Objective:To investigate the differences in clinical characteristics and antibiotic resistance of neonatal sepsis（NS）caused by different Gram-staining pathogens.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on confirmed NS cases admitted to the Neonatal Ward of the Pediatric Department at The First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University，from June 1，2014，to May 31，2024.Patients were divided into Gram-positive and Gram-negative groups based on blood or cerebrospinal fluid（CSF）culture results.Clinical characteristics，pathogen distribution，and antibiotic resistance were compared between the two groups.Results:A total of 98 cases were included，with 81 in the Gram-positive group and 17 in the Gram-negative group.Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that NS cases with a high neutrophil percentage（ OR=0.933，95% CI：0.899-0.969）or hemorrhagic symptoms/signs（ OR=0.059，95% CI：0.008-0.458）were less likely to have Gram-positive pathogens detected in blood or CSF cultures（ P<0.05）.Common Gram-positive pathogens included Staphylococcus epidermidis with 35 strains（33.65%）and Staphylococcus hominis with 22 strains（21.15%）.The predominant Gram-negative pathogen was Escherichia coli with 14 strains（13.46%）.Gram-positive pathogens exhibited high resistance to oxacillin（91.30%），erythromycin（90.91%），and penicillin G（90.00%），but low resistance to tigecycline（0），linezolid（0），and vancomycin（0）.Gram-negative pathogens showed high resistance to ampicillin（92.31%），cefazolin（90.00%），and ampicillin/sulbactam（75.00%），but low resistance to amikacin（6.25%），latamoxef（0），and ertapenem（0）.The incidence of concurrent purulent meningitis was lower in the Gram-positive group than in the Gram-negative group（9.88% vs.47.06%， χ2=11.628， P<0.05），and there was significant difference. Conclusion:NS cases with high neutrophil percentages or hemorrhagic symptoms/signs are less likely to be caused by Gram-positive pathogens.Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus hominis are common Gram-positive pathogens，while Escherichia coli is the predominant Gram-negative pathogen in NS.Both Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens exhibit resistance to specific antibiotics.NS caused by Gram-positive pathogens is less likely to be complicated by purulent meningitis compared to those caused by Gram-negative pathogens.

The regulation of gut flora metabo-lites-short-chain fatty acids(SCFAs),NLRP3 inflam-matory vesicles,and interactions has been shown to play a key role in many diseases.While chronic kidney disease(CKD)is a common progressive dis-ease whose pathogenesis is related to the reduc-tion of SCFAs,a metabolite of intestinal flora,and the over-activation of NLRP3 inflammatory vesicles.In this paper,we summarize the role of SCFAs and NLRP3 inflammatory pathway in the pathogenesis of CKD,and sort out the research on the interven-tion of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)in this inflammatory pathway in the treatment of CKD in recent years,so as to provide the direction and ideas for the exact mechanism of TCM in the treat-ment of CKD.

The regulation of gut flora metabo-lites-short-chain fatty acids(SCFAs),NLRP3 inflam-matory vesicles,and interactions has been shown to play a key role in many diseases.While chronic kidney disease(CKD)is a common progressive dis-ease whose pathogenesis is related to the reduc-tion of SCFAs,a metabolite of intestinal flora,and the over-activation of NLRP3 inflammatory vesicles.In this paper,we summarize the role of SCFAs and NLRP3 inflammatory pathway in the pathogenesis of CKD,and sort out the research on the interven-tion of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)in this inflammatory pathway in the treatment of CKD in recent years,so as to provide the direction and ideas for the exact mechanism of TCM in the treat-ment of CKD.