effect of TPZ on the minimal biofilm inhibitory concentration(MBIC)of Salmonel-la and on the development stage of Salmonella biofilm.The effects of TPZ on bacteria and biofilm of Salmonella were observed by scanning electron microscope and fluorescence microscope.Phe-nol-sulfuric acid method,spectrophotometer and BCA method were used to detect the effects of the bacteria on the content of main extracellular matrix of Salmonella.The autocoagulation and hydro-phobicity of Salmonella were measured and their effects on the cell wall of Salmonella were meas-ured by AKP method.The result showed that the MBIC value of TPZ on Salmonella ATCC 14028 was 1.563 μmol/L,it had destructive effects on both Salmonella bacteria and mature biofilm structure,it inhibited the formation of early Salmonella biofilm in a concentration-dependent manner,and inhibited the synthesis and secretion of extracellular polymers in Salmonella biofilm.The autoagglutination ability,hydrophobicity and cell wall integrity of Salmonella were affected.To sum up,the TPZ may inhibit the formation of a large number of Salmonella biofilms in the early stage of biofilm development by affecting the extracellular polymer and cell agglutination a-bility,which is expected to be a potential candidate drug against biofilm infection and provide a new idea for finding alternative antibiotics.

This study aims to isolate and identify the Pasteurella multocida(Pm)that caused re-spiratory infections in cattle at a farm in Beijing,and to clarify the biological characteristics of the pathogen,including its serotype,drug resistance,pathogenicity,and genomic features.For this pur-pose,nasopharyngeal swabs and tissue samples were collected from an infected cow for bacterial i-solation and purification,16S rRNA gene amplification,capsular serotyping,virulence gene detec-tion,and whole-genome sequencing of the isolated strain.The results showed that after bacterial i-solation and purification,biochemical tests,and PCR identification,a type A P.multocida strain named"Pm WZ01"was identified.The virulence gene amplification revealed that the Pm WZ01 ge-nome contained the tadD,nanH,ompA,exbB,exbD,and fur genes.Whole-genome sequencing determined that the Pm WZ01 strain had a genome size of 2 383 021 bp with a GC content of 40.28％,containing 56 tRNAs,19 rRNAs,155 pseudogenes,three genomic islands,five prophages,and 55 carbohydrate-active enzyme genes.CARD annotation analysis found one PBP3 resistance gene and two EF-Tu resistance genes.VFDB and PHI-base annotation analysis identified 582 viru-lence factor-related genes and 888 phenotypic mutation genes,etc.Phylogenetic tree analysis revealed that the Pm WZ01 strain is most closely related to the Pm-3 strain(CP014618.1)from Changchun,China,the P1933 strain(CP132898.1)from the UK,and the HB01 strain(CP006976.1)from Hubei,China,belonging to the same clade.This study completed the isolation and identifica-tion of a type A P.multocida strain as well as the analysis of its biological characteristics and whole-genome sequencing,providing a theoretical basis for the prevention and control research of bovine type A P.multocida disease.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Xingnao Kaiqiao(awakening the mind and opening the orifices)Acupuncture combined with Xifeng Huatan Tongluo(extinguishing wind,resolving phlegm,and unblocking collaterals)Decoction in treating posterior circulation ischemic vertigo(PCIV).Methods A total of 90 patients diagnosed with PCIV who were treated in the rehabilitation department wards and outpatient clinics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University of Chinese Medicine between July 2022 and July 2024 were selected as study subjects.Patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group using a random number table,with 45 cases in each group.Both groups received conventional western medical treatment.The control group received Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture therapy,while the observation group received additional Xifeng Huatan Tongluo Decoction based on the control group's treatment.The treatment duration was 2 weeks.After treatment,clinical efficacy was evaluated by observing changes in blood flow velocity of the vertebrobasilar artery,left vertebral artery,and right vertebral artery,as well as serum levels of nitric oxide(NO)and endothelin-1(ET-1)before and after treatment in both groups.Changes in Dizziness Assessment Rating Scale(DARS)scores and Berg Balance Scale(BBS)scores were compared,and safety and adverse reactions were assessed.Results(1)The total effective rate was 91.11％(41/45)in the observation group and 73.33％(33/45)in the control group.The efficacy of the observation group was significantly superior to that of the control group,with a statistically significant difference(P＜0.05).(2)After treatment,blood flow velocity in the basilar artery,left vertebral artery,and right vertebral artery were significantly improved in both groups(P＜0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly greater than that in the control group(P＜0.05).(3)After treatment,serum levels of NO and ET-1 were significantly improved in both groups(P＜0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly greater than that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P＜0.05).(4)After treatment,DARS and BBS scores were significantly improved in both groups(P＜0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly greater than that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P＜0.05).(5)During treatment,the incidence of adverse reactions was 13.33％(6/45)in the control group and 4.44％(2/45)in the observation group.There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusion Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture combined with Xifeng Huatan Tongluo Decoction significantly improves cerebral blood flow velocity,ameliorates endothelial dysfunction,and consequently regulates balance and alleviates vertigo in patients with PCIV,demonstrating notable clinical efficacy and good safety.

