• Perinatology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.175-179
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• 2018

Pneumatocele (PC) is a thin-walled cyst of the lung that can occur at all ages and with various etiologies. However, there is no fully accepted consensus for the management of PC in a neonatal intensive care unit. Although the management of PC is generally expectant, it is difficult to decide how long conservative management should be maintained, especially under Korea's medical care environment and the parents' worry and anxiety. We report a male neonate, born at $27^{+5}weeks$ gestation, weighing 1,000 g, who had a post infectious PC caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. We treated conservatively for about 100 days (roughly 14 weeks), but unfortunately after a few days of chest retraction, acute exacerbation occurred, video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was deemed necessary and performed. The purpose of this publication is to describe the clinical course, aggravation and relief after VATS management with a review of the literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.342-345
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• 1996

세균성 동맥류는 드물지만 전격성 진행으로 말미암아 적절한 치료가 동반되지 않으면 파열이 흔하며 심한경우 사망으로 이어진다. 세균성 동맥류중 비심인성 균형증에 의한 것을 흔히 감염성 동맥류라 한다. 본 교실에서는 후복막강으로 파열된 감염성 복부대동맥류를 1례 치험하였다. 환자는 57세 남자로 배부요통을 주소로 내원하였으며 발열이 있었고 하복부에서 종물이 촉지되었다. 술전검사상 포도상구균에 의한 균형증을 동반한 감염성 복부 대동맥류로 진단되어 동맥류 절제술 및 인조혈관 대치술을 시행하였으면 술후 장기간 항생제를 사용하였다. 환자는 술후 합병증 없이 회복하여 퇴원하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권3호
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• pp.328-331
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• 2012

A Septic embolism is a type of embolism infected with bacteria containing pus. These may become dangerous if dislodged from their original location. Embolisms of this type in the azygos vein are potentially fatal. The diagnosis of septic azygos vein embolism is difficult, so rapid diagnosis and treatment is important to avoid complications. Generally, treatment is enough for appropriate antibiotic therapy without anticoagulant therapy. We report a case of staphylococcal septic embolism in the azygos vein, which was discovered in a 51-year-old man exhibiting chest pain, dyspnea and fever. The patient was treated with antibiotic therapy alone without the use of anticoagulants.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.80-83
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• 2015

We present reconstruction of a complicated scalp-dura defect using acellular human dermis and latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flap. A 62-year-old female had previously undergone decompressive craniectomy for intracranial hemorrhage. The cranial bone flap was cryopreserved and restored to the original location subsequently, but necessitated removal for a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal infection. However, the infectious nidus remained in a dermal substitute that was left over the cerebrum. Upon re-exploration, this material was removed, and frank pus was observed in the deep space just over the arachnoid layer. This was carefully irrigated, and the dural defect was closed with acellular dermal matrix in a watertight manner. The remaining scalp defect was covered using a free latissimus dorsi flap with anastomosis between the thoracodorsal and deep temporal arteries. The wound healed well without complications, and the scalp remained intact without any evidence of cerebrospinal fluid leak or continued infection.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.152-161
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• 2008

목 적 : 과거 비교적 드물었던 포도알균 피부 증후군(이하 4S)은 최근 발생 보고가 증가하고 있다. 이에 4S 발생 추이와 관련 인자를 조사하고자 한다. 방 법 : 1998년 1월부터 2007년 12월까지 특징적인 임상양상을 보여 4S으로 진단된 신생아 27명과 소아 36명, 총 63명을 대상으로 의무기록과 균배양 결과를 후향적으로 검토하였다. 결 과 : 본원에서는 2003년 이후 지속적인 4S 발생을 경험하였다. 평균 연령은 16.3개월이었으며, 남녀비는 1:1로 비슷하였다. 임상 유형은 부전형이 38례(60%)로 가장 많았고 중간형 19례(30%), 전신형 6례(10%) 순이었다. 균배양 결과 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 36례, Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) 4례, 배양 음성인 경우가 17례를 보였다. 치료는 반합성 페니실린을 투여하였고, MRSA가 배양된 환아중 호전이 없던 9례는 vancomycin으로 교체하였다. 전 례에서 예후는 양호하여 합병증은 보이지 않았다. 2005년 신생아에서 발생한 4S 급증은 주로 MRSA에 의한 신생아실 감염(18례)으로 추정된다. 발생과 관련된 요인으로 신생아에서는 2005년 발생한 신생아실 감염 18례를 포함한 27명 전원이 입원력이 있었고, 농가진성 피부염이 1명이었다. 소아에서는 아토피 피부염 9명과 입원력 3명을 제외한 24명에서는 특별한 위험인자가 없어 지역사회 획득감염을 시사하였다. 결 론 : 2003년 이후 지속적인 4S의 발생을 경험하였다. 발생과 관련 요인으로는 신생아실 감염 및 입원력, 아토피 피부염의 증가 그리고 원인 미상인 경우 지역사회 획득 감염이 관련있을 것으로 보인다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.447-455
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• 1995

