BACKGROUND Immunosuppression is an important factor in the incidence of infections in transplant recipient.Few studies are available on the management of immunosuppression(IS)treatment in the liver transplant(LT)recip...BACKGROUND Immunosuppression is an important factor in the incidence of infections in transplant recipient.Few studies are available on the management of immunosuppression(IS)treatment in the liver transplant(LT)recipients complicated with infection.The aim of this study is to describe our experience in the management of IS treatment during bacterial bloodstream infection(BSI)in LT recipients and assess the effect of temporary IS withdrawal on 30 d mortality of recipients presenting with severe infection.AIM To assess the effect of temporary IS withdrawal on 30 d mortality of LT recipients presenting with severe infection.METHODS A retrospective study was conducted with patients diagnosed with BSI after LT in the Department of Liver Surgery,Renji Hospital from January 1,2016 through December 31,2017.All recipients diagnosed with BSI after LT were included.Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis of risk factors for 30 d mortality was conducted in the LT recipients with Gram-negative bacterial(GNB)infection.RESULTS Seventy-four episodes of BSI were identified in 70 LT recipients,including 45 episodes of Gram-positive bacterial(GPB)infections in 42 patients and 29 episodes of GNB infections in 28 patients.Overall,IS reduction(at least 50%dose reduction or cessation of one or more immunosuppressive agent)was made in 28(41.2%)cases,specifically,in 5(11.9%)cases with GPB infections and 23(82.1%)cases with GNB infections.The 180 d all-cause mortality rate was 18.5%(13/70).The mortality rate in GNB group(39.3%,11/28)was significantly higher than that in GPB group(4.8%,2/42)(P=0.001).All the deaths in GNB group were attributed to worsening infection secondary to IS withdrawal,but the deaths in GPB group were all due to graft-versus-host disease.GNB group was associated with significantly higher incidence of intra-abdominal infection,IS reduction,and complete IS withdrawal than GPB group(P<0.05).Cox regression showed that rejection(adjusted hazard ratio 7.021,P=0.001)and complete IS withdrawal(adjusted hazard ratio 12.65,P=0.019)were independent risk factors for 30 d mortality in patients with GNB infections after LT.CONCLUSION IS reduction is more frequently associated with GNB infection than GPB infection in LT recipients.Complete IS withdrawal should be cautious due to increased risk of mortality in LT recipients complicated with BSI.展开更多
Objective: To study the differences in serum inflammatory mediators in early blood culture positive and negative patients with bacterial bloodstream infection. Methods: Patients who were hospitalized due to suspected ...Objective: To study the differences in serum inflammatory mediators in early blood culture positive and negative patients with bacterial bloodstream infection. Methods: Patients who were hospitalized due to suspected bacterial bloodstream infection between December 2015 and September 2017 were divided into positive group and negative group according to the results of blood culture, and healthy volunteers who underwent medical examination during the same period were selected as control group. Peripheral blood specimens were collected from patients with suspected bacteremia on admission, the peripheral blood specimens were collected from the control group of volunteers during physical examination, and the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, anti-inflammatory cytokines, adhesion factors and chemokines were determined. Results: Serum PCT, CRP, IL-6, IL-17, IL-23, IL-4, IL-10, IL-13, sTM, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, EOTAXIN-3 and MCP-1 levels of positive group and negative group were significantly higher than those of control group, and serum PCT, CRP, IL-6, IL-17, IL-23, IL-4, IL-10, IL-13, sTM, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, EOTAXIN-3 and MCP-1 levels of positive group were significantly higher than those of negative group. Conclusions: Detection of serum inflammatory mediators can early predict the bacterial bloodstream infection.展开更多
