• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권3호
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• pp.171-175
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• 2021

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia with an acute or subacute clinical course. Bilateral lung consolidations located in the subpleural area and bronchovascular bundle are the most common findings on chest high-resolution computed tomography. The pathologic manifestations include granulation tissue in the alveoli, alveolar ducts, and bronchioles. COP responds fairly well to glucocorticoid monotherapy with rapid clinical improvement, but recurrence is common. However, treatment with combined immunosuppressant agents is not recommended, even if the COP patient does not respond to glucocorticoid monotherapy with expert opinion.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.185-189
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• 2019

Respiratory pathogens of calves including bovine parainfluenza type 3 virus (BPI3V), bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (IBRV) and Mycoplasma spp is well-known for winter pathogens. However, there are no studies about summer pneumonia pathogens of calves in Korea. The aim of this study was to detect respiratory pathogens from calves with summer pneumonia. Eighty calves from 5 regions were chosen and their nasal swabs were used to detect respiratory pathogens with real-time PCR. Mycoplasma spp was major primary respiratory pathogens in calves with summer pneumonia. Although, the detection rates of respiratory viruses were very low, serological assays showed that respiratory viruses exist widely in farms.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2019

Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) can affect all compartments of the lungs, including airways, alveoli, interstitium, vessels, and pleura. CTD-associated lung diseases (CTD-LDs) may present as diffuse lung disease or as focal lesions, and there is significant heterogeneity between the individual CTDs in their clinical and pathological manifestations. CTD-LDs may presage the clinical diagnosis a primary CTD, or it may develop in the context of an established CTD diagnosis. CTD-LDs reveal acute, chronic or mixed pattern of lung and pleural manifestations. Histopathological findings of diverse morphological changes can be present in CTD-LDs airway lesions (chronic bronchitis/bronchiolitis, follicular bronchiolitis, etc.), interstitial lung diseases (nonspecific interstitial pneumonia/fibrosis, usual interstitial pneumonia, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, diffuse alveolar damage, and organizing pneumonia), pleural changes (acute fibrinous or chronic fibrous pleuritis), and vascular changes (vasculitis, capillaritis, pulmonary hemorrhage, etc.). CTD patients can be exposed to various infectious diseases when taking immunosuppressive drugs. Histopathological patterns of CTD-LDs are generally nonspecific, and other diseases that can cause similar lesions in the lungs must be considered before the diagnosis of CTD-LDs. A multidisciplinary team involving pathologists, clinicians, and radiologists can adequately make a proper diagnosis of CTD-LDs.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.535-537
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• 2021

In the 1918 influenza pandemic, more than 95% of mortalities were ascribed to bacterial pneumonia. After the primary influenza infection, the innate immune system is attenuated, and the susceptibility to bacteria is increased. Subsequent bacterial pneumonia exacerbates morbidity and increases the mortality rate. Similarly, COVID-19 infection attenuates innate immunity and results in pneumonia. In addition, the current pneumococcal conjugate vaccine may have limited defense against secondary pneumococcal infection after influenza infection. Therefore, until a fully protective vaccine is available, a method of increasing immunity may be helpful. Ginseng has been shown to increase the defense against influenza in clinical trials and animal experiments, as well as the defense against pneumococcal pneumonia in animal experiments. Based on these findings, ginseng is suspected to be helpful for providing immunity against COVID-19.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.521-523
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• 2021

The increasing number of studies published on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia has improved our knowledge of the disease itself and its complications. Despite a considerable number of publications on COVID-19 pneumonia-associated pneumothorax, no article on spontaneous hemopneumothorax has been found in the English-language literature. According to published case reports, pneumothorax generally occurs in hospitalized patients during treatment, whereas cases that arise in the late period after discharge are exceptional. Herein, we present a case of spontaneous hemopneumothorax occurring as a late complication of COVID-19 pneumonia on day 17 after discharge.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.501-504
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• 2020

From December 2019, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia (formerly known as the 2019 novel Coronavirus [2019-nCoV]) broke out in Wuhan, China. In this study, we present serial CT findings in a 40-year-old female patient with COVID-19 pneumonia who presented with the symptoms of fever, chest tightness, and fatigue. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection confirmed by real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. CT showed rapidly progressing peripheral consolidations and ground-glass opacities in both lungs. After treatment, the lesions were shown to be almost absorbed leaving the fibrous lesions.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.545-549
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• 2020

The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in 2019 led to large numbers of people being infected and developing atypical pneumonia (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19). Typical imaging manifestations of patients infected with 2019-nCoV has been reported, but we encountered an atypical radiological manifestation on baseline computed tomography (CT) images in three patients from Wuhan, China infected with the 2019-nCoV. Surprisingly, the only similar CT finding was a solitary sub-centimeter ground-glass nodule adjacent to bronchovascular bundles, which could be easily overlooked. In addition, the follow-up images in these patients showed how COVID-19 pneumonia evolved from these small nodules. The radiologic manifestation of the three cases will expand contemporary understanding of COVID-19.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1161-1164
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• 2020

The epidemic of 2019 novel coronavirus, later named as coronavirus disease (COVID-19), began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has spread rapidly worldwide. Early diagnosis is crucial for the management of the patients with COVID-19, but the gold standard diagnostic test for this infection, the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, has a low sensitivity and an increased turnaround time. In this scenario, chest computed tomography (CT) could play a key role for an early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. Here, we have reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 with an atypical CT presentation showing a "double halo sign," which we believe represents the pathological spectrum of this viral pneumonia.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 1995

