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    28 December 2020, Volume 15 Issue 6
    Original articles
    A scoring system to predict the risk of invasive fungal infection in children of general surgical department
    DING Xiang-yu, JIA Chen-hong, ZHANG Gu-ying, LI Qian, LIU Yan-hui
    2020, 15(6):  331-337,353. 
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    Objective To investigate the risk factors of invasive fungal infection in pediatric patients of general surgical department and to establish a risk scoring system. Methods Risk factors of 82 hospitalized children diagnosed with IFI in the general surgery department of a children's hospital from January 2010 to December 2018 and 82 non IFI hospitalized children with similar basic diseases in the same ward were investigated. Possible risk factors were analyzed by univariate logistic regression analysis and non-conditional multivariate logistic regression analysis to select the risk factors of IFI. According to the results of regression analysis, a scoring system was established, the regression coefficient was integer assigned, the scoring formula was established, the z-value was calculated, and the ROC curve was drawn to evaluate the effectiveness of the scoring system, and the z-critical value was determined according to the cut-off value. The scoring system was used to verify 227 children admitted to the same ward from January to December 2019 with similar underlying diseases in the scoring system group, and to compare and verify the positive rate of diagnosis according to the diagnostic criteria or clinical diagnosis. Results Single factor analysis showed that the length of stay in the observation group was longer than that in the control group, and the proportion of indicators such as abdominal drainage tube, parenteral nutrition, central venous catheter, mechanical ventilation application>3 days, broad-spectrum antibiotics application>2 weeks, combination of two or more antibiotics, hypoproteinemia and glucocorticoid application>7 days were all higher than those in the control group, with statistical significance(P>0.05). Multiple-factor logistic regression analysis showed the length of stay, the combination of two or more antimicrobial agents, glucocorticoid application>7 days were independent risk factors for infant IFI in general surgery department. According to the regression coefficients of 2, 26 and 15, and the scoring system was established, the AUC of ROC curve was 0.880 (95% CI:0.825-0.935, P<0.001), and the cut-off value was 0.700. In other words, when the Z critical value was 63.5, the sensitivity was 0.778, and the specificity was 0.922. There was no statistical difference between the positive rate predicted by the scoring system in the verification group and the positive rate predicted by the diagnostic criteria or clinical diagnosis (P=0.074), Kappa=0.769, indicating a good consistency between the two methods. The sensitivity and specificity of the scoring system were 0.750 and 0.981, which were basically consistent with those of the cut-off value. Conclusion The effectiveness of the scoring system was good and its correctness had been verified, which had a good application value for early clinical identification of high-risk children with general surgery IFI.
    Genotypic diversity of 11 Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from kidney transplantation patients with cryptococcosis
    ZHU Xin-lin, HONG Nan, ZHANG Chao, PAN Wei-hua, CAI Liang-qi, LI Xiao-jing, CHEN Min, LIAO Wan-qing
    2020, 15(6):  338-343. 
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    Objective To analyze genotypic diversity of 11 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from kidney transplantation patients with cryptococcosis, which could lay the foundation for precisely therapeutic strategies on cryptococcosis associated with kidney transplantation. Methods A total of 11 C. neoformans isolates were genotyped using the Multi locus sequence typing (MLST) consensus scheme, which was recommended by the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM). The differences of population diversity characteristics were compared between our isolates and 22 isolates collected from 22 cryptococcosis patients with immunocompetent status. Results With the predominant ST5 (46%, 5/11), all 11 Cryptococcal isolates in this study were identified as VNⅠ molecular type (MATα type), including 5 ST types. Both results of phylogenetics and principal component analysis (PCA) showed that ST5 isolates from cryptococcosis with kidney transplant and immunocompetent status were identical. The nucleotide diversity (π) of the isolates from cryptococcosis with kidney transplant was significantly higher than that fromimmunocompetent patients. And the proportion of ST5 isolates collected from kidney transplant patients was significantly lower than that from immunocompetent patients (P=0.033). Conclusion The genetic diversity of C. neoformans isolates from cryptococcosis with kidney transplantation are significantly higher than that from cryptococcosis patients with immunocompetent status. It may be related to different STs of C. neoformans isolates with different virulence and the suppressed immunological function in patients with kidney transplantation. A more precise treatment strategies is needed in cryptococcosis patients with kidney transplantation.
    Clinical analysis of 7 cases suffered pneumocystis pneumonia in non-HSCT patients with hematological diseases
    SUN Qing-gang, ZHANG Hai-yan, LIU Nan, WANG Ming-hui, SHI Hong-chuan, WANG Hai-bing
    2020, 15(6):  344-348. 
