• The Korean Journal of Medicine
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• 제93권6호
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• pp.556-559
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• 2018

Intestinal tuberculosis is an infection of the gastrointestinal tract by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. To the best of our knowledge, solitary intestinal tuberculosis accompanied by intestinal obstruction, particularly in the middle of the small intestine, is extremely rare. We report a case of solitary jejunal tuberculosis in a 49-year-old man with no underlying disease. He was admitted a few days after the onset of diffuse abdominal discomfort. Upon evaluation, we initially considered a malignancy of the distal jejunum with ileus due to the presence of a mass. Therefore, he underwent laparoscopic resection of the small bowel. Unexpectedly, the histologic specimen showed a chronic caseating granulomatous lesion with acid-fast bacilli. Ultimately, he was diagnosed with solitary jejunal tuberculosis. He was successfully treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs without any complications.

• Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.204-207
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• 2018

Mycobacterium abscessus comprises rapidly growing mycobacteria, and the clinical manifestations of M. abscessus skin infection include papule, nodule, ulcer, scar and mixed form. The cutaneous infections have been reported due to minor trauma, cosmetic therapy, acupuncture and disseminated infection. A 75-year-old man presented with pruritic diffuse various sized erythematous papuloplaques and pustules on the neck and chest for 2 months. The cutaneous lesions were spread around the wound of the shaving on the neck. The histopathologic findings were consistent with abscess showing infiltrations of neutrophils and lymphocytes in the dermis and negative findings were observed on immunohistochemical stain including acid-fast bacilli stain. One month later, mycobacterial culture result showed positive findings, and the pathogen was identified by reversetranscriptase polymerase chain reaction with hybridization. The patient was treated with combination of clarithromycin and ethambutol for 5 months and there is no evidence of recurrence after 6 months of follow-up. Herein, we report a case of M. abscessus cutaneous infection through minor trauma caused by shaving in the elderly.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제82권2호
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• pp.151-157
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• 2019

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most important disease screened for upon patient history review during preimmigration medical examinations as performed in South Korea in prospective immigrants to certain Western countries. In 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed the TB screening protocol from a smear-based test to the complete Culture and Directly Observed Therapy Tuberculosis Technical Instructions (CDOT TB TI) for reducing the incidence of TB in foreign-born immigrants. Methods: This study evaluated the effect of the revised (as compared with the old) protocol in South Korea. Results: Of the 40,558 visa applicants, 365 exhibited chest radiographic results suggestive of active or inactive TB, and 351 underwent sputum tests (acid-fast bacilli smear and Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture). To this end, using the CDOT TB TI, 36 subjects (88.8 per $10^5$ of the population) were found to have TB, compared with only seven using the older U.S. CDC technical instruction (TI) (p<0.001). In addition, there were six drug-resistant cases which were identified (16.7 per $10^5$ of the population), two of whom had multidrug-resistance (5.6 per $10^5$ of the population). Conclusion: The culture-based 2007 TI identified a great deal of TB cases current to the individuals tested, as compared to older U.S. CDC TI.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2021

The report describes an avian mycobacteriosis in a captive wild bird. A 7-year-old female Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) maintained in a zoo of Korea presented a gradual cachexia and eventually was found dead. At necropsy, severely atrophied pectoral muscles exposing the keel bone were noticed. Yellowish thick nodules in varying sizes were scattered in all lobes of lungs, liver and spleen, suggesting mycobacteriosis. Histopathologically, multifocal to coalescing granulomas surrounded by multinucleated giant cells were observed. Numbers of acid-fast bacilli were revealed in granulomas. Then, a series of molecular diagnostic techniques were followed: a nested PCR, DNA sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. It resulted as Mycobacterium genavense. The identification of M. genavense as an etiological agent suggested that it might serve as a risk factor for other captive wild animals, and for a potential zoonotic risk since M. genavense have been a definite cause of disseminated mycobacterial infection in immunocompromised people. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of avian mycobacteriosis with M. genavense in a captive Indian peafowl.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.401-408
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• 2002

