Pathogens and risk factor for catheter-related bloodstream infection in hemodialysis patients and diagnostic values of TGF-β1/Smads pathways
OBJECTIVE To investigate the pathogens and risk factor for catheter-related bloodstream infection(CRBSI)in hemodialysis patients and diagnostic values of transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1)/Smads path-ways.METHODS A total of 162 patients undergoing hemodialysis in the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medi-cal University from Mar 2020 to Mar 2023 were selected as the study objects,and divided into the infected group(n=51)and the uninfected group(n=111)according to whether they had CRBSI.The infection status and etio-logical distribution were analyzed,and the risk factors of CRBSI in hemodialysis patients were analyzed.The pro-tein expressions of TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 in serum between the two groups were compared,and the diagnos-tic value of alone and combined detection of TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 in CRBSI in hemodialysis patients was an-alyzed.RESULTS The CRBSI occurred in 51 cases of 162(31.48%)hemodialysis patients.A total of 51 strains of pathogenic bacteria were cultured,and Staphylococcus aureus(27.45%),Staphylococcus hemolyticus(17.65%)and Escherichia coli(15.69%)accounted for the higher proportions.The independent risk factors for CRBSI in hemodialysis patients were diabetes mellitus,long catheter indwelling time,femoral vein placement,high puncture times and low ser-um albumin level(P<0.05).Compared with the uninfected group,TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 protein levels in serum were higher than those in the infected group(P<0.05).The area under the diagnostic curve(AUC)value of combined detection of TGF-β1,SMad2 and SMAD3 in the diagnosis of CRBSI in hemodialysis patients was higher than that of the individual detection(P<0.05),and the sensitivity and specificity of the combined detection was 92.16%and 80.18%,respectively.CONCLUSION S.aureus,S.hemolyticus and E.coli were the main CRBSI-related pathogens in he-modialysis patients.CRBSI can be associated with the activation of TGF-β1/Smads pathway,and the combined de-tection of TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 has high diagnostic value.