BD Phoenix^TM酵母菌鉴定板对临床分离酵母菌鉴定能力的评估

目的 评估BD Phoenix^TM酵母菌鉴定板对酵母菌的鉴定能力.方法 选取白念珠菌18株,热带念珠菌22株,光滑念珠菌19株,克柔念珠菌8株,近平滑念珠菌20株,新生隐球菌14株,季也蒙念珠菌4株,平常念珠菌1株,葡萄牙念珠菌1株,头状地霉2株,挪威念珠菌1株,链状念珠菌1株,乳酒念珠菌1株,希木龙念珠菌1株,解脂念珠菌3株,皱褶念珠菌1株,菌膜念珠菌3株,共计120株.借助Phoenix^TM 100全自动微生物鉴定仪,使用BD Phoenix^TM酵母菌鉴定板鉴定上述菌株.用真菌通用引物ITS1与ITS4对所有受试菌株的rDNA进行PCR扩增,对PCR产物进行序列测定、分析并作为金标准与BD Phoenix^TM酵母菌鉴定板的结果比较,同时使用MALDI-TOF MS质谱分析对试验菌株进行菌种鉴定.结果 BDPhoenix^TM酵母菌鉴定板除了对1株挪威念珠菌、1株平常念珠菌、1株解脂念珠菌、1株皱褶念珠菌未能鉴定以及1株链状念珠菌、1株克柔念珠菌、2株菌膜念珠菌、1株解脂念珠菌鉴定错误外其余试验菌株鉴定均正确,鉴定准确率为92.5％.所有鉴定结果均在17 h内获得,而白念珠菌、热带念珠菌、近平滑念珠菌的鉴定时间均小于6h,并且不受推荐培养基的限制.所有菌株MALDI-TOF MS的鉴定结果与其rDNA ITS序列分析的结果完全一致.结论 BD Phoenix^TM酵母菌鉴定板对多数酵母菌能够快速准确地鉴定到种,但对某些少见酵母菌的鉴定能力有待进一步考证.     

北京医院侵袭性酵母菌的感染分布及耐药性分析

目的调查北京医院2012～2013年及2016～2017年侵袭性酵母菌的感染分布情况及耐药情况。方法对临床检出侵袭性酵母菌进行菌株收集和统计,采用科马嘉显色培养基、API20C AUX和VITEK-2 Compact YST卡进行菌种鉴定及药物敏感试验,同时用质谱对所有菌株进行复核鉴定。其中真菌药敏试验采用ATB FUNGUS 3酵母样真菌药敏试剂盒(微量稀释)。结果 2012～2013年我院共检出侵袭性酵母菌62株,其中白念珠菌36株,占比58.06%;光滑念珠菌17株,占比27.41%;近平滑念珠菌5株,占比8.06%;热带念珠菌3株,占比4.83%;其他念珠菌1株,占比1.60%。2016～2017年我院共检出侵袭性酵母菌43株,其中白念珠菌21株,占比48.83%;光滑念珠菌11株,占比25.58%;近平滑念珠菌6株,占比13.95%;热带念珠菌5株,占比11.63%。真菌药物敏感结果显示白念珠菌、光滑念珠菌及热带念珠菌对5-氟胞嘧啶存在不同程度的耐药性。2016～2017年侵袭性酵母菌未发现菌株耐药。结论白念珠菌在我院侵袭性酵母菌感染中占主导地位,虽然近年来我院侵袭性酵母耐药情况有所好转,但仍需进一步做好真菌药物敏感性研究。     