This study aims to isolate and identify the Pasteurella multocida(Pm)that caused re-spiratory infections in cattle at a farm in Beijing,and to clarify the biological characteristics of the pathogen,including its serotype,drug resistance,pathogenicity,and genomic features.For this pur-pose,nasopharyngeal swabs and tissue samples were collected from an infected cow for bacterial i-solation and purification,16S rRNA gene amplification,capsular serotyping,virulence gene detec-tion,and whole-genome sequencing of the isolated strain.The results showed that after bacterial i-solation and purification,biochemical tests,and PCR identification,a type A P.multocida strain named"Pm WZ01"was identified.The virulence gene amplification revealed that the Pm WZ01 ge-nome contained the tadD,nanH,ompA,exbB,exbD,and fur genes.Whole-genome sequencing determined that the Pm WZ01 strain had a genome size of 2 383 021 bp with a GC content of 40.28％,containing 56 tRNAs,19 rRNAs,155 pseudogenes,three genomic islands,five prophages,and 55 carbohydrate-active enzyme genes.CARD annotation analysis found one PBP3 resistance gene and two EF-Tu resistance genes.VFDB and PHI-base annotation analysis identified 582 viru-lence factor-related genes and 888 phenotypic mutation genes,etc.Phylogenetic tree analysis revealed that the Pm WZ01 strain is most closely related to the Pm-3 strain(CP014618.1)from Changchun,China,the P1933 strain(CP132898.1)from the UK,and the HB01 strain(CP006976.1)from Hubei,China,belonging to the same clade.This study completed the isolation and identifica-tion of a type A P.multocida strain as well as the analysis of its biological characteristics and whole-genome sequencing,providing a theoretical basis for the prevention and control research of bovine type A P.multocida disease.

This study is to explore the antibiofilm activity of tirapazamine(TPZ)against Salmonella and the mechanism of inhibiting biofilm formation.In this study,crystal violet staining was used to determine the effect of TPZ on the minimal biofilm inhibitory concentration(MBIC)of Salmonel-la and on the development stage of Salmonella biofilm.The effects of TPZ on bacteria and biofilm of Salmonella were observed by scanning electron microscope and fluorescence microscope.Phe-nol-sulfuric acid method,spectrophotometer and BCA method were used to detect the effects of the bacteria on the content of main extracellular matrix of Salmonella.The autocoagulation and hydro-phobicity of Salmonella were measured and their effects on the cell wall of Salmonella were meas-ured by AKP method.The result showed that the MBIC value of TPZ on Salmonella ATCC 14028 was 1.563 μmol/L,it had destructive effects on both Salmonella bacteria and mature biofilm structure,it inhibited the formation of early Salmonella biofilm in a concentration-dependent manner,and inhibited the synthesis and secretion of extracellular polymers in Salmonella biofilm.The autoagglutination ability,hydrophobicity and cell wall integrity of Salmonella were affected.To sum up,the TPZ may inhibit the formation of a large number of Salmonella biofilms in the early stage of biofilm development by affecting the extracellular polymer and cell agglutination a-bility,which is expected to be a potential candidate drug against biofilm infection and provide a new idea for finding alternative antibiotics.

Objective:To construct a frailty risk prediction model for elderly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients, and to provide a new method for accurate prediction of the occurrence of frailty in clinical elderly HFpEF patients.Methods:A cross-sectional study method was used to collect clinical data related to HFpEF patients from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from June to November 2023 using convenience sampling method, and were randomly divided into a training set and a test set in a ratio of 7∶3, based on Logistic regression, support vector machines (SVM) and random forests, respectively, to construct a frailty risk prediction model. The performance of the models was evaluated based on the area under curve (AUC), accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, F1 value.Results:A total of 319 patients with HFpEF were included, 210 males and 109 females, aged 68(62,77) years, 133 of whom developed frailty (41.7%). The dataset was divided into a training set of 223 cases and a test set of 96 cases, and all three prediction models had high accuracy, and the AUC values of the Logistic regression, SVM, and random forests models were 0.874, 0.924 and 0.884, respectively, with the SVM model having the highest AUC value and the random forests model having the highest sensitivity (0.833), specificity (0.850), accuracy (0.844), and F1 value (0.872). The importance of the feature variables was further ranked based on the random forests model, and the top five feature variables were age, interleukin-6, albumin, malnutrition, hemoglobin.Conclusions:The random forests models have the best overall predictive efficacy, which is helpful for early clinical assessment and prevention of their frailty risk.

