1.A Case of Neonatal Death due to Group B beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Sepsis.
Jung Kweon KANG ; Sam Hyun CHO ; Seung Ryong KIM ; Soo Hyun CHO ; Kyung Tai KIM ; Hyung MOON ; Youn Yeung HWANG
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000;43(6):1100-1105
Since 1970, the group B streptococcus(GBS) has been a significant cause of neonatal sepsis in the West. Two distinct forms of disease occur in neonates. Early-onset disease which occurs within 7 days after birth is characterized by respiratory distress, apnea, shock, pneumonia, and occasionally meningitis. Late onset disease usually occurs at 3-4 weeks of age(ranging from 7 days to 3 months) and presents occult bacteremia or meningitis. The GBS is thought to be a rare causative agent for neonatal sepsis in Korea. Lately, we experience a case of early-onset GBS sepsis who died at 3rd day of life. We present this case with brief review of literatures.
Apnea
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Bacteremia
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Korea
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Meningitis
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Parturition
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Pneumonia
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Sepsis*
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Shock
2.The effect of double silicone tube intubation on surgical outcome of endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy.
Tae Soo LEE ; Jae Sam KIM ; Jeong Kweon KIM
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2002;43(11):2089-2094
PURPOSE: This study is to evaluate the effectiveness on patency rates of two silicone tube intubation comparing with one silicone tube intubation in endonasal dacryorhinostomy. METHODS: The 99 patients' charts were reviewed on patency rate and the cause of failure in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction, who had undergone endonasal DCR with two sets of silicone tube intubation. Another 100 patients who underwent endoscopic DCR with single silicone tube intubation, were enrolled in this study as the control group to compare the patency rates and the causes of failure between the two groups. RESULTS: Double silicone tube intubation group showed much higher lacrimal patency rates (89.9%) than that (84.0%) of single silicone intubation group. It seems to be due to less membrane formation (4%) at the site of internal ostium by sufficient bougination in two silicone tube intubation group compared with one silicone tube intubation group (16%). Two silicone tube intubation in endonasal DCR was more effective in preserving the lacrimal patency and avoidance of membranous obstruction at newly created nasal ostium (P=0.03). There were no significant differences in the size of nasal cavity, sex and age distributions, and postoperative cares between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: Two silicone tube intubation can be considered to be a method of improving success rate in endonasal DCR.
Age Distribution
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Dacryocystorhinostomy*
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Humans
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Intubation*
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Membranes
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Nasal Cavity
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Nasolacrimal Duct
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Silicones*
3.A Case of Idiopathic Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Skin and Oropharynx.
Young Jin KIM ; Oh Sung KWON ; Sam KWEON ; Yeol Oh SUNG
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1998;41(1):109-112
Kaposi's sarcoma is one of the important features of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients, renal transplanted patients, young African men, and elderly Ashkenazi Jews. It is well recognized as the most common malignancy asssociated with AIDS and there is also an increased incidence among patients with iatrogenic immunosuppression secondary to renal transplantation. However, a few cases of Kaposi's sarcoma in immunosuppressed patients not related to the renal trans-plantation had been reported. In this study, we present a case of Kaposi's sarcoma involving the oropharynx and the skin of a patient who was not associated with AIDS nor treated with special immunosuppressive agents for renal transplantation.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Aged
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Humans
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Immunosuppression
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Immunosuppressive Agents
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Incidence
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Jews
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Kidney Transplantation
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Male
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Oropharynx*
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Sarcoma, Kaposi*
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Skin*
4.Ginsan Enhances Humoral Antibody Response to Orally Delivered Antigen.
