• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2008

목 적 : 소아 청소년 건강관리에서 혈압 측정의 중요성이 점차 강조되고 있는 시점에서 한국의 소아 청소년들을 위한 정상 혈압 참고 치를 만들고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2005년에 새로운 신체성장 표준치를 만들기 위해 시행한 전국 소아 청소년들의 신체계측사업에 혈압 계측사업을 포함시켜 7-20세에 해당하는 소아 청소년 57,433명(남: 29,443명, 여: 27,990명)에서 신장, 체중 및 혈압 계측치를 얻었다. 혈압은 자동 진동혈압계인 Dinamap Procare 200(GE Inc., Milwaukee, Wi, USA)를 이용하여 측정하였고 앉은 자세에서 안정한 후 우측 팔에서 5분 간격으로 2번 측정하였다. 두 측정치의 평균치를 수축기 혈압과 이완기 혈압으로 기록하여 원 자료로 하였다. 체중이 +3SD 이상인 과체중아들 2,373명의 혈압은 제외하고 분석 하였다. 혈압 백분위수 표는 성별, 연령별, 신장 백분위수별로 만들어 졌으며 통계기법은 2004 Task Force in NHLBI (USA)이 사용한 통계기법을 원용한 고정 변형 LMS 방법을 사용하였다. 결 과 : 성별, 연령별(7-18세), 신장 백분위수별(5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th) 혈압 참고치가 완성되었으며 신장 백분위수에 대한 자료는 질병관리본부 홈페이지인 http://www.cdc.go.kr/webcdc/에서 확인 할 수 있다. 고혈압의 기준치는 성별, 연령별, 신장대비에서 95 백분위수 이상으로 하고, 전고혈압 기준치는 90-95 백분위수 또는 수축기 및 이완기 혈압 130/80 mmHg 이상으로 정하였다. 결 론 : 이번에 마련된 우리나라 소아 청소년 정상 혈압 참고치는 처음이기 때문에 사용기준 및 고혈압의 기준은 앞으로 지속적인 논의와 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 또한 본 혈압 표는 자동 진동혈압계로 마련된 것이기 때문에 수동 수은 혈압계를 이용한 혈압 치를 평가하는 기준표로 사용하는 것은 주의해야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.290-301
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• 1989

This is preliminary report on anthrax epidemic occurred in an island with about 100 residents. Since 1982 there had been sudden deaths among all kinds of domestic animals including cattle, dogs, ducks, chicken and goat but only a few among cats in an isolated island about three hours distance away by ferry boat from Mokpo city. From 1986 through 1988 nine human deaths and four patients occurred, which made the government intervene for investigation on June 25 1988. The epidemiological investigation consisted of interview survey and medical examination, medical record analysis, laboratory work to isolate the pathogens under the direction of hypothesis derived from the study and further confirmation of the pathogens by international institute. The summarized results are as followings: 1. According to the interview survey there were many deaths among domestic animals usually in cold and dry season such as January through March and September through November; 36 heads of cattle leaving one head, more than 40 hogs(all), hundreds of chicken leaving few alive, goats that had taken home from mountain and two or three cats out of around 40 had sudden deaths from 1982 till 1985, when the residents stopped to purchase and take them into the island anymore. Also there were eleven persons who had experienced the similar syndrome complex to those of admitted and expired patients and four of them revealed typical chest X-ray findings; from one of these four patients(Rho) B. anthracis is isolated. 2. Medical record on patients who had been admitted, showed common characteristics of the disease course. On admission they had either gastrointestinal or upper respiratory infection symptoms which invariably progressed to septicemic nature with pulmonary interstitial infiltration and mediastinal widening/bulging, and then to deadly acute respiratory distress syndrome. At the end stage chest X-ray revealed multiple bullous emphysema. One of another characteristics was oral ulceration with bleeding occurred in about 50% of the patients. Laboratory test results in common were leukocytosis with left shift and abnormal liver and kidney functions, particularly at the later stage of the illness. 3. Epidemiological characteristics was striking in that both mortality and incidence rates were high: the mortality rate was 8.7% average, male being three times higher than females but there was no distictive clustering by age group. The incidence rate for both sexes was 28.2% and there was no sex difference although a tendency of higher incidence among older ages was noticed. The highest mortality and incidence were observed in Won village where the first death of animal occurred and with the highest frequency among three villages of the island. 4. Among twelve bacilli species isolated from various specimens, two strains, one from patient and the other from soil where the recently died cow is hurried, were confirmed as B. anthracis by Pasteur Institute and CDC of USA(strain from soil). CDC reported that the strain did not produce capsule in bicarbonate media but reacted with the bacteriophage and one of five sera taken from the patients. Mode of transmission as well as incubation period of the agent has not been established yet, which needs further investigation in relation to the antigenic structure of the variant when it is confirmed.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.56-66
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• 1984

Giardia lamblia is a pathogenic flagellate causing intestinal disorders such as diarrhea, abdominal pain and malabsorption of nutrients. Giardia is mainly infected by the ingestion of contaminated foods per os. Craun (1979) has recently reported that mass infection of this flagellate through the contaminated water supply systems is one of public health hazards. Also, so-called traveller's diarrhea is sometimes caused by Giardia infection (CDC, U.S.A., 1971). However, a few epidemiological studies figuring out the mode of infection or control measures of Giardia infection has been done so far in Korea. The present study was aimed to know the prevalence of Giardia infection in several Korean populations, detectability of this flagellate in water systems and the viability of the cysts against sewages and disinfectants applying to drinking water. In the present study, 388 stool specimens from orphanage children in Chun-joo, Chung-joo, On-yang and Chun-an areas and 538 stool specimens from inhabitants in Woo-do, In-chon, and Chun-joo were examined by formalin-ether concentration technique to detect out Giardia cysts. On the other hand, water samples from 14 sites of Han River and its tributaries were collected in May through July, 1984. Fifty liter of water sample in each sampling site was then filtered through water filtering system deviced by U.S. Environmental Proutection Agency and the sediments rinsed out from the thread rolls, a part of water filtering system, were examined to detect out the Giardia cysts. In order to observe the viability of Giardia cysts in the sewage samples, the cysts were treated in it at $4^{\circ}C$ or $25^{\circ}C$ for 7 through 28 days. For this purpose, the cysts were also exposed to various concentrations of disinfectants such as chlorine, iodine and ozone gas for proper time intervals. After treatment, the viability test of the Giardia cysts were carried out by method of Rice and Schaefer (1981) with minor modification. The results obtained in this study were as follows : 1) The detection rates of G lamblia cysts in the stool specimens were 18.3% in orphans and 4.3% in general examinees. 2) The prevalences of Giardia Infection were higher in the young age groups than in-adults. The highest positive rate was 18.4% in the age group less than 10. 3) Of 14 water specimens sampled from Han River system and its tributaries around the Seoul area, the Giardia cysts were detected from 4 samples, and no cyst was found in the water supply systems. 4) The cysts treated in the sewage survived for 28 days at $4^{\circ}C$ and for 13 days at $25^{\circ}C$. 5) The cysts were completely destroyed within 60 minutes by exposure to 8 mg/l of residual chlorine at 4g and within 30 minutes by exposure to the same concentration of chlorine at $25^{\circ}C$. 6) The cysts were all dead when exposed to 1 mg/1 of iodine for 60 minutes at $4^{\circ}C$ or $25^{\circ}C$. 7) The cysts were destroyed after 10 minute exposure in 0.15 mg to 0.25mg of residual ozone gas per liter. Summarizing the above results, it is considered that Giardia infection is regarded as water-borne disease and the cysts are able to be controlled by the application with the disinfectants in the water supply systems.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.224-234
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• 2006

We employed human SK-MEL-28 cells as a model system to identify cellular proteins that accompany N-(4-methyl)phenyl-O-(4-methoxy)phenyl-thionocarbamate (MMTC)-induced apoptosis based on a proteomic approach. Cell viability tests revealed that SK-MEL-28 skin cancer cells underwent more cell death than normal HaCaT cells in a dose-dependent manner after treatment with MMTC. Two-dimensional electrophoresis in conjunction with matrixassisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry analysis or computer matching with a protein database further revealed that the MMTC-induced apoptosis is accompanied by increased levels of caspase-1, checkpoint suppressor-1, caspase-4, NF-kB inhibitor, AP-2, c-Jun-N-terminal kinase, melanoma inhibitor, granzyme K, G1/S specific cyclin D3, cystein rich protein, Ras-related protein Rab-37 or Ras-related protein Rab-13, and reduced levels of EMS (oncogene), ATP synthase, tyrosine-phosphatase, Cdc25c, 14-3-3 protein or specific structure of nuclear receptor. The migration suppressing effect of MMTC on SK-MEL-28 cell was tested. MMTC suppressed the metastasis of SK-MEL-8 cells. It was also identified that MMTC had little angiogenic effect because it did not suppress the proliferation of HUVEC cell line. These results suggest that MMTC is a novel chemotherapeutic and metastatic agents against the SK-MEL-28 human melanoma cell line.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.606-611
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• 2015

As Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum remains a major economic problem for the poultry industries of countries with no efficient control measures, we presented a multidrug resistance strain S06004 (isolated from a clinically sick chicken in China in 2006) for genome sequencing. The genome comparison showed that the strain contained two prophages, the ST104 and prophage-4 (Fels2) of E. coli LF82, which were not detected in the only published genomes of S. Pullorum RKS5078 and CDC1983-67. In addition, the GyrA Ser83 point mutation, drugresistant genes, and many antibiotic pump systems that are present in S06004 may be contributing to the multidrug resistance of this strain.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.295-305
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• 2017

Purpose: We previously found that the histone methyltransferase suppressor of variegation, enhancer of zeste, trithorax and myeloid-nervy-deformed epidermal autoregulatory factor-1 domain-containing protein 3 (SMYD3) is a potential independent predictive factor or prognostic factor for overall survival in gastric cancer patients, but its roles seem to differ from those in other cancers. Therefore, in this study, the detailed functions of SMYD3 in cell proliferation and migration in gastric cancer were examined. Materials and Methods: SMYD3 was overexpressed or suppressed by transfection with an expression plasmid or siRNA, and a wound healing migration assay and Transwell assay were performed to detect the migration and invasion ability of gastric cancer cells. Additionally, an MTT assay and clonogenic assay were performed to evaluate cell proliferation, and a cell cycle analysis was performed by propidium iodide staining. Furthermore, the expression of genes implicated in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) pathway and proteins involved in cell cycle regulation were detected by polymerase chain reaction and western blot analyses. Results: Compared with control cells, gastric cancer cells transfected with si-SMYD3 showed lower migration and invasion abilities (P<0.05), and the absence of SMYD3 halted cells in G2/M phase and activated the ATM pathway. Furthermore, the opposite patterns were observed when SMYD3 was elevated in normal gastric cells. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence that the absence of SMYD3 could inhibit the migration, invasion, and proliferation of gastric cancer cells and halt cells in G2/M phase via the ATM-CHK2/p53-Cdc25C pathway. These findings indicated that SMYD3 plays crucial roles in the proliferation, migration, and invasion of gastric cancer cells and may be a useful therapeutic target in human gastric carcinomas.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.287-294
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• 2016

The effect of kaempferol (3,5,7,4-tetrahydroxyflavone), a flavonoid compound that was identified in barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea) grains, on G₂-checkpoint and apoptotic pathways was investigated in human acute leukemia Jurkat T cell clones stably transfected with an empty vector (J/Neo) or a Bcl-xL expression vector (J/Bcl-xL). Exposure of J/Neo cells to kaempeferol caused cytotoxicity and activation of the ATM/ATR-Chk1/Chk2 pathway, activating the phosphorylation of p53 (Ser-15), inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdc25C (Ser-216), and inactivation of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1), with resultant G₂-arrest of the cell cycle. Under these conditions, apoptotic events, including upregulation of Bak and PUMA levels, Bak activation, mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm) loss, activation of caspase-9, -8, and -3, anti-poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage, and accumulation of apoptotic sub-G₁ cells, were induced without accompanying necrosis. However, these apoptotic events, except for upregulation of Bak and PUMA levels, were completely abrogated in J/Bcl-xL cells overexpressing Bcl-xL, suggesting that the G₂-arrest and the Bcl-xL-sensitive mitochondrial apoptotic events were induced, in parallel, as downstream events of the DNA-damage-mediated G₂-checkpoint activation. Together these results demonstrate that kaempferol-mediated antitumor activity toward Jurkat T cells was attributable to G₂-checkpoint activation, which caused not only G₂-arrest of the cell cycle but also activating phosphorylation of p53 (Ser-15) and subsequent induction of mitochondria-dependent apoptotic events, including Bak and PUMA upregulation, Bak activation, Δψm loss, and caspase cascade activation.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.863-873
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• 1995

This report describes a preperation and characterization of canine blood lead(Pb) standard reference material(SRM). Three adult beagle dogs(A, B, and C)were orally dosed with gelatin capsules containing $Pb(NO_3)_2$, equivalent to $10\sim80mg$ Pb/kg body weight. Blood was drawn 24 hours after the dose from the cephalic vein into lead free 500ml Pyrex beaker in which EDTA.K was contained as an anticoagulant. The amount of lead given to individual dog was varied arbitrarily. Three month later, 3 canine animals were orally dosed with lead secondarily to make mixed SRM(D1) which was mixed different concentrations of lead in bloods with A1, B1, and C1 in vitro. The SRMs for A, B, C, A1, B1, C1, and D1 were distributed 2ml each into more than 300 lead free bottles, and were stored in refregerator at $4^{\circ}C$. The amount of lead in canine whole blood samples were determined using a Varian 30A atomic absorption spectrophotometer(AAS) with a model GTA-96 graphite tube atomizer with D2 background correction and a Hitachi Z-8100 AAS with Zeeman background correction. The sensitivity and detection limits for lead determination of Varian 30A were $0.46{\mu}g/L,\;0.34{\mu}g/L,\;and\;0.56{\mu}g/L,\;0.14{\mu}g/L$ of Hitachi Z-8100, respectively. Day to day variations in determination of blood lead concentration in a certain sample were $31.11{\pm}1.36{\mu}g/100ml$ by Varian 30A, and $33.08{\pm}0.82{\mu}g/100ml$ by Hitachi Z-8100, showing the difference of 3% between the two results. At the blood lead concentrations of $56.31{\pm}1.98{\mu}g/100ml(A),\;40.89{\pm}0.80{\mu}g/100ml(B),\;59.01{\pm}1.38{\mu}g/100ml(C)$, the precisions of replicated measurements by AAS were 3.52%, 1.96%, and 2.34%, respectively. Coefficient variation(CV) of SRMs(A, B, and C) within a standard sample were ranged from 0.92% to 7.50%, and those between 5 standard samples were 1.21%, 2.64%, and 1.11%, respectively, showing inter-vial variation of $1{\mu}g/100ml$. Lead levels in SRMs during one month storage were unchanged. The overall recoveries were $89.6\sim100.4%,\;91.6\sim101.9%,\;90.3\sim100.0%$ for A, B, and C SRMs, means were $56.46{\pm}2.69{\mu}g/100ml,\;39.35{\pm}1.89{\mu}g/100ml,\;57.40{\pm}2.31{\mu}g/100ml$, and measurement ranges were$52.88{\pm}59.26{\mu}g/100ml,\;37.47{\pm}41.68{\mu}g/100ml,\;54.80{\pm}60.69{\mu}g/100ml$, respectively. Those results were laid within confidence limits values. The lead concentrations in the mixed sample(D1) stored over one month period were ranged from $32.76{\mu}g/100ml\;to\;33.54{\mu}g/100ml$, with CV ranging from 1.2% to 2.7%. The results were similiar to each of single samples(A1, B1, and C1) in respect of homogeneity and stability. Results of the mixed blood sample analysed after 1 month storage at $4^{\circ}C$ by four other laboratories(L1, L2, L3, L4) were similar with those of our laboratory($L5;31.18{\pm}0.24{\mu}g/100ml$, acceptable range by $CDC;25.18\sim37.18{\mu}g/100ml$), showing the concentrations of $25.91{\pm}1.19{\mu}g/100ml(L1),\;34.16{\pm}0.22{\mu}g/100ml(L2),\;35.68{\pm}0.85{\mu}g/100ml(L3),\;30.95{\pm}0.46{\mu}g/100ml(L4)$ in a each samples.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.603-616
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• 2010

최근 외식업소에서 식중독 발생이 급증함에 따라 이에 대한 대책이 절실히 필요함이 제기되었으나, 생산과 소비가 동시에 일어나는 외식업체의 특성상 위생 감시만으로는 통제가 어려워 업소 내의 자주적인 위생관리 방안이 마련되어야 할 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 외식업체의 위생관리 수준의 향상을 목표로 외식업체의 자율적인 위생관리를 위한 식중독 발생 위험요인과 식품위생법 조항을 포괄하는 모니터링 도구를 개발하고, 이를 이용해 외식업소의 식중독 발생 위험요인과 법적기준의 준수율을 조사하였다. 본 연구의 조사 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대상 외식업소의 전체 준수율의 평균은 68.6%였고, 영역별 준수율은 서류비치 영역이 75.6%로 가장 높았고, 시설 설비관리 영역이 74.5%, 생산단계별 위생관리 영역이 63.9%로 뒤를 이었으며 개인위생관리 영역이 63.0%로 가장 낮은 준수율을 보였다. 둘째, 운영 형태에 따라 다점포 체인업소는 85.5%, 단독 경영업소는 51.6%의 전체 준수율을 보여 p<0.001 범위의 매우 유의적인 결과를 보였다. 하지만 각각의 운영 형태내에서 업종(한식, 중식, 일식, 양식)간에 따른 차이는 전체 준수율과 영역 수준 모두에서 나타나지 않았다. 셋째, CDC에서 규명한 식중독 발생 주요 5대 요인에 기여할 수 있는 인자의 항목 25개 중 준수율이 50% 이하로 집중적인 주의와 관리가 필요한 식중독 발생 잠재 위험요인에는 시설?설비 영역에 '조리장, 창고, 냉장 냉동고의 문서화된 청소계획을 가지고 있는가?'(48.3%), '사용하기 편리한 곳에 전용 수세시설을 구비하고 있는가?'(35.0%)가 해당되었고, 개인위생 관리 영역에서는 '종업원 위생교육을 실시하고, 평가기록을 유지하는가?'(50.0%), '손 세척을 올바르게 실행하는가?'(42.3%)의 항목이 포함 되었다. 생산단계별 위생 관리 영역에서는 '검수 시 식품의 품질과 온도 및 포장상태를 확인하고 기록하는가?'(35.0%), '재가열 온도를 준수하는가?'(44.4%), '냉동식품을 올바르게 해동하고, 해동 후 즉시 사용하는가?'(32.8%), '열장 또는 냉장 보관하거나 조리완료 1시간 반 이내에제공하는가?'(50.0%), '적정 배식 도구를 사용하는가?'(44.8%)의 항목이 나타났다. 서류 비치 영역에서 50% 미만의 준수율을 보인 항목은 존재하지 않았다. 넷째, 국내 식품위생법에서 정하고 있는 기준을 나타낸항목은 시설 설비관리 영역에 11항목, 개인위생관리영역에 3항목, 생산단계별 위생관리 영역에 6항목, 문서 영역에 3항목이 포함되었고, 그 준수율은 35.0-100%로 다양하게 나타났다. 운영 형태에 따른 준수율 비교 결과, 다점포 체인업소와 단독 경영업소 간에 있어 모든 영역에서 매우 유의적인 차이를 나타내어 단독 경영업소의 위생관리 향상을 위한 노력이 많이 요구되었고, 모든 대상 업소에서 식중독 발생과 큰 연관성이 있다고 규명된 요인의 항목 중 개인위생관리와 생산단계별 위생관리 영역에서의 준수율이 많이 미흡하여 위생교육 및 훈련을 통해 손 씻기의 습관화와 검수, 해동, (재)가열, 조리 후 보관의 매 단계에서 시간과 온도관리가 보다 철저히 이루어져야 하겠다. 국내 식품위생법의 준수율의 범위가 다양하게 나타났는데, 그 중 식중독 발생과 관련성이 큰 항목이 낮은 준수율을 보여 이에 대한 법적 감시와 규제를 강화되어야 할 것으로 사료된다. 또한 무엇보다 다양한 교육매체를 개발, 제공하여 식품취급자들의 인식변화와 행동수정을 유도하는 것이 외식업소의 위생관리 수준을 한 단계 높이는 데 필수적이라 하겠다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.635-643
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• 2002

연구배경 : 완전 자동화된 액체배양법과 기존의 고체배양법을 이용하여 폐결핵환자의 객담내 mycobacterium의 신속검출율 및 양성판정시까지의 시간을 비교하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2002년 1월 1일부터 2002년 6월 30일 사이에 본원에 입원 혹은 외래에서 폐결핵으로 치료중인 환자 127명의 객담검체를 이용하였으며, 배양 중 오염된 28개의 검체(MB/BacT system 18개, L-J배지 14개, 4검체는 두 배양법 모두에서 오염)를 제외한 99명의 객담검체를 대상으로 하였다. 검체는 4% NaOH로 전처치한 후 4300rpm으로 20분간 원심분리한 후 멸균된 phosphate buffer(pH 6.8)를 첨가하여 2ml로 만들어 MB/BacT bottle에 0.5ml, Lowenstein-Jensen배지에 0.25ml를 접종한 후 $35-37^{\circ}C$에 6-12주간 배양하면서 균검출율과 양성판정시까지의 시간을 비교하였다. 결 과 : MB/Bact system과 L-J배양볍 중 어느 한 방법에서 균성장이 발견된 검제는 677B (67.7%) 였다. 두배양법 모두에서 균성장이 발견된 겸체는 5252.5%) 개였으며, MB/BacT에서만 발견된 검체는 15개 (15.2%) 였으나 L-J배양법에서만 발견된 경우는 없었다. 객담검체의 ZN염색법으로 항산균 집균도말겸사상 양성인 검체는 58개, 음성인 검체는 41개였다. 58개의 도말양성 검체 가운데 MB/BacT system에 양성을 보인 검체는 %개 (96.6%), L-J배지양성은 467B (79.3%) 였으며, 균성장 평균 발견시간은 각각 11.0일과 23.5일이었다. 41개의 도말음성검체 가운데 MB/BacT system에 양성을 보인 검체는 11개 (26.8%), L-J배지양성은 6개 (14.6%)였으며, 균성장 평균 발견시간은 각각 13.7일과 27.6일 이었다. 전체적으로 MB/BacT system과 L-J배양법에서 균성장 발견시 간은 각각 $13.3{\pm}8.3$일, $27.2{\pm}0.9$일이었다. 결 론 : 완전 자동화된 MB/BacT system은 L-J배지에 비해 mycobacterium의 검출율이 높고 발견시간이 단축되었다. MB/BacT는 방사성 물질을 사용하지 않는 장점이 있으므로 모든 검사실에 사용하기에 적당할 것으로 보이며, 균동정을 위하여 특이한 DNA probe와 병용하면 CDC가 권고한 결과보고 시간에 근접할 수 있을 것으로 생각되었다.