No abstract available.
Risk Factors*

No abstract available.
Antibodies, Monoclonal* ; Mycobacterium bovis*

Various concentrations, including 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25% of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were applied on the back of albino rats, followed by ultraviolet irradiation after 30 minutes. Biopsy specimens were taken 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 hours afters ultraviolet irradiation without local anesthesia. The macroscopic and histologic findings were as follows. 1. Mild degree of erytheme appeared only on the site of the highest concentration (100%) of DMSO. 2. Vacuolization of the prickle cells appeared slightly later on the sites of higher concentrations (75% and 100%) than those of lower concentrations and control. 3. After 48 hours post-irradiation, there was no detectable vacuolization on the sites of higher concentrations, whereas marked vacuolization still remained on the other sites. 4. More pronounced epidermal thickening could be observed on the sites of higher concentrations than the sites of lower concentrations and control. 5. The dermal edema was more completely disappeared on the sites of higher concentrations than the sites of lower concentrations and control, 48 hours after ultraviolet irradiation.
Anesthesia, Local ; Animals ; Biopsy ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide* ; Edema ; Rats

Clinical and bacteriological studies, including seasitivity tests, of 85 patients in pyodermas such as impetigo contagiosa, pustular acne vulgaris, hair follicle and sweat gland infections, and secondary pyogenic infections superimposed on primary dermatoses were carried out during 4 months period, from June 1970 to Sept.1970, at department of dermatology, schooI of medicine, Seoul national university. The results were as follows; 1) Predominant age group of impetigo was the preschool. ages (87%). 2) Causative agents of impetigo in our 30 cases were coagulase positive staphylococcus aureus only in 27, streptococcus only in 0 and both organisms in 3 (one case wasmixed infection with s. aureus and b-hemolytic streptococcus, and two were mixed infections with s. aureus and a-hemolytic streptococcus). 3) Culturing from l2 cases of pustular acne vulgaris, we found coagulase negative staphylococcus albus in 9, coagulase positive stsphylococcus aureus in 1 and no growth in 2. 4) In 35 cases of hair follicle and sweat gland infections, we isolated coagulase positivestaphylococcus aureus only in 32, coagulase negative staphylococcus albus only in 2, and mixed infection with staphylococcus aureus and b-hemolytic streptococcus in l. 5) Isolated organisms in 8 cases of secondary pyogenic infections superimposed on primary dermatoses were coagulase positive staphylococcus aureus only in 2, coagulase negative staphylococcus albus only in 1, b-hemolytic streptococcus only in 1, a- hemolytic streptococcus only in 1, and mixed infections with various combination in 3. 6) Results of sensitivity tests with isolated organisms in the above diseases groups were as follows; (a) Total 66 strains of coagulase positive staphylococcus aureus showed resistance to ampicillin in 97.0%, penicillin in 78.8%, terramycin in 72.7%, rizynomycin in 71.2%, streptomycin in 24.1%, chloramphenicol in 16.7%, neomycin in 12.1%, kanamycin in 4.5% and leukomycin in 1.5%, (b) Total 8 strains of hemolytic streptococci were sensitive to chloramphenicol, leukomycin and penicillin.
Acne Vulgaris ; Ampicillin ; Chloramphenicol ; Coagulase ; Coinfection ; Dermatology ; Hair Follicle ; Humans ; Impetigo ; Kanamycin ; Neomycin ; Oxytetracycline ; Penicillins ; Pyoderma* ; Seoul ; Skin Diseases ; Staphylococcus ; Staphylococcus aureus ; Streptococcus ; Streptomycin ; Sweat Glands

