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Epidemiologic Studies* ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Ectopic*

Animals ; Bone Remodeling ; Collagen ; Heterografts ; Osteogenesis ; Rats ; Skull

Hand dermatitis of silk industry workers had been a troublesome problern for a long time. It was said the cause was due to toxic reaction by denatured pupae and physical reaction from high water temperaturc. During Augnst and September 1973, patch test was performed with pupa and cocoon to 680 workers in 4 separate silk factories in order to persue the factors which may cause their hand dermatitis. Among 475 workers who had performed first patch test, only 12 workers in one of four factories showed positive reaction in pupa and we came to know that only that factory had used formalin in order to protect denaturation of pupae and cocoons. Second patch test with pupa and 1% formalin was repeated to 130 subjects including 6 of 12 positive cases in the first pateh test. Five Subjects shosved positive reaction in pupa, also 5 in 1% formalin and 2 of them showed positive reaction in both pupa and 1% formalin. In the second patch test, 3 of 6 who had been positive in pupa at first patch test were positive at pupa. It seemed to be that toxic or allergic theory is not enough to explain clearly the cause of hand dermatitis in silk industry workers. Further stucly is necessarv to elucidate how the silk fiber, water temperature and parasites in the pupa and cocoon contribute to the hand dermmatitis.
Dermatitis ; Formaldehyde ; Hand ; Parasites ; Patch Tests* ; Pupa ; Silk*

Microsporum gypseum, long considered to be of animal origin, has recently been found to be soil inhabitating fungus and abundant in soil throughout the world. M. Gypseum infections tend to increase nowadays in Korea. Nineteen cases of ringworm caused by M. gypseum were reported in Korean literature until 1980 to the best of our knowledge. We present 5 cases of M. gypseum infection confirmed by culture findings on Sabouraud agar media and microscopic examination. The first case was 4 year-old boy with solitary coin sinzed pruritic annular erythernatous plaque ontaining papules, pustules and scales on the right cheek of on month duration. The second case, 7 year-old boy, had solitary walnut sized ovoid plaque consisted with papulopustules, oozing and peripheral scaling on right cheek of one month duration. The third case, 5 year-old boy, had solitary egg sized pruritic erythematous plaque with papuIes, scales and crust on the right lower leg of three weeks duration. The fourth case, 63 year-old female, had solitary egg sized sharply demarcated erythematious scaly patch with central clearing on nose and. nasolabial area of 10 days duration. The last case was 2 year-old girl with solitary coin sized annular erythematous scaly pIaque on left lower leg of two weeks duration.
Agar ; Animals ; Cheek ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Fungi ; Humans ; Juglans ; Korea ; Leg ; Male ; Microsporum* ; Middle Aged ; Nose ; Numismatics ; Ovum ; Seoul* ; Soil ; Tinea ; Weights and Measures

Herpes zoster is a viral infection of the dorsal nerve root causing painful vesicular eruptions over the skin or mucous membrane of the affected nerve. It is less well known to the dermatologists that berpes zoster causcs bladder dysfunction when the zoster affects the lumbar and sacral spinal ganglia. The authors observed a case of herpes zoster involving the S 2~4 dermatomes, associated with bladder atony in a 58 year old male who had received rad.iotherapy and chemotherapy for his malignant Iymphoma of lymphocytic type. Conservative treatment with urinary catheterization and antibiotics resulted in complete recovery of the bladder function about 3 weeks later. He had also ichthyosiform skin lesions on his back and lower extremities which, by carefuI history and histopathological examination, proved to be acquired ichthyosis.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Drug Therapy ; Ganglia, Spinal ; Herpes Zoster* ; Humans ; Ichthyosis* ; Lower Extremity ; Lymphoma* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mucous Membrane ; Skin ; Urinary Bladder ; Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic* ; Urinary Catheterization ; Urinary Catheters