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    Objective To study the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment strategy of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in non-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients with hematological diseases, in order to improve the understanding of the disease. Methods The clinical manifestations, laboratory examinations, imaging features, treatment strategies and clinical outcomes of 7 non-HSCT patients with hematological diseases complicated with PCP confirmed from September 2014 to September 2019 in the hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Results 1 Basic diseases were hematological malignancies in 5 cases and autoimmune hematological diseases in 2 cases. All received immunosuppressive therapy. 2 The incubation period for the disease was between 5 and 30 days, and the main clinical manifestations include fever, dry cough and labored dyspnea. 3 Increased lactate dehydrogenase was found in 7 cases and hypoxemia in 5 cases. 4 Pulmonary high-resolution CT showed diffuse ground-glass shadow in both lungs, accompanied by bronchial inflation sign and air sac cavity. The ground-glass shadow fused into pieces in the late stage of the disease. 5 Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJ) cysts were found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in 7 cases. PJ nucleic acid was positive in 5 cases by polymerase chain reaction. Serum 1-3-β-D glucan level was increased in 5 cases. 6 Methoxypyrimidine-sulfamethoxazole was the first choice for treatment in all cases. Five cases were also treated with caspofungin, 2 cases received mechanical ventilation. Five cases recovered and 2 died. Conclusions PCP might be a fatal disease for patients received immunosuppressive agents. Early diagnosis and early treatment could improve the curative effect, and high-risk patients need preventive medication.
    A bibliometric analysis of the global research on chromoblastomycosis
    MENG Yun-fang, WANG Yu, XIN Chao, SUN Ming-xia, WEI Xin-jing, SHI Ji-hai, LI Xin-hua, LIAO Wan-qing, LI Yuan-yuan
    2020, 15(6):  349-353. 
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    Objective To analyze chromoblastomycosis-related literature,toprovide insights into global research performance. Methods Comprehensive science mapping analysis of extensive bibliographic metadata was carried out with the help of mathematical tools of Bibliometrix and the data was retrieved from the Web of Science TM Core Collection database. Results A total of 256 documents were published in last 10 years in 111 academic journals by 1203 authors. Brazil, China and the Netherlands contributes most documents and also collaborate with other countries most. De Hoog GS,Xi L,Sun J published most papers which also received most citation. Journals that received most citation are Med Mycol,Mycopathologia,Mycoses whose impact factor are also the highest. The most frequent words are itraconazole,Fonsecaea pedrosoi, in vitro. Conclusion The researches on chromoblastomycosis were performed mostly in countries with high incidence and strong academic strength who collaborate with each other frequently. Researches on anti-fungal drugs are still the hot topic which deserve more investment.
    Construction of RNA interference plasmid targeting FSH1 gene in Microsporum canis and interference efficiency determination
    ZHANG Fu-rong, GUO Chun-mei, WU ying, TAN Can, YANG Guo-ling
    2020, 15(6):  354-358. 
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    Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility test of invasive Candida infection in a hospital in Beijing
    YANG Jing-xian, SHAO Dong-hua, GUO Li-na, LIU Jing, Xu Ying-chun, LIANG Guo-wei
    2020, 15(6):  359-363,370. 
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    Objective To investigate the species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of invasive candida infection in a hospital in Beijing, and to provide evidence for rational use of antifungal drugs. Methods Totally 126 strains of invasive candida isolates were collected from the hospital during 2012-2013 and 2016-2017, and the composition of the strains were analyzed. The susceptibility of 7 antifungal drugs was analyzed by microbroth dilution method. Results Of the 126 Candida strains, C.albicans was the most predominant, accounting for 38.10%. Of the non-C.albicans strains, C.glabrata was the most common with a frequency of 30.95%, followed by C.tropicalis (18.25%) and C.parapsilosis (11.11%), respectively. The susceptibility (wild type) rates of C.albicans and C.parapsilosis to amphotericin B and echinomycins were close to 100%. The resistance (non wild type) rates of C.glabrata and C.tropicalis to fluconazole (10.26% and 30.43%) and voriconazole (48.72% and 26.09%) were showed in higher levels, while the susceptibility (wild type) rates of C.glabrata and C.tropicalis to amphotericin B and echinomycins were >92%. Conclusion The frequency of non-C.albicans in invasive Candida infection was up to 61.90%. Amphotericin B and echinomycins could be used for the empirical treatment of invasive Candida infection, while azoles should be used with caution for C.glabrata and C.tropicalis infections.
    Clinical application of terbinafine in the treatment of subcutaneous and deep mycosis
    ZHU Hong-mei, WEN Hai
    2020, 15(6):  374-377. 
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    Terbinafine is an active allylamine antifungal agent with a mechanism of inhibiting squalene epoxidase in the fungal cell membrane. Its spectrum of in vitro fungicidal activity includes a broad range of dermatophyte, filamentous, dimorphic fungi, and some yeast species. Terbinafine had been widely used as the first-line treatment for superficial dermatophyte infection. In nearly two decades, terbinafine also had been proved to be highly effective and safe for a variety of subcutaneous and deep fungal infections, either in monotherapy or in combination therapy.
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