Publications by authors named "Zhu-ming Jiang"

spp. were abundant in soil samples collected from deserts and other areas with high UV radiation. In addition, a novel species, with strain CPCC 204708 as the type, was isolated and identified from sandy soil sample collected from the Badain Jaran Desert of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

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Five Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, non-motile actinobacterial strains designated as CPCC 205763, CPCC 203386, CPCC 205716, CPCC 203406, and CPCC 203407 were obtained from different ecosystems associated with four kinds of Chinese traditional medicinal plants. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of these five strains showed closely related to members of the genus of the family , with the highest similarities of 97.4-99.

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Unlabelled: spp. have primarily been reported as non-pathogenic, plant-probiotic bacteria, despite the presence of some opportunistic human pathogens in the genus. Here, three Gram-stain negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria, designated as strains CPCC 101365, CPCC 101269, and CPCC 101426 were isolated from surface-sterilized medicinal plant roots of a mulberry plant in Chuxiong of the Yunnan Province, freshwater from Erhai Lake in the Yunnan Province, and sandy soils in the Badain Jaran desert in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, respectively.

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Two Gram-staining negative strains (CPCC 101082 and CPCC 101083) were isolated from biological sandy soil crusts samples collected from Badain Jaran desert, China. Both isolates were heterotrophic phototroph, could produce indole-3-acetic acid. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of these two strains were closely related to the members of the family , showing high similarities with DSM 18922 (96.

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A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, microcystin-degrading bacterium, designated as CPCC 100929, was isolated from a fresh water reservoir in Sichuan Province, PR China. This isolate grew well at 4-37 °C and pH 6.0-8.

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Three Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, motile actinobacterial strains designated as CPCC 205119, CPCC 205215, and CPCC 205251 were isolated from different biological soil crust samples collected from Tengger Desert, China. The 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison of these three strains showed they had almost identical 16S rRNA genes, which were closely related to members of the family , with the highest similarities of 96.3-97.

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Objectives: The aim of this study is to validate the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria and determine the number of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS2002)-positive patients who do not meet the GLIM, as well as examine whether these patients would benefit from nutritional support therapy.

Methods: A reanalysis of a published prospective observational study was performed. The subjects were rediagnosed per the NRS2002 and GLIM criteria.

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The taxonomic position of an actinobacterium, designated CPCC 204380, which was isolated from a rhizosphere soil sample of the plant Calligonum mongolicum collected from Xinjiang Province, China, was established using a polyphasic approach. Vegetative hyphae developed well and globose bodies formed from aged hyphae. Spore chains that differentiated from the vegetative hyphae contained non-motile rod-shaped spores.

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Article Synopsis
  • A new Gram-stain-negative bacterial species, CPCC 100842, was isolated from a freshwater reservoir in southwest China and closely resembles existing species in the Simplicispira genus, particularly Simplicispira metamorpha.
  • Genomic analysis revealed CPCC 100842 has a high 16S rRNA similarity to related bacteria, with significant physical and chemical characteristics identified, including specific fatty acids and lipids.
  • Based on genetic and phenotypic data, CPCC 100842 has been designated as a new species named Simplicispira lacusdiani, with its type strain receiving specific identification numbers (KCTC 52093 and DSM 102231).
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Quality Problem Or Issue: Chinese medical institutions need clinical guidelines to improve healthcare quality. Unfamiliarity with clinical methodology and procedures leads to poor quality.

Initial Assessment: This study examined 327 clinical guidelines made in China during the period of 2006-10 and found these clinical guidelines have many problems in terms of guideline making procedures-compliant process, conflicts of interest disclosure.

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Objectives: There is a lack of evidence regarding the economic effects of nutrition support in patients at nutritional risk. The aim of this study was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis by comparing an adequate nutrition support cohort with a no-support cohort.

Method: A prospective observational study was performed in the surgical and medical gastroenterology wards.

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  • The study aimed to assess the prevalence of nutritional risks, undernutrition, and obesity among inpatients at First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, comparing findings with big hospitals in Beijing.
  • A total of 2,255 patients were evaluated using the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS2002), revealing a 29.5% prevalence of nutritional risk, with undernutrition at 12.2% and obesity at 2.4%.
  • Only 9.2% of patients identified at nutritional risk received support, indicating lower support rates compared to hospitals in Beijing, suggesting a need to promote adherence to national nutrition guidelines.
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Objective: This multicenter, prospective cohort study evaluated the effect of preoperative nutritional support in abdominal surgical patients at nutritional risk as defined by the Nutritional Risk Screening Tool 2002 (NRS-2002).

