• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.89-92
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• 2011

The routine identification and differentiation of Brucella species is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process, which frequently places personnel at risk of laboratory-acquired infection. Here, we describe the development of a rapid multiplex PCR assay for the confirmation of presumptive Brucella isolates. The assay was able to identify and differentiate major human pathogens, namely B. abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis, in a single test of less than an hour and a half.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.383-387
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• 2012

Spinal epidural abscess, if especially caused by Brucellosis is a very rare disease which is usually a consequence of spondylodiscitis. The spinal column can be affected at any joint; however, the lumbar spine is the most common region, especially at the level of the L4-5 and L5-S1. The frequency of spinal involvement usually seen at the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine respectively. As an occupational disease in farmers, veterinaries, butchers, laboratory staff and shepherds, brucellosis can also occur by direct contact to animals and infected materials or ingestion of raw cheese, milk or unpasteurized milk products. In this study, we presented two cases with cervical spinal epidural abscess caused by brucella melitensis, which was successfully treated by surgical approach. Initial treatment was combined with antibiotic therapy after the surgery for 3 months.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.347-351
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• 2009

Bruella spp. involves a considerable danger of public health and farm animal industry. In this study, we assessed the disinfection efficacy of alkaline disinfectant solution and three commercial farm disinfectants (quaternary ammonium compound, sodium dichloroisocyanurate, potassium monopersulphate/sodium dichloroisocyanurate) against Brucella ovis. A bactericidal efficacy test by broth dilution method was used to determine the lowest effective dilution of selected disinfectants following exposure to test bacteria for 30 minutes at $4^{\circ}C$. Disinfectants and test bacteria are diluted with distilled water (DW), hard water (HW) or organic matter suspension (OM) according to treatment condition. Three commercial disinfectant showed excellent antimicrobial activity (up to dilution of $\times200$ in OM treatment). Alkaline disinfectant solution demonstrated favorable bactericidal efficacy against B. abortus (at dilution of $\times20$ in OM treatment). Three commercial farm disinfectants possess excellent efficacy against B. ovis. Alkaline disinfectant solution has lower potency than commercial farm disinfectant but could help to limit the spread of brucellosis.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2009

In this study, occurrence of canine brucellosis was surveyed in kennels, indoor dogs and stray dogs in Korea, and infrequent restriction site-polymerase chain reaction (IRS-PCR) was applied to analyze DNA polymorphism of Brucella canis (B. canis) isolates. Among a total of 501 dogs tested, B. canis antibodies by both rapid screening agglutination with 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME RSAT) and immunochromatographic assay were detected in only 14.1% of kennel dogs. There were no seropositive cases in indoor dogs and stray dogs. DNA polymorphism was observed in 16 B. canis isolates by the IRS-PCR. Sixteen isolates were tested with primers, PsalA, PsalC, PsalG and PsalT, and different primers produced different DNA patterns. In regard to the IRS-PCR pattern of 16 isolates, 9 (56.3%) belonged to the IRS-PCR type I. The remaining 7 were differentiated as type II, III and IV. An application of the primer PsalC provided discrimination between B. canis isolated in 2005 and others.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.165-169
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• 2014

살모넬라증과 부루셀라증은 가축에 심각한 피해를 유발하는 질병으로, 축산업과 식품산업에 많은 경제적 손실을 초래하고 있다. 본 연구에서는, 포비돈-아이오딘을 주성분으로 하는 소독제 베타딘$^{(R)}$ 농후액의 Salmonella typhimurium과 Brucella ovis에 대한 효력시험을 수행하였다. 배지희석법을 이용한 살균효력시험은 $4^{\circ}C$에서 30분 동안 시험 세균을 희석 소독제에 노출시켜 소독제의 가장 효과적인 낮은 희석배수를 결정하는 시험이다. 베타딘$^{(R)}$ 농후액과 시험 세균들을 처리조건에 따라 경수와 유기물로 희석하여 반응을 시켰다. 유기물 조건에서, Salmonella typhimurium과 Brucella ovis에 대한 베타딘$^{(R)}$ 농후액의 살균력은 경수조건에서의 살균력과 비교하여 낮게 나타났는데, 이는 유기물들에 의한 소독제의 살균 유효성분에 대한 저해작용에 따른 것으로 사료된다. 베타딘$^{(R)}$ 농후액은 Salmonella typhimurium과 Brucella ovis와 같은 가축병원성 질병들에 대해 살균효과를 가지므로, 살모넬라증과 브루셀라증과 같은 세균성 질병의 확산을 제어하는데 효과적으로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.533-541
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• 2000

Biochemical and genetic analysis were carried out to investigate the potential recovery of pathogenecity or related mutations of Brucella abortus RB51 vaccine strains. RB51 strains were recovered from commercial vaccines, including related seed stocks from private companies in Republic of Korea, strain from USA, a reference strain from C university and a field isolate (Daehungjin) from aborted dairy cow after RB51 vaccination were compared with two identified virulent wild strains (S2308 and a field strain isolated from dairy cow in Korea) at the same conditions. All the strains examined, except identified pathogenic strains, revealed the identical characteristics to the original RB51 in biochemical properties, antigen and bacteriophage typing. Outer membrane protein (OMP) profiles from strains of RB51 showed the same patterns with standard RB51 in SDS-PAGE. In addition, Western blotting with the brucella specific monoclonal antibody also indicated that all the vaccine strains were completely deficient in their LPS compared to the pathogenic Br abortus strains. The differences in DNA structures among strains were also possible to detect after PCR. All vaccine strains, except S19, S1119-3, S1075, S544 and Br suis, were amplified a 178bp DNA fragment of eri-gene, and 364bp of IS711 elements. In contrast, 498bp DNA product was only found with Br abortus. Overall evidences in the present study confirmed that the RB51 strains for vaccine production in Korea did not originated from the phenomena of possible recovery of pathogenicity or related to any potential mutation event at all.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.345-352
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• 1998

