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.
Acute Kidney Injury* ; Humans ; Pancreatitis*

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

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

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

A 72-year-old woman had a 1-month history of general weakness. Previously, after rectal cancer was treated with a low anterior resection, 12 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin was undergone. Follow-up examination showed no evidence of recurrence. However, she suffered from general weakness attributable to hypokalemia, which was refractory to potassium replacement therapy. After further work-up of the hypokalemia, Cushing's syndrome and ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome were diagnosed from the laboratory findings that included a markedly elevated level of 24-hour urine-free cortisol. Several imaging studies revealed masses of the pancreas and other organs, which was more likely to be pancreatic cancer. This case is interesting in that cancerous lesions were identified during work-up of hypokalemia.
ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic ; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ; Aged ; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant ; Cushing Syndrome ; Female ; Fluorouracil ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hydrocortisone ; Hypokalemia ; Leucovorin ; Pancreas ; Pancreatic Neoplasms ; Potassium ; Rectal Neoplasms ; Recurrence

A 62-yr-old woman with an autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) was admitted to our hospital for further evaluation of intermittent fever, nausea and left flank discomfort. The computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a gas-forming, infectious cyst of approximately 8.1 cm in size in left kidney lower pole. Escherichia coli was identified from the cyst fluid culture examination. Her symptoms improved only after the concomitant use of intravenous ciprofloxacin and an intracystic irrigation of ciprofloxacin through a percutaneous cystostomy drainage. Our case presents the successfully treated emphysematous cyst infection with combination of intravenous antibiotics and intracystic antibiotic therapy instead of surgical management.
Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use ; Ciprofloxacin/*therapeutic use ; Cystostomy ; Cysts/microbiology ; Escherichia coli Infections/complications/*drug therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Injections, Intravenous ; Middle Aged ; Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/complications/*diagnosis ; Therapeutic Irrigation ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed