No abstract available.
Erythema*

The efficacy and toxicity of 1, 4-Bis-trichlor-methyl-benzol were examined in the animal infections(rat, rabbit and mouse) of Clonorchis sinensis. The effective dosages to kill the worm in bile ducts were 1 x 150 mg/kg in rat and 5 x 150 mg/kg in rabbit. During 48 to 72 hours after the administration of the drug, the inactive posteriorly swollen worms and variously degenerated worms were observed from liver ducts, gallbladder and intestine of the experimental animals. In gall bladder of rabbits, a plenty of fragments of the worms and clewed mass of eggs were confirmed under microscope. The E.P.G. was not decreased to zero in 3 weeks observation after the administraiton of the drug except rabbit No. 9 which was treated with the dose of 5 x 250 mg/kg. Minimal congestion and mild cloudy swelling of liver were observed in the groups of mice which were given 5 x 150 kg and 3 x 500mg/kg of the drug respectively. The body weight of experimental animals showed no evidence of changes.
parasitology-helminth-trematoda ; Clonorchis sinensis ; chemotherapy ; 4-bis-trichlor-methyl-benzol ; Hetol

Microsportcm gypseum is a geophilic fungi abundant in soil throughout the world. The infections may occur either from animal to man(zoophilic) or from soil to man (geophilic). Patierit of 13-year-old Korean male sought medical attention with skin lesion on scalp which showed scaly patch with broken hairs and a round pilar cyst like nodule. Identification of Microsporum gypseum was made by culture on Sabouraud agar media and microscopic exarnination.
Adolescent ; Agar ; Animals ; Epidermal Cyst ; Fungi ; Hair ; Humans ; Male ; Microsporum* ; Scalp ; Skin ; Soil ; Tinea Capitis* ; Tinea*

No abstract available.
Acoustics*

Recurrent disc herniation and postoperative fibrosis are the main disease entities causing failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has become a major diagnostic modality in differentiating the two. To observe the variable entities of FBSS and their MR findings, we retrospectively analyzed 15 MR images in 12 patients. The causes of FBSS were as follows; normal (no organic cause), fibrosis, new or recurrent disc herniation, discitis, osteomyelitis, inflammation at operation site, epidural abscess, arachnoiditis, and hematoma. Except a case of hematoma, gadolinium enhancement scan was necessary and informative in the diagnosis of FBSS and MR imaging only was not enough in the diagnosis of arachnoiditis.
Arachnoid ; Arachnoiditis ; Diagnosis ; Discitis ; Epidural Abscess ; Failed Back Surgery Syndrome* ; Fibrosis ; Gadolinium ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Osteomyelitis ; Retrospective Studies

No abstract available.
HIV* ; Korea*

The occurrence of tick bites and related dermatoses have been rarely described in Korea. Ticks may cause various infectious diseases associated with dermatoses by transmission of the mediating pathogens such as virus, bacteria and rickettsia. We describe herein, to our knowledge, the first tick bite with Ixodes monospinosus in Korea, The patient, a 64-year old male, was bitten by a tick while climbing a mountain which is located in the Kanghwado. He had an asymptomatic, yellowish pea-sized tick attached on the right antecubital area for 7 days' duration, which was identified as an adult female of I. monospinosus by the scanning electron microscopic examination.
Adult ; Bacteria ; Communicable Diseases ; Female ; Humans ; Ixodes* ; Korea ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Negotiating ; Rickettsia ; Skin Diseases ; Tick Bites* ; Ticks*

No abstract available.
Humans*

Heart failure unresponsive to bed rest, low sodium diet, digitalis, diuretics, vasodilators and cardiac inotropic agents is a difficult therapeutic problem. Although remission was achieved with such treatment, its duration was short and easily recurred. We present a report of severe refractory congestive heart failure in three patients successfully treated with Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD). These patients were admitted to the hospital many times and treated by conventional methods but cannon maintain their condition for a long time. In all three patients, edema, pulmonary congestion, electrolyte abnormalities, decreased ejection fraction and fractional shortening of myocardioum were eliminated or improved by CAPD. All three patients improved from Class IV congestive heart to Class II, as defined by the New York Heart Association, and experienced a define improvement in their sense of well being We conclude CAPD as an effective and the useful treatment for servere congestive heart failure refractory to conventional medical treatments.
Bed Rest ; Diet ; Digitalis ; Diuretics ; Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)* ; Heart ; Heart Failure* ; Humans ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory ; Pulmonary Edema ; Sodium ; Vasodilator Agents

OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of risk factors related to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed medical records of 1,091 pregnant women who had a 50 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at performed at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chungbuk National University Hospital from June, 1999 to March, 2006. The 1-hour plasma glucose level higher than 140 mg/dL was considered as a positive screening result. Patients with positive results underwent a 100 g OGTT as the diagnostic test for GDM, and more than 2 positive results were diagnosed as GDM, according to the American National Diabetes Data Group (NDDG) guideline. We investigated age, prevalence of obesity, weight gain, history of fetal anomaly, fetal death in uterus (FDIU), macrosomia, preeclampsia, GDM and familial history of diabetes mellitus, as the risk factors of GDM. RESULTS:Elderly gravida, history of FDIU, perinatal death, preeclampsia, and GDM, familial history of diabetes mellitus were the risk factors of GDM and macrosomia to a statistically significant degree. We found out that BMI and 50 g OGTT results were increased in GDM group. However, there was a pregnant woman with no risk factors who had been diagnosed with GDM. CONCLUSION : Although the pregnant women with risk factors should be managed carefully to detect GDM, we also suggest all pregnant women to take screening test even if they have no risk factors, to improve pregnancy outcomes by detecting and treating unexpected GDM early in pregnancy.
Blood Glucose ; Chungcheongbuk-do ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Diabetes, Gestational* ; Diagnostic Tests, Routine ; Female ; Fetal Death ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Gynecology ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Medical Records ; Obesity ; Obstetrics ; Pre-Eclampsia ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Pregnant Women ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors* ; Uterus ; Weight Gain