口腔黏膜真菌鉴定方法的比较

比较常见用于黏膜真菌菌种鉴别的多种方法,探寻最佳的鉴别方法。采集230例普通人群口腔黏膜样本,分别用玉米吐温-80培养观察厚膜孢子法、糖发酵生化反应法、CHROMagar假丝酵母菌显色培养基法、ITS基因的PCR-RFLP(聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性)法、ITS测序菌种鉴定法,鉴别真菌各菌株。结果显示:有56例菌株至少通过1种方法检出真菌;玉米吐温-80分离培养假丝酵母菌37株;50例菌株ITS基因测序共鉴定出8个菌种,白假丝酵母菌(C.albicans)29株,近平滑假丝酵母菌(C.parapsilosis)10株,热带假丝酵母菌(C.tropicalis)5株,Candida metapsilosis 1株,Lodderomyces elongisporus 1株,克柔假丝酵母菌(Candida krusei)1株,乙醇假丝酵母菌(C.ethanolica)1株,季也蒙毕赤酵母菌(Pichia guilliermondii)2株;CHROMagar假丝酵母菌显色培养基法鉴定出3种菌株,分别是白假丝酵母菌、热带假丝酵母菌、近平滑假丝酵母菌;PCR-RFLP法检出5种菌株,分别是白假丝酵母菌、热带假丝酵母菌、近平滑假丝酵母菌、季也蒙毕赤酵母菌、克柔假丝酵母菌,与基因的测序鉴定一致率为91%;糖发酵生化反应法阳性标本占被检出真菌例数的46.4%(26/56)。结果表明:ITS基因的测序法可以准确鉴定真菌各个菌种;PCR-RFLP法能鉴定常见的菌种,但操作繁琐;CHROMagar假丝酵母菌显色培养基法能快速准确鉴别3种常见假丝酵母菌菌种;玉米吐温-80可以准确培养鉴别白假丝酵母菌;糖发酵生化反应法,缺乏足够的敏感度和特异性,难以准确鉴别各个菌种。     

男性尿道炎和包皮龟头炎致病真菌的分布与药敏分析

目的了解男性念珠菌性尿道炎和包皮龟头炎的菌群分布及体外抗真菌药敏试验情况。方法菌株分离均来自复旦大学附属华山医院皮肤性病门诊临床症状轻重不一、真菌直接镜检阳性的61例患者。用科玛嘉念珠菌显色培养基及API 20C AUX鉴定系统进行菌种鉴定;采用CLSIM27-A2肉汤微量稀释法对61株临床分离念珠菌作了氟康唑、两性霉素B、氟胞嘧啶、伊曲康唑、伏立康唑、特比萘芬6种抗真菌药物敏感性测定。结果对培养阳性的61例菌株,通过科玛嘉念珠菌显色培养基及API 20C AUX鉴定系统作菌种鉴定,白念珠菌52例（85.2%）,近平滑念珠菌3例,光滑念珠菌2例,热带念珠菌2例,季也蒙念珠菌1例,克柔念珠菌1例。对52株白念珠菌的药敏试验显示氟康唑98.1%敏感,1.9%剂量依赖性敏感;氟胞嘧啶96.2%敏感,3.8%耐药;伊曲康唑44.2%敏感,40.5%剂量依赖性敏感,15.3%耐药;伏立康唑84.6%敏感,15.4%耐药;两性霉素B全部敏感;特比萘芬的MIC范围为1-64μg/ml,MIC50和MIC90皆为64μg/ml。结论在男性念珠菌性尿道炎和包皮龟头炎中,白念珠菌仍是第一位致病菌,体外药敏试验显示氟康唑、伏立康唑、氟胞嘧啶、两性霉素B对男性念珠菌性尿道炎均有较好的敏感性。     

侵袭性感染酵母菌流行病学及耐药性分析

目的研究北京朝阳医院侵袭性感染酵母菌菌种分布及体外抗真菌药物敏感性。方法收集我院2012年1月～2013年12月及2016年1月～2017年12月全院分离的非重复侵袭性感染酵母样真菌。采用MALDI-TOF质谱辅助ITS区扩增测序进行菌种准确鉴定。根据CLSI M27-A4文件,采用CLSI标准微量肉汤稀释法检测7种常用抗真菌药物的体外敏感性。结果研究共收集到符合入组标准的酵母菌398株,绝大多数为念珠菌属(n=383,96.2%)。念珠菌属中,白念珠菌仍然是最常见的酵母菌(n=202)。热带念珠菌及光滑念珠菌分别排第2、3位。白念珠菌虽然仍占绝对优势,但是所有菌对7种常见抗真菌药都保持100%敏感。本研究共检出的6株唑类耐药菌中,有热带念珠菌3株,光滑念珠菌2株,近平滑念珠菌1株。仅检出1株光滑念珠菌对米卡芬净中介及1株耐药。对于两性霉素B,所有菌株的MIC值都≤2μg/mL。有2株白念珠菌对5-氟胞嘧啶MIC值64μg/mL检出。结论本院的常见念珠菌唑类耐药水平较北京市及全国都较低,但后续需要检测FKS基因突变验证光滑念珠菌对棘白菌素的耐药性。     

