Trends in Specialty Palliative Care Service Utilization and In-Hospital Outcomes for Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Background: Hospitalized people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may benefit from specialty palliative care services (sPCS). Objective: To describe access to in-hospital sPCS for people with ALS (pALS). Methods: We compared years 2010-2011 to 2018-2019, and conducted trend analyses of sPCS from 2010 to 2019 stratified by race. Results: Of 103,193 pALS admitted during the study period, 13,885 (13.4%) received sPCS. Rates of sPCS increased over time (2010-2011: 8.9% vs. 2018-2019: 16.6%; p < 0.01). From 2010 to 2019, there was an increase in sPCS (p-trend<0.01) for all studied racial groups. Conclusions: Access to palliative care has increased over time for pALS admitted to hospitals in the United States.

Clinicians' interpretation of thresholds in hospital antibiograms for gram-negative rod infections: A survey and contingent valuation study of hospitalists.

Clinical guidelines suggest that hospital antibiograms are a key component when deciding empiric therapy, but little is known about how often clinicians use antibiograms and how they influence clinicians' empiric therapy decisions. We surveyed hospitalists at seven healthcare systems in the United States on their reported practices related to antibiograms and their hypothetical prescribing for four clinical scenarios associated with gram-negative rod pathogens. Each was given a randomly assigned antibiogram susceptibility percentage, and we used contingent valuation analysis to assess whether the antibiogram susceptibility percentage was associated with prescribing practices. Of the 193 survey responders, only 52 (26.9%) respondents reported using antibiograms more than monthly. Across all four clinical scenarios, there was no evidence that antibiogram susceptibility levels influenced antibiotic prescribing practices. With limited utilization and no evidence that they influenced practice, antibiograms may have a limited role in hospitalist care delivery for common gram-negative rod infections.

Genetic Study of Elf5 and Ehf in the Mouse Salivary Gland.

Salivary gland (SG) development, maturation, and homeostasis require coordinated roles of transcription factors (TFs) that dictate specific cell identities and fate. The ETS family of proteins are important transcriptional drivers of diverse cell lineages, tissue development, and differentiation programs and hence are also likely to play an important role in the SG. Here we have leveraged genomic and epigenomic data of the SG to examine the expression profile of ETS genes and identified 2 closely related paralogs, Elf5 and Ehf, that are highly expressed in distinct epithelial subpopulations. By using a well-defined mouse knockout model of Elf5, we show that Elf5, despite its enriched expression in the acinar cells, is functionally dispensable for maintaining the homeostatic state of the adult SG epithelium. The lack of a discernible phenotype of the Elf5-null SG might be due to possible functional redundancy with Ehf or other ETS factors. To probe this possibility and to examine the specific consequences of Ehf loss in the SG, we used CRISPR-Cas9 to generate mice in which the DNA-binding ETS domain of Ehf is disrupted due to an insertion mutation. We demonstrate that the Ehf mutant (EhfMut) mice exhibit a distinct cellular phenotype with decreased granular convoluted tubules that are accompanied by an increased accumulation of the intercalated Sox9-positive ductal cell population. Interestingly, the ductal phenotype of the EhfMut animals is highly pronounced in males, reaffirming the established sexual dimorphism of the SG that exists in rodents. Our results show that unlike Elf5, Ehf plays a nonredundant role in directing ductal cell differentiation of the SG and highlights the phenotypic subtlety in mutant mice of closely related TFs and the importance of careful consideration of cell type-specific studies.

High-Resolution Transcriptomic Landscape of the Human Submandibular Gland.

