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Objective@#To understand the homology and resistance characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) in healthy preschool children, so as to provide basis for disease transmission prevention and rational use of antibiotics.@*Methods@#Stratified cluster random sampling method was used to sample 1 829 healthy children from six kindergartens in Shunde District, Foshan City. Nasal swabs were taken and tested for S. pneumoniae. Multi locus sequence typing was used for homology analysis. The Chi squared test and random forest analysis were used to explore the resistance characteristics.@*Results@#The nasal carriage rate of S. pneumoniae and multidrug resistant S. pneumoniae (MDRSP) in children were 22.5%(412/1 829) and 21.3%(390/1 829), respectively. Homology analysis in sequence types showed that the total homology rates of 6 kindergartens were 93.5%(87/93), 91.1% (72/79), 89.2%(58/65), 88.9%(64/72), 86.2%(50/58), 77.8%(35/45), respectively. It was found that the highest homology rate was 82.8% (48/58) within class and 93.1% (81/87) between classes. S. pneumoniae was mainly resistant to azithromycin (97.1%, 400/412), erythromycin (92.0%, 379/412) and tetracycline (91.5%, 377/412). The dominant multidrug resistance pattern of MDRSP isolates was not sensitive to azithromycin, erythromycin, cotrimoxazole, tetracycline and clindamycin. Random forest analysis indicated that the important phenotypic markers associated with MDRSP were resistance to azithromycin, cotrimoxazole, tetracycline, clindamycin and erythromycin(MDG=8.94, 6.92, 5.80, 4.84, 2.58).@*Conclusion@#The risk of cross transmission of S. pneumoniae among preschool children is high, and direct contact is the main way of transmission. Consequently, kindergartens and health departments should take effective measures to effectively prevent and block the spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Objective@#To explore clustering and risk factors of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) carriage among kindergarten children in Liuzhou.@*Methods@#Two sided nasal swabs were collected from 1 702 children in Liuzhou from April to June 2018. Parents of all the children were investigated by questionnaires. The random effect Logistic regression was used to analyze the clustering and risk factors of S. aureus carriage.@*Results@#The carriage rate of S. aureus among kindergarten children was 16.3%. The randomeffect Logistic regression model indicated that the class-level random effect of S. aureus carriage among children was statistically significant(Z=2.12, P<0.01). Children aged 6 to 7 years (OR=2.18, 95%CI=1.45-3.27) and 5 years (OR=1.65, 95%CI=1.08-2.50) had higher carriage rates of S. aureus than those aged 3-4 years. The history of antibiotic using (OR=1.45, 95%CI=1.05-2.01) and skin and soft tissue infections (OR=1.36, 95%CI=1.04-1.79) in the previous year were risk factors of S. aureus carriage among children.@*Conclusion@#The class level clustering of S. aureus carriage is observed in healthy children. Age, history of antibiotic usage and history of skin and soft tissue infections are associated with risk of S. aureus carriage among preschool children.
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The objective was to investigate the effect of kinsenoside (Kin) treatments on macrophage polarity and evaluate the resulting protection of chondrocytes to attenuate osteoarthritis (OA) progression. RAW264.7 macrophages were polarized to M1/M2 subtypes then administered with different concentrations of Kin. The polarization transitions were evaluated with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), confocal observation and flow cytometry analysis. The mechanism of Kin repolarizing M1 macrophages was evaluated by Western blot. Further, macrophage conditioned medium (CM) and IL-1 were administered to chondrocytes. Micro-CT scanning and histological observations were conducted on anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) mice with or without Kin treatment. We found that Kin repolarized M1 macrophages to the M2 phenotype. Mechanistically, Kin inhibited the phosphorylation of IB, which further reduced the downstream phosphorylation of P65 in nuclear factor-B (NF-B) signaling. Moreover, Kin inhibited mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) signaling molecules p-JNK, p-ERK and p-P38. Additionally, Kin attenuated macrophage CM and IL-1-induced chondrocyte damage. , Kin reduced the infiltration of M1 macrophages, promoted M2 macrophages in the synovium, inhibited subchondral bone destruction and reduced articular cartilage damage induced by ACLT. All the results indicated that Kin is an effective therapeutic candidate for OA treatment.
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Objective To investigate an evaluation program for external quality assessment ( EQA) of quality indicators ( QIs) and develop a software .Methods According to GB/T 27043-2012 ( ISO/IEC 17043:2010,IDT) mode 3, 28 provincial centers for clinical Laboratories were organized by National Center for Clinical Laboratories to launch an investigation on “QIs in clinical laboratory” with the use of Clinet-EQA online .Participants were asked to collect data of April 2014 and report related results online .Mean, median, the 5 th, 25 th, 75 th and 95 th percentiles of defectpercentages for biochemistry , immunology, blood and body fluid and microbiology were calculated , respectively .Sigma values were also calculated . Meanwhile , 25 th of sigma value and 75 th of defect percentages were chosen as preliminary quality specifications for each QI so that laboratories can evaluate related process quality .Results Take incorrect sample type rates for example , 4 771 laboratories were involved in this study .Among four subjects , incorrect sample type rates were lowest (0.01%, 6σ) for immunology tests, followed by blood and body fluids tests (0.06%, 4.7σ) and biochemistry tests (0.06%, 4.7σ), and were highest for microbiology tests (0.33%, 4.2σ).Evaluation reports will besent back to participants so that they can understand national , provincial , and their own sigma levels well .Preliminary quality specifications of incorrect sample type for biochemistry, immunology, blood and body fluid, and microbiology tests were 0.08% (4.6σ), 0.03%(5σ), 0.09%(4.6σ) and 0.43%(4.1σ), respectively.Conclusion Clinical laboratories were advised to establish and monitor suitable QIs within laboratory and participate in QIs EQA schemes , thus they can improve their quality continuously .
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The study was conducted to investigate the effect of different forms of trivalent chromium on growth hormone (GH) secretion and pituitary mRNA expression in finishing pigs.A total of 96 finishing pigs with an initial average body weight 65 kg were blocked by body weight and randomly assigned to four treatments with three replicates.Pigs were offered one of four diets including a control diet or the control diet supplemented with 200 μg/kg chromium from either chromium chloride (CrCl3),chromium picolinate (CrPic) or Chromium nanocomposite (CrNano) for 40 days.During the trial,all pigs were given free access to feed and water.At the end of the feeding trial,blood samples were taken via auriculares at 15 min intervals for 3 hours.Eight pigs from each treatment were slaughtered for backfat thickness and longissimus muscle area (LMA),and three pituitaries were collected to determine GH mRNA level.The results showed that average daily gain of pigs fed supplemental CrNano was increased by 6.31 (P<0.05),feed gain ratio was decreased by 4.61% (P<0.05),backfat thickness was decreased by 24.32 % (P<0.05),and LMA was increased by 20.22% (P<0.05).The results of GH dynamic secretion showed that supplemental CrNano increased the mean level,lowest value,peak value and peak duration of GH by 42.62% (P<0.05),87.94%(P<0.05),26.60% (P<0.05),and 17.19%(P<0.05),respectively.The mean level and peak value of GH in pigs fed Supplemental CrPic was increased by 36.58% (P<0.05),27.18%(P<0.05),respectively.Pituitary mRNA expression of GH in pigs fed diet containing chromium from CrNano was increased by 27.63%(P<0.05).These results indicated that chromium nanocomposite increased GH mRNA expression and secretion in finishing pigs,through which growth was promoted and carcass characteristic was improved.