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Objective:To investigate the clinical manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) patients with initial-stage cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis (CMVR).Methods:Retrospective case series study. From July 2017 to November 2019, 21 patients with 22 eyes of AIDS combined with CMVR in the initial stage of AIDS and CMVR diagnosed in the eye examination in the study. Among them, there were 19 males with 19 eyes and 2 females with 3 eyes; the average age was 34.3±9.6 years. The average CD4 + T lymphocyte count of patients was 26.1±23.2/μl. Routine fundus screening revealed 17 cases, and the contralateral eye disease was found in 4 cases. There were 13 cases of CMVR in both eyes (61.9%, 13/21). Among them, both eyes were in the initial stage of CMVR, and the contralateral eyes were in the early stage of CMVR in 12 cases. The contralateral eye included 2 cases of human immunodeficiency virus-related retinal microangiopathy, 1 case of optic disc edema, and 5 cases of no obvious abnormality on fundus examination. All patients underwent slit lamp microscopy and ultra-wide-angle fundus photography examination. At the same time, 18 eyes underwent optical coherence tomography (OCT). Blood CMV-DNA detection was performed in 17 cases within 1 week before the first diagnosis; aqueous CMV-DNA detection was performed in 7 eyes within 1 week after the first diagnosis. Within 1 week after the fundus examination, 8 eyes of 8 cases and 8 eyes of 7 cases were received and not received systemic anti-CMV treatment; the treatment status was unknown in 6 cases and 6 eyes. After treatment, 18 eyes of 17 cases were followed up. The follow-up time was 0.5-28 months. Results:There were no obvious abnormalities in the anterior segment examination of all the affected eyes; the vitreous body was transparent. The fundus lesions were less than 1 optic disc diameter (DD), and they were white granular, clustered, with blurred edges. Among them, there were granular satellite lesions around the lesion in 18 eyes (81.8%, 18/22). The lesions were located in 19 eyes (86.4%, 19/22) in zone 2, 1 eye in zone 1 and 2 (4.5%, 1/22), and 2 eyes in zone 3 (9.1%, 2/22). In 18 eyes that underwent OCT examination, 12 eyes failed to obtain image data because the lesion was not in the conventional scanning range; the other 6 eyes showed the inner or full retina thickened or atrophy depression, structural destruction, accompanied by local vitreous punctate strong reflection. Among the 17 patients who underwent blood CMV-DNA testing, 1 (5.9%, 1/17) and 16 (94.1%, 16/17) cases were CMV-DNA negative and positive, respectively. The 7 eyes that underwent the CMV-DNA test of aqueous humor were all negative. Among the 18 eyes who were followed up, the lesions did not expand, and gradually subsided and absorbed in 4 eyes (22.2%, 4/18); the varying degrees of lesion enlargement in 14 eyes (77.8%, 14/18).Conclusion:The patients with AIDS and CMVR at the initial stage have no obvious ocular symptoms; the fundus shows white granular lesions less than 1 DD with blurred edges.
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Objective:To observe the ultra-wide-angle fundus imaging characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) combined with cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR).Methods:This study was a retrospective study. From July 2017 to November 2019, 124 eyes of 86 patients diagnosed with AIDS and CMVR at the Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University, were included in the study. Among them, 80 patients were males (93.0%) and 6 patients were females (7.0%) with 17-58 years old. The average age was (36.86±8.82) years old. There were 48 cases (55.8%) in one eye and 38 cases (44.2%) in both eyes. All the affected eyes underwent indirect ophthalmoscope fundus examination and Aalborg ultra-wide-angle fundus photography examination. According to the characteristics of CMVR in ultra-wide-angle fundus images, it can be divided into classic type, granular type, frost-like dendritic vasculitis and optic neuroretinitis. We observed and analyzed the type of fundus of the affected eye. According to the position of the vortex vein in the fundus image and record of the lesion as the posterior pole or peripheral part, the scope of the lesion was divided into ≤1 quadrant, >1 quadrant and ≤2 quadrants (1-2 quadrants), >2 quadrants and ≤3 quadrants (2-3 quadrants), >3 and ≤4 quadrants (3-4 quadrants). The upper and lower vascular arches or disc edges of the macula were used as boundaries to record whether the macular area or optic disc was involved. At the same time, we recorded whether the vitreous body had obvious turbidity. The comparison of CD4 + T lymphocyte count between patients of different types was performed by one-way analysis of variance, and the comparison of the positive rate of blood CMV-DNA was performed by the χ2 test; pairwise comparisons between groups were performed by the least significant difference method. Results:Among the 124 eyes, CMVR was classified into 35 eyes (28.2%) with classic type, 68 eyes with granular type (54.8%), 3 eyes with frost-like dendritic vasculitis (2.4%), and 18 eyes with optic neuroretinitis (14.5%). The lesion involved 83 eyes (66.9%) at both the posterior pole and the periphery, 22 eyes (17.7%) confined to the posterior pole, and 19 eyes (15.3%) confined to the periphery; the extent of the lesion was ≤1 quadrant in 76 eyes (61.3%), 23 eyes (18.5%) in 1-2 quadrants, 7 eyes (5.6%) in 2-3 quadrants, and 18 eyes (14.5%) in 3-4 quadrants. 54 eyes (43.5%) showed lesions involving the macular area; 52 eyes (41.9%) had lesions involving the optic disc; 33 eyes (26.6%) showed obvious vitreous inflammatory opacities. Among 86 patients, the average number of CD4 + T lymphocytes in 82 patients was 1 to 168 cells/μl, with an average of 33.60±40.02 cells/μl; the remaining 4 patients (4.7%) were unknown. There was no statistically significant difference in the positive rate of CD4 + T lymphocyte count and blood CMV-DNA load between patients in different subtypes groups ( F=0.863, 0.926; P=0.462, 0.431). Conclusion:The ultra-wide-angle fundus images of AIDS combined with CMVR have certain characteristics, which can manifest as classic, granular, frost-like dendritic vasculitis and optic neuroretinitis.