OBJECTIVE: Bacteroides fragilis, normal colonic inhabitant, is the most frequently isolated anaerobes in infected tissues, particularly in intraabdominal abscesses. In the acute infection model with abscesses, the response to B. fragilis infection is characterized by infiltration of neutrophils and macrophages. This study was designed to determine whether proinflammatory cytokines could be upregulated in peritoneal tissue of B. fragilis-infected mouse model. METHODS: After C57BL/6 mice were infected with abscess-inducing encapsulated B. fragilis, RNA was extracted from the intraperitoneal tissues. Cellular RNA was also extracted from mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) after infection with B. fragilis. Expression of various cytokine mRNA was assessed using RT-PCR and standard RNA. Each cytokine protein was also measured by ELISA. RESULTS: B. fragilis-infected intraperitoneal tissues showed upregulated expression of IL-1u, IL-6 and TNFu mRNA. Expression of IL-1u and TNFu mRNA and protein was significantly higher in MPM or PBMC infected with B. fragilis than in those without infection. However, expression of IL-6 mRNA and protein was not increased in MPM or PBMC infected with B. fragilis compared with those without infection. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the cytokines can be involved in immunopathologic reactions of the peritoneal tissue infected with B. jragilis.
Abscess ; Animals ; Bacteroides fragilis* ; Bacteroides* ; Colon ; Cytokines ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Humans ; Interleukin-6 ; Macrophages ; Macrophages, Peritoneal ; Mice* ; Neutrophils ; RNA ; RNA, Messenger

We report herein three cases of vesicular pemphigoid that is a varient of bullous pemphigoid, occuring in 38-year old female, 51-year old male, and 35-year old female patients. They had recurrent and moderate to severe pruritic tense vesicles with symmetrical distribution chiefly on the head and neck areas. The histological findings showed subepidermal bullae which contained a few eosinophils and the direct irnmunofluorescent tests revealed linear deposition of IgG, IgM and C, on the basement mernbrane zone. Futhermore, all the patients showed a good response to dapsone.
Adult ; Dapsone ; Eosinophils ; Female ; Head ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neck ; Pemphigoid, Bullous* ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

BACKGROUND: It has been said that anesthesia and surgery tend to increse 'stress hormone' followed by reduction of GFR and urine flow. We have been noticed a polyuria during mastoidectomy with anesthesia. We hypothesized that a reduction of ADH secretion related to operative procedure might be a cause of a transient polyuria. METHODS: In 41 patients who were in ASA class I, mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rates (HR), temperature, central venous pressure (CVP) were measured at before induction, just before drilling with irrigation, 30 minutes and 60 minutes after drilling with irrigation, and on arrival in recovery room by groups (room temperatured irrigating fluid and warm fluid were used in group 1 and group 2) during procedures. In 7 of 41, blood samples for antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and plasma osmolalities (Posm) were withdrawn at the same time points. In all patients, fluid were administered with 4 ml/kg/hour throughout the procedures. RESULTS: In group 1, mean urine volume were 5.0 and 6.4 ml/min during anesthesia and drilling with irrigation that was significantly more than in group 2 (3.6 and 4.2 ml/min). In 7 patients, ADH concentration was decreased during surgery compared to pre-induction level, while the Posm were in normal ranges. None of the MAP, HR and CVP showed significant changes. ADH concentrations were not significantly correlated to Posm. CONCLUSIONS: We suggest that a reduction of ADH secretion may have a major role in transient polyuria during mastoidectomy, which might be related to the mechanism that; 1) lowered temperature of hypothalamo-pituitary system by cold irrigating fluid may induce a transient ischemic changes of pituitary gland, 2) absorption of hypoosmolar irrigating fluid to central circulation may reduce central osmotic pressure.
Absorption ; Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, General* ; Arterial Pressure ; Central Venous Pressure ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Osmolar Concentration ; Osmotic Pressure ; Pituitary Gland ; Plasma* ; Polyuria ; Recovery Room ; Reference Values ; Surgical Procedures, Operative

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Lichens*

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Adolescent* ; Humans ; Naloxone* ; Self-Injurious Behavior*