Impacts of soil type on the temporal dynamics of antibiotic resistance gene profiles following application of composted manure.

Farmland application of composted manure is associated with a risk of dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in agricultural soils. However, the impact of soil type on the temporal dynamics of ARGs in agricultural soil remains largely unclear. The aims of this study were to study the persistence of composted manure-derived ARGs in six soil types representative for Chinese agriculture and to explore the underlying environmental drivers of soil ARG profiles in a controlled greenhouse experiment.

Antibiotic resistance at environmental multi-media interfaces through integrated genotype and phenotype analysis.

Antibiotic resistance is currently an unfolding global crisis threatening human health worldwide. While antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are known to be pervasive in environmental media, the occurrence of antibiotic resistance at interfaces between two or more adjacent media is largely unknown. Here, we designed a microcosm study to simulate plastic pollution in paddy soil and used a novel method, stimulated Raman scattering coupled with deuterium oxide (DO) labelling, to compare the antibiotic resistance in a single medium with that at the interface of multiple environmental media (plastic, soil, water).

Scoring System to Predict the Risk of Surgical Site Infection in Patients with Esophageal Cancer after Esophagectomy with Cervical Anastomosis.

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance has become increasingly important during the peri-operative period of esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis (McKeown esophagectomy). This study sought to clarify the risk factors for SSI and to develop a stratification scoring system to predict SSI after esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis.

Patients And Methods: All patients who underwent elective esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis were studied between January 2010 and December 2016 in the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Hospital (CAMS).