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Objective To investigate the clinical features and prognosis factors of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS)patients complicated with cryptococcal meningitis(CM).Methods Retrospective analyses were performed on clinical features,laboratory data,treatment status and related prognosis factors in 8 1 AIDS patients with CM admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases,Beijing You'an Hospital,Capital Medical University from January 2010 to December 2017.The t test,rank sum test and x2 test were employed to analyze the data.Results of the 81 AIDS patients with CM,71 cases were infected with human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)by sexual transmission(87.7％).The most common clinical symptoms were fever in 60(74.1％),headache in 72(88.9％),and nausea and vomiting in 56(69.1％),Cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)examination results show that 60 cases(74.1％)had elevated opening pressure,the white blood cell count was 17.0(6.0,44.5)×106/L,monocyte count was 9.0(3.0,29.5)×106/L,the level of chloride was(117.26±5.61)mmol/L,of glucose was 2.89(2.05,3.41)mmol/L,of protein was 0.32(0.21,0.65)g/L,ink staining positive rate was 84.0％(68/81),fungal culture positive rate was 59.3％(48/81).The positive rate of serum cryptococcal antigen was 96.3％(78/81),and CSF cryptococcal antigen positive rate was 93.8％(76/81).The clinical efficacies were not significant different among different treatment regimens(x2=1.479,P=0.533).After treatment,60 patients survived and 21 died,with an overall mortality rate of 25.9％.Univariate analysis showed that consciousness disorder and CSF opening pressure were significantly higher in the death group than those in the survival group(x2=22.365,t=0.317,respectively,both P＜0.05),while serum albumin(Alb)and CD4+T lymphocyte counts were significantly lower in the death group than those in the survival group(t=7.975,Z=-3.073,respectively,both P＜0.05).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that consciousness disorder and Alb were independent factors influencing the clinical outcome of AIDS patients with CM.Consciousness disorder was related with poor outcome(odd ratio(OR)=26.704,P=0.011,95％confidence interval(CI)2.115-337.247),and higher Alb was related with good outcome(OR=0.671,P=0.005,95％CI0.507-0.888).The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of serum Alb for predicting poor outcomes of AIDS patients with CM was 0.932(95％CI0.859-0.998,P＜0.01).By using 31.7 g/L as cut-off value,the sensitivity was 95％and the specificity was 8 1％for predicting poor outcome.Conclusions AIDS complicated with CM has a high mortality rate,and its clinical features are lack of specificity.Consciousness disorder and Alb are independent prognosis factors.
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Objective@#To investigate the clinical features and prognosis factors of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients complicated with cryptococcal meningitis (CM).@*Methods@#Retrospective analyses were performed on clinical features, laboratory data, treatment status and related prognosis factors in 81 AIDS patients with CM admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases, Beijing You′an Hospital, Capital Medical University from January 2010 to December 2017. The t test, rank sum test and χ2 test were employed to analyze the data.@*Results@#Of the 81 AIDS patients with CM, 71 cases were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by sexual transmission (87.7%). The most common clinical symptoms were fever in 60 (74.1%), headache in 72 (88.9%), and nausea and vomiting in 56 (69.1%). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination results show that 60 cases (74.1%) had elevated opening pressure, the white blood cell count was 17.0 (6.0, 44.5)×106/L, monocyte count was 9.0 (3.0, 29.5)×106/L, the level of chloride was (117.26±5.61) mmol/L, of glucose was 2.89 (2.05, 3.41) mmol/L, of protein was 0.32 (0.21, 0.65) g/L, ink staining positive rate was 84.0% (68/81), fungal culture positive rate was 59.3% (48/81). The positive rate of serum cryptococcal antigen was 96.3% (78/81), and CSF cryptococcal antigen positive rate was 93.8% (76/81). The clinical efficacies were not significant different among different treatment regimens (χ2=1.479, P=0.533). After treatment, 60 patients survived and 21 died, with an overall mortality rate of 25.9%. Univariate analysis showed that consciousness disorder and CSF opening pressure were significantly higher in the death group than those in the survival group (χ2=22.365, t=0.317, respectively, both P<0.05), while serum albumin (Alb) and CD4+ T lymphocyte counts were significantly lower in the death group than those in the survival group (t=7.975, Z=-3.073, respectively, both P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that consciousness disorder and Alb were independent factors influencing the clinical outcome of AIDS patients with CM. Consciousness disorder was related with poor outcome (odd ratio (OR)=26.704, P=0.011, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.115-337.247), and higher Alb was related with good outcome (OR=0.671, P=0.005, 95%CI 0.507-0.888). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of serum Alb for predicting poor outcomes of AIDS patients with CM was 0.932 (95% CI 0.859-0.998, P<0.01). By using 31.7 g/L as cut-off value, the sensitivity was 95% and the specificity was 81% for predicting poor outcome.@*Conclusions@#AIDS complicated with CM has a high mortality rate, and its clinical features are lack of specificity. Consciousness disorder and Alb are independent prognosis factors.
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Objective To describe the disease spectrum,morbidity,mortality and prognostic factors of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients complicated with central nervous system (CNS) infections.Methods The data of 4 426 AIDS patients from February 2013 to February 2017 in Chongqing public health medical center were collected,among which 499 cases had CNS infection.The morbidity and mortality of CNS infections were calculated.Association between different CNS infections and CD4+T cell counts was analyzed.Prognostic factors for the outcome of hospitalization were also studied.Mann-Whitney U test was used for continuous variables.Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed by logistic regression analysis.Results The morbidity of CNS infections in AIDS patients was 11.27％ (499/4 426).The most prevalent CNS infections were tuberculous meningitis (4.50％),cryptococcal meningitis (3.25 ％) and CNS infections with unknown etiology (1.11 ％).The mortality rate was 18.84％ (94/499),among which tuberculous meningitis accounted for 35 cases (17.59％),cryptococcal meningitis 23 cases (15.79％) and CNS infections with unknown etiology 19 cases (38.76％).The average CD4-T cell count level in those who died were significantly lower than that in those who survived (Z=2.51,P =0.001).Visual impairment,nuchal rigidity,positive pathologic reflexes,consciousness disturbance,CD4+T cell counts＜50 cells/μL and HIV RNA≥5 lg copies/mL at baseline were independent prognostic factors for mortality.Conclusions The morbidity and mortality of CNS infections are high among AIDS patients in Chongqing,and those patients with severe immunosuppression are usually affected.Older age,consciousness disturtance and severe immunosuppression are three independent risk factors for mortality.
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Objective To investigate the effect of dysphagia screening and prospective interventional nursing in reducing the aspiration pneumonia in stroke patients.Methods 186 patients with acute stroke were randomly divided into control group and interventional group,93 cases in each group.The Watian drinking water test was used to screen dysphagia,and the routine nursing was used in the control group.The combined screening of Watian drinking water test and oxygen desaturation monitoring was used to screen dysphagia,and prospective intervention nursing in addition to the routine nursing was used in the interventional group.The detection rate of dysphagia and the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in 4 weeks were compared between the two groups.Results The detection rate of dysphagia in the intervention group was higher than that in the control group (41.9% vs 19.4%,χ2 =11.16,P <0.01),and the incidence of aspiration pneumonia was lower than that in the control group (12.9% vs 4.3%,χ2 =4.38,P <0.05).Conclusion The detection rate of dysphagia can be improved by using the combined screening of Watian drinking water test and oxygen desaturation monitoring.The incidence of aspiration pneumonia can be reduced by using combined screening with additional prospective interventional nursing.
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Objective To characterize clinical features,antimicrobial susceptibility and the outcome of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis.Methods All patients with nosocomial meningitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii in 2nd Affiliated Hospital Medical School of Zhejiang University between January 2010 and October 2011 were retrospectively reviewed.Results During the study period,40 patients of this nosocomial infection were identified,who came from neurosurgery ward (19 cases,47.5％),neurosurgieal intensive care unit (18 cases,45.0％),emergency intensive care unit (2 cases,5.0％) or intensive care unit (1 case,2.5％).All the patients had a history of recent neurosurgical procedures. Fever and disturbance of consciousness were the major manifestations,and cerebrospinal fluid examination showed elevated white blood ceil count and protein,and reduced glucose.All isolated pathogens were resistant to the first line antibiotics.The fatality rate was high. Conclusions The most common risk factor for nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis is neurosurgery. Resistance to the first line antibiotics is common among all pathogens isolated.The prognosis of the meningitis is poor.
