鲍曼不动杆菌整合子分型与耐药性的初步研究

目的了解临床分离的43株鲍曼不动杆菌中Ⅰ类、Ⅱ类、Ⅲ类整合子的流行病学现状及其耐药性。方法用多重PCR方法扩增30株鲍曼不动杆菌Ⅰ类、Ⅱ类、Ⅲ类整合酶基因,用K—B法检测鲍曼不动杆菌的耐药情况。结果Ⅰ类整合子检出率为79．1％（34／43）,未检出Ⅱ、Ⅲ类整合子。结论Ⅰ类整合子阳性的菌株的耐药率较高,显著高于Ⅰ类整合子阴性的菌株,多重PCR是筛查革兰阴性杆菌整合子的有效方法。     

产ESBLs大肠埃希菌整合子及其相关基因盒的研究

目的检测产超广谱β-内酰胺酶（ESBLs）大肠埃希菌中整合子的整合酶及插入的相关基因盒情况,分析整合子对细菌耐药性的影响。方法采用K-B琼脂扩散法对45株临床分离的产ESBLs大肠埃希菌进行药敏试验;应用PCR法检测45株产ESBLs大肠埃希菌Ⅰ类、Ⅱ类和Ⅲ类整合子;对Ⅰ类整合子阳性菌进行整合子相关基因盒检测。结果45株菌中有27株（60．0％）含有Ⅰ类整合子,没有检测到Ⅱ类和Ⅲ类整合子阳性菌。在Ⅰ类整合子阳性菌中,有23株携带Ⅰ类整合子相关基因盒（85．2％）,5种不同的基因盒图谱,片段大小在600～2322bp,分离自同一科室的部分菌株携带大小相同的基因盒;Ⅰ类整合子阳性菌株的耐药率高于整合子阴性的菌株。结论Ⅰ类整合子及整合子相关基因盒在产ESBLs大肠埃希菌株中分布广泛,整合子在细菌耐药中发挥作用。     

整合子介导的肺炎链球菌多重耐药性分析

目的调查肺炎链球菌整合子携带状况,并分析整合子与其耐药性的相关性。方法用K-B纸片扩散法和E试验法检测42株肺炎链球菌(SPN)对8种抗生素的耐药状况,并采用多重PCR对其进行Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ类整合子分析。结果 42株SPN对四环素、红霉素、复方新诺明和青霉素耐药率分别为90.5%、73.4%、59.5%和40.4%,而对万古霉素、利福平则呈高敏感性(100%);42株SPN共检测出整合子20例(47.6%),其中Ⅰ类整合子18例,Ⅱ类整合子1例,Ⅰ、Ⅱ类整合子混合携带1例,未检测出Ⅲ类整合子菌株;整合子阳性组对多种抗生素(大于3种)的不敏感率明显高于整合子阴性组(阳性组占88.7%,阴性组占25.2%),差异具有统计学意义(P0.05),其中以青霉素类、喹诺酮类更为明显(P0.001)。结论整合子与细菌耐药及多重耐药密切相关。     

整合子介导的肠致病性大肠埃希菌多重耐药研究

目的了解肠致病性大肠埃希菌（EPEC）多重耐药菌株中整合酶基因的携带情况,研究整合子与抗生素多重耐药的相关性。方法使用血清学的方法对EPEC进行初筛,用PCR扩增EPEC毒力基因（eae,EAF,bfpA）进行确证。对确证为EPEC的细菌DNA进行提取,使用PCR方法对整合酶基因及在整合子中插入的基因盒进行扩增。EPEC药敏试验采用K-B琼脂扩散法。结果在34株EPEC中,ESBL为14株,其中在lI株ESBL阳性细菌中扩增出整合子I整合酶片段,在20株ESBL阴性细菌中,有7株扩增出相应的片段。在这所有的34株细菌中未检出整合子Ⅱ和Ⅲ。结论I类整合子在肠致病性大肠埃希菌多重耐药菌株中最常见,是导致细菌多重耐药的一个重要因素,合理用药,控制耐药基因的传播是当前医学面临的一个重要问题     

I类整合子与产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌多重耐药关系的研究

目的了解产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌的整合子存在状况。方法用PCR方法扩增Ⅰ类整合酶基因,经电泳后检测扩增产物。结果72株产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌中检测出Ⅰ类整合子67株,检出率为93．0％,Ⅰ类整合子阳性菌对氨基糖苷类、喹诺酮类及头孢菌素类药物表现出较高的耐药,其多重耐药率明显高于Ⅰ类整合子阴性菌株（P〈0．05）。结论Ⅰ类整合子广泛地存在产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌中,Ⅰ类整合子对细菌多重耐药性的产生和传播起着重要作用。     

临床分离肺炎克雷伯菌Ⅰ整合子分布及其与qnr基因关系研究

目的 了解临床分离肺炎克雷伯菌中qnr基因和Ⅰ类整合子基因的分布及其耐药特征.方法 采用PCR法对45株耐环丙沙星肺炎克雷伯菌进行qnrA、qnrB、qnrS基因筛查并测序,用PCR法检测qnr阳性菌株Ⅰ类整合子基因,并采用SPSS 13.0和Whonet 5.4软件分析药敏结果及比较.结果 45株肺炎克雷伯菌中,24株(51.1％)细菌检出qnrS基因,未检出qnrA和qnrB基因.20株qnr阳性菌株同时携带Ⅰ类整合子基因.qnr阳性菌株Ⅰ类整合子基因携带率显著高于阴性菌株,qnr阳性菌株对阿米卡星、妥布霉素、亚胺培南、哌拉西林/他唑巴坦及头孢哌酮舒巴坦的敏感性较高.结论 肺炎克雷伯菌对氟喹诺酮类抗菌药物耐药主要由qnrS引起,qnr阳性株同时携带Ⅰ类整合子,导致呈现多重耐药性,加强临床耐药监测对控制多重耐药传播有着重要的意义.     