以分子生物学鉴定结果为“金标准”评估Rapid ID Yeast Plus及API20C AUX对酵母样真菌的鉴定效能

目的 以分子生物学方法为“金标准”对两种商品化酵母样真菌鉴定产品Rapid ID Yeast Plus（简称RapIDYST）及API20C AUX（简称API20C）的鉴定效能进行评估.方法 从2010年中国医院侵袭性真菌感染监测网菌株库中筛选酵母样真菌25种,共计194株.其中,包含临床最常见的5种酵母样真菌（白念珠菌、热带念珠菌、光滑念珠菌、近平滑念珠菌、新生隐球菌）共130株,占研究总菌株数的67.0％.所有菌株已经过分子生物学方法准确鉴定至种水平.菌株复苏分纯后,严格按照产品操作指南,平行进行RapID YST和API20C鉴定.结果 所研究菌株中,有181株（18种）在RapID YST鉴定菌种数据库中,所有在库菌株种及复合体鉴定正确率为87.8％（159/181）.相比,API鉴定菌种库包含菌株174株（18种）,在库菌株种及复合体鉴定正确率为92.0％ （160/174）.RapID YST与API20C对于5种临床常见的酵母样真菌的种鉴定正确率分别为93.1％和97.1％.对于库外菌株,RapID YST的鉴定错误率分别为23.1％（3/13）,相比API20C的鉴定错误率为60.0％ （12/20）.综合此次评估结果,二者对酵母样真菌的鉴定效能无显著差异（McNemar检验,P＞0.05）.结论 两种商品化产品对酵母样真菌的鉴定效能基本一致;相较而言,RapID YST在操作便捷性、检测时间方面具有较大优势.     

婴幼儿皮肤黏膜念珠菌病临床特点及其病原菌体外药敏分析

目的分析并探讨婴幼儿皮肤黏膜念珠菌病的临床特点,检测其病原菌对常用抗真菌药物的体外敏感性。方法入选105例0～3岁皮肤黏膜念珠菌病的患儿,均经临床表现及真菌学检查确诊,用调查表收集患儿有关资料,统计并分析患儿的临床特点。用科玛嘉显色培养基及API20AU测试卡鉴定菌种。参照CLSI酵母菌检测方案M27-A3测定菌株对咪康唑、益康唑、酮康唑、联苯苄唑及特比萘芬等5种药物的体外敏感性。结果 105例婴幼儿皮肤黏膜念珠菌病年龄分布为0.4～36个月,平均10.67个月,以1岁以内感染最多(75%)。皮损位于尿布区最多,其次为颈部及腋下。共分离念珠菌189株,菌种鉴定显示白念珠菌最多(81.5%),其次为近平滑念珠菌(10.6%)和光滑念珠菌(3.2%)。咪康唑和酮康唑对白念珠菌的MIC_(90)值最小(0.25μg/mL)。酮康唑和益康唑对所有菌株包括非白念珠菌的MIC_(90)值分别为0.25μg/mL和2μg/mL。联苯苄唑和特比萘芬对白念珠菌的MIC_(90)值最大(16μg/mL),对非白念珠菌的MIC_(90)值分别为8μg/mL和16μg/mL。结论婴幼儿皮肤黏膜念珠菌病的年龄分布以1岁内为主,皮损主要位于尿布区、颈部和腋下等温暖潮湿部位。白念珠菌仍是婴幼儿皮肤黏膜念珠菌病中最常见的菌种,非白念珠菌中以近平滑念珠菌为主。咪康唑和酮康唑是治疗婴幼儿皮肤黏膜念珠菌病较好的外用药选择,尤其是酮康唑。     

