• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2009

목 적 : 요로 감염증 환아를 요로계 기형이 있는 요로 감염군과 이러한 기형이 없는 요로 감염군으로 나누어 반복 요 배양검사에서 균의 재배양 양성율을 비교하여 반복 요 배양 검사의 임상적 유용성에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1998년 1월 1일부터 2008년 8월 1일까지 경상대학교병원에 내원하여 발열 또는 요로감염의 전형적인 임상양상을 보이고 농뇨가 있으면서 소변배양 검사에서 균이 $10^5$ colony-forming units (CFU)/mL개 이상 자란 요로 감염 환아 369명을 대상으로 2일 후에 다시 요 배양검사를 시행하였다. 요로기형이 없는 요로 감염군과 요로기형(방광요관역류, 수신증)을 동반하는 요로 감염군으로 나누어 각각의 군의 성비, 나이, 재배양 양성율을 통계적으로 분석하였다. 통계량 분석은 Students t-test와 Fishers exact test를 사용하였고 SPSS 14.0 버전을 사용하여 P값이 0.05미만인 경우에 통계적으로 유의한 것으로 평가하였다. 결 과 : 요로 기형이 없는 요로 감염군의 성비는 M:F=1.9:1 (183/96)이었고 요로 기형을 동반하는 요로 감염군의 성비는 M:F=3.5:1 (70/20)으로 요로 기형이 있는 요로 감염군에서 통계적으로 유의하게 남자가 많았다(P=0.019). 나이는 요로 기형이 없는 요로 감염군이 $0.82{\pm}1.83$세이고 요로 기형이 있는 요로 감염군이 $1.18{\pm}2.57$세로 통계적으로 차이가 없었다. 재배양 양성율은 정상요로를 가진 요로 감염군이 3/279 (1.1%)이고 요로 기형이 있는 요로 감염군이 1/90 (1.1%)으로 통계적으로 차이가 없었다. 결 론 : 정상 요로를 가진 요로 감염군과 요로 기형이 있는 요로 감염군에서의 균의 재배양 양성율은 통계적으로 차이가 없을 뿐만 아니라 재배양 양성율 자체의 빈도도 매우 드물었다. 따라서 반복 요 배양 검사 결과를 치료의 성공 지표로 삼는 것은 임상적 유용성이 부족하며, 정상 요로를 가진 요로 감염군과 요로 기형이 있는 요로 감염군 모두에서 반복 요 배양 검사는 불필요한 검사라고 생각된다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.187-195
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• 1999

목적 : 방광요관역류는 방광에서 요관과 신장으로 소변이 역류하는 현상으로 요로감염증의 약 1/3에서 발견되며 정도는 1도에서 5도까지 나눌수 있다. 소아의 방광요관역류의 진단에 있어 사용되는 RI VCUG(Radioisotope voiding cystourethrography(이하 VCUG)) 와 X-ray VCUG의 결과를 비교하여 방광요관역류의 진단에 어느 방법이 더 유용한지 평가하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 1991년 1월부터 1998년 7월까지 7년 6개월동안 순천향병원 소아과 외래를 방문한 환아중 잦은 요로감염증이나 초음파 검사상 이상소견을 보인 9개월에서 17세까지 평균 5년 6개월의 남아 19명, 여아 21명을 대상으로 대상환아들에게 X-ray VCUG나 RI VCUG 또는 두가지 방법을 동시에 시행하였으며 요검사와 소변 배양검사를 1개월마다, 신장 초음파 검사를 3개월마다, RI VCUG를 6개월마다 추적검사를 시행하여 방광요관역류의 소실여부를 관찰하며 예후를 평가하였다. 결과 : 대상환아중 24명이 RI VCUG를 시행하여 17명이 방광요관역류소견을 보여 70.1%의 양성률을 보였고 22명이 X-ray VCUG를 시행하여 9명이 방광요관역류소견을 보여 40.1%의 양성률을 보였으며 19명이 두가지 검사를 모두 시행하여 15명이 RI VCUG상 양성소견을 보였고 이중 7명이 X-ray VCUG상 양성소견을 보였고 RI VCUG상 음성소견을 보인 4명은 X-ray VCUG 상에서도 음성소견을 보였다. 방광요관역류환아의 예후는 중복신장을 동반한 1례에서는 수술로 교정되었으며 다낭포신을 동반한 1례에서는 역류가 지속되었고 그외 단순한 역류에서는 자연소실과 반혼의 형성이 각각 8명이었으며 역류가 지속된 경우가 5명, 수술로 교정된 경우는 2명, 신기능이 감소된 경우가1명, 추적관찰이 되지않은 경우가 1명이었다. DMSA(2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid 이하 DMSA) sacn상 방광요관역류환아 9명중 8명이 반흔을 형성하였고 역류가 없던 8명에서는 반흔을 형성하지 않았다. 요배양검사상 방광요관역류환아가 19명중 17명으로 역류가 없던 환아 21명중 15명이 양성소견을 보인것보다 양성률이 높았으며 원인균으로는 대장균이 가장많았고 방광요관역류환아에서 요로감염이 없던 기간은 14개월로 방광요관역류가 없는 환아에서의 26개월보다 짧았다. 결론 : 소아의 방광요관 역류의 진단에 있어 RI VCUG가 X-ray VCUG보다 양성률이 높음을 확인할수 있었다. 그러므로 초기진단시 방광요관 역류가 의심되나 X-ray VCUG로 발견되지 않은 경우에는 RI VCUG를 꼭 시행하는 것이 방광요관역류의 정확한 진단을 하는데 도움이 된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.233-239
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• 1999

