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Antibodies* ; Hepacivirus* ; Hepatitis C* ; Hepatitis* ; Humans ; Prevalence* ; Renal Dialysis*

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Cicatrix, Hypertrophic* ; Skin*

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Decompression* ; Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament*

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Spine*

The incidence of life-threatening anaphylactoid reactions during anesthesia has been increasing. Specific allergic reactions during anesthesia are usually due to muscle relaxants, barbiturates, local anesthetics, narcotics, radiocontrast media, antibiotics, and colloids. Thrombokinase, a hemostatic agent, has been used widely in clinical practice and severe anaphylactoid reactions to thrombokinase can occur rarely. We experienced two cases of anaphylactoid reactions after thrombokinase administration.
Anesthesia ; Anesthetics, Local ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Barbiturates ; Colloids ; Contrast Media ; Factor Xa* ; Hypersensitivity ; Incidence ; Narcotics ; Pharmacology

Tinea capitis is the most common fungal infection in children. Microsporum canis is a zoophilic dermatophyte and it is the most common pathogen of tinea capitis and sometimes it makes a kerion celsi. Microsporum canis infection is commonly acquired from direct contact with animals. We report here on an outbreak of tinea capitis by Microsporum canis in the nursery school.
Animals ; Arthrodermataceae ; Child ; Humans ; Microsporum ; Nurseries ; Schools, Nursery ; Tinea Capitis

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to explore health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Korean patients with osteoporosis and to measure the impact of fractures and comorbidity on their quality of life (QOL) using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) data with a nationwide representativeness. METHODS: This study was based on 4-year-data obtained from the KNHANES 2008 to 2011. Osteoporosis was diagnosed in 2,078 survey participants according to their bone mineral density measurements using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. According to the World Health Organization study group, T-scores at or above -1.0 are considered normal, those between -1.0 and -2.5 as osteopenia, and those at or below -2.5 as osteoporosis The EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D) index score was used to assess the QOL. RESULTS: Of 2,078 patients diagnosed with osteoporosis, fractures were found to occur at 11.02%. Wrist fracture was the most frequent, affecting 4.52% of the patients, with a significantly different prevalence among men and women (P<0.001). The overall EQ-5D index score was 0.84±0.01 among patients with osteoporosis. With the exception of cancer, the EQ-5D index score were significantly lower for those having osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular events compared to those without the related diseases. CONCLUSIONS: We found that low health utility was associated with previous spine fracture and comorbidities in patients with osteoporosis. In particular, the number of fracture experiences greatly deteriorated the HRQOL in patients with osteoporosis. Thus, prevention of secondary fractures and chronic care model for comorbidities should be a priority for osteoporosis management in order to improve HRQOL.
Absorptiometry, Photon ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Bone Density ; Bone Diseases, Metabolic ; Comorbidity* ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Male ; Nutrition Surveys ; Osteoarthritis ; Osteoporosis* ; Prevalence ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; Quality of Life* ; Spine ; World Health Organization ; Wrist

Pityriasis amiantacea is a disease of scalp that presents with asbestos-like thick scales attached to the hair shaft proximal portion. It is considered to reaction of scalp to many inflammatory processes, such as psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, tinea capitis, atopic dermatitis, lichen planus, bacterial infection, and pityriasis rubra pilaris. The control of underlying disease is important to treat pitryriasis amiantacea, and there are no guidelines. Here, we report a case of a 17-year-old female who had no improvement for the general seborrheic dermatitis treatments, but displayed remarkable results after isotretinoin.
Adolescent ; Bacterial Infections ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Dermatitis, Seborrheic ; Female ; Hair ; Humans ; Isotretinoin ; Lichen Planus ; Pityriasis ; Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris ; Psoriasis ; Scalp ; Tinea Capitis ; Weights and Measures

Sweet syndrome is an acute reactive disorder characterized by the abrupt onset of skin lesions, dense infiltration of neutrophils in the dermis on skin biopsy and associated systemic features such as fever, leukocytosis, and increase of C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The condition responds well to corticosteroid therapy. Most skin lesions are in the form of erythematous tender papules or nodules, while pustules are uncommon. We herein report a rare case of a 57-year-old male with erythematous tender pustules on the face, finally diagnosed as pustular Sweet syndrome.
Adjustment Disorders ; Biopsy ; Blood Sedimentation ; C-Reactive Protein ; Dermis ; Fever ; Humans ; Leukocytosis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neutrophils ; Skin ; Sweet Syndrome

Authors experienced a case of A3B in a 46-year-old patient with liver cirrhosis and two cases of A3 in her children by family study. A3 subgroups were confirmed by delayed and weak positive with anti-A and anti-A,B, negative in anti-A1 lectin, adsorption-elution test, and family study. We report a family case of A3B and A3 with brief review of literatures.
Child ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Middle Aged