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Arm* ; Free Tissue Flaps*

OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to obtain information on normal MIS serum levels according to menstrual cycles of adult normal cycling women . It was also designed to obtain information on the ontogeny of the production profile of MIS and the pattern of its localization in ovary from adult normal cycling women. METHODS: Between January 1998 and January 1999, normal MIS serum levels were measured according to menstrual cycles using 160 serum samples from adult normal cycling women by ELISA. The ontogeny of the production profile of MIS and the pattern of its localization were also studied by immunohistochemical staining using the rabbit polyclonal antibody against human recombinant MIS in 35 ovarian specimens from adult normal cycling women. RESULT: The MIS levels were gradually increased through the follicular phase, reaching at its maximum at the ovulatory phase(4.2+/-2.6 ng/ml), and sharply decreased at the beginning of the luteal phase being minimized at the premenstrual phase(0.5+/-0.2 ng/ml). In average, the MIS levels of the follicular phase(3.7+/-1.9 ng/ml) were significantly higher than those of the luteal phase(1.8+/-2.4 ng/ml)(P<0.05). The MIS levels of the preovulatory and ovulatory phase were significantly higher than those of the other cycle days(P<0.05). Even the early follicular phase(2.9+/-1.6 ng/ml) showed higher MIS levels than the advanced luteal phase(0.9+/-0.7 ng/ml) and the premenstrual phase(0.5+/-0.2 ng/ml)(P<0.05 and P<0.05, respectively). The first staining for MIS was detected in the cytoplasm of granulosa cells when the flattened granulosa cells changed to the cuboidal cells in primordial follicles. The granulosa cells of both single and multiple layered growing follicles showed strong specific staining for MIS. but the MIS staining was not found not in the mature follicle just before ovulation, atretic follicles, corpus luteum, and corpus albicans. MIS staining waned in the mature follicles just before ovulation. CONCLUSION: These experiments demonstrate that the MIS is produced by ovarian granulosa cells in normal reproductive females. The MIS may play an important role as a hormone of follicular development and oocyte maturation through interactions with female steroid hormones, gonadotropins, and growth factors during the adult reproductive cycle.
Adult ; Anti-Mullerian Hormone* ; Corpus Luteum ; Cytoplasm ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Female ; Follicular Phase ; Gonadotropins ; Granulosa Cells ; Humans* ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Luteal Phase ; Menstrual Cycle* ; Oocytes ; Ovarian Follicle ; Ovary* ; Ovulation

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Animals ; Macrophages, Peritoneal* ; Mice* ; Mycobacterium bovis*

No abstract available.
Humans

A clinical review was made on 2,191 cases of general pediatric surgery under the age of 15 years which were operated upon at the Divisionof Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital from January 1988 to December 1997. The number of operations in pediatric age were 13,144 (13.2%) out of total 99,555 operations at Chonnam University Hospital and the most prevalent age group was under 1 year of age (14.3%). The number of operations in Divisionof General Pediatric Surgery were 2,191 (16.7%) out of total 13,144 operations in pediatric age and the incidence of patients under 1 year of age in general pediatric surgery was 42.9% (941/2,191). The prevalent diseases under 1 month of age were anorectal malformations (20.6%) and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (20.3%) and between 1 month to 1 year of age were inguinal hernia (32.4%) and intussusception (19.6%). The total motality rate in neonatal intensive care unit was 31.3%. Gastroschisis presented highest mortality.
Gastroschisis ; Hernia, Inguinal ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant, Newborn ; Intensive Care, Neonatal ; Intussusception ; Jeollanam-do ; Mortality ; Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic

An accurate and relatively simple method for estimating the amount of acute blood loss is essential in the hemorrhagic shock patients. Conventional physiologic parameters, blood pressure, pulse rate and CVP, could not serve for evaluation of the adequate oxygen transport in the tissue. Pulmonary artery catheter is a best tool for evaluating the cardiopulmonary function and the oxygen transport system, and mixed venous oxygen saturation(SvO2) monitoring have made a great advances for early detection of cardiovascular dysfunction and the changes in peripheral tissue oxygenation. But pulmonary artery catheterization is complicated procedure in emergency setting. Although the central venous oxygen saturation(ScvO2) cannot completely replace the SvO2 value, it has a close relation with SvO2 change in variable clinical situations. We testify the usefulness of ScvO2 monitoring in 24 patients of the hemorrhagic shock. Initial resuscitation was performed with ATLS standard and continuous ScvO2 was monitored. Systolic blood pressure and pulse rate were recorded for one hour from initial resuscitation in each 15 minutes. Nineteen patient was traumatic hemorrhagic shock and five was non traumatic. Twelve of 19 patients was blunt trauma, and remains were stab in injury mechanism. Mortality rate was 29.2%. Initial ScvO2 of nonsurvivor was 43.6%, and 51.3% in survivor groups(p>0.05). In the group of stab wound and non-traumatic hemorrhage, the ScvO2 was gradually increase by time. But ScvO2 in survivors of blunt trauma was increased first 30 minutes and decrease afterthen. Continuous monitoring of ScvO2 may by partly useful in resuscitation for hemorrhagic shock. It is more valuable in the blunt trauma than in the penetrating injury or non-traumatic hemorrhage.
Blood Pressure ; Catheterization, Swan-Ganz ; Catheters ; Emergencies ; Heart Rate ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Mortality ; Oxygen* ; Pulmonary Artery ; Resuscitation ; Shock, Hemorrhagic* ; Survivors ; Wounds, Stab