This study was performed to evaluate the effects of the supplementation of lactic acid bacterias (LAB; S. thermophilus, L. acidophilus) aluminum accumulation and function kidney in rats treated with 250 g/g aluminum sulfate for 4 weeks. Fifty male Sprague Dawley strains were divided into five groups according to the types of supplement. the control, S. thermophilus culture group(A), autoclaved S. thermophilus culture(B), L. acidophilus culture group(C) and autoclaved L. acidophilus(D). The weight gain was increased by supplementation of S. thermophilus culture(A), autoclaved S. thermophilus culture(B), L. acidophilus culture(C), autoclaved L. acidophilus culture(D), especially by supplementation of S. thermophilus cultured(A) as compared to control group. The amount of water intake was increased in control group as compared to the LAB supplemented group. The content of aluminum were decreased 19.57%, 31.25%, 37.10%, and 32.40% in kidney after supplementation of non autoclaved culture group (A,C), and autoclaved group(B,D) respectively, as compared to control group. Water balance, urine volume, and excretion of sodium and potassium decreased in LAB supplemented group and control group. Excretion of creatinine increased in control group and tendency to increased in LAB supplemented group. In conclusion, the effect of suppression of aluminum accumulation was more effective in sup plementation of S. thermophilus culture(A), and L. acidophilus culture(C) than autoclaved S. thermo philus culture(B), and L. acidophilus culture(D).

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the rate of cytomegalovirus (CMV) virolactia, and the prevalence of breast milk (BM)-transmitted postnatal CMV infection among premature infants after freeze-thawing (FT) and Holder pasteurization (HP) of breast milk. Methods: This is a single-center, retrospective study of 312 infants born at less than 32 weeks of gestation, or with a birth weight less than 1,500 g from January 2013 to June 2017. All infants were screened for CMV-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgM at birth. Initial CMV specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and CMV culture were performed on mothers' BM and babies' urine within the first 21 days of life. FT and HP of BM was used to prevent the transmission of CMV. For the surveillance of postnatal CMV infection, CMV culture and CMV specific PCR of urine from babies were repeated one to two months after the initial screening. Screening for viremia and viruria was performed if postnatal CMV infection was suspected. Results: Among 178 BM samples obtained from mothers of CMV-IgG-seropositive infants, 80 (44.9%) were CMV PCR positive. CMV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was detected in five of the 22 BM samples (22.7%) obtained from the mothers of CMV-IgG seronegative infants. When CMV DNA load in BM was measured before and after HP, various results were shown. Sixty-three infants out of 232 (27.2%) were evaluated for postnatal CMV infection and four infants out of 63 (6.3%) were infected. Conclusion: Interventions to prevent BM-transmitted CMV infection can reduce the chance of postnatal CMV infection, but not completely eliminate it.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.143-147
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• 2015