Saliva-secreting and transporting cells are part of the complex cellular milieu of the human salivary gland, where they play important roles in normal glandular physiology and diseased states. However, comprehensive molecular characterization, particularly at single-cell resolution, is still incomplete, in part due to difficulty in procuring normal human tissues. Here, we perform an in-depth analysis of male and female adult human submandibular gland (SMG) samples by bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and examine the molecular underpinnings of the heterogeneous cell populations by single-cell (sc) RNA-seq. Our results from scRNA-seq highlight the remarkable diversity of clusters of epithelial and nonepithelial cells that reside in the SMG that is also faithfully recapitulated by deconvolution of the bulk-RNA data sets. Our analyses reveal complex transcriptomic heterogeneity within both the ductal and acinar subpopulations and identify atypical SMG cell types, such as mucoacinar cells that are unique to humans and ionocytes that have been recently described in the mouse. We use CellChat to explore ligand-receptor interactome predictions that likely mediate crucial cell-cell communications between the various cell clusters. Finally, we apply a trajectory inference method to investigate specific cellular branching points and topology that offers insights into the dynamic and complex differentiation process of the adult SMG. The data sets and the analyses herein comprise an extensive wealth of high-resolution information and a valuable resource for a deeper mechanistic understanding of human SMG biology and pathophysiology.

Prevalence of Workplace Violence and Effects of De-escalation Training Among Hospitalists: A Pilot Study.

Introduction: Workplace violence (WPV) is increasing in healthcare and negatively impacts healthcare worker outcomes. De-escalation training for healthcare workers is recommended to reduce WPV from patients and visitors. Hospitalists may be at high risk for WPV, but the magnitude of WPV and the impact of de-escalation training among hospitalists is not known. Methods: We investigated the baseline prevalence of WPV experienced by 37 hospitalists at a single center. After an in-person de-escalation training, we measured hospitalists' self-reported "Confidence in Coping with Patient Aggression" using a validated scale (score range 10-110). Results: In the 12 months before de-escalation training, 86.5% of participants reported at least one form of WPV: 83.8% verbal abuse, 29.7% racial abuse, 18.9% physical violence, and 16.2% sexual abuse. The mean confidence score increased significantly from pre-training (43.2) to immediately after training (68.5) and remained significantly elevated at three months (57.2), six months (60.2), and after 12 months (59.9) (all P < 0.05; Ptrend <0.05). Conclusion: Hospitalists are at high risk for WPV. Structured in-person de-escalation training may provide the sustained ability for hospitalists to cope with WPV.

A Global Vista of the Epigenomic State of the Mouse Submandibular Gland.

The parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands represent a trio of oral secretory glands whose primary function is to produce saliva, facilitate digestion of food, provide protection against microbes, and maintain oral health. While recent studies have begun to shed light on the global gene expression patterns and profiles of salivary glands, particularly those of mice, relatively little is known about the location and identity of transcriptional control elements. Here we have established the epigenomic landscape of the mouse submandibular salivary gland (SMG) by performing chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing experiments for 4 key histone marks. Our analysis of the comprehensive SMG data sets and comparisons with those from other adult organs have identified critical enhancers and super-enhancers of the mouse SMG. By further integrating these findings with complementary RNA-sequencing based gene expression data, we have unearthed a number of molecular regulators such as members of the Fox family of transcription factors that are enriched and likely to be functionally relevant for SMG biology. Overall, our studies provide a powerful atlas of cis-regulatory elements that can be leveraged for better understanding the transcriptional control mechanisms of the mouse SMG, discovery of novel genetic switches, and modulating tissue-specific gene expression in a targeted fashion.

Erythropoietin Ameliorates Lung Injury by Accelerating Pulmonary Endothelium Cell Proliferation via Janus Kinase-Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Pathway After Kidney Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Kidney ischemia and reperfusion injury could cause microvascular barrier dysfunction, lung inflammatory cascades activation, and programmed cell death of pulmonary endothelium, leading to acute lung injury. Our study aimed at determining whether erythropoietin (EPO) can ameliorate lung dysfunction following renal ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury and explored the underlying mechanisms. METHODS: In vivo, C57BL/6 mice received EPO (6000 U/kg) before right renal vascular pedicles clamping for 30 minutes, followed by 24 hours of reperfusion. The lung histopathologic changes and inflammatory cytokines expression were assessed. In vitro, cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells were treated with EPO, and apoptosis rate, proliferation capacity, and phosphorylation status of the Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Jak-STAT3) pathway were measured respectively in the presence or absence of lipopolysaccharide stimulation. RESULTS: In vivo, EPO remarkably attenuated pulmonary interstitial and alveolar epithelial edema caused by renal IR injury. In vitro, the proliferation capacity of human umbilical vein endothelial cells was significantly increased under EPO stimulation, which correlated with changes in Jak-STAT3 signaling. CONCLUSION: Our data indicated that EPO is able to ameliorate acute lung tissue damage induced by renal IR, and at least in part, via the Jak-STAT3 pathway.

