No abstract available.
Plasminogen Activators* ; Plasminogen*

We examined stool specimens of the residents in the emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico for helminth eggs or protozoan cysts with formalin-ethyl acetate concentration method in February and July 1992. Out of 92 examined samples, number of positive was 49 (53.3%). While number of cumulative positive was 66 (71.7%). Cysts of Entamoeba coli (29.3%) Giardia lamblia (9.8%), Entamoeba histolytica (7.6%), and eggs of Taenia spp. (6.5) were most frequently observed. Filtered water supply and chemotherapy were required in this camp.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Animals ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Concentration Camps ; *Emigration and Immigration ; Eukaryota/isolation & purification ; Feces/parasitology ; Female ; Helminths/isolation & purification ; Humans ; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/*epidemiology/parasitology ; Male ; Mexico/epidemiology ; Middle Aged

Long-term survivors in renal transplantation have been increasing, as medical care has improved in addition to development of new immunosuppressants. Therefore, cardiovascular disease, especially ischemic heart disease and chronic allograft dysfunction have become main obstacles to longer survival and better quality of life. Dyslipidemia, which is a well-known risk factor of ischemic heart disease in general population, is more common in renal transplantation patients. Moreover, dyslipidemia is suggested as a nonimmunological risk factor of chronic allograft dysfunction. Therefore, it is important to manage dyslipidemia properly to improve patient and graft survival in renal transplantation. But, specific approach, tailored to renal transplant patients is necessary in the treatment of dyslipidemia, because there are significant differences between renal transplantation patients and general population. We present here, epidemiology, mechanism, and impact of dyslipidemia on ischemic heart disease and chronic allograft dysfunction, and overall approach to dyslipidemia in renal transplantation patients, including treatment guideline.
Allografts ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Dyslipidemias* ; Epidemiology ; Graft Survival ; Humans ; Immunosuppressive Agents ; Kidney Transplantation ; Myocardial Ischemia ; Quality of Life ; Risk Factors ; Survivors

No abstract available.
Hematuria*

No abstract available.
Kidney Failure, Chronic* ; Tuberculosis*

No abstract available.
Acute Kidney Injury* ; Humans ; Pancreatitis*

No abstract available.
Captopril* ; Hypertension, Renovascular* ; Radionuclide Imaging*

We examined several kinds of immunocompromied patients for onyr,homycosis. The incidence of onychomycosis in the patients with connective tissue disease treated with corticosteroid was significantly higher than the incidences in the patients with solid tumors trcated with chemotherapeutic agents, in the patients with leukernia (WBC<1, 000/cm3), and in the control patients. Although conventional corticosteroid trcatment do not disseminate the superficial fungal infection, it may perpetuate the low grade dermatophytosis.
Connective Tissue Diseases* ; Connective Tissue* ; Humans ; Immunocompromised Host ; Incidence ; Onychomycosis* ; Tinea

The most common cause of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in childhood is adenotonsillar hypertrophy. Adenotonsillectomy improves the symptoms quite well in most cases. However, some patients could experience the OSAS again after adenotonsillectomy, who might have several risk factors such as incomplete operation, misdiagnosis, combined anatomical malformation, sinusitis or chronic allergic rhinitis, obesity, initial severe OSAS, and early onset OSAS. We report a case of 11-year-old obese boy who presented with snoring for several years. He was obese with body mass index (BMI) of 26.3 kg/m2 and also found to have fatty liver by ultrasonogram. Initial polysomnography (PSG) showed that he met the criteria of severe OSAS with the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of 70.5. He underwent adenotonsillectomy and symptoms improved immediately. Four months later symptoms were relieved with AHI of 0, but 1 year after the adenotonsillectomy he started to complain snoring again and the subsequent PSG results showed that OSAS has relapsed with AHI of 43. Paranasal sinus X-ray and physical examination showed sinusitis and re-growth of adenoid. Obesity was proved not to be a contributing factor because his BMI decreased to normal range (23.1 kg/m2) after diet control and regular exercise. Also, liver transaminase was normalized and fatty liver was disappeared on follow-up abdominal ultrasonogram. After treatment of sinusitis, symptoms were relieved with decreased AHI (8.5). This case suggests that simple adenotonsillectomy might not be the end of OSAS treatment in childhood. Patients who had adenotonsillectomy should be followed by subsequent PSG if symptoms recur. It is also important to be aware of risk factors in the recurrent OSAS for the proper intervention according to the cause.
Adenoids ; Body Mass Index ; Child ; Diagnostic Errors ; Diet ; Fatty Liver ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Liver ; Obesity ; Physical Examination ; Polysomnography ; Reference Values ; Rhinitis ; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial ; Risk Factors ; Sinusitis ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; Snoring

One author's name is misspelled. Correct Seungho Rhu into Seungho Ryu.