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Child* ; Humans ; Infant*

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Hepatitis B* ; Hepatitis* ; Lamivudine*

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Gestational Age* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature*

Using ELlSA, 83 sera from leprosy patients in National Sorokdo Hospital who are clessified bacteriologically positive and 40 sera from patient's children were tested for a.ntibedy to phenolic glycolipid I of M. leprae. The following results were obtained. I. Non. of 40 contact children was pasitive to PGL- I. 2. Patiente with high bacterial indices were more likely to have antibodies to PGL,- 1. Although the antibody level declined, in general, after multi-drug therapy (MDT), t.here were quite a few with high circulating antibodiees to PGL- I even among the patients bacteriologically below 2.
Antibodies ; Child* ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Humans ; Leprosy* ; Mycobacterium leprae* ; Mycobacterium* ; Phenol*

BACKGROUND: In epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, it has been recognized that there exists heterogeneity in the clinical and serologic/immunopathologic features. OBJECTIVE: We examined patients with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita to see if there were any associated clinical and serological features which may predict disease activity or prognosis in the disease. METHODS: Clinical and some serologic features were compared. between 2 groups of patients with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita; one with complete remission of the symptoms and signs of the disease for more than 2 years and the other group with persistent disease activities of longer than 5 years.
Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita* ; Epidermolysis Bullosa* ; Humans ; Population Characteristics ; Prognosis

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Animals ; Dogs* ; Guided Tissue Regeneration*

Zoophiilc dermatophytes are basically animal pathogens, but all can cause dermatophytoses in man. Accordingly animals with dermatophytes are an important source of human dermatophytoses, since zoophilic dermatophytes are frequently transmitted directly or indirectly from domestic or wild animals to man through the use of the se animal as pets, or through contact in rural araes. With the recent increased incidence of zoophilic dermatophytoses worldwide,it is consided to be an important public health problem in view of its epidemiologie aspect i.e. its simultaneous occurence in families or groups. To this time, Microsporum canis in cats has only been sporadically reported throughout the country in the late 1970s and very little is additionally known of the zoopbilic species in animal populations and reservoir or host animals in Korea. Therefore, the authors performed a mycological study by culturing hair and skin lesions of 100 dornestic and 64 zoo animals fortnightly for the purgose of isolating zoophilic derrnatophytes and thereby recognizing the reservoir animals. We also performed an experimental derrnatophyte inoculation in human, mice and rabbits by using Microsporum canis, Trichopyton mentagrophyte vagranulare and Microsporum gypseum isolated from animals and patients lesions from Jan. l980 through Jun. 1981, for the comparison of pathogenicity of these dermatophytes species on human and animals and also for the comparison of pathogenicity of strains isolated from patients lesions and animals and thereby considered different from each other. Microsporum canis was isolated from 11 cats. Trichophyton mentagrophyte var granulare from 3 cats, and Microsporum gypseum from 2 Korean racoon dogs.
Animals ; Animals, Wild ; Animals, Zoo ; Arthrodermataceae* ; Cats ; Dogs ; Hair ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Mice ; Microsporum ; Public Health ; Rabbits ; Skin ; Tinea ; Trichophyton ; Virulence*

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Arthroplasty ; Femoral Fractures ; Hip

Avascular necrosis of the femoral head has been recognized as one of the most serious and frequent complications following the initial treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip. It is now well accepted that this particular complication is iatrogenic and may be avoided by careful and adequate treatment. The reported incidence of avascular necrosis is variable because of various methods of treatment and different diagnostic criteria. We retrospectively reviewed 130 patients(144 hips) with congenital dislocation of the hip, who were treated at Seoul National University Hospital during 10 year-period from January 1974 to December 1983, and found 13 patients (13 hips) with avascular necrosis of the femoral head. We analyed avascular necrosis following treatment of congenital dislocation of the with respect to various methods of treatment, possible causes, types of avascular necrosis, to radiological findings, and to functional results. 1. The incidence of avascular necrosis following treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip in our series was 9.0%(13/144 hips). 2. The average age of the patients with avascular necrosis was 3 years, the youngest being 4 months and the oldest being 10 years. The average follow-up period was 2 year and 2 months. 3. The incidence of avascular necrosis in the closed reduction series was higher in those between 6 months to 18 months with 10.5%, as compared to 7.1% in those 6 months and under 6.7% in those 18 months and over. In the open reduction series, the incidence increased as the age increased, being 5.9%, 12.4%, 15% in the groups 18 months to 3 years, 3 to 6 years, and 6 years and over, respectively. 4. The incidence of avascular necrosis in those who had priliminary traction was 8.3%, where as that in those who had not was 16.6%, being twice as much. 5. The incidence of avascular necrosis decreased as the traction time prolonged, being 9.0% in 7 days or less, 7.7% in 8 to 14 days, 7.1% in 15 to 21 days and nil in 22 days or more. 6. The incidence of avascular necrosis in the skin traction group was 5 times as much with 11.5%, as in the skeletal traction group with 2.2%, despite older age in the latter. 7. The incidence of avascular necrosis in the open reduction group was slightly higher with 9.5%, than in the closed reduction group with 8.6%. 8. All 6 cases of avascular necrosis following closed reduction occurred when Lorenz or frog-leg cast was applied initially after reduction despite attention to avoid extreme abduction. Avascular necrosis were not encountered in those who had Lange or human position cast as the initial form of immobilization. 9. In the closed reduction, avascular necrosis occurred 8.1% in those who had adductor tenotomy and 10.0% in those who had not. In the open reduction, avascular necrosis occurred 7.9% in those who had adductor tenotomy and 18.1% in those who had not, suggesting significant role of adductor tenotomy in the prevention of avascular necrosis. 10. Avascular necrosis was attributable to excessive abduction in 7 hips, to undue pressure of femoral head in one hip, to open reduction in 3 hips, to post-operative infection in one hip, and to non-union of subtrochanteric osteotomy in one hip. 11. Of the 13 hips, following roentgenograms were available in 11. According to the classification of Bucholz and Ogden, type I, II, III, IV were 7, 0, 3, and 1 hips, respectively. 12. Functional results of the 13 hips of avascular necrosis, according to Kalamchi and MacEwen's criteria, were Good, Fair, Poor in 9, 3, and 1 hips, respectively.
Classification ; Dislocations ; Follow-Up Studies ; Head ; Hip ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Incidence ; Necrosis ; Osteotomy ; Retrospective Studies ; Seoul ; Skin ; Tenotomy ; Traction