Clinical analysis of 49 cases with invasive fungal infections in pediatric intensive care unit / 中国小儿急救医学

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of invasive fungal infections(IFI) in PICU and analyze the risk factors for diagnosis and treatment earlier.Methods The clinical data of patients with IFI hospitalized in PICU from January 2013 to December 2017 were retrospectively studied.Results There were 179 cases of patients with positive fungal cultures,of which 49 cases were IFI.There were 23 males and 26 females,the mean age was (3.87 ± 2.42) years.A total of 47 cases had underlying diseases.In positive specimen,there were 36 cases of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or sputum cultures,14 cases of blood cultures,7 cases of urinary cultures,3 cases of thoracic/ascites cultures,2 cases of bone marrow cultures,and 1 case of cerebrospinal fluid culture.There were 12 cases who had at least two sites infection at the same time.A total of 53 strains of fungal pathogens were cultivated,among which 45 cases were candida,5 cases were aspergillus,and 3 cases were penicillium marneffei,and 4 cases had two fungal infections.The presence of underlying diseases,blood transfusions,use of antibiotics/glucocorticoids/immunosuppressors,invasive procedures,and long hospital stays were risk factors (all P ＜ 0.05).Drug susceptibility analysis showed that all strains were sensitive to antifungal drugs of amphotericin B/liposomes,azoles and echinocandins,except 1 case of Candida utilis,1 case of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and 1 case of Candida lusitaniae.There were 26 patients only treated with one antifungal drug and 23 had combined drugs.All patients had fever.Eleven patients developed multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and 6 died.Conclusion There are no specific clinical manifestations for children with IFI and with critical condition and high mortality.Candida is the most common fungal infection.The lung is the most common part of infection.The children of IFI with risk factors such as underlying diseases,blood transfusions,use of antibiotics/glucocorticoids/immunosuppressors,invasive procedures and long hospital stays,should be identified in combination with laboratory examination and use antifungal drugs rationally as early as possible.

Diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's syndrome caused by bilateral solitary adrenal neoplasma / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

_ Objective_ To evaluate the efficacy of unilateral subtotal adrenalectomy in the treatment of bilateral adrenal solitary neoplasma causing Cushing's syndrome and to elaborate the therapeutic principle. Methods From 2007 to 2013, a total of ten patients were diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome caused by bilateral solitary adrenal neoplasma. We compared patients'clinical symptoms, hormone profiles, biochemical and metabolic parameters, and imaging data before and after the surgery. Five of them chose the optimal neoplasma based on the lateralization ratio of adrenal venous sampling result and the other 5 patients chose the optimal neoplasma based on the diameter of the mass reflected by the computed tomography result and were then operated. Results After the unilateral subtotal adrenalectomy,the24-hour urinary free cortisol decreased significantly(P<0.05)and the midnight serum cortisol level also significantly reduced(P<0. 01). Plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone level increased significantly(P<0. 01). Nine patients of them did not need contralateral adrenalectomy and one patient received contralateral adrelectomy because of the remnant of Cushingnoid symptoms. Conclusion Unilateral subtotal adrenalectomy is an effective and safe way to treat Cushing's syndrome caused by bilateral solitary neoplasma.

Analysis of clinical characteristics of hypoxic hepatitis in children / 中华儿科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the etiology and clinical characteristics of hypoxic hepatitis (HH) in children.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Clinical data of 7 patients with HH in Shenzhen Children's Hospital from January 2011 to March 2014 were retrospectively reviewed.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Seven cases diagnosed as HH, age from 4 months to 11 years, were admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and accounted for 0.32% of patients in PICU during the same period. The primary causes of HH were respiratory failure and cardiac shock caused by severe hand-foot-and-mouth disease, fulminant myocarditis, infant muggy syndrome . Serologic tests for hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, as well as serum antibody and DNA for Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus were all negative. There was an increase of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (≥20 time supper limit of normal (ULN), the highest ALT was more than 130 times ULN in all the patients, which was decreased to 2 times ULN from peak within 10 days. There was a significant relationship between ALT and aspartate aminotransferase(AST)in 3 cases(r=1.000, 1.000, and 0.833, respectively, P<0.05), ALT and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)in 2 cases(r=1.000 and 0.886, respectively, P<0.05), ALT and blood urea nitrogen(BUN)in 1 case(r=1.000, P<0.05), and ALT and creatine kinase(CK)in 1 case(r=0.964, P<0.05). The ALT, AST and LDH returned to normal soon after the primary diseases were controlled.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Severe heart failure, hypoxemia, shock, etc. are the leading primary diseases causing HH. The sharp increase in ALT, AST and LDH is the typical laboratory manifestion in HH after the onset, which may decline to normal shortly after the treatment, sometimes complicated with reversible change in BUN or CK.</p>

Analysis on bacterial culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from 1 693 children with refractory pneumonia / 中国感染控制杂志

Objective To evaluate pathogens and antimicrobial resistance of pathogens causing refractory pneumonia in children.Methods Children with refractory pneumonia who admitted to a hospital between May 2008 and December 2014 were performed bronchoscopy,and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF)were performed bacterial culture and antimicrobial resistance testing.Results 1 693 patients were recruited in the study,273 bacterial isolates were isolated from BALF speci-mens of 226 children,gram-positive bacteria accounted for 38.10% (104/273 ),the main gram-positive bacteria were Streptococcus pneumoniae (n=71)and Staphylococcus aureus (n=23);gram-negative bacteria accounted for 58.24%(159/273),including 44 isolates of Haemophilus parainfluenzae ,28 Klebsiella pneumoniae ,19 Escherichia coli ,and 17 Pseud-omonas aeruginosa ;10 isolates of fungi were also detected,8 of which were Candida albicans .The sensitivity of Streptococ-cus pneumoniae to quinolones,ceftriaxone and cefotaxime were high.Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) positive rate was 26.32%.ESBLs-producing rate of Haemophilus parainfluenzae and Klebsiella pneumoniae was 32.72% and 62.96% respectively.Conclusion The major pathogens causing refractory pneumonia were Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae ,empirical treatment should be conducted accordingly,antimicrobial resist-ance should be considered if therapeutic effect is poor,and targeted therapy should be performed according to cultured re-sults and antimicrobial susceptibility testing result.