Objective: To compare the serum contents of inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress mediators between patients with gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria infection. Methods: Patients who were diagnosed...Objective: To compare the serum contents of inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress mediators between patients with gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria infection. Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with bloodstream bacterial infection in Zigong Third People's Hospital between March 2015 and April 2017 were selected as the research subjects and divided into gram-positive group and gram-negative group according to the results of blood culture and strain identification, and serum levels of inflammatory mediators PCT, IL-1β, IL-6, sTREM-1, TNF-α, NGAL, SAA, HPT and hs-CRP as well as oxidative stress mediators MDA, AOPP, TAC, CAT and SOD were determined. Results: Serum PCT, IL-1β, IL-6, sTREM-1, TNF-α, NGAL, SAA, HPT, hs-CRP, MDA and AOPP levels of gram-negative group were greatly higher than those of gram-positive group while TAC, CAT and SOD levels were greatly lower than those of gram-positive group. Conclusion: The changes of inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress mediators in the serum of patients with gram-negative bacteria infection are more significant than those of patients with gram-positive bacteria infection.展开更多
Bacterial infection in the first month after liver transplantation is a frequent complication that poses a serious risk for liver transplant recipients as contributes substantially to increased length of hospitalizati...Bacterial infection in the first month after liver transplantation is a frequent complication that poses a serious risk for liver transplant recipients as contributes substantially to increased length of hospitalization and hospital costs being a leading cause of death in this period. Most of these infections are caused by gramnegative bacilli, although gram-positive infections, especially Enterococcus sp. constitute an emerging infectious problem. This high rate of early postoperative infections after liver transplant has generated interest in exploring various prophylactic approaches to surmount this problem. One of these approaches is selective intestinal decontamination(SID). SID is a prophylactic strategy that consists of the administration of antimicrobials with limited anaerobicidal activity in order to reduce the burden of aerobic gram-negative bacteria and/or yeast in the intestinal tract and so prevent infections caused by these organisms. The majority of studies carried out to date have found SID to be effective in the reduction of gram-negative infection, but the effect on overall infection is limited due to a higher number of infection episodes by pathogenic enterococci and coagulase-negative staphylococci. However, difficulties in general extrapolation of the favorable results obtained in specific studies together with the potential risk of selection of multirresistant microorganisms has conditioned controversy about the routinely application of these strategies in liver transplant recipients.展开更多
目的探讨细胞因子12项对临床血流感染的早期应用价值。方法收集北京清华长庚医院从2023年5月至2024年1月所有血培养阳性的患者标本,通过基质辅助激光解吸电离的飞行时间质谱技术(matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of f...目的探讨细胞因子12项对临床血流感染的早期应用价值。方法收集北京清华长庚医院从2023年5月至2024年1月所有血培养阳性的患者标本,通过基质辅助激光解吸电离的飞行时间质谱技术(matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry,MALDI-TOF MS)或细菌鉴定卡鉴别血流感染细菌菌种,通过纳入和排除标准进行筛选后,包括革兰氏阴性细菌(Gram-negative,G-)感染患者55例,革兰氏阳性细菌(Gram-positive,G+)感染患者46例。通过贝克曼流式细胞微球阵列法(cytometry bead array,CBA)检测G-与G+两组患者血流感染同期血浆中细胞因子12项水平,筛选出鉴别G-与G+细菌有显著性差异的细胞因子,并通过ROC曲线比较不同细胞因子及组合鉴别G-菌与G+菌的诊断效能,获取最佳临界值及其灵敏度和特异性。结果G-菌感染组IL-6、IL-8、IL-10、IL-17、TNF-α、IFN-α血浆水平显著高于G+菌感染组(P<0.05)。作6种细胞因子受试者工作曲线(receiver operator characteristic curve,ROC),IL-6鉴别G-/G+菌的ROC曲线下面积(area under curve,AUC)为0.796,最佳cut-off值为115.29pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为72.7%,特异性为82.6%;IL-8鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.670,最佳cut-off值为55.75pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为85.5%,特异性为50.0%;IL-10鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.715,最佳cut-off值33.62pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为52.7%,特异性为84.8%;IL-17鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.561,最佳cut-off值2.41pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为70.9%,特异性为67.0%;TNF-α鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.716,最佳cut-off值1.75pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为49.1%,特异性为78.3%;IFN-α鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.641,cut-off值1.79pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为58.2%,特异性为83.6%;IL-6、IL-8、IL-10、IL-17、TNF-α、IFN-α6项联合鉴别G-与G+菌感染的AUC为0.817,灵敏度为63.6%,特异性为89.1%,诊断效能优于单个细胞因子。结论细胞因子联合模型辅助临床早期鉴别G-/G+菌血流感染,为临床早期抗生素选择提供依据。展开更多
Background:Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis(ASTC)is rarer than acute obstructive cholangitis and is not well studied.To explore this subtype of acute cholangitis,we described our clinical experience with ASTC.Me...Background:Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis(ASTC)is rarer than acute obstructive cholangitis and is not well studied.To explore this subtype of acute cholangitis,we described our clinical experience with ASTC.Methods:We performed a retrospective review of patients with ASTC admitted to our center from September 2014 to August 2020.We analyzed their clinical characteristics,including etiology,clinical manifestations,imaging features,treatment and prognosis.Results:A total of 32 ASTC patients were included in