Surveillance and characteristics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates in a Chinese tertiary hospital in Shenzhen, 2018 to 2024.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) isolates in a Chinese tertiary hospital in Shenzhen.

Methods: A hospital-based retrospective epidemiological survey of Enterococcus was conducted over a 6.5-y period, from January 2018 to June 2024.

Cutaneous Infection Following Plastic Surgery: Three Case Reports.

Aim: is ubiquitous in the environment and seldom causes infections in immunocompetent individuals. However, skin and soft tissue infections caused by have been reported in recent years. Additionally, the cutaneous infections or outbreaks post cosmetic surgery caused by have been increasing due to the popularity of plastic surgery.

The features of multidrug-resistant organisms between 2016 and March 2023 and its change after the end of zero-COVID-19 policy in a teaching hospital in Shenzhen, China.

Background: To investigate the clinical distribution and changing trend of antibiotic resistance profiles of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), a retrospective study was undertaken.

Methods: The characteristics of MDROs isolated from 2016 to March 2023 were retrospectively analysed. The detection rate of these MDROs was compared prior to COVID-19 (Period 1, 2016-2019), during the COVID-19 pandemic with restrictions (Period 2, 2020-2022), and after the end of zero-policy (Period 3, Jan-March, 2023).

Association between lactic acidosis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome after cardiopulmonary bypass.

Background: The relationship between hyperlactatemia and prognosis after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is controversial, and some studies ignore the presence of lactic acidosis in patients with severe hyperlactacemia. This study explored the association between lactic acidosis (LA) and the occurrence of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) after cardiopulmonary bypass.

Methods: This study was a analysis of patients who underwent cardiac surgery between February 2017 and August 2018 and participated in a prospective study at Taizhou Hospital.

ΔPCO and ΔPCO/CO Are Not Predictive of Organ Dysfunction After Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Cardiac surgery is associated with a substantial risk of major adverse events. Although carbon dioxide (CO)-derived variables such as venous-to-arterial CO difference (ΔPCO), and PCO gap to arterial-venous O content difference ratio (ΔPCO/CO) have been successfully used to predict the prognosis of non-cardiac surgery, their prognostic value after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) remains controversial. This hospital-based study explored the relationship between ΔPCO, ΔPCO/CO and organ dysfunction after CPB.

The Novel Key Genes of Non-obstructive Azoospermia Affect Spermatogenesis: Transcriptomic Analysis Based on RNA-Seq and scRNA-Seq Data.

Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is one of the most important causes of male infertility. It is mainly characterized by the absence of sperm in semen repeatedly or the number of sperm is small and not fully developed. At present, its pathogenesis remains largely unknown.

Model suggests potential for Porites coral population recovery after removal of anthropogenic disturbance (Luhuitou, Hainan, South China Sea).

Population models are important for resource management and can inform about potential trajectories useful for planning purposes, even with incomplete monitoring data. From size frequency data on Luhuitou fringing reef, Hainan, South China Sea, a matrix population model of massive corals (Porites lutea) was developed and trajectories over 100 years under no disturbance and random disturbances were projected. The model reflects a largely open population of Porites lutea, with low local recruitment and preponderance of imported recruitment.