No abstract available.
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay* ; Korea*

Cyclic Neutropenia is a benign, unusual hematologic disorder characterized by regularly recurring episodes of severe neutropenia occurring approximately every 21 days. Beside neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, platelets and reticulocytes all cycle with strict periodicity suggest that this disease should be viewed as cyclic hematopoiesis, not merely as cyclic neutropenia. During neutropenic periods, patients regularly experience aphthous stomatitis, fever, malaise, cervical lymphadenitis, cutaneous infections and occasional pneumonia and otitis media. The exact cause of cyclic neutropenia is unknown. But it is strongly suggested that cyclic neurtopenia is due to an abnormality in the regulation of early hematopoietic precursor cells. We have documented a case of cyclic neutropenia for a period of 2.5 years in a 11 year-old boy who had suffered from recurrent fever, stomatitis, gingival swelling, cervical lymphadenitis and skin infections at 3 weeks intervals since 5 years of age. A brief review of the related literatures is presented.
Child ; Fever ; Hematopoiesis ; Humans ; Lymphadenitis ; Lymphocytes ; Male ; Monocytes ; Neutropenia* ; Neutrophils ; Otitis Media ; Periodicity ; Pneumonia ; Reticulocytes ; Skin ; Stomatitis ; Stomatitis, Aphthous

No abstract available.
Humans ; von Willebrand Disease, Type 1* ; von Willebrand Diseases

No abstract available.
Humans ; von Willebrand Disease, Type 1* ; von Willebrand Diseases

No abstract available.
Pulmonary Embolism*

No abstract available.
Arthritis, Infectious* ; Hip Joint* ; Hip*

BACKGROUND: Campylobacter is the most common bacterial cause of food-borne infection in developed countries, and handling or eating of contaminated poultry products was reported as the major cause of human campylobacteriosis in sporadic cases. This study was performed to investigate the prevalence of Campylobacter in patients with diarrhea and raw chickens of grocery, and identify the species by multiplex PCR and determine the genotypes of isolates by SmaI pulsedfield gel electrophoresis(PFGE) profiles. METHODS: Eight hundred and fifty six stool specimens obtained from 773 hospitalized patients with diarrhea and 16 raw chickens purchased from grocery were tested. Karmali's charcoal based selective medium and Campylobacter enrichment broth were used for isolation of Campylobacter from patients and chicken, respectively. And membrane filter method with sheep blood agar was also used in both two cases. Isolates were indentified with PCR, PCR-RFLP, and biochemical test. And genotypes were determined with SmaI PFGE profile analysis. RESULTS: A total of 13 Campylobacter strains(1.7%) were isolated from 856 stool specimens of 773 patients with diarrhea, nine isolates were C. jejuni and four were C. coli. All of 16 raw chickens were contaminated with Campylobacter spp., and both of C. jejuni and C. coli were detected from eight chickens. From the SmaI-digested PFGE profile analysis of nine C. jejuni strains and four C. coli strains isolated from patients, eight types and four types of PFGE profile were obtained, respectively. And 15 types and seven types of PFGE profile were obtained from 23 of C. jejuni and 11 of C. coli which strains were isolated from chicken samples, respectively. The several isolates showing the different PFGE patterns were detected in the same chicken. Three PFGE patterns of C. jejuni isolated from patients were observed in the chickens. One type of C. coli PFGE profiles of the patient's isolates were the same as that of chicken. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of Campylobacter infection is not high compared to the other countries, but most of raw chickens are contaminated with Campylobacter spp. Several genotypes of C. jejuni and C. coli are contaminated in the single chicken. The PFGE patterns of some human isolates are the same as those of chicken so that human infection may be originated from the chicken. But the reason of low infection rate in human in spite of the very high contamination rate of chicken should be clarified in the near future
Agar ; Campylobacter Infections ; Campylobacter jejuni* ; Campylobacter* ; Charcoal ; Chickens ; Developed Countries ; Diarrhea ; Eating ; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field* ; Genotype ; Humans ; Membranes ; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Poultry Products ; Prevalence ; Sheep

Emergency hysterectomy has been accepted as a life-saving procedure for patients with bleeding at the time of cesarean section. This study analyzed the patients of emergency obstetric hysterectomy performed at CHA hospital for 4 years from January 1990 to December 1993. During the 4 year study there were 32,090 deliveries, 8021 of which were cesarean sections. 42 emergency obstetric hysterectomies were performed; there were 36 cases after normal spontaneous vaginal delivery and 6 cases after cesarean section. The results of this study were as follows ; 1) 42 patients were evaluated, ranging in age from 23 years to 41 years and averaging 32 years. 2) The most common indications for cesarean hysterectomy were atony (35.7%) and placenta previa and accreta (35.7%). 3) Five patients received continuous epidural anesthesia and three of them with initially satisfactory epidural anesthesia required intraoperative induction of general anesthesia. Other patients received general anesthesia. Mean anesthetic time was 2 hours and 37 minutes. 4) Mean units transfused during operation were 11.1 pints. Mean preoperative hemoglobin and hematocrit were 10.3 g/dl and 31.9%. Mean postoperative hemoglobin and hematocrit were 10.5 g/dl and 33.1%. 5) Complications were found in 6 cases, including bladder injury, bleeding at the vaginal cuff area, pulmonary edema and paralytic ileus. Average hospital stay was 8.8 days.
Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, Epidural ; Anesthesia, General ; Cesarean Section ; Emergencies* ; Female ; Hematocrit ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hysterectomy* ; Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ; Length of Stay ; Placenta Previa ; Pregnancy ; Pulmonary Edema ; Urinary Bladder

No abstract available.
Duodenal Ulcer* ; Humans ; Recurrence*

No abstract available.
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute* ; Skin*