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Objective To develop a rapid detection method of flow cytometry for antifungal susceptibility testing.Methods The experiment conditions of flow cytometry were optimized and the minimum inhibitory concentrations (M1Cs) of 230 strains of Candida spp to flucytosin,fluconazol,itraconazole,amphotericin B were detected.The MIC results obtained by flow cytometry were compared with M27-A2 reference assay.Results The agreement of MIC results between flow cytometry and M27-A2method was 85.0％ - 100％.Conclusion Flow cytometry can be used as a rapid and reliable method for antifungal susceptibility testing.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between bacteria biofilm and bacterial culture in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Methods Ninety patients with CRS were enrolled in the study. Five patients with deviation of nasal septum and 10 healthy subjects served as controls. Mucosa of uncinate process or near the ostium of the maxillary sinus was obtained during endoscopic sinus surgery. All specimens were processed for bacterial culture and scanned by electron microscopy. Pearson test was performed to analyze the relationship between the presence of bacterial biofilm and the results of bacteria culture. Results The scanning electron microscopy showed bacterial biofilms in 64 (71.1%) out of 90patients with CRS, while the positive rate of bacteria culture in the study group was 66.7% (60/90). No bacterial biofilm and bacterium was detected in the control group and 26 culture-negative individuals in study group. Pearson correlation analysis showed a statistically association between bacterial biofilm and bacterial culture in CRS ( r = 0. 901, P = 0. 000). Conclusion Positive results of bacteria culture are highly correlated with the presence of bacterial biofilm in CRS patients.
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate bacterial drug resistance detection value in lower respiratory tract infection treatment.METHODS The data of distribution and antimicrobial resistance of clinical strains in sputum samples in patients with lower respiratory tract infection within some periods were collected and analyzed by WHONET software.Meanwhile,the delivery rates and detection positive rates of clinical species and antibiotics application status in clinic were retrospectively analyzed.RESULTS The delivery rates and detection positive rates of clinical species in patients with lower respiratory tract infection within some periods were 67.8% and 55.9%,respectively.The proportion of Gram-negative bacilli and Gram-positive cocci was 82.39% and 14.18%,respectively.Different drug resistance was displayed in different pathogenic bacteria.Resistant rate of Enterobacteriaceae bacteria and non-ferment bacteria against ciprofloxacin and piperacillin/tazobactam was 47.8%,34.8%and 31.5%,44.7%,respectively and resistant rate of S.aureus against levofloxacin was 63.9%.CONCLUSIONS Although the pathogenic bacteria in patients with lower respiratory tract infection show higher drug resistance to general antibiotics,most of patients with lower respiratory tract infection are treated according to clinical experience of doctors,not based on the results of bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility test.Therefore,the results of bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility test do not play a proper role to direct anti-infective therapy in clinic.