목 적 : 투베르쿨린 피부반응 검사는 결핵균 감염을 조사하는 방법으로, 전 세계적으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 그러나 여러 가지 요소에 의해 검사 결과의 판독에 어려움이 따른다. 2000년 미국흉부학회에서는 피검사자의 위험요소를 고려하여 피부반응 검사의 결과를 판단하도록 권장하였다. 우리나라의 경우 높은 결핵 감염율과 BCG 백신 접종률로 인해 피부반응 검사를 통해 현감염, 과거감염, 그리고 비감염을 구별하기 어렵다. 본 연구는 항결핵 약제의 투여를 결정하는데 피부반응 검사가 얼마나 도움이 되는지 알아보기 위해, 피부반응 검사의 음성 예측도를 조사하였다. 방 법 : 2001년 3월 1일부터 7월 31일까지 한림대학교 부속 춘천성심병원의 호흡기 내과에 입원한 환자를 대상으로, 현재 국내에서 사용되고 있는 Tuber culin PPD RT23 2 TU (0.1 ml)를 Mantoux 검사에 따라 시행하였다. 결핵의 진단기준은 1) 세균학적 진단기준으로 객담에서 결핵균이 배양되거나 현미경 검사로 항산균을 증명한 경우 2) 임상적 진단기준으로는 상기 세균학적 검사에서 결핵균을 증명하지 못하였으나, 방사선학적 또는 조직학적으로 결핵에 합당한 소견이나 증상이 있어서 진료의사가 결핵치료를 시행하기로 결정한 경우로 하였다. 결 과 : 등록된 환자 230명중에서 재입원 및 다른 과에 입원 중 전과되거나 중환자실에 입원한 환자 20명 (8.7%)을 제외한 총 210명의 환자를 대상으로 평가하였다. 환자의 평균연령은 $60{\pm}16.8$세였고, 남녀비는 1.28 : 1 (남118명, 여 92병)이였다. 결핵으로 진단된 환자는 53명 (25.2%)이였다. 폐결행이 45명(84.9%)이었고, 세균학적 검사에서 항산균 도말 양성이 22명(배양 양성 13, 배양 음성 9) 이었고, 임상적 진단기준으로 판단한 경우가 23명이었다. 결핵성 늑막염이 8명(15.1%)이었고, 조직학적으포 진단 된 경우가 4명, 임상적으로 판단되어 치료한 경우가 4명이었다. 미국흉부학회의 피부반응 검사의 판단기준에 따라 각각의 환자를 음성 및 양성으로 판정하였을 때, 음성 예측도는 92.3%, 양성 예측도는 47.3%, 민감도와 특이도는 각각 83%, 68.8%이었다. 결 론 : 입원한 호흡기 내과 환자를 대상으로 시행한 투베르쿨린 피부반응 검사는 92.3%의 높은 음성 예측도를 보였으며, 피부반응 검사가 음성으로 판단된 환자에서 항결핵 약제의 투여 여부를 결정하는데 중요한 단서를 제공할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2016

Tuberculosis (TB) remains an unsolved community health problem since identification of its causing microorganism called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) by Robert Koch in 1882. Annually, eight million TB cases are newly reported and 2~3 million patients die from TB. Pulmonary TB is highly infectious and untreated pulmonary TB patients are believed to infect >10 people in a year. The conventional methods for diagnosis of TB are chest X-ray and isolation of the causing microorganisms from patient specimens. Screening of TB is conducted with smeared sputum in slides, and TB is confirmed by identification of MTB in cultured specimens. One of the fatal pitfalls of screening detection for smeared sputum is that it is impossible to distinguish MTB and other acid-fast bacilli (AFB) because they are stained equally with Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain. Culture of MTB is the most reliable method for diagnosis of TB but it takes 4~8 weeks. In this report, we suggest a fast and highly-reliable MTB detection method that distinguishes AFB in sputum samples. Purified DNA from the AFB stained slide samples offered by The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis were used to detect infected MTB in patients. PCR, real-time PCR and reverse blot hybridization assay (REBA) methods were applied to purified DNA. Conclusively, the real-time PCR method was confirmed to produce high sensitivity and we were able to further detect drug-resistant MTB with REBA.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.238-242
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• 2005

복부 팽만과 복수, 복부 종괴 및 혈청 CA-125가 상승하는 경우 반드시 복막 결핵을 의심해야 하며 보다 정확하고 빠른 진단을 위해 복막 천자를 통한 염색 및 균 배양뿐 아니라 ADA, 중합 효소 연쇄 반응 및 진단적 복강경 검사 등이 필요하다. 저자들은 난소 종양의 임상 양상을 보인 5세 여아에서 복막 결핵을 진단한 예가 있어 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2015

