Objective:To analyze the clinical characteristics, treatment strategies, and prognostic outcomes of patients infected with Listeria monocytogenes, thereby providing evidence-based insights for the prevention and control of this disease.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data, diagnostic tests, treatment protocols, and prognostic outcomes of patients definitively diagnosed with Listeria monocytogenes infection at Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital over the past decade. Additionally, a comprehensive literature review was conducted, encompassing studies published between 2014 and 2024, sourced from CNKI, Wanfang Data, and PubMed. This review focused on summarizing the clinical features, treatment regimens, and prognostic outcomes of patients with Listeria monocytogenes infection.Results:The study cohort comprised 17 patients, with a mean age of (61.29 ± 16.24) years. The confirmed cases included 7 cases of bloodstream infections, 3 cases of central nervous system infections, and 7 cases of combined infections. Sepsis developed in 9 patients. The average time from symptom onset to the initiation of empirical antibiotic therapy was 72 hours, while the mean time to definitive diagnosis was 102 hours. Antimicrobial regimens predominantly featured penicillins, meropenem, and vancomycin. The average hospitalization duration was 16 days, with 9 patients experiencing adverse outcomes. A total of 78 relevant literature pieces were retrieved, encompassing data from 85 patients. The average age of these patients was (57.96 ± 16.48) years. Primary diagnostic methods relied on blood/cerebrospinal fluid cultures and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). Treatment regimens primarily involved antibiotics such as penicillins, aminoglycosides, carbapenems, and glycopeptides. Despite these interventions, the proportion of patients with poor prognosis remained significantly high at 30.6% (26/85). Logistic regression analysis identified sepsis and delayed antibiotic administration as independent predictors of poor prognosis.Conclusions:Listeriosis, caused by an opportunistic pathogen, necessitates early antibiotic administration and timely identification of at-risk populations to mitigate the risk of poor prognostic outcomes in patients.

Humans ; Consensus ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/therapy* ; Neuroendocrine Tumors/therapy*

The fourth affiliated hospital of Zhejiang university is responsible for training general practitioners in view of the basics of local general practitioners and the characteristics of chronic and frequently-occurring diseases in Yiwu city. This program is carried out relying on the high-quality faculty of medical alliances within Zhejiang university, and funded by the municipal government of Yiwu. The "4+6"training program is designed to elevate the competence of primary general practitioners. Such training fit the overall medical level of general practitioners, enhances people′s trust of general practitioners and the rate of diagnosis at primary level.

Objective To evaluate the effect of " elite small class" training mode in capacity building for general practitioners in Yiwu city. Methods The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine worked with Yiwu Health Bureau, and held the first training class for general practitioners from December 6th in 2018 to April 5th in 2019.The mode of " elite small-class" was adopted. Theoretical assessment was carried out for trainees before and after the training and discussion was conducted after the training. Descriptive analysis of quantitative data and thematic analysis of qualitative data were carried out. Results The trainees′theoretical performance had been significantly improved after 4 months of theoretical learning and clinical rotation.The average score of the theoretical performance was increased from 66.94 to 72.59. Conclusions It was preliminarily found that the " elite small-class" training mode was suitable for the training of general practitioners in rural areas.Government support and trainee selection are key to training outcomes.

Objective To investigate the value of ionic-contrast esophagogram in diagnosis of intrathoracic anastomotic leakage after oesophagectomy.Methods The data of 728 patients suffered esophagectomy were retrospectively collected.723 patients without clinical manifestations of anastomotic leakage were divided into group A(esophagogram before eating,n=465) and group B(non-esophagogram before eating,n=258).The incidence of anastomotic leakage was compared between the two groups.Results The discovery rates of anastomotic leakage in group A and B were 0.43%(2/465) and 0.78%(2/258),respectively,the difference was no statistically significant between the two group(P=0.55).The total incidence rates of anastomotic leakage in group A and B were 0.65%(3/465) and 0.78%(2/258),respectively,the difference was no statistically significant between the two groups(P=0.84).5 patients with clinically suspected anastomotic leakage,all had loculated pleural effusion,4 cases had fever,and 2 cases had abnormal chest drainage.Finally,4 cases(80%) were confirmed to be anastomotic leak by esophagogram.Conclusion Routine ionic-contrast esophagogram before eating do not improve intrathoracic anastomotic leakage detection rate after esophagectomy,but when patients have fever,loculated pleural effusion and abnormal chest drainage,esophagogram is necessary and can improve the detection rate of esophageal anastomotic leak.CT radiography may detect smaller anastomotic leakage than conventional esophagogram.

Objective To evaluate the effect of chest backplate in treating multiple rib fractures in patients with focal abnormal breathing.Methods The clinical data of 36 patients with multiple rib fractures and focal abnormal breathing who were treated by Chrisofix chest backplate were analyzed.Results Thirtyfour patients were cured by chest backplate and other conservative treatments,and 2 patients underwent rib internal fixation surgery.The numeric rating scales scores before and after the application of the chest backplate were (8.1 ± 0.7) scores and (5.2 ± 0.5) scores respectively(P ＜ 0.01).Seven patients had skin blisters forming around the shield,which were cured by liquid extraction with a syringe and gauze covered with povidone iodine.No patients stopped treatment because of allergy.Conclusions Chest backplate is an effective,easy and inexpensive method for patient with multiple rib fractures and focal abnormal breathing who doesn't need exploratory thoracotomy.It is worthy to spread in clinical treatment.

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of WDHD1 protein expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Methods The expression of WDHD1 protein in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,adenocarcinoma of esophagus and normal esophagus tissues by immunohistochemical MaxVision was detected.Results The expression of WDHD1 protein in the tissues of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was significantly higher than that in the normal esophagus tissues and adenocarcinoma of esophagus (15.68 ± 3.01 vs.3.89 ± 2.98 and 4.66 ± 2.46)(P ＜ 0.05),there was no significant between normal esophagus tissues and adenocarcinoma of esophagus (P ＞ 0.05).The expression of WDHD 1 protein in the tissues of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,high-middle differentiation tissues was higher than poorly differentiation,TNM stage Ⅲ + Ⅳ stage was higher than Ⅰ + Ⅱ stage,depth of invasion T3 + T4 was higher than T1 + T2,with lymph node metastasis tissue was higher than without,differences was statistically significant (P ＜0.05).Conclusions The higher expression of WDHD1 protein is the marker of high invasive and low histological grade of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,and WDHD1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas may play an important role in development.

Objective To investigate the effect of cyanidin-3-glucopyranoside extracted from Chinese bayberry on proliferation and apoptosis of human gastric cell line SGC7901.Methods After cocultured with C3G on different concentrations,cell proliferation was determined by MTT assay; morphology of apoptosis were observed by laser confocal microscopy; TUNEL assay was applied to measure the apoptoic rate; The expression of Bcl-2,Bax,Caspase-3,ICAD protein were observed by Western blot assay.Results C3G significantly inhibited the proliferation of SGC7901 cells in a concentration-and timedependent manner as measured by MTT method(P ＜ 0.01).After cells were treated with C3G,the presence of typical morphological changes of apoptosis was confirmed with laser confocal microscopy after Hoechst 33258 fluorescence staining.TUNEL assay indicated that the number of apoptotic cells in C3G-treated group was greater than that in the gastric cancer cells group(P ＜ 0.01).The expression level of Bcl-2 was down-regulated while the expression level of Bax was up-regulated by C3G,the ratio of Bcl-2 protein and Bax protein decreased.C3G may accelerate the activation of procaspase-3 and down-regulate the expression of ICAD(P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions C3G inhibits SGC7901 cell growth and induces apoptosis in a concentraion-and time-dependent manner.This action may be mediated by down-regulating Bcl-2/Bax,resulting in Caspase-3 activition and decreased ICAD protein expression.

Tumor invasion and metastasis are regarded as main reasons for the failure of therpy and the reason of patients death.The mechnism of tumor metastasis is still uncertain.The pre-metastatic niche hypothesis provides us with new ideas to discover the mechnism.Numerous materials are involved in the formation of the pre-metastatic niche according to this hypothesis,including bone marrow-derived cells,microvesicles,exosomes,CD44,and so on.A further research on this hypothesis helps to deeply understand the nature of metastasis and leads clinical doctors to explore novel targets for clinical diagnoses and therapies.

Objective To investigate the effect of cyanidin-3-glucoside extracted from Chinese bayberry on the proliferation. migration and invasion ability of the gastric cancer cell lines MGC803 and SGC7901 in vitro, and explore the possible mechanism of the preventive effects of C3G on tumor metastasis.Methods After treatment by C3G, the growth inhibiting of C3G on MGC803 and SGC7901 was determined by MTF assay, cell migration and invasion ability was evaluated with transwell chamber. Expression of Matrix metalloproteinase 2( MMP-2 )mRNA and protion on cells were analyzed by RT-PCR and Western blot.Results C3G significantly inhibited the proliferation of MGC803 and SGC7901 cells in a concentration and time-dependent manner as measured by MTT method ( P ＜0. 01 ), and the IC50 were: MGC803:24 h IC50 =6. 27 μg/ml;SGC7901:24 h IC50 = 5.42 μg/ml. After the cells were treated with C3G, the migration and invasion ability of MGC803 and SGC7901 cells decreased significantly ( P ＜ 0. 01 ) the number of invasive cells in 24 hours of the negative control MGC803, SGC7901 group was ( 207 ± 9 ) and ( 115 ± 9 ),respectively, while in C3G 10 μg/ml group the number of invasive cells decreased to( 24 ± 5 ) , ( 14 ± 6). In addition, the expression of MMP-2 mRNA and protion decreased abviously ( P ＜ 0. 01 ), all that was in a concentration-dependent manner. Conclusions In vitro, C3G has a concentration- and time-dependent growth inhibiting effect on MGC803 and SGC7901 cells, and may prevent metastasis by affecting migration and invasion ability of tumor cells. This action may be mediated by down-regulation of MMP-2mRNA and protein.