Hee Sam NA ; You Jin LIM ; Yeon Sook YUN ; Mi Na KWEON ; Hyun Chul LEE
Immune Network 2010;10(1):5-14
BACKGROUND: There have been several reports describing the capability of ginseng extracts as an adjuvant. In this study, we tested if ginsan, a polysaccharide extracted from Panax ginseng, was effective in enhancing antibody response to orally delivered Salmonella antigen. METHODS: Ginsan was treated before oral salmonella antigen administration. Salmonella specific antibody was determined by ELISA. mRNA expression was determined by RT-PCR. Cell migration was determined by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. COX expression was detected by western blot. RESULTS: Ginsan treatment before oral Salmonella antigen delivery significantly increased both secretory and serum antibody production. Ginsan increased the expression of COX in the Peyer's patches. Various genes were screened and we found that CCL3 mRNA expression was increased in the Peyer's patch. Ginsan increased dendritic cells in the Peyer's patch and newly migrated dendritic cells were mostly found in the subepithelial dome region. When COX inhibitors were treated, the expression of CCL3 was reduced. COX inhibitor also antagonized both the migration of dendritic cells and the humoral immune response against oral Salmonella antigen. CONCLUSION: Ginsan effectively enhances the humoral immune response to orally delivered antigen, mediated by CCL3 via COX. Ginsan may serve as a potent vaccine suppliment for oral immunization.
Antibody Formation
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Blotting, Western
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Cell Movement
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Dendritic Cells
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Flow Cytometry
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Immunity, Humoral
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Immunization
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Microscopy, Confocal
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Panax
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Peyer's Patches
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Polysaccharides
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Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
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RNA, Messenger
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Salmonella
5.The effects of acupuncture treatment for smoking cessation: Preliminary study for high school student.
Hee Cheol KANG ; Kyng Kyun SHIN ; Sam Ho CHOO ; Hyuk Jung KWEON ; Bang Bu YOUN
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1999;20(4):401-409
BACKGROUND: Smoking is the single most considerable factor, which may likely affect one's health most adversely. Therefore, an effective control upon smoking has been the most important issue for all of the practitioners. Furthermore, the latters concern an the alternative medicine has been steadily mounting these days. Accordingly, a series of clinical group study has been mapped aut in order to clarify the effect and the outcome of acupuncture treatment and its rate of success. METHODS: The survey has been conducted fram April 7th, 1998 for six months with the voluntary help of 130 students as our study objects, who were the 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders at two metropolitan high-schools in Seoul A basic questionnaire has been prepared and collected at the first interview. The acupuncture treatment has been alternately administered at each side of ears once a week for the respective object-students and the information had been questioned in the survey. When 5 months lapsed with no treatment after the initial four weeks of intensive application, a further follow-up survey was repeated all over again(once every week for 4weeks and another after 6 months). For the analysis of our finding, the SAS V6.12 has been used together with the one way ANOVA test, t-test, and Cochran-Armitage trend test. RESULTS: Those who managed to stop smoking after the acupuncture treatment of one week, four weeks and six months respectively were found as follows; 2 students(61%), 12 students(37.5%), and 8 students(25%), proving that the success rate for smoking cessation after six months was 25%. Those who decreased their number of smoking more than half were; 13 students(39.4%), 15 students(46.9%), 25 students(75%). The number of withdrawal symptom and the smoking cessation as well as the smoking reduction rate were not found co-related each other. The frequency of their smoking, the frequency of the smoking attempt, the period of their abstinence from smoking, the facts whether their family-members of relatives smoked or not, the FTQ(Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire), the frequency of their drinking and the motivation types of smoking(Why test) were found not influential upon the change of smoking tastes and their intensity of smoking wish by the treatment of the auricular acupuncture. CONCLUSIONS: The change of smoking taste and the change on the intensity of smoking wish as the outcome of acupuncture treatment for the stop-smoking has been statistically siganificant.
Acupuncture*
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Acupuncture, Ear
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Complementary Therapies
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Drinking
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Ear
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Motivation
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Seoul
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Smoke*
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Smoking Cessation*
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Smoking*
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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
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Surveys and Questionnaires
7.A Case of Idiopathic Hypereosinophihc Syndrome Assoclated with Pulmonary Infiltration.
Hun Mo RYOO ; Young Soo KWEON ; Jin Hong CHUNG ; Kwan Ho LEE ; Hyun Woo LEE ; Dong Sug KIM ; Sam Beom LEE
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 1994;11(2):375-380
The idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome consists of peripheral blood eosinophilia of 1500/mm3 or more without a known cause, plus signs and symptoms of organ eosinophilia. The prognosis of HES without treatment is poor. However, about one third of the patients with this syndrome may respond to corticosteroid thrapy. Morever, the majority of the remainder may have a favorable response to hydroxyurea. We present here a case of hypereosinophilic syndrome without any identifiable causes, involving bone marrow, liver, lungs and cervical lymph node. We tried corticosteroid as a treatment but it showed no response. However the hydroxyurea showed good response.
