• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.201-205
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• 2006

Immunodeficiency affected by antibody formation is most common among primary immuno-deficiencies. Selective IgA deficiency is more common but, one or more IgG subclass level is low or deficient in some patients. Patients with antibody production deficiency are vulnerable to pneumococci, staphylococci and H.influenzae leading to sinusitis, otitis media and pneumonia. A 10-year-old girl had suffered from frequent upper respiratory infections, a history of tuberculous lymphadenitis tuberculosis medication, and frequent pneumonia that requires hospital adimission. Her height and weight were below 3 percentile normal growth as a manifestation of failure to thrive. When she had another severe pneumonia, all the immunologic test was normal at first, and then we checked the IgG subclass levels. Her IgG1 was within normal, IgG2 was very low, IgG3 and IgG4 was not detected. We report a case of IgG subclass deficiency in frequent upper respiratory infection and failure to thrive.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 1998

Capsular polysaccharides (CPs) from Streeptococcus pneumoniae were examined for the ability to induce secretory responses in a pure population of peritoneal macrophages. The highly purified CPs were able to affect the macrophage, ie, secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-$\alpha$) and nitrite. As after stimulation with CPs, secretion of TNF-u induced by these CPs reached its maximum within the first few hours of the interaction, while secretion of nitrite was increased with time. In addition, production of TNF-$\alpha$ and nitrite was increased in a dose-dependent manner. In the presence of indomethacin, CP-stimulated TNF-$\alpha$ production was not altered. In contrast, LPS with indomethacin stimulated 24.5% more TNF-$\alpha$ than LPS alone, suggesting that the intracellular signaling processes for TNF production are differentially stimulated by CP and LPS. The results demonstrate that CPs are potent inducer of macrophage secretory activities.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.227-231
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• 1999

Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a clinical syndrome with various etiology and pathogenesis. And pneumococcal neuraminidase has been known to play a pathogenetic role in some cases with this syndrome. We experienced two children with hemolytic uremic syndrome complicated by pneumococcal infection. One was 21-month-old girl with pneumococcal pneumonia, and the other was 7-month-old girl with pneumococcal meningitis and sepsis. Both of them showed typical clinical manifestations of hemolytic uremic syndrome with prolonged anuria during the course of pneumococcal infection. The renal functions of both cases did not recovered after resolution of acute hemolytic episode and chronic renal failure developed.

• 보건세계
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• v.46 no.8 s.516
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• pp.28-29
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• 1999

최근 한국보건사회연구원이 국민의 의약품 사용실태를 조사한 결과에 의하면 1천명중 33명이 매일 항생제를 복용한다. 이는 OECD 회원국가의 평균치 21명보다 월등히 높은 비율로, 약물남용이 우려할 만한 수준임을 보여준다. 이 조사는 또 97년도 의료보험 환자중 병$\cdot$의원에서 58.9$\%$가 항생제를 처방받았다고 밝혔다. 폐렴구균의 70$\~$80$\%$가 항생제 남용으로 페니실린에 내성을 보였는데 이는 아시아 최고수준이다. 약물남용은 항생제 뿐 아니다. 많은 사람들이 의사처방 없이 자가처방으로 약을 구입하며, 자가처방의 절반은 감기약을 구입하는데 이 경우 부적절한 처방이 문제된다. 더구나 감기약은 1가지만으로도 남용할 경우 부작용이 많은데 `판피린과 콘택 600을 주세요` 라는 식으로 물약과 알약을 동시에 주문한다. 이와 같은 약의 중복사용은 약물의 남용효과를 더욱 크게 한다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.257-262
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• 1999

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is the most frequent causative agent of acute bacterial pneumonia. Outstanding characteristic of pneumococcus is an ample polysaccharide capsule that is highly anti-genic agent and is the major factor for classification of pneumococcus into more than 94 serotypes. In this study, production of capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae type 23 was optimized by supplementation of metal ions or by modulation of culture conditions. When brain heart infusion (BHI) broth was supplemented with 1 mM concentration of $CaCl_2$, $CuSO_4$ and $MgSO_4$, growth of pneumococcus as well as polysaccharide yield were stimulated. Also slight aeration gave rise to better polysaccharide yield.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.67-75
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• 1995