the analysis.The majority of the patients had a history of biliary operations,and clinical manifestations were occult and atypical.The positive rate of bacterial culture was 46.9%.All the patients had typical imaging features on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.Treatment with effective antibiotics was provided as soon as diagnosis was established.After treatment,most patients had a good outcome.Elevated levels of total bilirubin,aspartate aminotransferase,procalcitonin and gamma-glutamyltransferase were the characteristics of critically ill patients and were associated with relatively poor prognosis.Conclusions:Our results demonstrated that ASTC should be recognized as a new subtype of acute cholangitis,and that earlier diagnosis and more personalized treatments are needed.展开更多
OBJECTIVE: To review the distribution and trends of bacterial culture specimens in Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the bacterial culture-positive rate, the distribution of gram...OBJECTIVE: To review the distribution and trends of bacterial culture specimens in Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the bacterial culture-positive rate, the distribution of gram' s stain, and the distribution and change of isolates was performed on 4705 specimens during a 10-year period (1989- 1998). RESULTS: Positive cultures numbered 1339 of the 4705 specimens, with a positive rate of 28.6%. Gram-positive cocci constituted 55.6% of the total isolates, followed by gram-positive bacilli 13.1% . Gram-negative cocci accounted for 2.8%, and gram-negative bacilli 28.5% . In the positive bacteria cultures, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (mainly Staphylococcous epidermidis) was the most common isolate (25.3%), and followed by Pseudomonas 18.8%, Micrococcus 11.7%, Cotynbaccterium 10.1%, and Staphylococcus aureus 8.2% . During the 10-year period, the overall frequency of gram-positive cocci appeared to increase with time while the frequency of gram-negative bacilli decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli are still the predominant pathogens of ocular infection in northern China. The frequency of the former increases annually whereas that of the latter decreases. It is important to comprehend the distribution and trends of ocular pathogenic bacteria for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of bacterial infectious ocular disease.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key R&D Precision Medicine Program,No.2017YFC0908100Shanghai Key Clinical Specialty Grant,No.Shslczdzk05801.
文摘BACKGROUND Immunosuppression is an important factor in the incidence of infections in transplant recipient.Few studies are available on the management of immunosuppression(IS)treatment in the liver transplant(LT)recipients complicated with infection.The aim of this study is to describe our experience in the management of IS treatment during bacterial bloodstream infection(BSI)in LT recipients and assess the effect of temporary IS withdrawal on 30 d mortality of recipients presenting with severe infection.AIM To assess the effect of temporary IS withdrawal on 30 d mortality of LT recipients presenting with severe infection.METHODS A retrospective study was conducted with patients diagnosed with BSI after LT in the Department of Liver Surgery,Renji Hospital from January 1,2016 through December 31,2017.All recipients diagnosed with BSI after LT were included.Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis of risk factors for 30 d mortality was conducted in the LT recipients with Gram-negative bacterial(GNB)infection.RESULTS Seventy-four episodes of BSI were identified in 70 LT recipients,including 45 episodes of Gram-positive bacterial(GPB)infections in 42 patients and 29 episodes of GNB infections in 28 patients.Overall,IS reduction(at least 50%dose reduction or cessation of one or more immunosuppressive agent)was made in 28(41.2%)cases,specifically,in 5(11.9%)cases with GPB infections and 23(82.1%)cases with GNB infections.The 180 d all-cause mortality rate was 18.5%(13/70).The mortality rate in GNB group(39.3%,11/28)was significantly higher than that in GPB group(4.8%,2/42)(P=0.001).All the deaths in GNB group were attributed to worsening infection secondary to IS withdrawal,but the deaths in GPB group were all due to graft-versus-host disease.GNB group was associated with significantly higher incidence of intra-abdominal infection,IS reduction,and complete IS withdrawal than GPB group(P<0.05).Cox regression showed that rejection(adjusted hazard ratio 7.021,P=0.001)and complete IS withdrawal(adjusted hazard ratio 12.65,P=0.019)were independent risk factors for 30 d mortality in patients with GNB infections after LT.CONCLUSION IS reduction is more frequently associated with GNB infection than GPB infection in LT recipients.Complete IS withdrawal should be cautious due to increased risk of mortality in LT recipients complicated with BSI.