Objective:To construct a frailty risk prediction model for elderly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients, and to provide a new method for accurate prediction of the occurrence of frailty in clinical elderly HFpEF patients.Methods:A cross-sectional study method was used to collect clinical data related to HFpEF patients from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from June to November 2023 using convenience sampling method, and were randomly divided into a training set and a test set in a ratio of 7∶3, based on Logistic regression, support vector machines (SVM) and random forests, respectively, to construct a frailty risk prediction model. The performance of the models was evaluated based on the area under curve (AUC), accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, F1 value.Results:A total of 319 patients with HFpEF were included, 210 males and 109 females, aged 68(62,77) years, 133 of whom developed frailty (41.7%). The dataset was divided into a training set of 223 cases and a test set of 96 cases, and all three prediction models had high accuracy, and the AUC values of the Logistic regression, SVM, and random forests models were 0.874, 0.924 and 0.884, respectively, with the SVM model having the highest AUC value and the random forests model having the highest sensitivity (0.833), specificity (0.850), accuracy (0.844), and F1 value (0.872). The importance of the feature variables was further ranked based on the random forests model, and the top five feature variables were age, interleukin-6, albumin, malnutrition, hemoglobin.Conclusions:The random forests models have the best overall predictive efficacy, which is helpful for early clinical assessment and prevention of their frailty risk.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of esketamine for patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) in elderly patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer.Methods:Ninety elderly female patients, aged 65-78 yr, weighing 46-75 kg, of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱ or Ⅲ, undergoing elective modified radical surgery for breast cancer under general anesthesia, were divided into 2 groups ( n=45 each) using a random number table method: esketamine PCIA group (group E) and sufentanil PCIA group (group S). Anesthesia was induced with target-controlled infusion of propofol, intravenous atracurium besylate and sufentanil and maintained with target-controlled infusion of propofol and remifentanil and intermittent intravenous boluses of cis-benzenesulfonic acid atracurium.The patients were connected to an analgesic pump for PCIA at 10 min before completion of operation.The PCIA solution in group E contained esketamine 2 mg/kg, ketorolac tromethamine 90 mg and tropisetron 5 mg in 100 ml of normal saline.The PCIA solution in group S contained sufentanil 1 μg/kg, ketorolac tromethamine 90 mg and tropisetron 5 mg in 100 ml of normal saline.The PCA pump was set up with a 1.5 ml bolus dose, a 15 min lockout interval and background infusion at a rate of 1.5 ml/h, and the analgesia was performed until 48 h after operation.When numeric rating scale score ≥ 4 points and the efficacy of patient-controlled analgesia was not good, tramadol 100 mg was intravenously injected for rescue analgesia.Steward recovery scores were recorded at 4, 8, 24 and 48 h after operation.The requirement for rescue analgesia, effective pressing times of analgesic pump and time to first flatus were recorded within 48 h after operation.The nausea and vomiting, respiratory depression, dizziness and pruritus within 48 h after operation and delirium within 7 days after operation were recorded.The 40-item Quality of-Recovery scale was used to evaluate the early postoperative recovery of patients at 24 and 48 h after operation. Results:Compared with group S, the 40-item Quality of Recovery scale score was significantly increased at each time point, postoperative time to first flatus was shortened, the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting and pruritus was decreased ( P<0.05), and no significant change was found in the Steward recovery score at each time point after operation, effective pressing times of PCA and requirement for rescue analgesia in group E ( P>0.05). Conclusions:Esketamine provides better efficacy than sufentanil when used for PCIA in elderly patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer.

