• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.117-124
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• 1995

This study was performed to evaluate diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of sonography on clonorchiasis. During the 9 months from March to November 1994, sonography skin test, stool examination, and medical examination were performed to 609 volunteers of Pohang which is located along the Hyongsan-gang (Rivers and is one of well-known endemic areas of clonorchiasis. The sensitivity of sonography was either 21% if the intrahepatic ducts dilatation was assumed to be the only positive anding or 52% if the periductal echogenicity was also included as one of positive findings. The sensitivity of skin test was 62%. The sensitivity was 46% if the diagnostic criteria were arbitrarily assumed as being positive in skin test and having either sonographic findings. The sonographic finding of fusiform, non-shadowing, weakly echogenic foci in gallbladder or in billiaiy tree indicating the flukes or aggregates of flukes was not obvious in this study. The specificity of sonography was either 95% if the intrahepatic ducts dilatation was assumed to be the only positive finding or 82% if the periductal echogenicity was also included as one of positive findings. The specificity of skin test was 52%. The specificity was 90% if the diagnostic criteria was arbitrarily assumed as being positive in skin test and having either sonographic findings.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.47-52
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• 1988

The intradermal(ID) test has been widely used in Korea and several reports about the results of the ID test are known. We examined the egg of Clonorchis sinensis(C. s.) by ID test in 443, stool's egg-counting technique in 79 and direct smear(cellophane thick smear technique) in 1304 subjects. The results are as follows.: 1. The positive rate of C. s. was 3.8% out of 1304 persons. 2. The sensitivity of ID test was 82.1% out of 39 persons and, the specificity was 64.6% out of 404 persons. 3. The false positive of ID test 35.4% out of 404 persons and, the false negative was 17.9% out of 39 persons. Intradermal test is a rapid, sensitive and useful supplementary diagnostic tool for the detection of Clonorchiasis infection and must be used as screening test with direct smear of stool but cross reaction with other helminth infections and moderate false reaction are the main disadvantages in its practical application.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.5-9
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• 1978

이제까지 알려진 바에 의(依)하면 우리 나라에서 간(肝) 및 폐(肺)디스토마 분포양상(分布樣相)은 강원도지역(江原道地域)이 가장 저율(低率)로 나타난 것을 볼 수 있다. 그 이유(理由)로서는 이들 양흡충은 반드시 제(第)1 및 제(第)2중간숙주(中間宿主)를 통한 生活環(생활환)이 완성(完成)되어야만 하는데, 이들 중간숙주분포(中間宿主分布)가 강원도지역(江原道地域)이 낮은 까닭인듯 하다. 우연(偶然)한 기회(機會)에 저자(著者)는 강원도(江原道)의 일부지역(一部地域)은 폐(肺)디스토마의 감염(感染)이 적지 않다는 정보(情報)를 입수(入手)하고 이에 흥미(興味)를 갖게 되었으며, 특(特)히 농후감염지역(濃厚感染地域)으로 예상(豫想)되는 횡성군(橫城郡)의 일부지역(一部地域), 폐(肺), 청일면(廳日面) 신대리(里) 일대(一帶)와 서원면(面) 유현리(里)에서의 간(肝) 및 폐(肺)디스토마의 감염상(感染相)을 파악(把握)할 목적(目的)으로 본(本) 조사(調査)를 전도(全圖)하였다. 검사방법(檢査方法)으로는 일단(一旦) 간(肝) 및 폐(肺)디스토마의 VBS 항원(抗原)으로 피내반응검사(皮內反應檢査)를 실시(實施)하여 간(肝)디스토마 피내반응검사(皮內反應檢査)에 대(對)해서는 객담검사(喀痰檢査)와 면역혈청반응으로 보체결합반응(補體結合反應), 간접형광항체반응(間接螢光抗體反應) 및 Ouchterlony 반응(反應)을 하여 좀더 정확(正確)한 감염상황(感染狀況)을 파악(把握)하고저 하였다. 그 결과(結果)의 개요(槪要)는 아래와 같다. 1. 횡성군(橫城群) 신대리(里)와 우현리(里)의 주민(住民) 680명(名)에 대(對)한 폐(肺)디스토마의 VBS항원(抗原)에 의(依)한 피내반응양성율(皮內反應陽性率)은 12.4%이었고 간(肝)디스토마의 피내반응양성율(皮內反應陽性率)은 12.5%이었다. 2. 성별(性別)에 따른 피내반응양성율(皮內反應陽性率)의 차이(差異)는 간(肝)디스토마의 경우, 여자(女子) 7.4%에 비(比)하여 남자(男子)가 17.1%이었고, 폐(肺)디스토마의 경우는 여자(女子)가 20.7%인데 반(反)하여 남자(男子)가 42.9%로서 2배(倍) 이상(以上)의 고율(高率)이었다. 3. 연령별(年令別)로 보면, 간(肝)디스토마 피내반응양성율(皮內反應陽性率)은 31~40재(才)가 22.1%로 가장 고율(高率)이었고, 폐(肺)디스토마 양성율(陽性率)은 21~30재(才) 사이가 58.5%로서 가장 높았다. 4. 폐(肺)디스토마 피내반응양성자(皮內反應陽性者)에 대(對)하여 객담검사(喀痰檢査)를 실시(實施)한 바 105명(名) 중 11명(名)(10.5%)의 충란검출자(蟲卵檢出者)를 볼 수 있었다. 또 이들에 대(對)한 면역혈청반응(免疫血淸反應)으로 보체결합반응(補體結合反應), 간접형광항체반응(間接螢光抗體反應) 및 Ouchterlony 반응(反應)을 실시(實施)한 바, 각각 42.5%, 50.3% 및 45.8%로서 거의 일치(一致)된 성적(成績)을 나타내어 피내반응양성자(皮內反應陽性者)의 약반수(約半數)에서 이들 혈청반응(血淸反應)이 양성(陽性)으로 나타났다.

