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A Case of Ancylostoma ceylanicum Infection Occurring in an Australian Soldier Returned from Solomon Islands

  • Speare, Rick;Bradbury, Richard Stewart;Croese, John
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.533-536
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    • 2016
  • A 26-year-old male member of the Australian Defense Force presented with a history of central abdominal pain of 4 weeks duration and peripheral eosinophilia consistent with eosinophilic enteritis. Acute hookworm disease was diagnosed as the cause. Adult worms recovered from feces after therapy with albendazole were morphologically consistent with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. As the patient had been deployed with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands for 6 months prior to this presentation, it is very likely that the A. ceylanicum was acquired in Solomon Islands. Until now, it has been assumed that any Ancylostoma spp. recovered from humans in Solomon Islands is A. duodenale. However, this case demonstrates that human hookworm infection acquired in the Solomon Islands could be caused by A. ceylanicum.

Treatment of prednisolone for eosinophilic enteritis in a dog (개에서 prednisolone을 이용한 호산구성 장염 치료 증례)

  • Lee, Jin-Woo;Lee, Sun-Hee;Lim, Soo-Jung;Park, Hyung-Jin;Jung, Dae-Wook;Kim, Tae-Sin;Kim, Duck-Hwan;Song, Kun-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.327-330
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    • 2010
  • A 7-year-old, castrated male Yorkshire terrier dog with chronic vomiting, and melena lasted for 3 weeks was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of Chungnam National University. The complete blood counts and serum biochemistry revealed no remarkable findings. Gastrointestinal series revealed irregular margin in small intestinal lumen. After upper gastrointestinal series, erythema of the small intestinal lesions was found by exploratory laparotomy and full-thickness biopsy was performed. Histopathologic examination revealed infiltration of predominantly eosinophils and other inflammatory cells in small intestine. Based on these findings, the dog was diagnosed as eosinophilic enteritis. After 4 weeks medical treatment and hypoallergenic diet, the patient showed no vomiting, melena and other complications.

Occurrence of Inclusion Body Hepatitis in Chickens Raised in Korea (닭의 Inclusion Body Hepatitis 발생례(發生例) 보고(報告))

  • Kim, Ki Seuk;Kim, Soon Bok;Rhee, Young Ok;Choi, Chang Ok;Namgoong, S.;Park, Keun Sik
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.41-43
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    • 1981
  • The occurrence of inclusion body hepatitis was confirmed for the first time in Korea from chickens submitted for diagnosis to this Institute from a farm located in the vicinity of Anyang. The chickens showed no specific clinical signs except for moderate anemic conditions. At autopsy, livers were swollen and mottled with numerous stellate subcapsular hemorrhages and necrotic foci. Severe nephritis and catarrhal enteritis were also seen. The most notable microscopic changes were seen in the liver. These included eosinophilic intra-nuclear inclusion bodies in the hepatocyes, massive hemorrhages and necrosis and fatty changes in the liver parenchema.

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Eosinophilic Enteritis in a Dairy Cow

  • Hur, Tai-Young;Kang, Seog-Jin;Lee, Je-In;Cho, Yong-Il;Jung, Young-Hun;Do, Yoon-Jung;Ryu, Il-Sun;Lee, Wang-Shik;Lee, Hyun-Jun;Kim, Sang-Bum;Ki, Kwang-Seok;Suh, Guk-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.173-173
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    • 2007
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Protective Effect of DA-9601, an Artemisiae Herba Extract, on Radiation-induced Colitis in Wistar Rats

  • Ahn, Byoung-Ok;Oh, Tae-Young;Ryu, Byoung-Kweon;Kim, Soon-Hoe;Kim, Won-Bae;Kang, Seung-Hee;Chun, Mi-Son;Yoon, Jung-Hee
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 1998
  • This study was performed to examine the effects of DA-9601, a novel antiulcer agent extracted from Artemisiae Herba, on radiation colitis in the rat. Female Wistar rats received a 30 Gy dose of irradiation to the 2 cm of distal colon in length using an intrarectal applicator system. 30 mg/tg or 100 mg/kg of DA- 9601 was administered orally 30 min before and 4 h after radiation on day 1. And the same dose of DA-9601 was given to the animals twice a day from day 2 to 14. As a reference control, sucralfate suspension (100 or 300 mg/head) was given as an enema based on the same treatment schedule of DA-9601. Body weight change and the frequency of diarrhea were recorded during the observation period as markers of radiationinduced injury, All animals were sacrificed on day 15 for evaluation of macro- and microscopic findings and mucosal myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity. Radiated animals showed diarrhea, mucosal redness and histologic changes characterized by edema and eosinophilic infiltration of the periglandular lamina propria with loss of colonic epithelium. Radiation also significantly increased mucosal MfO activity of affected colon f\\\\\\\\`<0.05). However, most of these changes were completely protected by oral administration with DA-9601. DA-9601 reduced radiation-induced histologic alteration significantly in a dose-related manner (P<0.05). In addition, mucosal MPO activity in rats receiving high dose of DA-9601 decreased significantly when compared with that in radiated control. High dose of sucralfate (300 mg/head) alleviated radiation-induced histologic lesion, but failed to reach statistical significance. The results of this study suggest that DA-9601 can be useful for the prevention of acute clinical symptoms of radiation proctocolitis and that decrease of mucosal MPO by DA-9601 plays a role in its protective mechanism(s), at least in part.

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