The role of landscape-dependent disturbance and dispersal in metapopulation persistence.

The fundamental processes that influence metapopulation dynamics (extinction and recolonization) will often depend on landscape structure. Disturbances that increase patch extinction rates will frequently be landscape dependent such that they are spatially aggregated and have an increased likelihood of occurring in some areas. Similarly, landscape structure can influence organism movement, producing asymmetric dispersal between patches. Using a stochastic, spatially explicit model, we examine how landscape-dependent correlations between dispersal and disturbance rates influence metapopulation dynamics. Habitat patches that are situated in areas where the likelihood of disturbance is low will experience lower extinction rates and will function as partial refuges. We discovered that the presence of partial refuges increases metapopulation viability and that the value of partial refuges was contingent on whether dispersal was also landscape dependent. Somewhat counterintuitively, metapopulation viability was reduced when individuals had a preponderance to disperse away from refuges and was highest when there was biased dispersal toward refuges. Our work demonstrates that landscape structure needs to be incorporated into metapopulation models when there is either empirical data or ecological rationale for extinction and/or dispersal rates being landscape dependent.

Linking care of patients with obesity to outpatient weight control clinics following acute hospitalizations.

Despite obesity impacting over one-third of US adults, guideline recommendations have not been effectively utilized by health care providers in hospital settings. Initiation of weight loss plans for obese patients during hospitalizations followed by linkage of care to weight control centers may improve compliance with the guidelines. Provider recognition and awareness that obesity is a chronic condition that warrants inpatient counsel and management with appropriate arrangement of postdischarge follow-up care will be critical to guideline implementation.

Incorporation of Co(II) in dealuminated BEA zeolite at lattice tetrahedral sites evidenced by XRD, FTIR, diffuse reflectance UV-Vis, EPR, and TPR.

A CoSiBEA zeolite is prepared by a two-step postsynthesis method that consists of first creating vacant T-sites with associated silanol groups by dealumination of TEABEA zeolite with nitric acid and then impregnating the resulting SiBEA zeolite with an aqueous solution of Co(NO3)2. The incorporation of Co into lattice sites of SiBEA is evidenced by XRD. The consumption of OH groups is monitored by FTIR. The presence of Co in its II oxidation state and in tetrahedral coordination is evidenced by diffuse reflectance UV-vis and EPR spectroscopy. The very high reduction temperature (1120 K) of cobalt in CoSiBEA zeolite determined by TPR confirms that Co interacts strongly with the zeolite support, consistent with lattice tetrahedral (T(d)) coordination.

Influence of V content on the nature and strength of acidic sites in VSibeta zeolite evidenced by IR spectroscopy.

VSibeta zeolites prepared by a two-step postsynthesis method have been characterized by physical techniques. A significant reduction of intensity of the IR band near 3515 cm(-1) after impregnation of dealuminated beta zeolite with aqueous NH4VO3 indicates that V ions specifically react with hydrogen-bonded SiO-H groups of vacant T sites. IR bands at 3618 and 3645 cm(-1) are assigned to SiO-H groups interacting with V and to VO-H groups, respectively. In VSibeta, diffuse reflectance UV-visible data show that below 1.9 wt % V is present as lattice tetrahedral species and at higher content as extra-lattice octahedral species (mononuclear and polynuclear). VSibeta samples are EPR-silent at 298 or 77 K suggesting that there are no paramagnetic VIV ions. IR studies show that V-OH groups are less acidic than Si-OH-Al groups of parent HAlbeta zeolite. IR results of CO adsorption evidence three kinds of Lewis acidic sites, related to lattice mononuclear and extra-lattice mononuclear and polynuclear V species. Quantitative IR studies of ammonia and pyridine adsorption reveal that only about half of V introduced into zeolite is able to form either Brønsted or Lewis acidic sites.

Reduction of QM protein expression correlates with tumor grade in prostatic adenocarcinoma.