Bone Marrow
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Eosinophilia
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Humans
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Hydroxyurea
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Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
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Liver
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Lung
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Lymph Nodes
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Prognosis
8.Determinants of Successful Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty.
Kyo Won CHOI ; Jun Young KWEON ; Yeung Jin KIM ; Tae Il LEE ; Dong Gu SHIN ; Young Jo KIM ; Bong Sup SHIM ; Hyun Woo LEE ; Sam Beom LEE
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 1994;11(2):230-239
In Order to evaluate determinants of successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), PTCA was performed for 172 coronary arterial lesions in 120 patients(89 male, 31 female) at Yeungnam university hospital from Sep. 1992 to Aug 1993. The corinary artery luminal diameter at the site of the original stenosis was eveluated from end-diastolic frames of identical projections of the preangioplasty and immediate post angioplasty. The coronary luminal and balloon diameters were measured with using of computer measuring system. Overall success rate of 172 attempted lesions was 87.2%. Success rate of female patients was 93.5% and higher than those of male patients. According to the clinical diagnosis, success rate in stable angina was 93.7% and higher than those of post myocardial infarction angina, unstable angina and acute myocardial infarcrion. Success rate of American Heart Association type C lesion was 65.5% and lower those of type A(95.7%), type B (89.%). There was significantly difference in preangioplasty luminal stenosis, elastic recoil and length of lesion between successful PTCA group and failed PTCA group. Success rate of lesion location at a bed >45° and presence of intracoronary thrombus were lower than than those of other angiographic findings. In coclusion, primary angioplasty success was affected by specific angiographic factors, Stenosis severity, thrombus, lesion location at a bend >45°, elastic recoil, and length of lesion were the principle of determinants of coronary angioplasty success rate.
American Heart Association
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Angina, Stable
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Angina, Unstable
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Angioplasty
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Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
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Arteries
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Diagnosis
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Myocardial Infarction
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Phenobarbital
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Thrombosis
9.A case of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism combined with hypothyroidism diagnosed by tetanic symptom during treatment for idiopathic epilepsy.
Ho Sik JANG ; Jeong Ho PARK ; Sung Hun KIM ; Jae Young JANG ; Chun Young SONG ; Jee Eun PARK ; Sam KWEON
Korean Journal of Medicine 2003;65(Suppl 3):S788-S791
Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism is activating mutation of the calcium sensor receptor lead to inhibition of parathyroid hormone (PTH) secertion at inappropriately low serum ionized calcium levels and are a cause of autosomal dominant hypoparathyroidism. This disease often show slight mental retardation and associated endocrine abnormalities, most commonly hypothyroidism (without goiter) and hypogonadism. We diagnosed this in 20 year old male who presented with left foot pain with rigidity during he was treated for idiopathic epilepsy and had goiter. We report this case with a review of the literature.
Calcium
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Epilepsy*
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Foot
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Goiter
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Humans
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Hypogonadism
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Hypoparathyroidism*
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Hypothyroidism*
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Intellectual Disability
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Male
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Parathyroid Hormone
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Tetany
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Young Adult
10.A case of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism combined with hypothyroidism diagnosed by tetanic symptom during treatment for idiopathic epilepsy.
Ho Sik JANG ; Jeong Ho PARK ; Sung Hun KIM ; Jae Young JANG ; Chun Young SONG ; Jee Eun PARK ; Sam KWEON
Korean Journal of Medicine 2003;65(Suppl 3):S788-S791
Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism is activating mutation of the calcium sensor receptor lead to inhibition of parathyroid hormone (PTH) secertion at inappropriately low serum ionized calcium levels and are a cause of autosomal dominant hypoparathyroidism. This disease often show slight mental retardation and associated endocrine abnormalities, most commonly hypothyroidism (without goiter) and hypogonadism. We diagnosed this in 20 year old male who presented with left foot pain with rigidity during he was treated for idiopathic epilepsy and had goiter. We report this case with a review of the literature.
Calcium
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Epilepsy*
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Foot
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Goiter
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Humans
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Hypogonadism
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Hypoparathyroidism*
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Hypothyroidism*
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Intellectual Disability
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Male
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Parathyroid Hormone
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Tetany
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Young Adult