Objective To investigate and validate the effect of relevant parameters of pancreatic anatomic structure under standard pancreatic neck transection in predicting postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF). Methods A total of 140 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) in The General Hospital of Western Theater Command from June 2016 to December 2019 were enrolled as prediction group, and 82 patients who underwent PD in the same hospital from January 2020 to March 2021 were enrolled as validation group. Baseline levels were compared between the two groups. A univariate analysis was performed for the prediction group to screen out the risk factors for POPF, and in the validation group, the interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to compare the consistency between preoperative imaging measurements and actual intraoperative measurements. The risk factors for POPF were validated in each group. The t -test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between groups, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of continuous data with skewed distribution between groups; the chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups. The multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the risk factors for POPF. Youden index was calculated, GraphPad Prism was used to plot the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated. ICC was used for the reliability analysis of preoperative imaging measurements and actual intraoperative measurements. Results Pancreatic duct diameter at the pancreatic neck (odds ratio [ OR ]=0.347, 95% confidence interval [ CI ]: 0.192-0.626, P < 0.001), the major axis of the pancreatic neck parenchyma ( OR =1.127, 95% CI : 1.031-1.231, P =0.008), and the minor axis of the pancreatic neck parenchyma ( OR =1.350, 95% CI : 1.137-1.602, P =0.001) were risk factors for POPF. Pancreatic duct diameter at the pancreatic neck had an AUC of 0.785 (95% CI : 0.128-0.302, P < 0.001) and a cut-off value of 2.7 mm; the major axis of the pancreatic neck parenchyma had an AUC of 0.669 (95% CI : 0.564-0.774, P =0.006) and a cut-off value of 19.3 mm, and the minor axis of the pancreatic neck parenchyma had an AUC of 0.720 (95% CI : 0.627-0.813, P < 0.001) and a cut-off value of 9.9 mm. Preoperative imaging measurements were highly consistent with actual intraoperative measurements for 30 patients in the validation group, with an ICC of > 0.75 ( P < 0.001). Grouping validation of cut-off values showed that there was a significant different in the incidence rate of POPF between the high-risk group and the low-risk group based on pancreatic duct diameter at the pancreatic neck ( χ 2 =0.645, P =0.011), as well as between the high-risk group and the low-risk group based on the minor axis of the pancreatic neck parenchyma ( χ 2 =5.901, P =0.015). Conclusion Structural features of the pancreatic neck under standard pancreatic neck transection are risk factors for POPF, which can be differentiated by preoperative CT, and the method is easy and convenient in clinical practice.

Objective:To evaluate the optimized efficacy of thoracic paravertebral nerve block and subcostal transversus abdominis plane block combined with general anesthesia for elderly patients undergoing thoracic combined with laparoscopic radical resection of esophageal cancer.Methods:Eighty American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰ orⅡ patients of both sexes, aged 66-78 yr, weighing 46-80 kg, undergoing elective thoracoscopic combined with laparoscopic radical resection of esophageal cancer, were divided into 2 groups ( n=40 each) using a random number table method: general anesthesia group (group G) and thoracic paravertebral nerve block and subcostal transversus abdominis plane block combined with general anesthesia group (TSG group). Both groups received target-controlled infusion of propofol and remifentanil and intravenous injection of cisatracurium besilate for anesthesia induction and maintenance, with BIS value maintained at 45-60 during operation.Thoracic paravertebral nerve block on the affected side was performed under ultrasound guidance after the end of anesthesia induction, and 0.5% ropivacaine 15 ml was injected in TSG group.The patients were turned to the supine position after the thoracic operation was completed, and the bilateral subcostal approach to the transversus abdominis plane block was performed under ultrasound guidance, and 0.3% ropivacaine 20 ml was injected into each side.Sufentanil was used for patient-controlled intravenous anesthesia (PCIA) after operation.The background infusion rate was 0.05 μg·kg -1·h -1, PCA was 0.04 μg/kg, and the lockout interval was 10 min in group G. The background infusion rate was 0.03 μg·kg -1·h -1, PCA was 0.025 μg/kg, the lockout interval was 10 min in group TSG.Both groups received analgesia until 48 h after operation, and VAS score was maintained ≤3.When VAS score ≥ 4, tramadol 100 mg was intravenously injected for rescue analgesia.At 1 day before operation (T 0), immediately before anesthesia induction (T 1), at 1 h after emergence from anesthesia (T 2), and 4, 8, 12, 24 and 48 h after operation (T 3-7), venous blood samples were collected for determination of serum norepinephrine, epinephrine and cortisol concentrations (by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). The intraoperative consumption of remifentanil and occurrence of cardiovascular events were recorded.The pressing times of PCA, consumption of sufentanil and requirement for rescue analgesia within 48 h after operation were recorded.The occurrence of nerve block-related complications (hematoma at the puncture site, infection, local anesthetic poisoning, etc.) and adverse reactions such as nausea and vomiting, respiratory depression and pruritus were recorded within 48 h after the operation. Results:Compared with group G, the concentrations of serum epinephrine, norepinephrine and cortisol were significantly decreased, the consumption of intraoperative remifentanil and postoperative sufentanil and pressing times of PCA were reduced, the rate of rescue analgesia was decreased, scores of satisfaction with analgesia were increased, and the incidence of intraoperative cardiovascular events and postoperative adverse reactions such as nausea and vomiting, pruritus and respiratory depression were decreased in group TSG ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Thoracic paravertebral nerve block and subcostal transversus abdominis plane block combined with general anesthesia can reduce the perioperative consumption of opioids and inhibit perioperative stress responses and postoperative hyperalgesia with fewer adverse reactions when used for the elderly patients undergoing thoracic combined with laparoscopic radical resection of esophageal cancer.