The diagnosis of brucellosis is currently based on serological and microbiological tests. However, the microbiological isolation and identification have several disadvantages such as time-consuming and laborious, and the serological methods have been reported to cross-react with antigens other than those from Brucella spp. To develop a sensitive and rapid diagnostic method for detection of Brucella species, the genus-specific primers were designed and synthesized from the sequence of gene encoding a 31kDa cell surface protein(BCSP) and a 36kDa outer membrane protein(OMPB) of B abortus. The amplified 711bp and 982bp DNA fragments were only visible in each species of Brucella by PCR method using the BCSP and OMPB primers, respectively. However, PCR product was not obtained with DNA from other Gram-negative bacteria. As little as 1pg of the B abortus genomic DNA could be detected by this PCR method. Using the PCR technique, semen samples from 185 bulls of Brucella-seronegative herds in Cheju island were examined for comparison of this PCR method with conventional methods in 1995. The semen samples from 5 bulls were positive by culture method and PCR, and one was positive and 5 were suspect by semen plasma agglutination test. However, the semen samples obtained from 177 bulls were negative by semen plasma agglutination, culture and PCR methods in 1996. The results of comparison tests suggested that PCR was a better test than agglutination test against semen of bulls. This study indicated that the PCR technique was a valuable for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis, particulary in bull semens.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2010

면역조직 화학법 및 단백질체 변화 분석을 통한 한우에서 발생한 브루셀라증의 특성 본 연구는 브루셀라증 감염 소 혈청으로부터 분리한 항 브루셀라 면역글로블린 항체를 이용하여 조직 면역 염색을 통한 브루셀라증 진단의 활용 가능성을 조사하고 병의 발생과 관련한 기능적 진단 마커를 개발하고자 하였다. Rose-Bengal test에 대해 양성 반응을 나타내어 브루셀라증으로 진단된 17개의 케이스와 음성 반응을 나타낸 19개의 대조군 케이스에 대해 조사를 실시하였다. 본 실험실에서 분리한 항 브루셀라 항체를 이용한 면역조직화학적 반응에서 간의 중심 소엽에 위치한 간세포의 세포질, 신장의 사구체 및 관 상피에서 강한 양성 반응을 나타내었다. 감염된 소의 간과 비감염 대조군의 간의 2차원 전기 영동법에 의한 단백질체를 비교 분석한 결과, 발현량이 대조군에 비해 유의적으로 증가한 5개의 단백질 스팟과 반대로 대조군에 비해 발현량이 현저히 감소한 5개의 단백질 스팟을 선별 하였다. 이 중 카탈라아제와 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase의 발현 증가는 브루셀라증에 의한 장독 쇼크에 의한 산화적 스트레스 증가에 대한 방어적 반응으로 사료 되었다. 결론적으로, 항 브루셀라 면역글로불린 항체는 감염 조직의 감별 진단을 위한 좋은 진단 재료 임과, 더 나아가 단백질체학 분석을 통해 브루셀라증 진단 및 병리 연구를 위한 새로운 마커 단백질을 제시하였다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.299-303
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• 2016

살모넬라증과 부루셀라증은 가축 및 사람에 심각한 피해를 유발하는 질병으로, 축산업과 식품산업에 많은 경제적 손실을 초래하고 있다. 본 연구에서는, 자몽종자추출물, 구연산, 사과산 그리고 염화벤잘코늄을 주성분으로 하는 스프레이형 소독제의 Salmonella Typhimurium과 Brucella ovis에 대한 효력시험을 수행하였다. 살균효력시험은 배지희석법에 따라 수행하였으며, 스프레이형 소독제와 시험 세균들을 처리조건에 따라 경수와 유기물로 희석하여 반응을 시켰다. 유기물 조건에서, Salmonella Typhimurium과 Brucella ovis에 대한 스프레이형 소독제의 살균력은 경수조건에서의 살균력과 비교하여 낮게 나타났는데, 이는 유기물들에 의한 소독제의 살균 유효성분에 대한 저해작용에 따른 것으로 사료된다. 스프레이형 소독제는 Salmonella Typhimurium과 Brucella ovis와 같은 인수공통전염병 유발 병원균들에 대해 살균효과를 나타내어, 살모넬라증과 브루셀라증과 같은 세균성 질병의 확산을 제어하는데 효과적으로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.104-109
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• 1991

Tile present study was carried out to investigate the incidence of bovine brucellsis in Cheju-do during the period from 1985 to 1990. The results were summarized as follows. 1. In the total 239,238 cattles tested. 1180(0.49%) were positive by standard tube agglutination test during the period from 1985 to 1990. 2. The major causes of incidence on brucellosis was grazing with carriers and repeated incidence in a herd. 3. The 13 Brucella abortus biotype 1 isolated from 10(50％) of 20 cattles slaughtered on brucellosis in 1990.