文摘Objective: To study the differences in serum inflammatory mediators in early blood culture positive and negative patients with bacterial bloodstream infection. Methods: Patients who were hospitalized due to suspected bacterial bloodstream infection between December 2015 and September 2017 were divided into positive group and negative group according to the results of blood culture, and healthy volunteers who underwent medical examination during the same period were selected as control group. Peripheral blood specimens were collected from patients with suspected bacteremia on admission, the peripheral blood specimens were collected from the control group of volunteers during physical examination, and the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, anti-inflammatory cytokines, adhesion factors and chemokines were determined. Results: Serum PCT, CRP, IL-6, IL-17, IL-23, IL-4, IL-10, IL-13, sTM, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, EOTAXIN-3 and MCP-1 levels of positive group and negative group were significantly higher than those of control group, and serum PCT, CRP, IL-6, IL-17, IL-23, IL-4, IL-10, IL-13, sTM, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, EOTAXIN-3 and MCP-1 levels of positive group were significantly higher than those of negative group. Conclusions: Detection of serum inflammatory mediators can early predict the bacterial bloodstream infection.
文摘Objective: To compare the serum contents of inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress mediators between patients with gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria infection. Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with bloodstream bacterial infection in Zigong Third People's Hospital between March 2015 and April 2017 were selected as the research subjects and divided into gram-positive group and gram-negative group according to the results of blood culture and strain identification, and serum levels of inflammatory mediators PCT, IL-1β, IL-6, sTREM-1, TNF-α, NGAL, SAA, HPT and hs-CRP as well as oxidative stress mediators MDA, AOPP, TAC, CAT and SOD were determined. Results: Serum PCT, IL-1β, IL-6, sTREM-1, TNF-α, NGAL, SAA, HPT, hs-CRP, MDA and AOPP levels of gram-negative group were greatly higher than those of gram-positive group while TAC, CAT and SOD levels were greatly lower than those of gram-positive group. Conclusion: The changes of inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress mediators in the serum of patients with gram-negative bacteria infection are more significant than those of patients with gram-positive bacteria infection.
文摘Bacterial infection in the first month after liver transplantation is a frequent complication that poses a serious risk for liver transplant recipients as contributes substantially to increased length of hospitalization and hospital costs being a leading cause of death in this period. Most of these infections are caused by gramnegative bacilli, although gram-positive infections, especially Enterococcus sp. constitute an emerging infectious problem. This high rate of early postoperative infections after liver transplant has generated interest in exploring various prophylactic approaches to surmount this problem. One of these approaches is selective intestinal decontamination(SID). SID is a prophylactic strategy that consists of the administration of antimicrobials with limited anaerobicidal activity in order to reduce the burden of aerobic gram-negative bacteria and/or yeast in the intestinal tract and so prevent infections caused by these organisms. The majority of studies carried out to date have found SID to be effective in the reduction of gram-negative infection, but the effect on overall infection is limited due to a higher number of infection episodes by pathogenic enterococci and coagulase-negative staphylococci. However, difficulties in general extrapolation of the favorable results obtained in specific studies together with the potential risk of selection of multirresistant microorganisms has conditioned controversy about the routinely application of these strategies in liver transplant recipients.
