• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.515-516
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• 1975

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.208-211
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• 2004

임상적으로 급성 류마티스 열을 진단할 때 Jones 진단기준에 맞지 않는 경우, 특히 관절염이 있고, 이하학적 검사상 A군 베타 용혈성 연구균감염과 관련이 있을 때, 급성 류마티스 열과 연구균 감염성 반응성 관절염의 구분은 치료나 예후를 결정하는데 중요하다. 지금까지의 문헌을 참고한 결과, 연구균 감염성 반응성 관절염으로 진단된 환아 중 소수에서도 심염이 발생했음을 알 수 있고, 따라서 예방적 항생제 요법을 시행함에 있어 1년간 매달 페니실린 예방요법을 시행하고 심염이 발생한 경우에는 급성 류마티스 열로 재분류 후 이에 준해 치료하여야 하겠다. 저자들의 증례는 고열과 왼쪽 무릎 관절통을 주소로 내원한 연구균 감염성 반응성 관절염 환아 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.463-469
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• 2001

Valvular heart disease is one of the main current of cardiac problems and has many problems must be solved by sequelae and complications, etc. Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis is mainly attacked by rheumatic fever and developed by process of treatment of mitral valve or formation of trace. The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of oriental treatment for Cerebral Infarction with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis. At the time of visiting ER, he was shown the symptoms of dull mentality, Rt. hemiplegia, global aphasia, dysphagia, chest discomfort, insomnia, dyspnea, etc, It showed that Atrial fibrillation in EKG monitoring, Atrial fibrillation, Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis, Ejection-Fraction slope 60% in Cardiac echography, Lt. atrial hypertrophy, Rt. atrial hypertrophy, Rt. ventricular hypertrophy with pulmonary congestion in chest X-ray. From the view of oriental diagnostic criteria. We classified the patient's clinical conditions and treated accordingly. As a result of treatment, symptoms were markedly improved and he was discharged. Further elaboration of oriental diagnostic classification could possibly lead to the fundamental treatment.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.365-370
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• 1979

The first Mitral Commissurotomy was performed for tight mitral stenosis on March 1957. The patient was at that time 22-year-old male, student. The longest follow 9p for 22 years and 8 months has been obtained. During the follow up period, late deterioration due to restenosis developed 4 years after initial good result and reoperation was succeeded by transventricular Mitral Valvotomy with Tubb`s ilator on April 1964. The possible cause of restenosis was attributed to recurrent rheumatic activity. After more than 13 years long-good life following 2nd operation, Endocarditis such as episode of high fever & chill intermittently followed by mild fever and night sweat, I t. tibial artery embolization and rupture of aortic cusp. At present, patient complained of no subjective symptom, enjoying ordinary life {NYHA II]. Blood pressure has been 110/50-60 mmHg, trivial diastolic murmur at apex and moderate degree of mechanical murmur on diastole at Erb`s rea. Neither signs of RVH for mitral stenosis nor sign of LVH. ST-T change for aortic regurgitation appeared yet during last 2 yrs. The patient`s are for prevention of Rheumatic activity and development of endocarditis is important for obtaining the better long-term result.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.41-54
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• 1978

Aspirin is one of the oldest synthetic drugs and remains the most widely used medical agent. It is a household remedy effective in treating such common ailments as headache, minor muscular pain and fever. Aspirin is the drug choice for rheumatic fever and arthritis which some five million Americans suffer. Lately it has been established by double-blind and randomized clinical studies that regular aspirin intake reduces the incidence of mild strokes and heart attackes.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.361-364
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• 1979

The first Mitral Commissurotomy was performed for tight mitral stenosis on March 1957. The patient was at that time 22-year-old male, student. The longest follow 9p for 22 years and 8 months has been obtained. During the follow up period, late deterioration due to restenosis developed 4 years after initial good result and reoperation was succeeded by transventricular Mitral Valvotomy with Tubb`s ilator on April 1964. The possible cause of restenosis was attributed to recurrent rheumatic activity. After more than 13 years long-good life following 2nd operation, Endocarditis such as episode of high fever & chill intermittently followed by mild fever and night sweat, I t. tibial artery embolization and rupture of aortic cusp. At present, patient complained of no subjective symptom, enjoying ordinary life {NYHA II]. Blood pressure has been 110/50-60 mmHg, trivial diastolic murmur at apex and moderate degree of mechanical murmur on diastole at Erb`s rea. Neither signs of RVH for mitral stenosis nor sign of LVH. ST-T change for aortic regurgitation appeared yet during last 2 yrs. The patient`s are for prevention of Rheumatic activity and development of endocarditis is important for obtaining the better long-term result.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 1994년도 교수 연수회(역학)
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• pp.164-168
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• 1994

