PURPOSE: Acinetobacter species are common aerobic gram-negative bacterium that contain polymorphisms. Acinetobacter baumannii keratitis has recently received attention, and has various clinical features. Therefore, it is crucial to determine the appropriate medical treatment for Acinetobacter baumannii keratitis. CASE SUMMARY: There were two infectious crystalline keratitis patients, two other patients that were co-infected with fungus, and the last patient who had the peripheral corneal ulcer type of keratitis. CONCLUSIONS: Acinetobacter baumannii keratitis demonstrates multiple clinical features. It forms a biofilm that can bring possible resistance to therapy, and it can also co-infect with fungus. In contrast to general bacterial keratitis which occurs in the form of a central corneal ulcer, we found Acinetobacter baumannii to take on the form of a peripheral corneal ulcer in our experiments on the five keratitis patients. Although Acinetobacter species were originally found to be multidrug-resistant, such resistance was not found in our experiments. However, due to the various problems associated with Acinetobacter baumannii, it is always critical for medical staff to take infection of Acinetobacter baumannii into consideration in keratitis patients.
Acinetobacter ; Acinetobacter baumannii* ; Biofilms ; Corneal Ulcer ; Crystallins ; Fungi ; Humans ; Keratitis* ; Medical Staff

PURPOSE: In this study we analyzed the results of visual field tests in patients diagnosed with a brain lesion in an ophthalmology clinic. METHODS: The medical records of 55 patients who underwent visual field examinations and diagnosed with brain pathology using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2014 were retrospectively investigated. RESULTS: Of the 55 patients (M:F = 30:25), 31 displayed symmetrical hemianopsia, a typical visual field defect associated with brain lesions. Twenty-four patients showed atypical visual field defect (20 showed normal visual field despite the brain lesion, 3 had bilateral narrowing of the peripheral visual field in 2 cerebral infarctions and 1 multiple sclerosis, and 1 had horizontal inferior visual field defect in 1 eye from nasopharyngeal cancer). CONCLUSIONS: Patients having a brain lesion with the optic tract invasion may present with atypical visual field defects. The peripheral visual field constriction and horizontal inferior visual field defect in 1 eye could be the visual field defect in patients with a brain lesion.
Brain Diseases ; Brain* ; Cerebral Infarction ; Constriction ; Hemianopsia ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Medical Records ; Multiple Sclerosis ; Ophthalmology ; Retrospective Studies ; Visual Field Tests ; Visual Fields* ; Visual Pathways

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Although intramedullary nailing is mostly used in the management of fractures in the long bone shaft, plate fixation is still alternative option in periprosthetic or metaphyseal fractures. For the rigid fixation during plating, sometimes we need wiring. Many surgeons experience slippage of wire resulting in loss of rigid fixation because plate and wire is so slippery and the diameter of bone is changing by level especially in the metaphyseal area. Wiring plate(CHO plate) was designed to prevent slippage. This plate has transverse holes for wires between screw holes on traditionally used dynamic compression plate. Sixteen fractures of long bone shaft were fixed with wiring plate and 11 cases which were followed up for more than one year were evaluated. There were periprosthetic fractures(4 cases), spiral or butterfly fractures(4 cases) and fractures of poor bone quality(two cases of malignancy and one case of osteoporosis). Nine cases were successfully reduced and the healed without loss of fixation. In two cases, delayed union and nonunion were observed due to wire breakage with plate loosening. Preliminarily, wiring plate fixation can be used for the periprosthetic fracture and one of alternative option in butterfly or spiral fracture and fracture in osteoporotic bone or pathologic fracture.
Butterflies ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary ; Fractures, Spontaneous ; Periprosthetic Fractures

To investigate whether anti-Candida proteinase antibody could be a diagnostic marker, we examined seroreactivity to proteinase in sera from 90 healthy controls and 8 of C. albicans culture-positive patients. Previously we purified proteinases of C. albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. parapsilosis using a series of chromatographic steps consisting of DEAE- Sepharose, Sephacryl S-200, and size-exclusion HPLC. ELISA and Western blot technique were adopted to examine seroreactivity of C. albicans proteinase with sera. On ELISA, the seroreactivities of healthy controls and C. albicans-cultured patients were 0.601 +- 0.014 (mean+SEM), and 0.695 +- 0.079, respectively (P=0.084, t-test). In C. albicans-cultured patients, the positive rate was 62.5% (5/8) and the positive rate of healthy controls was 39% (35/90). On Western blot analysis, C. albicans proteinase molecule was blotted by all sera tested. But the intensity of blotted band was different with the same dilution of sera; the intensity of C. albicans proteinase molecule band blotted by 2 sera of 3 healthy control's sera was distinctively lower than that by C. albicans-cultured patients sera. However, all sera including C. albicans-cultured patient's sera did not blot the proteinase secreted by C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis. It is necessary to collect sequential sera of patients with candidiasis and to establish a cut-off value for ELISA or serum dilution for Western blot analysis that will give reliable test sensitivity and specificity.
Blotting, Western ; Candida albicans* ; Candida* ; Candidiasis ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Humans ; Peptide Hydrolases ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Sepharose

As the incidence of diet-related diseases increase, much attention has been focused of traditional foods. Traditional foods are ultimately based on local foods. However, there has been little study looking into the recipes and nutritional value of local foods. Therefore, the present study was designed to standardize recipes and analyze the nutrients of some representative local foods of Cheollabuk-do Province. Their foods were Cheonju pibimpap, kongnamulgukpap, minmuljangokui, aejeotchim and aguytichim. Test recipes for each food were prepared, being based on various information obtained from personal interviews, literature surveys of restaurant recipes. Then test recepe was subjected to sensory evaluation. All characteristics of each food were judged as "satisfactory". The analysis of nutrient composition revealed that in general energy content was low whereas protein content was as high as recommended reguirement in all foods except for kongnamulgukpap. Vitamin content was generally high but contents of calcium and iron were relatively low in all foods. Cheonju pibimpap was rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber content of Cheonju pibimpap was 16.6g per serving size. All foods contained considerable amounts of essential amino acids. The major fatty acide were oleic acid, linoleic acid and glutamic acid, oleic acid being the highest in terms of composition ratio.
Amino Acids, Essential ; Calcium ; Dietary Fiber ; Glutamic Acid ; Humans ; Incidence ; Iron ; Jeollabuk-do* ; Linoleic Acid ; Nutritive Value ; Oleic Acid ; Restaurants ; Serving Size ; Vitamins

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Body Weight* ; Cholesterol*

PURPOSE: To report a case of conjunctival mass with infectious mononucleosis by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) confirmed with Epstein-Barr encoding region (EBER) in situ hybridization. CASE SUMMARY: A 8 year-old male without underlying disease was referred with counjunctival mass on the right eye starting 3 days ago. In ophthalmologic evaluation, there was injected, nontender, and "salmon patch" appearance conjunctival lesion on right superior bulbar conjunctiva. The patient was admitted to pediatrics with sore throat and fever. The tonsil were enlarged and white blood cell count was 14960/uL. EBV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and Viral capsid antigen Immunoglobulin M (VAC IgM) test were positive, the diagnose of infectious mononucleosis by EBV was made. After 5 days steroid eyedrop therapy, biopsy was performed because the lesion was not improved. There were lymphocyte infiltration, chronic inflammation and positive in EBER in situ hybridization. CONCLUSIONS: Elevated and pinkish lesion on conjunctiva, EBV lesion should be considered as differential diagnosis.
Biopsy ; Capsid ; Conjunctiva ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Fever ; Herpesvirus 4, Human* ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin M ; In Situ Hybridization ; Infectious Mononucleosis* ; Inflammation ; Leukocyte Count ; Lymphocytes ; Male ; Palatine Tonsil ; Pediatrics ; Pharyngitis ; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Fine needle aspiration biopsy has been proved as a safe, accurate and cost-effective diagnostic modality in palpable breast lesions. Cytologically, fibrocystic disease can be classified into 3 categories as nonproliferative breast disease, proliferative breast disease without atypia, and proliferative breast disease with atypia. This terminology for the needle aspirates is compatible with that of diagnostic histopathology. Cytologic differentiation of nonproliferative disease from proliferative breast disease is important, since the risk of cancer development in cases of atypical hyperplasia is 4-5 times higher than that of general population. Twenty five needle aspirates of fibrocystic disease confirmed by subsequent histopathology were re-evaluated and classified into 3 categories depending on their architectural and nuclear features. In addition. these aspirates were scored according to the cytologic grading system, devised by Masood et al. and based on six cytologic criteria. Concordance rates between cytomorpholgic diagnosis and cytologic diagnosis using the cytologic criteria grading system and histologic diagnosis were 88% and 92%, respectively.
Biopsy ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Breast Diseases ; Breast* ; Classification* ; Diagnosis ; Hyperplasia ; Needles