Purpose: Burkholderia cepacia is an aerobic, glucose-non-fermenting, gram-negative bacillus that mainly affects immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. Burkholderia cepacia has high levels of resistance to many antimicrobial agents, and therapeutic options are limited. The authors sought to analyze the incidence, clinical manifestation, risk factors, antimicrobial sensitivity and outcomes of B. cepacia urinary tract infection (UTI) in pediatric patients. Methods: Pediatric patients with urine culture-proven B. cepacia UTI between January 2000 and December 2014 at Samsung Medical Center, a tertiary referral hospital in Seoul, Republic of Korea, were included in a retrospective analysis of medical records. Results: Over 14 years, 14 patients (male-to-female ratio of 1:1) were diagnosed with B. cepacia UTI. Of 14 patients with UTI, 11 patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, and a bladder catheter was present in 9 patients when urine culture was positive for B. cepacia. Patients had multiple predisposing factors for UTI, including double-J catheter insertion (14.2%), vesico-ureteral reflux (28.6%), congenital heart disease (28.6%), or malignancy (21.4%). Burkholderia cepacia isolates were sensitive to piperacillin-tazobactam and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, and resistant to amikacin and colistin. Treatment with parenteral or oral antimicrobial agents including piperacillin-tazobactam, ceftazidime, meropenem, and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim resulted in complete recovery from UTI. Conclusion: Burkholderia cepacia may be a causative pathogen for nosocomial UTI in pediatric patients with predisposing factors, and appropriate selection of antimicrobial therapy is necessary because of high levels of resistance to empirical therapy, including aminoglycosides.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2015

To revise the clinical guideline for childhood urinary tract infections (UTIs) of the Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology (2007), the recently updated guidelines and new data were reviewed. The major revisions are as follows. In diagnosis, the criterion for a positive culture of the catheterized or suprapubic aspirated urine is reduced to 50,000 colony forming uits (CFUs)/mL from 100,000 CFU/mL. Diagnosis is more confirmatory if the urinalysis is abnormal. In treating febrile UTI and pyelonephritis, oral antibiotics is considered to be as effective as parenteral antibiotics. In urologic imaging studies, the traditional aggressive approach to find primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and renal scar is shifted to the targeted restrictive approach. A voiding cystourethrography is not routinely recommended and is indicated only in atypical or complex clinical conditions, abnormal ultrasonography and recurrent UTIs. $^{99m}Tc$-DMSA renal scan is valuable in diagnosing pyelonephritis in children with negative culture or normal RBUS. Although it is not routinely recommended, normal scan can safely avoid VCUG. In prevention, a more natural approach is preferred. Antimicrobial prophylaxis is not supported any more even in children with VUR. Topical steroid (2-4 weeks) to non-retractile physiologic phimosis or labial adhesion is a reasonable first-line treatment. Urogenital hygiene is important and must be adequately performed. Breast milk, probiotics and cranberries are dietary factors to prevent UTIs. Voiding dysfunction and constipation should be properly treated and prevented by initiating toilet training at an appropriate age (18-24 months). The follow-up urine test on subsequent unexplained febrile illness is strongly recommended. Changes of this revision is not exclusive and appropriate variation still may be accepted.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.25-37
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• 1983

A group of 180 men who visited Urology Department of Severance hospital, including 115 patients with nongonococcal urethritis (N.G.U.), 27 patients with prostatitis, 13 patients with gonococcal urethritis (G.U.) and 25 healthy medical student controls were investigated for the isolation of Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-strain mycoplasma) from the specimen of ureaplasma discharge, urine and semen. Taylor-Robinson media of T-broth and T-agar was used for the isolation of Ureaplasma urealyticum. To the best of our knowledge, the study on the culture of Ureaplasma urealy ticum was reported for the first time in Korea. The followis g results were obtained: 1. The isolation rate of Ureaplasma urealyticum in nongonococcal urethritis (53.0%) revealed highest of those in the other three groups of prostatitis, gonococcal urethritis and control (40.7%,38.4% and 16.0% respectively). 2. As for the specimens, urethral discharge revelaed higher isolation rate of Ureaplasma urealyticum (54.6%) than first voided urine (50.0%). 3. The more consorts patients had, the higher positive culture rate of Ureaplasma urealyticum were revealed. The isolation rate in case of more than one causal in nongonococcal urethritis (27.8%) revealed much higher than in case of marital only (5.2%), one regular (6.1%) and one causal 03.9%). 4. 2.6% of isolation rate of Ureaplasma urealyticum revealed in patients with nongonococcal urethritis who visited the clinic in later than 4 weeks after the symptoms developed. However, the isolation rate in patients who visited within 4 weeks revealed 50.3%. The lower isolation rate of Ureaplasma in the late treatment seekers might be probably due to the suppression effect against Ureaplama urealyticum from the possible previous self antibiotic treatment. 5. Attachment of Ureaplasma urealyticum mostly to the neck and head portion of the spermatozoa seemed to playa role to affect the motility of sperms.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.801-809
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• 2019

Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai is a deciduous shrub of a flowering plant in Oleaceae. It is an important plant resource and consists of only one species in the entire world. A. distichum Nakai is well known an edible, medicinal herb in its habitat districts, but the toxicological evaluation for the safe use of its extract is still insufficient. The study characterized the toxicity of an Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai ethanol extract in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and determined the safe dosage levels in a 13 weeks toxicity study. Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai ethanol extract was orally administered once daily for 2 weeks at 0, 500, 1,000 and 2,000 mg/kg/day to male and female SD rats. while recording the clinical signs of toxicity, body weight, food intake/consumption, eye test and urine analysis. Only the total protein frequency in the urine of male SD rats (p<0.05), the right ovary of the 500 mg/kg group (p<0.01) and the right adrenal gland of the 1,000 mg/kg group (p<0.05) in the female rats showed statistically significant changes. But no toxic effects were noted from repeated-dose administration of the Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai ethanol extract in the SD rats during the observation period. The post-mortem examinations showed no test substance-mediated changes. The hematological analysis and clinical blood chemistry data demonstrated no toxic effects from repeated-dose administration of Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai ethanol extract in the SD rats during the observation period. Based on these results, this data suggests that a dose of 1,000 mg/kg/day is a highest treatment to administer when conducting a further 13 weeks toxicity study.

• Urogenital Tract Infection
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2018

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between uropathogens of infants with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) and vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Materials and Methods: We analyzed 308 infants hospitalized for febrile UTI between January 2010 and December 2015, and assessed the voiding cystourethrography (VCUG). The medical records, including clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, urinalysis, urine culture tests, ultrasound (US), dimercaptosuccinic acid scan, and VCUG, were retrospectively obtained. The incidences of VUR and high-grade VURs (III, IV, and V) were analyzed in 4 groups categorized by uropathogens and renal US findings. Results: The mean age of 308 infants was $3.29{\pm}2.18months$. The male-to-female ratio was 3.46:1. In urine culture tests, 267 infants (86.69%) showed single bacterial uropathogen; Escherichia coli in 241 infants (78.25%) and non-E. coli uropathogens in 26 infants (8.44%). Multiple distinctive microorganisms were identified as causative uropathogens in 41 infants (13.31%). Abnormal findings of US and VCUG were identified in 216 and 64 patients, respectively. In 308 infants, the incidences of VUR and high-grade VUR were not different among the 4 groups. In 239 male infants, the incidences of high-grade VUR were higher in patients with non-E. coli single or multiple uropathogen and with abnormal US findings (p=0.042). Conclusions: In male infants with non-E. coli uropathogen or multiple uropathogens and with abnormal US findings at febrile UTI, there was an increased chance of finding high-grade VURs on subsequent VCUG tests.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.91-99
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• 2012

Purpose: The aims of this study was to compare and evaluate the clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and prognosis for infants under age 1 year with CMV hepatitis and those with viral hepatitis of unknown etiology. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of infants under age 1 year who were admitted with acute hepatitis. The exclusion criteria consisted of: autoimmune, genetic, metabolic, toxic, HAV, HBV, HCV, toxoplasma, rubella, herpes simplex, and Epstein-Barr virus. The 30 patients included were divided into two groups based on markers for CMV (IgM anti-CMV, CMV PCR in urine, CMV culture in urine). Results: The median age of patients (n=15) was 2.8 months. No other organ involvement was detected in any patient. Peak serum total bilirubin levels (n=4) ranged from 2.6 to 6.7 mg/dL. Peak serum ALT levels ranged from 51 to 1,581 IU/L. The duration of ALT elevation ranged from 1.5 weeks to 26 weeks (median 9 weeks). All had recovered in full without ganciclovir; there were no cases of hearing loss. The median age of controls (n=15) was 2.5 months. Peak serum total bilirubin levels (n=4) ranged from 1.6 to 9.1 mg/dL. Peak serum ALT levels ranged from 26 to 1,794 IU/L. No significant differences were observed between both groups regarding the peak serum ALT levels, peak serum total bilirubin levels, duration of hyperbilirubinemia and ALT elevation. Conclusion: Although it was not possible to differentiate congenital infection with perinatal infection in this study, the prognosis of patients with CMV hepatitis without other organ involvement was good without ganciclovir treatment.