The QM protein is a transcription cofactor inhibiting the activity of AP-1 transcription factors and is also a ribosomal protein participating in protein synthesis. While protein synthesis is known to be increased in many cancers, inhibition of AP-1 activity presumably suppresses development and growth of sex-hormone-regulated tumor cells. The present study is the first report on immunohistochemical data of QM in human prostatic tissues. Paraffin sections of human prostate cancer samples were immunohistochemically stained for QM. The staining scores were analyzed with the clinicopathologic data of the patients. QM protein expression was found in all normal prostate glands adjacent to prostate cancer and in various intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN). In prostate cancer, the staining intensity and stained areas were decreased, compared to the normal glands and PIN lesions; in high-grade tumors only some patches of tumor cells showed positivity. Intense (3+) staining was mostly observed in the Gleason grade three areas (48%) compared to grade 4 and 5 areas (22%), although both low and high-grade tumors showed similar percentages of weakly stained areas. Moreover, staining in prostatic adenocarcinoma was often topographically patchy and varied from negative or weak (1+) to intense (3+). There was an inverse correlation from normal to low-grade tumors and then to high-grade tumors. However, in high-grade tumors, the positive areas were mostly confined to peripheral aspects of tumors and were particularly strong in foci of perineural invasion. This preliminary study suggests that decreased QM expression may be associated with early development of prostate cancer, but later a high level of QM may facilitate progression of the tumors to a more aggressive phenotype.

[The role of Tim-3 mRNA in acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of Tim-3 gene expression in acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). METHODS: Patients after allo-HSCT were retrospectively analyzed, this cohort of patients were divided into different groups according to disease states (grade 0-Ⅰ aGVHD group, grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD group, improved aGVHD group) and time periods (+14-+30 d, +31-+60 d, +61-+100 d) to compare PBMC Tim-3 mRNA expression and plasma IFN-γ, IL-2 concentrations among them. RESULTS: RT-PCR showed that in grade 0-Ⅰ aGVHD group, Tim-3 mRNA expression in patients +31-+60 d (7.24±2.79) was significantly higher than that in patients + 14-+ 30 d (4.60±1.66) and + 61-+ 100 d (3.86±1.36) (P<0.05). Tim-3 mRNA expressions of grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD group in patients +14-+30 d, +31-+60 d, +61-+100 d were 9.54± 3.05, 10.14±3.28, 12.82±4.20, respectively, which in both +14-+30 d and +61-+100 d were significantly higher than that of grade 0-Ⅰ aGVHD and improved aGVHD groups (P<0.05). In patients +31-+60 d, Tim-3 expression of grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD group was higher than improved aGVHD group (2.49±0.89), while no statistical difference when compared with grade 0-Ⅰ aGVHD group (7.24±2.79). In grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD group, Tim-3 mRNA expression manifested no statistical difference among grades or organ involved (P>0.05). ELISA results showed that plasma IFN-γ and IL-2 concentrations were higher in grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD group than of other groups, while no significant difference existed between grade 0-Ⅰ aGVHD and improved aGVHD groups (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Tim-3 played an important role in the process of aGVHD.

Neutron or photon irradiation for prostate tumors: enhancement of cytokine therapy in a metastatic tumor model.

We have shown that implantation of human prostate carcinoma PC-3 cells in the prostates of nude mice led to the formation of prostate tumors with metastases to para-aortic lymph nodes. We found that day 6 prostate tumors were responsive to systemic injections of interleukin 2 (IL-2) therapy. We have now investigated the combination of primary tumor irradiation and IL-2 for metastatic prostate cancer in this preclinical tumor model. The effect of neutron radiation was compared with that of photon radiation. Advanced prostate tumors (approximately 0.4 cm) were irradiated, and a day later, mice were treated with systemic IL-2 for three weekly cycles. In separate experiments, mice were either sacrificed on day 30 to assess prostate tumor size and tumor histology or followed for survival. A dose-dependent inhibition of prostate tumor growth was caused either by photons or neutrons, but neutrons were more effective than photons with a relative biological effectiveness of 2. The tumor inhibition obtained with 250 cGy neutrons and 500 cGy photons was significant (>75%) and was further increased (> or = 90%) by addition of IL-2 therapy. In survival studies, the combination of radiation and IL-2 showed a significant survival advantage compared with untreated mice (P < or = 0.005) or radiation alone (P < or = 0.003) and an increase in median survival compared with IL-2 alone. Histologically, the combined regimen resulted in a greater degree of tumor destruction, inflammatory response, and vascular damage than that observed with each modality alone. After this combined treatment, no tumor was histologically detected in the para-aortic lymph nodes of these mice, and the lymph nodes were significantly smaller. These findings showed that primary tumor irradiation, either with neutrons or photons, enhanced IL-2 therapeutic effect for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. This combined modality induced an antitumor response that controlled the growth of prostate tumors and their metastases.

YC-1 prevents sodium nitroprusside-mediated apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells.

OBJECTIVE: Nitric oxide signaling pathways are of central importance in both the maintenance of vascular homeostasis and the progression of vascular disease. Since smooth muscle cell apoptosis is associated with numerous vascular disorders, the authors investigated whether YC-1, a soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) activator, regulates apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). METHODS AND RESULTS: Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) (1 mM) induced cGMP (guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate)-independent apoptosis in rat vascular smooth muscle cells using MTT assay and TUNEL-reaction techniques. Furthermore, sodium nitroprusside induced apoptosis via Bcl-2 down-regulation, cytochrome c release reaction, and caspase-3 activation by Western blotting analysis and enzymatic assay methods. YC-1 abolished these apoptotic signaling cascades and prevented apoptosis through a cGMP-involved pathway, and phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase behaved a downstream event in this pathway. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that YC-1 inhibits sodium nitroprusside-induced vascular smooth muscle cells apoptosis via a cGMP- and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-involved inhibition on Bcl-2 down-regulation/cytochrome c release/caspase-3 activation cascades. The ability of YC-1 to prevent smooth muscle cell apoptosis may play an important role in blocking lesion formation at sites of vascular injury.

Intracellular CXCR4 signaling, neuronal apoptosis and neuropathogenic mechanisms of HIV-1-associated dementia.

The mechanism(s) by which HIV-1 affects neural injury in HIV-1-associated dementia (HAD) remains unknown. To ascertain the role that cellular and viral macrophage products play in HAD neurotoxicity, we explored one potential route for neuronal demise, CXCR4. CXCR4, expressed on lymphocytes and neurons, is both a part of neural development and a co-receptor for HIV-1. Its ligand, stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha (SDF-1alpha), affects neuronal viability. GTP binding protein (G-protein) linked signaling after neuronal exposure to SDF-1alpha, virus-infected monocyte-derived macrophage (MDM) secretory products, and virus was determined. In both human and rat neurons, CXCR4 was expressed at high levels. SDF-1alpha/beta was detected predominantly in astrocytes and at low levels in MDM. SDF-1beta/beta was expressed in HAD brain tissue and upregulated in astrocytes exposed to virus infected and/or immune activated MDM conditioned media (fluids). HIV-1-infected MDM secretions, virus and SDF-1beta induced a G inhibitory (Gi) protein-linked decrease in cyclic AMP (cAMP) and increase inositol 1,4, 5-trisphosphate (IP3) and intracellular calcium. Such effects were partially blocked by antibodies to CXCR4 or removal of virus from MDM fluids. Changes in G-protein-coupled signaling correlated, but were not directly linked, to increased neuronal synaptic transmission, Caspase 3 activation and apoptosis. These data, taken together, suggest that CXCR4-mediated signal transduction may be a potential mechanism for neuronal dysfunction during HAD.

Generation of a monoclonal antibody (Epenl) which binds selectively to murine ependymal cells.

In order to define surface antigens unique to ependymal cells, spleen cells from C57/B16 mice immunized with a suspension of 70-80% purified isolated ependymal cells from syngeneic animals were fused with NS-1 myeloma cells. Five hybridomas were found which secrete monoclonal antibodies that recognize ependymal cells both by indirect immunofluorescence and radioimmunoassay. One of them, Epenl, appears to be a relatively specific surface marker of murine and rat ependymal cells, whereas the 4 others also recognize neurons, astrocytes, and/or oligodendrocytes. Absorption of Epenl with murine cerebral cortex did not affect its binding, whereas absorption with ependymal cells abolished it. Labeling of in vivo sections with Epenl demonstrates prominent binding to ependymal cells lining ventricular cavities. Epenl does not bind to neurons or astrocytes in culture, and binds only minimally to isolated oligodendrocytes. It does, however, recognize an antigenic determinant present in lung tissue.

Interplay of anions and ligands on the nature and reducibility of NiOx/Al2O3 catalysts prepared by impregnation.

When NiOx/Al2O3 catalysts (Ni wt% = 1.5) are prepared by impregnation using [NiL2(H2O)2]X2 as precursors (L = diamine, X = Cl- or NO3-), a supported oxidic or metallic phase can be selectively obtained after thermal treatment in N2 depending on the nature of the ligand and counter anion; the oxidic phase can be reduced at a lower temperature than the classical nickel aluminate phase obtained from [Ni-(H2O)6](NO3)2.

HIV-1 infected and immune competent mononuclear phagocytes induce quantitative alterations in neuronal dendritic arbor: relevance for HIV-1-associated dementia.

Neuronal loss, alterations in dendritic arbor, and decreased synaptic density, in infected brain tissue, are neuropathological signatures of HIV-1-associated dementia (HAD). Brain mononuclear phagocyte (MP) (macrophage and microglia) secretory products can effect neuronal compromise, although the underlying mechanism(s) remain incompletely defined. To these ends, we quantitatively assessed the effects of virus-infected and/or immune activated MP secretory products on multiple aspects of neuronal morphology. Rat cortical and hippocampal neurons were exposed to secretory products from HIV-1-infected and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated human monocyte-derived macrophage (MDM). Our assays for alterations in neuronal dendritic arbor and cell loss included the quantification of neurofilament (NF), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), and MAP-2 by ELISA and cellular morphology. MDM conditioned media (MCM) enhanced neuronal survival. HIV-1 infection or activation by LPS had modest neurotoxic effects. In contrast, the combination of HIV-1 infection and activation of MDM produced significant neurotoxicity. Such MDM products altered dendritic arbor, decreased synaptic density, and increased LDH release. Comparable neurotrophic/toxic responses were observed when neurons were exposed to MCM collected from 12 separate human donors. Similar responses were observed with MCM from human fetal microglia, further supporting the role of HIV-1-infected and immune-activated brain MP in the overall neurotoxic responses. This work provides quantitative measures of neuronal damage by which virus infected and activated MP can elicit neuronal injury in HAD.

Antibacterial effect of chloramphenicol, thiamphenicol and florfenicol against aquatic animal bacteria.

The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was measured to evaluate the antibacterial activities of chloramphenicol (CP), thiamphenicol (TP) and florfenicol (FFC) against the aquatic bacterial isolates from soft-shell turtles, fish and shellfish. Amoxicillin (AMPC), oxytetracycline (OTC) and oxolinic acid (OA) were included to compare with above protein synthesis inhibitors. The results showed that the order of MIC range of the isolates from soft-shell turtles for tested drugs was OA>FFC, CP>TP> AMPC, OTC. The percentage of the resistant strains indicated that OA was the lowest (7.14%) and OTC was the highest (85.07%). The order of antibacterial activity against the isolates from fish was OA>FFC>CP>AMPC>OTC>TP. The percentage of the resistant strains revealed that OA (13.64%) and OTC (80.91%) were the lowest and the highest, respectively. For the isolates from shellfish, the order of antimicrobial activity was OA>CP, FFC>AMPC, OTC, TP. TP showed the greatest percentage of the resistant strains (58.7%), but that of OA was the lowest (4.35%). The most common resistant patterns of the isolates from turtles, fish and shellfish were AMPC-OTC, CP-TP-AMPC-OTC, and FFC-CP-TP-AMPC-OTC, respectively. There were partially-complete resistance of the resistant isolates among CP, TP and FFC. The findings indicated that previous treatment might affect the choice of drug to use for aquatic bacterial diseases.