Background: Although we gain new knowledge, the problem of pneumonia will not be eliminated. We should understand who is at risk, why these people develop this problem, what causes the pneumonia, and how to manage and prevent respiratory infection. To clarify the alterations of the etiologies of bacterial pneumonia we analysed the recent causative organisms and evaluated the therapeutic implications. Methods: A retrospective four-year study of bacterial pneumonia was conducted in Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital. 190 episodes of bacterial pneumonia was investigated. Results: 1) The causative organisms were isolated in 173 cases on the sputum culture: 154 cases (89%) were gram negative bacilli and 19 cases(11%) were gram positive cocci. The major organisms were Pseudomonas species 49 cases(28%), Klebsiella pneumoniae 29 cases(17%), Enterobacter species 25 cases(14%), and Acinetobacter species 20 cases(12%) in decreasing order. Pseudomonas species(13 cases, 34%) were frequently found in nosocomial pneumonia. 2) The causative organisms were isolated in 16 cases on the blood culture: 7 cases(43%) were gram negative bacilli and 9 cases(57%) were gram positive cocci. The major organisms were Staphylococcus aureus(6 cases, 38%), Pseudomonas species(3 cases, 19%) in decreasing order. 3) In the susceptibility test of causative organisms to antimicrobial drugs, Pseudomonas was susceptible to amikacin, ciprofloxacin, aztreonam, ceftazidime(more than 50%) and resistant to piperacillin, gentamicin, carbenicillin(more than 60%). Klebsiella was susceptible to chloramphenicol, gentamicin, cefotetan(more than 70%) and resistant to carbenicillin, ampicillin(more than 70%). Staphylococcus was susceptible to methicillin(64%), and Streptococcus pneumoniae was susceptible to oxacillin(94%). 4) The response rate after antibiotics therapy was 81% and the mortality rate was 19%. Conclusion: As considering the changes of causative organisms and antibiotic resistance, it behooves us to exercise caution in dispending antibiotics in order to maximize their continued efficacy and to do appropiate antibiotics therapy based on cultures and susceptibility test.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11b
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• pp.885-888
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• 2010

현재 우리나라는 보건소 중심의 예방접종등록사업을 진행 중에 있다. 2004년부터 시작된 이 사업은 현재는 전국민을 대상으로 실시하고 있다. 예방접종등록사업은 피접종자들은 대체적으로 예방접종에 대한 적절한 시기를 판단할 수 있는 정보가 부족하기 때문에 예방접종과 관련된 정보들을 국가나 사회에서 적시에 피접종자들에게 제공해 줄 수 있다. 따라서 이에 대한 확인이 등록에 앞서 그 정확성을 확인 필요가 있다. 예방접종등록사업의 가장 기본적인 사업으로 진행된 것은 예방접종 수첩의 제공과 그 관리를 통한 예방접종 사업으로 지속적으로 전개되어 왔으며, 일반 국민과 개원의사들에서도 대중적으로 보급되어 있다. 국가 예방접종률의 산출 그리고 취학 어린이 예방접종력 증명서 제출 제도를 위하여 예방접종 수첩을 활용하는 방법이 현실적으로 유용할 수 있다. 따라서 예방접종 수첩의 예방접종력 정확성을 확인할 필요가 있다. 지역조사에서 접종기관으로 확인된 민간 의료기관 365곳 가운데 의료기관 이전 및 폐업으로 반송된 경우가 4건(1.1%)이었으며, 응답한 경우는 129곳으로 응답률은 35.3%였다. 조사된 의료기관 전체를 대상으로 확인된 1,201건에 대한 BCG 접종여부의 정확도는 69.5%였다. B형 간염의 정확도는 1차가 41.3%로 낮았으며, 2차와 3차는 각각 76.6%, 79.7%였다. DTaP의 정확도는 약 80%였으며, 정확도가 제일 높은 것은 DTaP 3차로 82.5%였으나 다른 것과 가장 낮은 정확도와 2% 정도 밖에 차이가 나지 않았다. 폴리오의 정확도는 약 80%였다. MMR의 정확도는 83.2%였다. 일본뇌염의 경우 약 80.0%였으며, 수두의 정확도는 74.9%로 다른 질병과 비교하여 낮은 수치를 보였다. 조사된 의료기관을 전체로 한 기타예방접종별 예방접종수첩의 접종여부의 정확도는 인플루엔자는 정확도는 74.1%였으며, 뇌수막염은 72.7%의 정확도를 보였다. A형 간염 1차의 정확도79.5%였으며, 폐렴구균 1차의 경우 73.2%로 나타났다. 국가필수예방접종별 예방접종수첩의 접종일자에 대한 정확도는 BCG 80.1%로 확인되었고, B형 간염 1차 89.7% 2차는 82.1% 3차는 79%로 B형 간염 중 가장 낮은 정확도를 보였다. DTaP는 1차와 2차는 약 87% 3차는 85.1% 4차는 83.5%로 확인이 되었다. 폴리오는 1차가88.1%로 가장 높은 정확도를 보였고 그 다음으로 2차가 86.2%, 3차가 84.8%로 확인되었다. MMR의 정확도는 84%였으며, 일본뇌염 1차의 정확도는 83.1%로 나타났다. 수두의 접종일자 정확도는 83.7% 이고, 인플루엔자의 정확도는 55.3%로 상대적으로 낮은 수치를 보였다. 기타예방접종별 접종일자 정확도의 조사 결과 뇌수막염 1차과 폐렴구균 1차는 약 90%로 상대적으로 높은 정확도를 보였고, A형 간염 1차는 88.4%의 정확도를 보였다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.144-149
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• 2014

Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common childhood infectious diseases. Despite antibiotic treatment for AOM, AOM and its complication still continue to develop. Acute mastoiditis is a serious complication of AOM and epidural abscess constitutes the commonest of all intracranial complication of AOM. Neurological complication of acute mastoiditis are rare but can be life threatening. Their presentation may be masked by the use of antibiotics. We report the rare case of acute otitis media progressing to acute mastoiditis, epidural abscess formation and lateral sinus thrombophlebitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a child. She was admitted with acute otitis media with fever. Despite proper antibiotics, acute mastodititis and epidural abscess were developed, and after surgical drainage and antibiotics therapy she was recovered without sequalae.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.38-44
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• 2002

Pneumococcal surfacce protein A (PspA) is an important virulence factor and an antigenically variable surface protein of the pneumococci. To purify the PspA from S. pneumoniae KNIH1156 , a clinical isolate (type 19F), we have taken advantage of the fact that PspA is released from the surface of pneumococci into the medium by growing in a CDM-ET medium and PspA is capable of binding human lactoferrin, the iron carrier protein. PspA of S. pneumoniae KNIH1156 was purified from culture supernatant by human lactoferrin (hLf) affinity chromatography. The purified PspA was confirmed with anti-PspA antiserum and also had the binding capacity to hLf specifically. To determine whether the purified PspA could elicit protection in mice against pneumococcal inflection, we immunized the mice with purified PspA and subsequently challenged with S. pneumoniae KNIH1156. Immunization with purified PspA protected mice from 500 times the $LD^{50}$ of S. pneumoniae KNIH1156. Therefore, it has been shown that purified PspA fromS. pneumoniae KNIH1156 (type 19F) is a protective immunogen.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.537-545
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• 1994

Background: In 1987, the British Thoracic Society (BTS) subjected an extensive list of patient variables to statistical analysis in a prospective study of prognosis in 453 adults with community-acquired pneumonia and, subsequently published guidelines for management of severe community acquired pneumonia. It was hoped that those at risk of dying from community acquired pneumonia could be easily identified and treated appropriately, thereby reducing mortality. To date, severe community acquired pneumonia has not been well studied in Korea. Therefore, we studied retrospectively 10 patients dying of severe community acquired pneumonia in Dongsan Hospital to see clinical manifestations of dying of severe community-acquired pneumonia. Methods: Between July 1987 and july 1993, 498 patients were admitted to Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital with community acquired pneumonia, and 77 of them received intensive care. Of the 77 patients, 10 patients died. We reviewed medical records of these patients. Results: 1) The mean age of the patients was 56.2 years(range, 25 to 75 years). There were 7 men and 3 women. Seven patients(70%) were older than 60years of age. 2) The clinical features on admission were as follows: tachypnca, hypoxemia, mental change, cyanosis, leukopenia, leukocytosis, azotemia, hypotension, hypoalbuminemia in order of frequency. Three patients had one abnormal physical finding, 3 patients had 2, 2 patients had 3, and 2 patients had none of these abnormal physical findings. All patients had at least one of the abnormal laboratory findings. 3) A potential bacterial pathogen was isolated in sputum culture from 2 patients. One was E.coli, the other Enterobacter species. Sputum stain were positive in eight cases (G(+)cocci in six, G(+) cocci and G(-)bacilli in two). 4) Features of respiratory failure were the main reasons for ICU transfer, but two patients were transferred only following a cardiac or respiratory arrest in the general ward. 5) The mean of 2.7 different antibiotics were given to the patients. The aminoglycoside and first generation cephalosporin were the most frequently prescribed antibiotics, followed by the third generation cephalosporin and vancomycin. The most frequently prescribed antibiotics combination was a 1st generation cephalosporin plus an aminoglycoside. 6) Seven patients death(70%) occured after admission within the first five days, and a mean duration of hospitaliztion was 11.2 days. Conclusion: As the results show most death occured within the first five days after admission and aged patients; consequently, an aggressive intensive treatment should be provided early to the patients with severe community acquired pneumonia, and we should pay more attention to the aged patients.