Sustainable social development promotes COVID-19 pandemic control.

The rapid spread of COVID-19 had a negative impact on public health and economic recovery worldwide. There is a large and growing literature on pandemic prevention and control. However, these existing studies seldom focus on the role of sustainable social development in this process. By setting specifications of fixed-effect models based on the score data of sustainable development goals (SDG) and infection case data from 257 Chinese cities, we evaluate the positive effect of sustainable social development on pandemic control. Our results show that sustainable social development leads to a remarkable improvement in pandemic prevention and control, especially for SDG4 (Quality Education) and SDG5 (Gender Equality). Significant positive effects of sustainable social development still exist in the post-pandemic era. This study highlights the importance of promoting social SDGs by linking them with pandemic prevention and control and suggests region-specific policies based on the heterogeneous analysis results.

Treatment of an Elderly Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Infection with Combined Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cells Microtransplantation and Voriconazole.

Invasive aspergillosis infection (IF) in patients with hematologic malignancies is common. Prognosis of IF in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) not responsive to chemotherapy is very poor, especially when neutropenia is duration. Fractional HLA haplo-identical mobilized neutropenia peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transfusion, which was defined as micro-transplantation, was recently adopted in treatment of elder patients with AML and shown to be effective in fasting hemopoiesis recovery. Here we report the outcome of an elderly patient with AML accompanying IF treated with microtransplantation and voriconazole. The patient (female, age 62) was diagnosed relapsed AML accompaning suspected invasive fungal infection. She refused to accept further chemotherapy. PBSC from her daughter were collected and transfused fractionally. Voriconazole was used for anti- aspergillosis treatment. After stem cell infusions, the patient's neutrophil count increased, and platelet transfusion interval extended from 3-4 to 10-14 days. Lung CT indicated that the lesions were significantly absorbed. The patient survived for 257 days. We concluded that for elderly patients with AML and accompanying IF who are not eligible for chemotherapy, microtransplant may be beneficial for improving the efficacy of anti-fungal treatment.

Effect of the microtransplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells as maintenance therapy for elderly patients with acute leukemia.

The incidence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) increases with age. Elderly patients with AML are less tolerant to high-intensity consolidation therapy than younger patients, with significantly worse prognoses. Induction and consolidation therapy combined with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell microtransplantation may improve the prognosis of elderly patients with AML. The present study reports the effect of maintenance therapy with low-dose chemotherapy treatment combined with microtransplantation in elderly patients with AML following consolidation. Between January 2011 and April 2014, three elderly patients (>55 years old), including one 58-year-old patient with acute mixed lineage leukemia (AMLL) and two patients with AML aged 59 years and 62 years, underwent microtransplantation maintenance therapy. Following a complete response to induction chemotherapy and consolidation chemotherapy with two to four cycles of medium dose Ara-c (auto transplantation was performed in the patient with AMLL), maintenance therapy was performed using low-dose Ara-c combined with human leukocyte antigen haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell microtransplantation, which was repeated every 3 to 6 months. The patients were followed up for 27, 20 and 16 months, respectively, and all three patients achieved disease-free survival. The bone marrow Wilms' tumor suppression gene (WT1) level of the case with AMLL was dynamically monitored. The results showed that the WT1 level was abnormally high prior to microtransplantation and gradually declined to normal levels subsequent to the process. None of the patients suffered from graft versus host disease during the microtransplantation process. In conclusion, microtransplantation maintenance therapy following consolidation therapy is feasible in elderly patients with AML, and is expected to be able to further remove residual lesions and improve treatment efficacy. A large-scale clinical trial is required to confirm the effect of maintenance therapy in elderly patients with AML.