• 건강소식
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• v.11 no.9 s.106
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• pp.30-32
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• 1987

디스토마증을 확진하려면 우선 피내반응검사를 실시하여 양성 반응이 나오면 대변이나 객담검사에서 충란을 발견하고 투약토록 되어 있는데 무조건 독한 약만 복용한다면...

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.209-214
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• 1984

This study was conducted to evaluate prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections and skin tests for Paragonimus and Clenorchis in tuberculosis (TB) patients in Korea. Stool examinations by formalin-ether technique and intradermal tests were carried out in 2 areas; Masan TB hospital and Kong-Ju TB hospital. 1, The positive rate of intestinal helminths of any kind was 51.7% among 329 patients in Masan hospital, but 18.1% among 215 patients in Kong-Ju hospital. 2.The infection rates of Trichocephalus trichiurus and Clenerchis sinensis were 20.7% and 17, 6% respectively in Masan hospital patients, but the infection rates of T. trichiurus and C. sinensis were 6.5% and 6.0% respectively in Kong-Ju hospital patients. 3. In skin tests, positive reactions to Paragonimus and Clonerchis antigens were 22.0% and 37.6% respectively in Masan hospital patients. On the contrary, Kong-Ju hospital patients showed the positive rates of 15.2% for Paragoftineus and 27.2% for Clonorchis respectively.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.246-256
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• 1983

As epidemiological parameters of human paragonimiasis, the positive rates of intradermal test and the sputum/stool ekaminations have long been employed in population surveys. However, both the specificity of the intradermal test and the sensitivity of sputumjstool examination have been gradually declined as the endemicity was lowered; thus the gap between above two parameters widened. In such context, the development of a new epidemiologic parameter or tool which makes it possible to accurately discriminate the active paragonimiasis cases was necessary. In the present study, the detection rate of Paragonimus-speclac IgG antibody by micro-ELISA was evaluated as an indicator of epidemiologic status of human paragonimiasis in a population. A total of 4, 285 students and inhabitants living in Bukpyeong Myeon and Bukil Myeon, Haenam Gun, Jeonlanam Do was surveyed in October, 1983 by intradermal test first. Out of them, 244 cases (5.7%) were found positively reacted to VBS antigen of F. westermani. Out of 168 positive reactors, 7 cases (4.2%) were egg positive either by two times of sputum examination or by one stool examination. That indicated that only 0. 16% of total surveyed were confirmed as active paragonimiasis by egg detection. When sera collected from 239 positive reactors of Intradermal test were tested by micro-ELISA for their specific IgG antibody, 40 cases(16.7%) were found to be positive. All of 7 egg positive cases were again positive for specific IgG antibody. Among remaining 232 intradermal test positive cases, 33 cases were positive for IgG antibody. In contrast to those, none of 42 positive reactors to intradermal test for Cloncrchis and of 128 intradermal test negative cases showed positive for Paragcnimus-specIfic IgG antibody. The rate of specific IgG antibody as detected by micro-ELISA appeared to be increased with the wheal size of the intradermal test. When the wheal sixte was over 13mm in diameter, about 50% of them were positive for specific IgG antibody. Thirty-one specific antibody positive cases were clinically evaluated by laboratory examinations (repeated sputum examination, peripheral eosinophil count and chest roentgenogram) and by history taking. Out of them 24 cases were associated with one or more positive laboratory findings: thus considered as active paragonimiasis cases. Out of 7 lab. finding-free cases 3 revealed past history of typical paragonimiasis symptoms, suggesting that they were in chronic or in convalescent stages. The remaining 4 cases were considered as either mild or ectopic infection cases; the possibility of cross-reaction with other helminthiases could not be ruled out. From the above results, it was inferred that the detection of Paragonimus-specIfic IgG antibody by micro-ELISA was very much helpful in detecting the active cases as well as in proper evaluation of the endemicity of human paragonimiasis in a population. The convenience of mass haildling of sera in micro-ELISA was considered another superiority as an epidemiologic tool.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.46-53
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of EMLA cream (eutectic mixture of local anesthetics, lidocaine and prilocaine) on pain during ampicillin sodium intradermal (ID) skin test, and also to assess skin reaction after the skin test. Methods: Forty-three nurse-volunteers had skin tests with 0.01ml-0.05ml ampicillin sodium antibiotics. Skin tests were done on each forearm to compare the pain level of the skin test site after application of EMLA cream with the pain level when no EMLA cream was applied. EMLA cream was applied at the ID skin test site with an occlusive dressing for one hour. Pain was evaluated using a visual analogue scale and pain sensation using the short form McGill Pain Questionnaire. The transverse diameter of the wheal and redness was read right after and at 15 minutes after the skin test. The results were compared using independent t-tests. Results: Pain score and sensation with EMLA cream treatment were significantly lower than when EMLA cream was not applied. There was no difference in skin reactions; reading of the skin test was not affected by EMLA cream. Conclusions: EMLA cream was found to be an effective local anesthetic to relieve the pain of clients having ampicillin sodium antibiotics ID skin tests.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.87-94
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• 1997

Clonorchis sinearis is a liver fluke which is the most prevalent helminth of humans in Korea. The better diagnostic measure of clonorchiasis is required for its nationwide control program. The present study observed antigenic bands of C. sinensis and reacting immunoglobulins in serum of infected residents. Adult C. sinensis were recovered from experimentally infected rabbits and soluble crude extract of the worms was used as the antigen after supplementation of E-64, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor. SDS- PAGE of the crude antigen resolved more than 20 protein bands between 200 and 14 kDa. The sera of infected humans collected at an endemic village showed specific IgG and IgE antibodies but little IgM and IgA antibodies. The protein bands of 94, 80, 72, 68, 52, 47, 43, 37, 34, and 28-25 kDa strongly reacted with serum Ig(GMA) or IgG antibody and 64, 62, 52, 47,44, 34,28, and 26 kDa bands reacted with serum IgE antibody. However, the 94, 80, 72, 68, 64, 62, 52, 47, and 40 kDa bands of C. sinensis antigen were found non specific. The protein bands of 43, 34, and 28-25 kDa of C. sinensis are primary target molecules of further analysis.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.499-503
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• 2009

Iodinated contrast media (CM) can cause immediate and late reactions. We treated a patient with a recurrent generalized maculopapular rash and a fever that occurred within two days of exposure to iodinated CM, iopromide ($Ultravist^{(R)}$), for chest computed tomography. We performed skin testing including prick tests, intradermal tests, and patch tests. Our findings indicated a late skin reaction to $Ultravist^{(R)}$in addition to cross-reactions to other iodinated CM such as ioversol ($Optiray^{(R)}$), iohexol ($Iobrix^{(R)}$), and iobitridol ($Xenetix^{(R)}$). In this study, we report the case of a patient diagnosed with a late adverse reaction to $Ultravist^{(R)}$in addition to cross-reactions to other iodinated CM.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.319-336
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• 1997

This study was done to identify the reality in doing the intradermal skin test of injectional antibiotics and to serve a basis to the clinical and educational situations. For the study, the survey was done to the staff nurses who are working at one of the selected 39 hospitals in the capital area, from January 6 to Feburary 8 in 1997. The data analysis was done by mean, standard deviation, Fisher's exact test, t-test, ANOVA through running SAS computer program. The results of the study were as follows : 1. The dilution ratio of the antibiotics was mostly 1 : 10 regardless of what kind of antibitics. Making the contrast was done only for the suspended to the antibiotics. Mostly the reaction was detected after 15 to 20 minutes from its diameter of redness and wheals. Most of the respondents answered they do the intradermal skin test only once for the same antibiotics. 2. In the education on the skin test the 66.7% from the respondents had exposed to the education mostly through the new nurses orientation. The 85,4% from them answered the need of the continuous education which had a significant difference in the number of beds(p=.046). The had experiences of detecting positive reactions(98.3%), and of anaphylaxis(49.5%) which had a significant difference in experience(p=.002) and in their age groups(p=.000). 3. The averge score of the confidence on the intradermal skin test was 3.32 form 4-point scale. Also it had a significant difference from the number of beds(p=.010), the year of experiences(p=.016), and their age groups(p=.046). 4. From the general characteristics of respondents, the injection methods had a significant difference in the amounts of injection, whether adopting the contrast pairing, and the repeatable skin tests for the same antibiotics. 5. Only 15 from 39 hospitals had their protocol about the intradermal skin test provided by nursing department which differs in its contents from that provided by the medical information center. From the results of the study, it is suggested that the continuous education on the intradermal skin test and its unified protocol should be provided. Also it is recomended that the drug manufacturer should notice about its anaphylactic cautions and pack its extra skin test use.