Molecular medicine reports
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is responsible for many nosocomial and community-acquired infections, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. A practical way to limit the spread of MRSA is early detection and proper treatment. However, screening culture for MRSA typically requires 2-3 days. ⋯ The two assays showed concordant results in 120 (93.0%) cases and discordant results in 9 (7.0%) cases, which were culture‑negative and Xpert MRSA-positive. Among the discordant cases, 5 patients developed culture-positive samples 2-15 days after the Xpert MRSA detected MRSA. We conclude that the Xpert MRSA assay is a rapid, sensitive and clinically useful test, particularly for the early detection of MRSA.
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Even after successful resuscitation, hemorrhagic shock frequently causes pulmonary inflammation that induces acute lung injury (ALI). We previously demonstrated that when CO is inhaled at a low concentration both prior to and following hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation (HSR) it ameliorates HSR-induced ALI in rats due to its anti-inflammatory effects. In the present study, we administered CO to the same model of ALI only after resuscitation and examined whether it exerted a therapeutic effect without adverse events on HSR-induced ALI, since treatment of animals with CO prior to HSR did not prevent lung injury. ⋯ The protective effects of CO against lung injury were notably associated with an increase in the protein expression level of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ, an anti-inflammatory transcriptional regulator in the lung. Moreover, CO inhalation did not affect the hemodynamic status or tissue oxygenation during HSR. These findings suggest that inhalation of CO at a low concentration exerts a potent therapeutic effect against HSR-induced ALI and attenuates the inflammatory cascade by increasing PPAR-γ protein expression.