Methods: A consecutive series of patients admitted for selective abdominal surgery in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital and the Beijing University Third Hospital in Beijing, China were recruited from March 2007 to July 2008. Data were collected on the nutritional risk screening (NRS-2002), the application of perioperative nutritional support, surgery, complications, and length of stay.

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Objective: To evaluate the impact of glutamine dipeptide-supplemented parenteral nutrition (GLN-PN) on clinical outcomes in surgical patients.

Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Controlled Clinical Trials Register were searched to retrieve the eligible studies. The studies were included if they were randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effect of GLN-PN and standard PN on clinical outcomes of surgical patients.

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Objective: To evaluate the impact of nutritional support on clinical outcomes in patients at nutritional risk defined by the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, hospitalized patients from three departments in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and two teaching hospitals in Beijing were recruited from March 2007 to May 2008. Data were collected on the nutritional risk screening, application of parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition, surgery, complications, and length of stay.

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The purpose of this study was to test the suitability of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) among hospitalized patients and to determine the prevalence of nutritional risk, undernutrition, overweight, obesity, nutritional support and the changes of nutritional risk from admission to discharge or over a two-week period. A prospective descriptive design was used to describe patients' data collected at three Beijing teaching hospitals. A total number of 1500 consecutive patients, who met the inclusion criteria on admission and provided informed consent, were enrolled.

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Objective: We tested the feasibility of using the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 tool among hospitalized medical patients in Beijing and Baltimore and determined the prevalence of nutritional risk, nutritional support, and nutritional risk changes from admission to discharge or over a 2-wk period.

Methods: A comparative design was used to compare data collected at Beijing and Baltimore teaching hospitals from April 2006 to April 2007. A total of 500 consecutive medical patients, 300 from Beijing and 200 from Baltimore, who met the inclusion criteria on admission and provided informed consent were enrolled.

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  • The study examined the effects of hypocaloric and hypo-nitrogen parenteral nutrition on postoperative outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal tumors.
  • The research involved 120 patients split into two groups: one receiving higher calorie and nitrogen levels, and the other receiving lower levels, to compare outcomes such as infection rates and hospital stay duration.
  • Results showed that the group on lower nutrition experienced significantly fewer complications like hyperglycemia, infections, and shorter hospital stays, indicating the benefits of hypocaloric nutrition in postoperative care.
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Objective: To examine the effects of parenteral supplementation of glutamine dipeptide on the outcomes of surgical patients.

Methods: The relevant data 1997 to March or May 2005 were retrieved from SCI, Medline, EMBASE, Chinese Cochrane Centre databases. The bibliographies of the retrieved papers and the personal file were searched as well.

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and the tolerability of micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF) on symptoms and signs of acute haemorrhoidal disease (HD).

Research Design And Methods: Patients experiencing an acute HD episode for less than 48 h were enrolled in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (n = 90 in two hospital-based study centres in Beijing). One group received MPFF, six tablets per day for 4 days followed by four tablets per day for 3 days and the other a placebo.

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Aim: To evaluate the effect of perioperative parenteral nutrition on serum immunoglobulin, weight change, and post-operative outcome in severely malnourished patients with Crohn's disease.

Methods: Thirty-two severely malnourished patients with Crohn's disease who had undergone surgery in our hospital were reviewed. Sixteen patients who received perioperative parenteral nutrition were enrolled in the study group, and the other 16 patients who did not receive parenteral nutrition were enrolled in the control group.

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Background & Aims: We evaluated perioperative plasma endotoxin, plasma soluble CD14 molecule (sCD14), plasma endotoxin inactivation capacity (EIC) changes and clinical outcome after glutamine was provided in parenteral feedings to patients on whom gastrointestinal operations were performed using a prospective, randomized, double-blind study design.

Methods: Forty patients undergoing gastrointestinal operations were randomized into two groups, each had 20 patients. One group received standard parenteral nutrition and the other received the same formulation but supplemented with the dipeptide alanyl-glutamine, the two groups were isonitrogenous.

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Objective: To investigate the role of graded reoxygenation with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in prevention of reoxygenation injury in children with cyanotic congenital heart defects, and to evaluate its safety.

Methods: Twenty pediatric patients with cyanotic congenital heart defect were randomly divided into 2 equal groups according to CPB methodology: group 1, undergoing routine hyperoxic CPB with CPB primed and initiated at FiO(2) of 1.0, and group 2 undergoing modified CPB with graded reoxygenation (CPB was primed and initiated at FiO(2) of 0.

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