近平滑念珠菌ERG 11基因编码区的克隆及生物信息学分析

目的克隆、测序近平滑念珠菌ERG11基因的编码区序列并进行生物信息学分析。方法运用生物信息学的方法 ,通过与白念珠菌ERG11基因碱基序列同源性比对,在近平滑念珠菌基因组(www.sanger.ac.uk/sequencing/Candida/pa-rapsilosis/)中寻找可能的ERG11基因序列(CpERG11),并据此序列设计引物,经PCR扩增近平滑念珠菌标准株(ATCC22019)的ERG11基因片段,产物经电泳、纯化、克隆到质粒prG-AMAI-NotI中,转染DH10B大肠杆菌细胞,并酶切鉴定筛选阳性克隆测序分析。结果近平滑念珠菌ERG11编码区由1569个碱基组成,编码一段含522个氨基酸的多肽。近平滑念珠菌ERG11的编码区序列与白念珠菌、热带念珠菌、光滑念珠菌、酿酒酵母菌ERG11基因的同源性分别为74%、75%、65%、64%。该近平滑念珠菌ERG11的编码区为唑类药物作用靶酶基因。结论成功克隆、测序、并生物信息学分析近平滑念珠菌ERG11基因的编码区序列,为进一步的功能研究奠定基础。     

浅部真菌病病原酵母菌构成调查及药敏研究

目的了解本地区浅部真菌病病原酵母菌感染菌种的构成及其耐药性特点,为临床提供病原学诊断和合理使用抗真菌药物的依据。方法采用改良沙氏培养基对1354份临床标本进行酵母菌培养和菌株分离,用科玛嘉念珠菌显色培养基和YBC鉴定卡对所分离的酵母菌进行鉴定,用ROSCO纸片扩散法检测分离菌株对6种常见抗真菌药物的耐药性。结果共分离出10种219株酵母菌,甲真菌病检出率最高(43.80%),其次是股癣(16.70%)、体癣(13.00%)、足癣(11.11%),手癣最低(9.40%)。其中白念珠菌为63.47%;近平滑念珠菌为17.81%;热带念珠菌为6.85%;季也蒙念珠菌为5.94%;无名念珠菌为2.28%,其他酵母菌为3.65%。219株酵母菌对特比萘芬(TBE)、伊曲康唑(ITC)、氟康唑(FLC)、制霉菌素(NYS)、咪康唑(MIC)和酮康唑(KTC)的敏感性分别为53.42%、87.21%、97.26%、100%、80.35%和100%,耐药性分别为20.55%、11.11%、2.28%、0.0、12.72%和0.0。结论本地区浅部真菌病酵母菌感染菌谱以白念珠菌为主,其次是近平滑念珠菌和热带念珠菌,体外药敏显示对制霉菌素、酮康唑和氟康唑有很好的敏感性,对特比萘芬、伊曲康唑和咪康唑产生了较高的耐药性。     

口腔念珠菌基因多态性检测

目的检测正常人群口腔念珠菌基因型,以了解口腔念珠菌基因多态性。方法采集162例正常人群口腔样本,用念珠菌显色培养基(CHROM agar)进行菌种分离培养鉴定,用玉米Tween80培养基进行真菌孢子形态学检查鉴定,随机抽取45个菌株样本进行内含子转录间隔区(internal transcribed spacer region,ITS)序列检测,并比对同源性,建立进化树,观察菌株进化分支情况。结果分离培养出念珠菌菌株57株(57/162,35.2%),其中白色念珠菌(Candida albicans)36株(36/57,63.1%)。进行ITS序列检测的45个菌株申请GenBank序列注册号为FJ697166-GQ280292。结论正常人群口腔念珠菌基因具有多态性。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).