100例鲍曼不动杆菌的耐药性与整合子表达及耐药基因分析

目的 了解鲍曼不动杆菌的耐药性和整合子表达及耐药基因携带情况.方法 收集100株鲍曼不动杆菌,以VITEK-64系统鉴定细菌,并进行14种抗生素药敏试验,通过PCR法检测Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ类整合酶基因(intI1、2、3)及Ⅰ类整合子可变区基因盒,并对基因盒测序.结果 除阿米卡星和头孢哌酮/舒巴坦,鲍曼不动杆菌对其他12种抗菌药物耐药率均大于60.0％,多重耐药率为88.0％.鲍曼不动杆菌整合酶基因阳性率为64.0％,均为intI1,整合子阳性菌株对多数药物的耐药率显著高于整合子阴性者(P＜0.05).intI1阳性菌株中,84.4％ (54/64)扩增出整合子可变区,检出3种耐药基因盒组合形式:aac(6’)-Ib-cr-arr-3-dfrA27 14株、aacA4-catB8-aadA1 24株、aacC1-orfA-orfB-aadA1 16株.结论 临床分离的鲍曼不动杆菌多重耐药与Ⅰ类整合子表达有关.Ⅰ类整合子主要携带早期使用的氨基糖苷类抗菌药、甲氧苄啶和氯霉素耐药基因.     

新生儿病区产ESBLs大肠埃希菌整合子及其耐药性分析

目的 了解新生儿病区产ESBLs大肠埃希菌整合子的携带情况及其耐药性.方法 采用K-B琼脂扩散法对56株产ESBLs大肠埃希菌进行药敏试验;应用PCR法检测Ⅰ类、Ⅱ类和Ⅲ类整合子;以肠杆菌科重复序列-聚合酶链式反应(ERIC-PCR)进行基因分型.结果 56株产ESBLs大肠埃希菌的Ⅰ类整合子检出率为60.7％,未检出Ⅱ类和Ⅲ类整合子;菌株对庆大霉素、环丙沙星、左氧氟沙星、复方新诺明、头孢唑林、氨曲南、头孢他啶的耐药率差异有统计学意义(P＜0.05),阳性菌株的耐药率高于阴性菌株;56株大肠埃希菌分为45种基因型.结论 Ⅰ类整合子广泛存在于新生儿病区产ESBLs大肠埃希菌并与其耐药性相关.     

整合子与多重耐药大肠埃希菌相关性研究

目的探讨整合子在多重耐药大肠埃希菌耐药性中的作用。方法对临床分离的93株多重耐药大肠埃希菌的I、Ⅱ型整合酶基因进行检测,并分析药敏结果。结果多重耐药临床分离株中Ⅰ型整合子阳性率为60.2%。所检出整合子共有3种长度即1000、1600和2000 bp;主要携带aadA和dfrA类基因盒;未检出Ⅱ型整合子。结论整合子形成是细菌产生多重耐药的重要原因。     

产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌Ⅰ类整合子基因盒的研究

目的探讨整合子参与产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌多重耐药的分子机制。方法整合酶基因扩增法检测Ⅰ类整合子;整合子可变区扩增并测序。结果8株产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌中有7株Ⅰ类整合子检测阳性,其中4株耐药基因盒为dfrA12-orfF—aadA2,2株为dfrA17-aadA4／aadA5,I株为aadA2,1株未检测到耐药基因盒。结论整合子介导的耐药基因盒参与了产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌多重耐药的形成,应引起高度重视。     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Feeding the vertebrate retina from the Cambrian to the Tertiary

The retina of the vertebrate eye is metabolically active and requires nutritive support. During the last 540 million years it has evolved into forms as complicated and nutritionally demanding as those found in avian or primate eyes. Diffusion from the choroid is generally able to supply the metabolic needs of thin retinae. However, when the thickness exceeds the limits of diffusion, structures are needed to supplement the vascular supply from the choroid. These supplemental nutritive devices include the choroidal gland, the falciform process and preretinal vascular plexus of fish, the conus papillaris of lizards, the pecten oculi of birds, the intraretinal vessels of mammals and a few novel systems that remain difficult to classify. These vascular systems are among the most variable features of the vertebrate eye. Here, we review classical and recent findings regarding such retinal nutrition systems, propose a three category classification for them based on histologic origins and speculate on the evolutionary forces which drove their development.     

Observations on the permeability of the choriocapillaris of the eye

Summary The choriocapillaris is a fenestrated capillary bed located posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium. It serves as the main source of supply to the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and other cells of the outer retina. The permeability of these capillaries to intravenously injected ferritin (MW — approx. 480,000; mol. diam. 11 nm) was examined in the mouse, rabbit, and guinea pig, each of which is characterized by a different type of retinal vascularization. In all three species, the bulk of the ferritin remained in the capillary lumina, where it appeared to be blocked at the level of the diaphragmed fenestrae. Some ferritin was present in endothelial cell vacuoles. The results confirm previous work on the rat choriocapillaris and indicate that the barrier function of the choriocapillary endothelium is present even among species in which the retinal circulation differs significantly.Supported by NIH grant EY03418