연구배경: 급성 간질성 폐렴(Acute interstitial pneumonia)은 Hamman-Rich증후군, accelerated interstitial pneumonia 등의 다양한 이름으로 불리던 질환으로, 임상적으로 급속히 진행하는 급성 호흡 부전증과 양폐야에 미만성 침윤을 보이며, 조직학적으로는 organizing diffuse alveolar damage를 보이는 원인 불명의 질환을 Katzenstein이 급성 간질성 폐렴으로 명명하였다. 이 질환은 발병후 급속히 진행되는 임상양상, 방사선소견, 조직학적 소견에서 특발성 폐섬유화증과 차이가 있으며, 예후도 80~90%의 사망률을 보이나 만성으로 진행되는 특발성 폐섬유화증과는 달리 가역적인 것에서 차이가 있다. 이에 저자들은 최근에 급성 간질성 폐렴 5예를 경험하여 이들에 대한 임상적 고찰을 보고하는 바이다. 방법: 본원에 내원하여 조직학적으로 진단된 급성 간질성 폐렴 환자 5명을 대상으로 하였으며 5예에 대한 연령 및 성별의 분포, 초기증상과 기간 및 전구증상 후 호흡곤란의 발생한 기간 등을 확인하였으며, 호흡곤란후 실시한 전혈구검사와 동맥혈 가스 분석소견을 확인하였으며, 3명에서 실시한 폐기능 검사 소견, 호흡곤란이 발생된 후 촬영한 단순 흉부 방사선 소견과 3명에서 실시한 고해상 흉부 단층 촬영 소견을 각각 관찰하였다. 폐조직소견은 간질의 부종, 유리막질의 형성, 제2형의 폐상피세포의 증식과 섬유아세포의 증식 유무와 정도를 관찰하였다. 5예의 치료에 대한 반응 결과를 의무기록지로 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결과: 1) 남자 2명, 여자 3명으로 나이는 31세에서 77세였으며, 증상은 6~40일간의 마른기침과 미열감이 있었으며, 2예에서는 피부발진과 다발성 관절통이 동반되었고, 이후 급속히 진행하는 성인성 호흡곤란증후군(ARDS)의 소견을 보였다. 2) 모든 환자에서 백혈구증다증, 증가된 적혈구침강반응 및 심한 저산소혈증이 있었으며, 뚜렷한 원인없이 발병하였으며, 3예에서 실시한 폐기능 검사상 제한성 환기장애를 보였다. 3) 흉부 방사선 검사상 불규칙적인 분포의 유리음영과 consolidation과 함께 망상의 변형이 있었으며, 조직학적으로는 광학현미경 소견상 폐포와 간질의 부종, 유리막질의 형성, 제2형의 폐상피세포의 증식 및 활발한 섬유아세포의 증식을 보였으며, 면역형광현미경 검색을 실시한 2예에서는 특징적으로 간질의 비후가 관찰되었으나 anti-fibrin만이 폐포와 폐포 내강에 염색되었으며, 3예에서 실시한 전자현미경 검사상 폐포 기저막의 분절성 붕괴가 관찰되었으며, 이중 1예는 면역복합체의 침착이 있었다. 4) 스테로이드 강압요법과 기계적 호흡에도 불구하고 급속히 진행되는 호흡부전으로 5명 중 4명이 발병 14일 내지 90일만에 사망하였고, 조직학적으로 비교적 초기의 급성 간질성 폐렴 환자 1명만 생존하였다. 결론: 이상의 조직학적으로 증명된 5예의 급성 간질성 폐렴을 임상적 고찰을 한 바 임상 경과와 조직학적 특징이 만성으로 진행하는 특발성 폐섬유화증과는 뚜렷한 차이를 보이므로 따로 구별되어야 할 것으로 생각된다. 특히 비교적 초기에 진단된 1예에서는 스테로이드 강압요법에 의하여 아무런 후유증없이 완치되었으므로 이 질환의 조기진단 및 치료에 대한 많은 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2020

Objectives: The goal of this study was to identify chronic conditions and multimorbidity patterns in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to examine their associations with pneumonia and death. Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed the official data of COVID-19 patients in Mexico through May 18, 2020 (released by the Secretaría de Salud de México). Adjusted logistic regression models were applied to assess the associations of comorbidities with pneumonia and death. The marginal effects were estimated, and the probability of pneumonia or death according to the number of comorbidities was graphed for each year of age. Results: Of the 51 053 COVID-19 patients enrolled in the final analysis, 27 667 (54.2%) had no chronic conditions, while 13 652 (26.7%), 6518 (12.8%) and 3216 (6.3%) were reported to have 1, 2, and 3 or more simultaneous conditions, respectively. Overall, a significant incremental gradient was observed for the association between multimorbidity and pneumonia (p<0.001); for 2 chronic conditions, the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) was 2.07 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.95 to 2.20), and for ≥3 conditions, the aOR was 2.40 (95% CI, 2.22 to 2.60). A significant incremental gradient was also found for the relationship between multimorbidity and death (p<0.001); an aOR of 2.51 (95% CI, 2.30 to 2.73) was found for 2 chronic conditions and an aOR of 3.49 (95% CI, 3.15 to 3.86) for ≥3 conditions. Conclusions: Underlying chronic conditions and multimorbidity are associated with pneumonia and death in Mexican COVID-19 patients. Future investigation is necessary to clarify the pathophysiological processes behind this association, given the high burden of chronic diseases in various countries, including Mexico.