A 17-year-old girl presented with complaints of headache and decreasing vision of one month's duration, without any history of fever, weight loss, or any evidence of an immuno-compromised state. Her neurological examination was normal, except for papilledema. Laboratory investigations were within normal limits, except for a slightly increased Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR). Non-contrast computerized tomography of her head revealed complex mass in left frontal lobe with a concentric, slightly hyperdense, thickened wall, and moderate perilesional edema with mass effect. Differential diagnoses considered in this case were pilocytic astrocytoma, metastasis and abscess. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) obtained in 3.0 Tesla (3.0T) scanner revealed a lobulated outline cystic mass in the left frontal lobe with two concentric layers of T2 hypointense wall, with T2 hyperintensity between the concentric ring. Moderate perilesional edema and mass effect were seen. Post gadolinium study showed a markedly enhancing irregular wall with some enhancing nodular solid component. No restricted diffusion was seen in this mass in diffusion weighted imaging (DWI). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) showed increased lactate and lipid peaks in the central part of this mass, although some areas at the wall and perilesional T2 hyperintensity showed an increased choline peak without significant decrease in N-acetylaspartate (NAA) level. Arterial spin labelling (ASL) and dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) enhanced perfusion study showed decrease in relative cerebral blood volume at this region. These features in MRI were suggestive of brain abscess. The patient underwent craniotomy with excision of a grayish nodular lesion. Abundant acid fast bacilli (AFB) in acid fast staining, and epithelioid cell granulomas, caseation necrosis and Langhans giant cells in histopathology, were conclusive of tubercular abscess. Tubercular brain abscess is a rare manifestation that simulates malignancy and cause diagnostic dilemma. MRI along with MRS and magnetic resonance perfusion studies, are powerful tools to differentiate lesions in such equivocal cases.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.153-157
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• 2013

Although culture is the gold standard method to identify mycobacteria, its use in tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL) is limited due to formalin fixation of the submitted specimens. We evaluated the performance of quantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR) for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB) in granulomatous lymphadenitis using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues. From 2000 to 2010, a total number of 117 cases of lymph node samples with granulomatous inflammation which were surgically removed and fixed in formalin were studied. Hematoxylin & Eosin (H&E) and Ziehl-Neelsen-stained (ZN) slides were reviewed. qPCR using Real TB-Taq$^{(R)}$ was performed for all cases to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thirteen non-tuberculous lymphadenopathy cases were used as negative control. Cervical lymph nodes were more frequently affected (60%, 70/117) than other sites. ZN stain for acid fast bacilli was positive in 19 (16.24%) cases. qPCR for tuberculosis was positive in 92 (78.63%) cases. Caseous necrosis was found in 103 (88.03%) cases. While the ZN stain and qPCR were both negative in all control cases, the qPCR showed a significantly higher positive rate (78.63% vs. 16.24%) compared to ZN stain in histologically diagnosed TBL. Quantitative real-time PCR proves to be more sensitive than ZN stain for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

Tuberculous lymphadenitis is not uncommon in Korea. Therefore, an inexpensive, safe and rapid method is needed to diagnose the tuberculous lymphadenitis. Flne needle aspiration cytology Is a good method for this purpose, but has several limitations in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis, especially when the presence of acid-fast bacilli is not proved. To evaluation the usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction with enzyme immunoassay technique in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) In the cervical Iymph node asplrates, the authors performed fine needle aspiration cytology and M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay for mycobacterial DNA sequences from 15 cases of the fine needle aspirates. Cytomorphologically, the cases were categorized into three types: predominantly necrotic materials; typical epithelioid cell granulomas with or without slant cells and caseous necrosis; and non-tuberculous lesions, such as reactive lymphadenitis, abscess, metastatic carcinoma and malignant lymphoma. M. tuberculosis DNA was found in 8 of 15 cases by PCR with enzyme immunoassay. Negative findings on PCR were achieved in 7 cases, which revealed non-tuberculous tymphadenopathy. In conclusion, we suggest that M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay using the fine needle aspirates is a very useful tool for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis.