A clinical and statistical study was made on 196 cases of urinary tract tuberculosis seen during the period from January 1972 to December 1976. The results are summarized as follows: 1) Of the 196 patients, the most frequent age group was 21-40 years old, giving ratio of 64.8% 2) Sex distribution of male to female was 1.3 : 1. 3) The most frequent finding of urine was pyuria(88. 5%), in order of hematuria(79.6%) and proteinuria(82. 2%). The most common symptom was frequency, in order of dysuria, flank pain and scrotal pain. 4) By acid-fast stain and culture of urine, tubercle bacilli were demonstrated in 52.6% cases. 5) According to the result of urinary finding during chemotherapy, tubercle bacilli were not detected in 64.3% after chemotherapy for 6 months, and in 80 % after chemotherapy over 6 months. 6) The involved genitourinary tuberculosis were kidney(76. 9%). ureter(26.9%) and epididymis (11. 5%). 7) Tuberculosis in other organ combined with G-U tract Tb were 42.3%, such as pulmonary tuberculosis(30. 7%), pleura(6.4%) and lymph-node(2.6%) and pulmonary tuberculosis with urinary tuberculosis patients were 7.2%. 8) The positive roentogenographic finding in positive urine AFB was 75.6% and negative urine AFB was 86.5%.
Drug Therapy ; Dysuria ; Epididymis ; Female ; Flank Pain ; Humans ; Male ; Sex Distribution ; Statistics as Topic ; Tuberculosis* ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Urinary Tract*

A statistical observation was made on 409 cases of vasectomy in the Department of Urology, National Police Hospital during the period from April, 1973 to September, 1976.
Humans ; Police ; Urology ; Vasectomy*

A statistical observation was made on 542 in-patients with age distribution and operative procedure in the Department of Urology, National police Hospital, during the period from January 1. 1972 to December 31, 1976.
Age Distribution ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Police ; Surgical Procedures, Operative ; Urology

From May to June 2012, a waterborne outbreak of 124 cases of cryptosporidiosis occurred in the plumbing systems of an older high-rise apartment complex in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The residents of this apartment complex had symptoms of watery diarrhea and vomiting. Tap water samples in the apartment complex and its adjacent buildings were collected and tested for 57 parameters under the Korean Drinking Water Standards and for additional 11 microbiological parameters. The microbiological parameters included total colony counts, Clostridium perfringens, Enterococcus, fecal streptococcus, Salmonella, Shigella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Cryptosporidium oocysts, Giardia cysts, total culturable viruses, and Norovirus. While the tap water samples of the adjacent buildings complied with the Korean Drinking Water Standards for all parameters, fecal bacteria and Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected in the tap water samples of the outbreak apartment complex. It turned out that the agent of the disease was Cryptosporidium parvum. The drinking water was polluted with sewage from a septic tank in the apartment complex. To remove C. parvum oocysts, we conducted physical processes of cleaning the water storage tanks, flushing the indoor pipes, and replacing old pipes with new ones. Finally we restored the clean drinking water to the apartment complex after identification of no oocysts.
Cryptosporidiosis/*epidemiology/*parasitology ; Cryptosporidium parvum/genetics/growth & development/*isolation & purification ; Disease Outbreaks ; Drinking Water/*parasitology ; Housing ; Humans ; Oocysts/growth & development ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Water Supply/analysis