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네 마리의 소양감을 보이는 비둘기에서 발생한 진드기 감염(Mite Infection)의 성공적인 Ivermectin 치료 증례 (A Successful Therapy of Mite Infection with Topical and Spray Application of Ivermectin in Four Pruritic Pigeons)

  • 이소영;박철;김하정;정동인;강병택;김주원;임채영;고기진;조수경;박희명
    • 한국임상수의학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.183-185
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    • 2006
  • 동일 새장에서 함께 사육되는 네 마리의 비둘기가 두부, 경부, 겸부의 심한 탈모, 소양감, 그리고 발적을 주 증상으로 하여 내원하였다. 이들은 약간의 움직임 저하를 보였으나, 식욕은 정상이었다. 경부 깃털 부분의 피부 소파 검사(scraping examination)상에서 외부 기생충 감염이 확인되었다. 외부 기생충은 형태학적 검사 상에서 진드기로 진단되었으며, 총 백혈구 검사(CBC)에서, 호산구 증가가 현저하게 나타났다. 비둘기에게는 ivermectin (200 mcg/kg 국소적으로 2주마다 2회 적용, 스프레이 1회 적용)이 적용되었다. 임상 증상은 첫 처치 후 45일이 지나 현저히 호전되었다. 이번 임상 증례 보고서에서는, 새의 진드기 감염인 경우에는 피부의 심한 탈모, 소양감, 그리고 전신적인 발적 등의 임상 증상 및 행동상의 문제가 나타나며 이에 대한 처치로는 ivermectin의 국소적인 처치가 유용하다는 것을 보여준다.

인진호(茵蔯蒿) 관련 국내 연구 동향 고찰 (Literature Review of Studies Related with Injinho in Korea)

  • 나란희;방창호;장석오;최지혜;고하늘;김래희;이윤진;김강산
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.361-366
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    • 2010
  • This study was practiced to investigate the existing study trends for Injinho that is numerously used for hepatobiliary diseases in oriental medicine. The studies selected from the domestic academic database included the following keywords in the title or abstract; 'Artemisia capillaris', 'Artemisia iwayomogi', 'Artemisia scoparia'. The studies considered were those published from January 1990 to May 2009. 198 studies were found to include the keywords related to the study subjects either in their title of contents or abstracts, and 104 studies among them were finally selected as subjects for this study. 81 studies among 104 studies(78%) were published between 2000 and 2009, while 23 studies(22%) were published between 1990 and 1999. Classification was proceeded according to study subjects as followed; 23 studies confirming hepatoprotective effect after artificial liver damage in a number of cells or the organ itself, 18 studies on anti-tumor effect, 12 studies on hyperlipidemia and fatty liver disease, and 4 studies on liver cirrhosis and hepatocyte regeneration. Furthermore, classification was conducted according to study methods as followed; 56 studies practicing in vitro, 33 studies practicing in vivo, 11 studies practicing both in vitro and in vivo. 2 studies on specific cases and 1 study on documentary records. The majority of studies report the affirmative effects of Injinho. However most study methods were restricted to in vitro and in vivo. Hereafter, case reports on various fields and multicenter clinical trials on Injinho is necessary.

Interpretation of tube agglutination test for bovine brucellosis with turbidimetric readings and international unit

  • Cho, Dong-Hee;Nam, Hyang-Mi;Kim, Jong-Wan;Heo, Eun-Jeong;Cho, Yun-Sang;Hwang, In-Yeong;Kim, Jae-Myung;Kim, Jong-Man;Jung, Suk-Chan
    • 한국동물위생학회지
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.243-249
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    • 2007
  • The tube agglutination test has been used for bovine brucellosis diagnosis in Korea since middle 1950s. The reported high specificity was its value in eradication program. However, the reading of reaction mostly depends on personal experience, thus here we report a way to improve accuracy and uniformity of reading. The tube agglutination was conducted according to the protocol provided by Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The intensity of reaction was measured by spectrophotometer. The relationship between turbidity and percentage clearing was generally in direct proportion and linear. The correspondent percent transmittance at 75, 50, and 25% clearing were 91, 82, and 73, respectively. Then, the degree of percentage of clearing at given international unit was measured. With about 1.5 unit of serum, the maximum percentage clearing was observed. The international unit showing 25, 50, and 75 percentage clearing were 0.61, 0.83 and 1.35, respectively. Based on the information obtained using international standard serum, the calculation of international unit of test serum was available. According to the protocol for bovine brucellosis diagnosis which provided by Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the available range of detectable international unit was between 15 and 538. And the corresponding international units for suspicious case ranged between 42 and 127. Of the 35 sera from B abortus infected cattle, about half of them had more than 538 international units. Collectively, the reading of turbidity using spectrophotometer and application to international unit improved accuracy and uniformity of reading.

기흉으로 발현한 전신성 경화증의 첫 증례 (Pneumothorax as the First Clinical Manifestation of Systemic Sclerosis : A Case Report of Multiple Cystic Lung Lesions in Systemic Sclerosis)

  • 이창훈;이승표;이희석;오진영;김우진;임재준;유철규;한성구;심영수;김영환
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제55권5호
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    • pp.522-525
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    • 2003
  • 26세 여자환자가 우측 흉통을 주소로 응급실을 방문하였다. 흉부방사선검사에서 우측 기흉을 진단받고 흉관삽입술을 시행하였다. 환자는 6년전부터 레이노드 현상이 있었고 양손에 피부경화증이 있었으며 항 DNA 국소이성화효소 I 항체가 양성으로서 전신성 경화증을 진단받았다. 고해상력 컴퓨터단층촬영에서 양쪽 폐야에 낭종성 병변이 관찰되었고 기흉은 낭종의 파열에 의한 것으로 판단되었다. 전신성 경화증은 폐를 포함한 여러 장기를 침범하는 질환이다. 이 질환에서 기흉과 낭종성 폐병변이 발생하였던 증례들은 1954년 이래로 보고되어 왔는데 모든 증례에서 기흉은 전신성 경화증을 진단받은 뒤에야 발견된 것이었다. 본 증례는 기흉으로 발현한 전신성 경화증의 첫 증례라는 점에서 임상적 의의가 있다고 여겨진다.

Disseminated Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection in an Immunocompetent Host

  • Kim, Won-Young;Jang, Sun-Joo;Ok, Tae-Jin;Kim, Gwang-Un;Park, Han-Seung;Leem, Jae-Chan;Kang, Bo-Hyoung;Park, Se-Jeong;Oh, Dong-Kyu;Kang, Byung-Ju;Lee, Bo-Young;Ji, Won-Jun;Shim, Tae-Sun
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제72권5호
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    • pp.452-456
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    • 2012
  • Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection can occur in immunocompromised patients, and rarely in immunocompetent subjects. Due to the extensive distribution of the disease, clinical presentation of disseminated MAC may mimic malignancies, and thorough examinations are required in order to make accurate diagnosis. We report a case of disseminated Mycobacterium intracellulare disease in an immunocompetent patient, which involved the lung, lymph nodes, spleen, and multiple bones. F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography imaging showed multiple hypermetabolic lesions, which are suggestive of typical hematogenous metastasis. However, there was no evidence of malignancy in serial biopsies, and M. intracellulare was repeatedly cultured from respiratory specimens and bones. Herein, we should know that disseminated infection can occur in the immunocompetent subjects, and it can mimic malignancies.

Photo Spacer Induced Bistable Mode Plastic PSFLCDs for High Mechanical Stability

  • Kim, Yu-Jin;Park, Seo-Kyu;Kwon, Soon-Bum;Lee, Ji-Hoon;Son, Ock-Soo;Lim, Tong-Kun
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.I
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    • pp.489-492
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    • 2005
  • We report new polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (PSFLC) cells with mechanical stability which is achievable by introducing photospacers in the cells. It was found that the mechanical st ability of the PSFLC cell was effected by introduction of photo spacers. We analyzed the dependence of mechanical stability and memory property on the density of photospacers in the PSFLC cell. The stability and memory properties of PSFLC Cells depending on photospacer density are discussed. 1. Introduction Recently, flexible displays have attracted much attention because they have remarkable advantages: thinner, lighter, non-breakable and conformable features. Flexible displays have various potential applications such as e-book and e-paper displays utilizing the distinct features. E-book and E-paper displays demand very low power consumption, so that bistable memory liquid crystal modes are required in case of flexible plastic LCDs for those application. Three kinds of memory LC modes have been developed; bistable nematic, bistable cholesteric and bistable FLC. Among them SSFLC as one of bistable FLC has big advantages such as low driving voltage, wide view angle and fast response time, SSFLC cells are, however, very weak against mechanical shock. Polymer stabilized FLC (PSFLC) has been developed to overcome the poor mechanical stability of SSFLC. PSFLC was known to have network structure that FLCs are oriented with smectic layer ordering in polymer network. The polymer network stabilizes the FLC orientation, which leads to improvement of mechanical stability of PSFLCD. A lot of studies have been done for the application of PSFLC to flexible $LCDs.^{[1{\sim}12]}$ However, it should be noted that PSFLC does not have sufficient mechanical stability for the particular applications such as smart card LCD, where LCD is highly bendable.Bead spacer was mainly used to maintain cell gap of conventional PSFLCDs. But the spacer density of it is not locally uniform in the cell, so that it is generally difficult that the PSFLCDs with bead spacers show sufficient mechanical stability. In order to more improve the mechanical stability of PSFLCDs, we introduced photospacers into PSFLCDs. In this paper, we describe the improvement of mechanical stability by introducing photospacers into PSFLCDs.

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Echinostoma aegyptica (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) Infection in Five Riparian People in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

  • Chai, Jong-Yil;Jung, Bong-Kwang;Chang, Taehee;Shin, Hyejoo;Sohn, Woon-Mok;Eom, Keeseon S.;Yong, Tai-Soon;Min, Duk-Young;Phammasack, Bounlay;Insisiengmay, Bounnaloth;Rim, Han-Jong
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제58권1호
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2020
  • Human infection with Echinostoma aegyptica Khalil and Abaza, 1924 (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) is extremely rare. In this study, we confirmed E. aegyptica infection in 5 riparian residents living along the Mekong River in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. The patients revealed eggs of Opisthorchis viverrini/minute intestinal flukes, echinostomes, and other parasites in fecal examinations using the Kato-Katz technique. Following treatment with praziquantel 30-40 mg/kg and pyrantel pamoate 10-15 mg/kg in a single dose and purging with magnesium salts, adult specimens of various helminth species were collected. Among the trematodes, echinostome flukes of 4.5-7.6 mm in length (n = 134; av. 22.3 specimens per case) were of taxonomic interest and subjected in this study. The flukes were morphologically characterized by having total 43-45 collar spines arranged in 2 alternating rows (corner spines usually 5 on each side) and compatible with previous descriptions of E. aegyptica. The patients were mixed-infected with other helminths, so specific clinical manifestations due to this echinostome fluke were difficult to determine. The present paper describes for the first time human E. aegyptica infections in Lao PDR. This is the second report of human infection (2nd-6th cases) with E. aegyptica in the world following the first one from China.

(60-x)SiO2-40Na2O-xCaO(x=0∼15wt%)조성유리계의 조성, 온도 및 전기전도도간의 상관특성 (Relations between Composition, Temperature and Electrical Conductivity of (60-xSiO2-40Na2O-xCaO(x=0∼15wt%) Glass System)

  • 정영준;김영석;이규호;김태호;진현주;류봉기
    • 한국재료학회지
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    • 제17권8호
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    • pp.414-419
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    • 2007
  • We report the electrical conductivity of the mixed alkali silicate glasses in the system (60-x)$SiO_2-40Na_2O-xCaO(x=0\sim15wt%)$ in the temperature range from $150^{\circ}C$ to $620^{\circ}C$. In the range from $150^{\circ}C$ to glass transition temperature$(T_g)$, the electrical conductivities of glass samples had a tendency to be proportion with temperature. The glasses of containing over 7.5wt% CaO showed lower conductivities than the glasses of containing 0 and 5wt% CaO because two kinds of alkali ions$(Na^+,\;Ca^{2+})$ were obstructed each other. On the other hand, in the range from $T_g$ to $620^{\circ}C$, the electrical conductivity of glasses($7.5{\leq}x{\leq}12.5$) was unstable and decreased in some region. From XRD results, the $Na_4Ca(SiO_3)_3$ phase were observed in these glasses. This means the alkali ions didn't behave as carrier, it seems that this caused the conductivities decrease. In case of glass of containing 15wt% CaO, any crystal phase were not observed. This means the alkali ions behaved as carrier, it consequently seems the conductivity increased.

도시유역에서 저류지 설계를 위한 특성인자 분석 (An Analysis of Characteristic Parameters for the Design of Detention Pond in Urbanized Area)

  • 이재준;김호년;곽창재
    • 한국방재학회 논문집
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    • 제6권4호통권23호
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    • pp.37-47
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    • 2006
  • 도시화로 인한 유출량의 증가 및 도달시간의 단축은 도시재해의 한 원인이 되고 있다. 이를 막기 위하여 도시 배수유역내에 저류지를 설치하여 하수관거의 통수능 이하로 방류량을 조절하는 방안을 고려할 수 있다. 기초계획 단계에서의 저류지 설계를 위해서는 복잡한 연관성을 지니고 있는 제반 변수를 고려하지 않고 대표적인 관련 주요변수를 택하여 저류용량을 결정하는 여러 가지 저류지 계획모형이 이용되고 있다, 기왕의 저류지 계획모형에서는 주로 도시화 특성인자인 첨두유량비$(\alpha)$와 도달시간비$(\gamma)$를 활용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 재해영향평가서 22개소의 저류지를 분석대상으로 하여 도시화에 따른 도시배수유역 특성인자와 저류지 특성인자간의 분석을 통해 저류지의 계획단계에서 활용할 수 있도록 편의성을 도모하고자 한다. 첨두유량비 $\alpha$가 도달시간비 $\gamma$보다 저류 용량에 미치는 영향이 더욱 민감함을 알 수 있었으며, 개발전 후의 유출계수비 $\beta$가 설계강우강도의 지역계수 n값 보다 $\alpha$에 미치는 영향이 작음을 알 수 있었다. 사다리꼴 설계수문곡선을 사용하는 경우에는 강우지속기간이 저류비에 미치는 영향이 큰 것을 알 수 있었다.

요통을 호소하는 ALS환자에 대한 한의학적 치료 효과 증례 보고 (The Clinical Case of Oriental Medical Treatment at Tender Point for Patient with Lower Back Pain Suggesting of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

  • 연창호;박현건;조융기;정재영;이상민;김성수
    • 척추신경추나의학회지
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.103-111
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    • 2010
  • ALS를 진단받았으며 2010.5.11부터 2010.6.10까지 ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$한방병원에 입원한 요통을 호소하는 남환에 대하여 화침치료, 전침치료, 침치료, 구치료, 약물치료, 이학요법 등을 시행한 결과 K-ODI, VAS, K-ALSFRS-R 등의 평가 항목에 대하여 호전 경향을 보였다. ALS는 기본적으로 진행성 경과를 밟는 질환이기 때문에, 병의 진행을 늦추는 것과 대증치료를 통해 삶의 질을 높이는 것이 중심이 된다고 볼 수 있다. 본 환자의 경우 상기 한의학적 처치에 의해 일정한 효과가 나타났다. ALS에서 수반되는 요통의 호전에 의해 기능수행능력이 향상된 결과라고 볼 수 있다. 이는 한의학적 치료 방법이 ALS 환자의 치료에 있어서 통증을 감소시키고 일상생활에서의 기능수행능력을 향상시킴으로써 삶의 질을 높이는 대중치료의 역할을 수행할 수 있다는 단서라고 할 수 있다. 치료효과의 검증을 위해서는 추후 지속적인 증례 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

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