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Objective To evaluate the application of pooling HIV nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) among men who had sex with men (MSM) population, and to investigate suitable HIV screening strategy and the feasibility of calculation of HIV incidence using pooling NAAT among MSM population in China.Methods Four thousand eight hundred and fifty-six samples were collected from MSM population from April 2008 to September 2009 among with 4 156 were in Heilongjiang province and 700 were in Beijing in China. After standard testing with an HIV ELISA and WB confirmation testing, HIV antibody-negative samples were pooled and screened for HIV using NAAT.A three-stage pooling strategy was adopted.The HIV positive rate estimated by the four HIV screening strategies was calculated.In addition, 4 156 HIV positive specimens from Heilongjiang province were screened with the BED capture enzyme immunoassay (BED-CEIA).The HIV-1 incidences were estimated by BED-CEIA assay and pooling NAAT individually.ResultsOne hundred and forty-three of 4 856 subjects were HIV infected.130 were 3rd and 4th generation ELISA positive; 13 were antibody-negative but acutely HIV infected.According to the evaluation of four HIV screening strategies, routine HIV screening test together with pooling NAAT was more effective than other strategies for screening out window period generation ELISA+WB+pooling NAAT' were 2.68%(95% confidence interval CI=2.22%-3.14%), 2.82%(95%CI=2.35%-3.29%), 2.94%(95%CI=2.46%-3.42%) and 2.94%(95%CI=2.46%-3.42%), respectively.The differences were not significant (χ2=0.854 3, P=0.836 4).Of the 88 HIV positive samples from Heilongjiang province, 44 participants were tested as recent HIV infections by BED-CEIA assay. The estimated HIV-1 incidence was 2.36% (95%CI=1.63%-3.08%) and 2.92% (95%CI=1.01%-4.83%) based on BED-CEIA assay and pooling NAAT,respectively.Conclusions Pooling NAAT is a effective screening test in HIV negative population to detect window period infection among MSM population in China.
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Objective To establish a mini-pool nucleic acid testing (NAT) assay using multiplex RT-nested PCR for the detection of HIV RNA, and apply it in screening for acute HIV infection among MSM. Methods Frozen EDTA plasma samples collected between Oct. 2008 and Mar. 2009 from 3 HIV infectors during window-period, a total of 30 HIV chronically infected individuals and 97 healthy subjects were used to develop the NAT assay. Plasma samples from 10 cases were pooled into one tube and centrifuged at high speed for the collection of viruses. HIV RNA was extracted. Two pairs of primers were designed according to two conserved regions of HIV RNA ( HXB2 nt 5783-nt 6228 and nt 1235-nt 2012).Multiplex RT-PCR and nested PCR were performed. Individual NAT-reactive samples were confirmed by commercially available NAT assays. The sensitivity and performance efficacy were also evaluated. The assay was then applied to 1 005 plasma specimens from MSM with negative or uncertain HIV antibody test results.These were collected in the same period as the other samples. Results ( 1 ) Two fragments of HIV were amplified successfully with the low detection limit of 162 copies/ml plasma; (2) Results of the mini-pool HIV NAT validation with samples from 3 HIV infectors during window-period were consistent with the expected values; (3) All 30 plasma samples from MSM with positive HIV antibody, which were tested by multiplex RT nested PCR, were found to be HIV RNA positive; (4) One out of 1 005 plasma samples was found to be HIV RNA positive, for this case acute infection was followed-up and sero-conversion was found. Conclusion Mini-pool NAT has good sensitivity, and may be applied to screening HIV RNA among MSM during window-period.
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OBJECTIVE:To emphasis the importance to unceasingly upgrading of drug quality standard for drug quality and to arouse the attention of the related enterprises, medical institutions and governmental department to this matter. METHODS: The correlation between quality standard and drug quality was expounded systematically by citing examples and reviewing the pertinent literature, and the current status of drug quality standard in China was analyzed briefly. RESULT & CONCLUSION: Great importance should be attached to the evaluation of drug quality standard to improve drug quality standard level step by step and to ensure efficacy and safety of drugs.
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The process of writing graduation thesis is an important pathway of cultivating clinical thoughts and research skills for medical students.But these are some problems,such as understanding insufficiently in the importance of writing graduation thesis,unsuitable selection of graduation thesis,ineffective institution of encourage and management.Strengthening the management,improving the levels of instruction,advocating the group of study,examining report in intermediate stage and enhancing the encouragement are beneficial for improving the quality of the graduation thesis.