Cavernous sinus thrombosis is one of the major complications of abscesses of the maxillofacial region. The initial symptoms of CST are usually pain in the eye and tenderness to pressure. this is associated with high fluctuating fever, chills, rapid pulse, and sweating. Venous obstruction subsequently causes edema of the eyelids, lacrimation, proptosis, chemosis and retinal hemorrhages. Blindness is sometimes an accompaniment of cavernous sinus thrombosis when the infection also involves the orbit. There is also cranial nerve involvement (oculomotor, troclear, abducence) and ophthalmoplegia, diminished or absent corneal reflex, ptosis, and dilation of the pupil occur. The terminal stages bring signs of advanced toxemia and meningitis. Infections of the face can cause a septic thrombosis of the cavernous sinus. Furunculosis and infected hair follicles in the nose are frequent causes. Extractions of maxillary anterior teeth in the presence of acute infection and especially curettage of the sockets under such circumstances can cause this condition. The infection is usually staphylococcal. The inflection may spread directly through the pterygoid plexus of veins and the pterygomaxillary space and then ascend into the sinus or it may spread directly from the pterygopalatine space to the orbit. This is possible because of the absence of valves in the angular, facial, and ophthalmic veins. The treatment is empirical antibiotic therapy followed by specific anbibiotic therapy based on blood or pus culture. The inflection usually involves one side, however, it may easily spread to the opposite side through the circulus sinus. Unless it is treated early, the prognosis is poor even in this doses. Occasionally the antibiotics will not adequately resolve the septic thrombus, and death ensues. the use of anticoagulants to prevent venous thrombosis has been recommended, but the efficacy of such therapy has not been substantiated. Surgical access through eye enucleation has been suggested. We report a case which demonstrates cavernous sinus thrombosis by the infection after the functional neck dissection and the intraoral reconstruction with auriculomastoid fascio-cutaneous island flap.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 2019

목적: 경남 창원지역에서 발생한 포도알균 열상 피부 증후군의 임상 및 역학적 특징을 알아보았다. 방법: 2006년부터 2015년까지 포도알균 열상 피부 증후군으로 진단받은 69명의 환자들을 대상으로 의무기록을 검토하였다. 항생제 감수성 검사는 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute의 지침에 따라 한천 평판 우무 희석법을 시행하였으며, MRSA는 oxacillin 감수성검사로표현형을확인한후, mecA 유전자를 polymerase chain reaction로증폭하여최종확인하였다. 결과: 환자들의 중간연령은 2.0세이었고(범위, 0.2-6세) 임상형은 전신형이 3명(4.3%), 중간형이 53명(76.8%), 부전형이 13명(18.9%)이었다. 환자들은 연중 발생하였으나, 주로 7월부터 10월 사이에 많이 발생하였다. 배양검사를 실시한 60명의 환자 중 54명에게서 MRSA 균이 배양되었고 모든 환자들이 특별한 합병증 없이 회복되었다. 결론: 2006년부터 2015년 사이에 창원지역에서 포도알균 열상 피부 증후군 환자의 지속적인 발생이 있었다. SSSS 환자 발생에 대한 지속적인 모니터링이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.265-270
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• 1976

Implantation of a permanent pacemaker is a widely accepted procedure for the patient with complete heart block.As a result of these device, the prognosis for patients with Adams-Stokes syndrome caused by complete A-V block and other cardiac arrhythmia have become much more optimistic. Permanent pacemaker implantation by means of a transvenous approach has made the operative risk much less and the procedure simpler. However, a number of complications have been reported in the literature regarding transvenous endocardial pacemaker implantation during the last a decade. The patient presented in this paper is a 26-year old girl who was implanted with a permanent pacemaker at 14 years of age because of a congenital A-V block. Following first exchange of pulse generator, the electrode (lead) was fractured, so that by the pulse generator, a change to the transvenous technique of implantation was made, After this, there were episodes of recurrent wound infection on three occasions, even though the site of pulse generator implantation was exchanged to the contralateral side of chest wall, massive doses of antibiotics were administered and sensitivity tests for coagulase positive staphylococcal infection were performed. Though there was no definite evidence of blood stream infection by blood culture, we decided not to use the transvenous technique and not to implant the pulse generator in the chest wall because the venous system and the entire anterior chest wall appeared to be diseased or contaminated by virulent pyogenic organisms. Finally this intractable systemic and local wound infection was successfully controlled by myocardial lead implantation via a subxiphoid approach and implantation of the pulse generator far down in the abdominal wall. The causes and routes of recurrent wound infection and possible blood born infection in this particular patient are still obscure. We strongly believe that myocardial pacemaker implantation is much safer than transvenous endocardial pacemaker implantation & myocardial pacemaker implantation is a definite method for controlling such an intractable wound infection. following transvenous pacemaker implantation.