Single serologic tests may occasionally influence clinicians in making diagnoses. The antistreptolysin O (ASO) test is a frequently used tool for detecting recent Streptococcus pyogenes infection and is helpful in the diagnosis of diseases like rheumatic fever. Using data from a 1989 prospective study of 600 healthy male military recruits, in which 43% experienced S. pyogenes upper respiratory tract infection (2-dilution rise in ASO), this report compared two methods of interpreting a single ASO titer. Using the 'upper limit of normal' (80 percentile) method, recruits with an ASO titer of greater than 400 showed evidence of recent S. pyogenes infection. This method had a sensitivity and specificity of only 65.9 and 81.9% respectively. In contrast to the 'yes-no'. dichotomy of the 'upper limit of normal' method. the likelihood ratio method statistics were ASO value specific, more consistent with clinical judgment, and better emphasized the caution clinicians must use in interpreting a single ASO test.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.346-352
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• 1998

심장 초음파에 의한 류마티스성의 심장판막질환은 판첨이 융합되고 건삭이 짧아져 판막운동이 제한되는데 융합이 심하면 협착이되고 퇴축이 심하면 폐쇄부전이 일어난다. 이러한 초음파적인 소견과 수술시야에 직접 관찰되는 교련융합과 판엽의 비후, 건삭의 융합과 단축 심하면 석회침착 등의 소견 및 병리조직학적인 소견으로 확인된 류마티스성 심장판막질환에 대한 외과적 치료를 시행한 환자 440명을 대상으로 임상적성적을 분석하였다. 기간내의 총판막수술은 502명에서 시행되었으며 이중 87.3%인 440명이 류마티스성판막증으로 분류되었으며, 여자가 1.3배 많았고 평균년령은 37.8세 였다. 96.3%가 승모판을 침범하였고 대동맥판 19.8%, 삼첨판 16.3%를 침범하였으나 승모판 단독 침범례는 62.5%, 대동맥판 단독은 3.6%, 삼첨판막의 기질적 변화를 보여 외과적 치료를 가한 예는 1.8%에 불과하였다. 수술의 방법으로는 3.9%에서는 판막의 보존적 치료가 가능하였고 96.1%인 323례에서 1개 이상의 인조판막이 사용되었다. 승모판막치환술이 275례, 대동맥판 18례, 70례의 다중판막치환술을 시행하였다. 조기사망율은 보존적치료 예에서 5.9%, 판막치환례에서는 대동맥 5.9%, 승모판 6.0%, 다중판막 19.4%를 기록하였다. 생존례의 90.1%인 364명이 추시관찰이 가능하였는데 총 2890환자년의 추적기간중 뉴욕심장협회기능적 분류상 수술로 평균 2.9도에서 1.3의 상태호전을 보였으며 합병증은 혈전전색 1.3%/환자/년, 출혈성합병증 1.8%환자/년으로 나타났다. 누적생존율은 술 후 1년에 92.7＋/－2.8%, 5년에 88.0＋/－ 4.5%, 10년에 82.3＋/－7.7%였다. 류마티스성질환은 선진국에서는 최근 급격히 감소하고 있다고 하나 저자들의 예에서는 전체판막질환에 대한 수술례의 87.3%를 차지하고 있어 아직도 깊은 관심을 갖고 깊은 연구가 있어야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.236-239
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• 2001

Group A Streptococcus strain ST4529 is a provisional new ems type which has been recently reported in Malaysia (Jomal, et al. 1999. Energ. Infect . Dis. 5,10-14). This strain was found to be opacity factor (OF) negative with a Tl phenotype. Usually, OF negative strains with T1 phenotypes are associated with acute rheumatic fever. However, strain ST4529 was isolated from the blood of a patient with septicemia. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of the mature hypervariable N-terminus of ST4529 showed only 43% identity with that of M5, the closest matched OF negative strain with a T1 phenotype. Thus, ST4529 most probably encodes a new serospecifically unique M protein which is associated with septicemia rather than pharyngitis infections. The strains with these phenotypes are very important because their sequences should be considered for developing any anti-streptococcal vaccines.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.39-42
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• 1981

Recent changes in the cause of death among the Korean population seem to be systematic and significant. Data on cause of death from the medically certified death certificates provide at least four types of evidence: a sudden increase in recent years in the numbers of death due to cerebrovascular disease or circulatory diseases including rheumatic fever and chronic heart diseases and atherosclerosis; increasing steadily in the numbers of death due to malignant neoplasm of various sites, and death due to accident; decreasing steadily in the numbers of death due to communicable diseases or parasite diseases; and a large number of deaths with unspecified symptoms and ill-defined conditions. The lack of complete registration of the deads occurred or the incomplete description on the cause of death reported suggests that statistical information of cause of death from the medically certified death records is meaningful in interpreting changing patterns.