No abstract available.
Gram-Positive Cocci* ; Imipenem* ; Ofloxacin*

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Autoantibodies* ; Humans

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DNA* ; Hemophilia A* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction*

BACKGROUND: The purpose of our study is to evaluate the usefulness of cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin assay for the prediction of rupture of membrane and preterm labor. METHODS: A group of 39 pregnant women was involved in this prospective study. Out of 139 pregnant women, 96 were clinically diagnosed as ruptured membranes (group A). The remaining 43 of 139 pregnant women were clinically diagnosed as preterm labor(group B). The assay was performed by using the ROMCheckTM kit (Adeza Biomedical Corp., Sunnyvale, CA). RESULTS: In group 4, fetal fibronectin (fFN) positive rate is 55% (53 patients) and negative rate is 45% (43 patients). In group B, fFN positive rate is 56% (24 patients) and negative rate is 44% (19 patients). Both group of fFN positive patients show a significantly shorter interval from sampling to delivery than fFN negative patients. Also in group A, the percentage of fFN positive patients who delivered at less than 48 hours after sampling is greater than those with fFN negative patients and in group B, the preterm delivery rate is 79% with positive fFN and 37% with negative fFN. As a predictor for preterm delivery, the presence of fFN has the sensitivity 79%, the specificity 84%, the positive Predictive value 76% and the negative predictive value 86%. CONCLUSIONS: The result suggests that a positive fFN in pregnant women who have uterine contractions and ruptured membrane indicates a significant risk for preterm delivery and labor onset, and a negative fFN is a reassuring sign.
Female ; Fibronectins* ; Humans ; Labor Onset ; Membranes ; Obstetric Labor, Premature ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women* ; Prospective Studies ; Rupture ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Uterine Contraction

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Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis* ; Liver* ; Sepsis* ; Vibrio cholerae* ; Vibrio*

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Blood Platelets* ; Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation* ; Platelet Activation*

Vibrio fetus was isolated from blood specimens of a subacute bacterial endocarditis patient. The 38 year old male patient was admitted to Severance Hospital in January 1970 for 11 days and again in July 1970 for 13 days. Subacute bacterial endocarditis was the major condtion. Aortic insufficiency and cholestatic hepatitis were the accessory diagnosis. The organism was isolated during the second admission. V. fetus human infection is known to be very rare, and the present case appears to be the first case in Korea. V. fetus grows very slowly with increased carbon dioxide tension which favours the growth. It is a slightly curved, S-shaped and spiral gram-negative organism. Many antibiotics, effective to gram negative organisms, inhibit the growth of the organism. V. fetus is an animal pathogen causing disease in ruminants. The patient enjoyed raw beef dishes. He could be infected with the organism by eating raw beef.
Adult ; Campylobacter fetus/isolation & purification ; Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial/etiology ; Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial/microbiology* ; Human ; Male ; Vibrio/isolation & purification* ; Vibrio Infections/microbiology*

In addition to the author's previous report (1960), a further analysis was made with more blood samples and more varieties of antisera. Those data with Rh-Hr, Kell, Duffy, MN systems and subgroups in the ABO system were compared with the previous data. As to some of the new antisera such as Cellarlo, Kpa, Kpb, S, s, P, Diego, Lutheran and Lewis, the first analysis on Korean blood samples was made of this time. The data were compared with the data on other racial groups as observed by others. In general the present data of Rh-Hr system confirmed our previous findings. The most frequent cell types were Rh1 Rh2 (CcdEe) and Rh1 Rh1(CDe). The frequency of rh (cde) cell was one in 332 or 0.3%. In addition to the eight phenotypes which were encountered in the author's (1960) previous series, two rare types were found in this study. Still two other phenotypes were identified in an Rh0(D) negative family's family-study. The close association of gene Rz (CDE) with Asiatic races was discussed. Kell factor seems even rarer than it was thought. Cellano and and Kpb (Rautenberg) antigens appeared to be prevalent in Koreans while Kpa (Penny) antigen appeared rare in Koreans as was the Kell factor. The Duffy factor seems more frequent than it was thought. The S-factor was relatively low in Koreans as compared with the English. It seemed more associated with the N factor than with the M factor. The s-factor was almost universal in Koreans. The rarity of the A2 and A2B Cell was again demonstrated. The frequency of the P-factor was lower than that found in the English and higher than that of the Chinese and Japanese. The Diego factor was certainly present in Korean blood samples and the frequency was even higher than that found in the Japanese as reported by others. Out of random blood samples of 117 Koreans studied, 17were found positive, a positivity of 14.5%. No Lu (a+) blood was found in 95 random samples and apparently Lu(b) is universal in Koreans. The frequency of Le (a+) was essentially the same range as in the English.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; *Blood Group Antigens ; Human ; Korea

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