文摘目的探讨细胞因子12项对临床血流感染的早期应用价值。方法收集北京清华长庚医院从2023年5月至2024年1月所有血培养阳性的患者标本,通过基质辅助激光解吸电离的飞行时间质谱技术(matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry,MALDI-TOF MS)或细菌鉴定卡鉴别血流感染细菌菌种,通过纳入和排除标准进行筛选后,包括革兰氏阴性细菌(Gram-negative,G-)感染患者55例,革兰氏阳性细菌(Gram-positive,G+)感染患者46例。通过贝克曼流式细胞微球阵列法(cytometry bead array,CBA)检测G-与G+两组患者血流感染同期血浆中细胞因子12项水平,筛选出鉴别G-与G+细菌有显著性差异的细胞因子,并通过ROC曲线比较不同细胞因子及组合鉴别G-菌与G+菌的诊断效能,获取最佳临界值及其灵敏度和特异性。结果G-菌感染组IL-6、IL-8、IL-10、IL-17、TNF-α、IFN-α血浆水平显著高于G+菌感染组(P<0.05)。作6种细胞因子受试者工作曲线(receiver operator characteristic curve,ROC),IL-6鉴别G-/G+菌的ROC曲线下面积(area under curve,AUC)为0.796,最佳cut-off值为115.29pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为72.7%,特异性为82.6%;IL-8鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.670,最佳cut-off值为55.75pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为85.5%,特异性为50.0%;IL-10鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.715,最佳cut-off值33.62pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为52.7%,特异性为84.8%;IL-17鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.561,最佳cut-off值2.41pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为70.9%,特异性为67.0%;TNF-α鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.716,最佳cut-off值1.75pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为49.1%,特异性为78.3%;IFN-α鉴别G-/G+菌的AUC为0.641,cut-off值1.79pg/mL,诊断灵敏度为58.2%,特异性为83.6%;IL-6、IL-8、IL-10、IL-17、TNF-α、IFN-α6项联合鉴别G-与G+菌感染的AUC为0.817,灵敏度为63.6%,特异性为89.1%,诊断效能优于单个细胞因子。结论细胞因子联合模型辅助临床早期鉴别G-/G+菌血流感染,为临床早期抗生素选择提供依据。
基金This study was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81870457).
文摘Background:Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis(ASTC)is rarer than acute obstructive cholangitis and is not well studied.To explore this subtype of acute cholangitis,we described our clinical experience with ASTC.Methods:We performed a retrospective review of patients with ASTC admitted to our center from September 2014 to August 2020.We analyzed their clinical characteristics,including etiology,clinical manifestations,imaging features,treatment and prognosis.Results:A total of 32 ASTC patients were included in the analysis.The majority of the patients had a history of biliary operations,and clinical manifestations were occult and atypical.The positive rate of bacterial culture was 46.9%.All the patients had typical imaging features on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.Treatment with effective antibiotics was provided as soon as diagnosis was established.After treatment,most patients had a good outcome.Elevated levels of total bilirubin,aspartate aminotransferase,procalcitonin and gamma-glutamyltransferase were the characteristics of critically ill patients and were associated with relatively poor prognosis.Conclusions:Our results demonstrated that ASTC should be recognized as a new subtype of acute cholangitis,and that earlier diagnosis and more personalized treatments are needed.
文摘OBJECTIVE: To review the distribution and trends of bacterial culture specimens in Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the bacterial culture-positive rate, the distribution of gram' s stain, and the distribution and change of isolates was performed on 4705 specimens during a 10-year period (1989- 1998). RESULTS: Positive cultures numbered 1339 of the 4705 specimens, with a positive rate of 28.6%. Gram-positive cocci constituted 55.6% of the total isolates, followed by gram-positive bacilli 13.1% . Gram-negative cocci accounted for 2.8%, and gram-negative bacilli 28.5% . In the positive bacteria cultures, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (mainly Staphylococcous epidermidis) was the most common isolate (25.3%), and followed by Pseudomonas 18.8%, Micrococcus 11.7%, Cotynbaccterium 10.1%, and Staphylococcus aureus 8.2% . During the 10-year period, the overall frequency of gram-positive cocci appeared to increase with time while the frequency of gram-negative bacilli decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli are still the predominant pathogens of ocular infection in northern China. The frequency of the former increases annually whereas that of the latter decreases. It is important to comprehend the distribution and trends of ocular pathogenic bacteria for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of bacterial infectious ocular disease.