• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.54-59
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• 2018

기생충 감염은 소아 인구에게서 드물기 때문에 진단이 어려울 수 있다. 환아는 6개월 동안 간헐적인 상복부 통증과 양손과 양측 팔 모두에 발생한 홍반성 발진을 동반한 늑막 삼출을 주소로 내원하였다. 환아는 검사상 혈청 호산구증가와 현저한 삼출성, 호산구성 흉막삼출액이 확인되었다. 동시에 폐렴 미코플라스마에 대한 높은 항체가 때문에 항생제 치료를 받았으나 흉막삼출은 호전되지 않았다. 환아의 분변에서 시행한 기생충 알의 검사상 음성이었으나 혈청 및 흉막삼출액의 기생충 특이 항원에 대한 면역효소측정법에서 폐흡충 특이 IgG에 대해 양성을 보였다. Praziquantel의 치료 후 호흡기 증상, 흉수 및 피부 증상이 호전되었다. 이에 만성 복통과 홍반성 발진을 주소로 내원한 소아 환자에서 폐흡충에 의한 흉막삼출액을 진단 및 치료하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.223-230
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• 1994

간흡충은 현재 우리 나라에서 가장 중요한 인체 기생충으로, 감염된 간내 담관이 확장되고 벽이 비후되므로 초음파로 이 소견을 관찰하여 간흡충증을 추정진단할 수 있다. 감염기간과 치료에 따른 초음파상을 조직학적인 병변과 비교 관찰하여 초음파상의 진단적인 가치를 정립하고자 이 연구를 수행하였다. 집토끼 18마리에 간흡충의 피낭유충을 20개씩 3회 반복 감염시키거나 400개씩 1회 감염시켜서, 감염 후 4, 10, 22주에 EPG 검사와 초음파를 관찰하고 일부를 도살하여 조직병리학적인 소견을 관찰하였다. 또한 400개의 피낭유충을 감염시킨 토끼 4마리를 감염 후 10주에 프라지콴텔로 치료하고 치료 후 12주에 관찰하였다. 간홉충란 정량검사에서 4주에 EPG 0-14900의 범위에 있었으며, 10주 후에는 16마리 모두에서 충란을 검출하여 EPG가 200-18200에 있었다. 감염 후 4주에 초음파로 관찰한 14마리 중에 12마리에서 간내담관의 확장이 있고. 담관주위 에코는 담관확장이 중등도 이상 심한 개체 6마리에서만 관찰하였다. 감염 후 10주와 22주, 또한 치료 12주 후에 관찰한 모든 개체에서 간내 담관의 화장 소견이 있었고 일부에서 담관주위 에코를 확인하였다. 조직학적인 소견도 감염 4주 후부터 담관이 확장되고 점막이 증식하며, 담관 주위 염증과 섬유화가 관찰되었고 기간이 경과하면서 더욱 심하게 진행하였다. 치료 후에도 이러한 병변이 잔존하였다. 이러한 병변은 초음파 소견과 잘 일치하였다. 토끼의 각 간엽에 충체가 고르게 분포하였고 말단 담관에까지도 충체가 들어 있었다. 그러나 경감염 초기에는 초음파의 담관 확장 소견이 없는 개체도 있었다. 여러 가지 초음파 소견 중에서 간내 담관의 확장만이 진단적인 의미를 가지는 소견이고 10주 이상 감염된 모든 개체에서 관찰할 수 있었다. 그러나 치료 후 잔존 병변을 구분하는 데에 한계가 있어 이 부분에 대한 연구가 더 필요하다고 생각한다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1988

프라지관텔이 사용되어 많은 간흡충 감염자가 치료되고 있는 현재의 상환에 비추어, 간흡충중의 진단에서 피내반응검사와 혈청검사의 효용성과 치료 후의 혈청 항체가의 변동 양상을 관찰하고자 이 연구를 실시하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 피내 반응검사를 실시한 135명 중에서 간흡충의 VBS항원에 양성 반응자가 35명 (25.9%)이었고 이 중에서 간흡충란 양성자는 12명 (34.3%)이 었다. 2. 전체 간흡충란 양성자 129명에서 간흡충 성충의 조항원을 이용한 효소면역 법(ELISA)의 흡광도가 0.063~1.216($0.325{\pm}0.202$)이 고 25명 의 충란음성 자에 서 는 0.078~0.670($0.255{\pm}0.133$)이었다. 3. 총 93례에서 실시한 EPG와 휴광도의 관계를 보면 68명의 EPG 900이하 감염례에서 0,063~0.761($0.258{\pm}0.142$)이고, EPG 1,000~1,900의 6례에서 0,231~0.773($0.463{\pm}.191$0), EPG 2,0000~3,900의 6례에서 0.361~0.640($0.497{\pm}0,103$), EPG 4,000~9,900의 7례에서 0.196~0.874($0.517{\pm}0.261$), 6명의 중감염자(EPG 10,000 이상)에서 0.359~1.216($0.715{\pm}0.342$)이었다. 4. 치료 전후에 관찰한 혈청내 특이 IgG항체가는 각 군에 따라서 다음과 같다. 제 1군의 치료전 흡광도는 0.075~1.216($0.347{\pm}0.258$)이고 치료 12~14일 후에는 0.065~l.181($0.417{\pm}0.272$)이었고, 제 II군의 홉광도는 0.IG2~10.796($0.320{\pm}0.287$)이고 치료 4주 후에 0.107~0.544($0.206{\pm}0.115$)이었다. 제III군에서는 흡광도가 치료 전에 0.102~0.470($0.244{\pm}0.117$)이며 치료 8~9주 후에 0.101~0.500($0.256{\pm}0.134$)이었다. 제 IV군의 경우 흡광도가 0.063~0.735($0.320{\pm}0.189$)에서 치료 후 7개월에 0.090~0.404($0.201{\pm}0.088$)로 감소하고, 제 V군에서 흡광도 0.063~0.773($0.352{\pm}0.227$)이 치료 13개월 후에 0.076~0.386($0.216{\pm}0.096$)으로 감소하였다. 치료 전후의 흡광도는 7개월 및 13개월 후의 변화만이 통계적으로 유의하였다. 이상의 결과를 미루어보면 간흡충증의 진단에서 효소면역 법을 이용한 혈청 내 특이 IgG항체 검사는 EPG 1,000 이상의 중등도 이상 감염자에서만 우수한 진단적 가치를 가진다고 판단된다. 또한 프라지관델로 치료하여 충란음전이 된 상태에서 혈청내 ITG항체는 투약 후 9주와 7개월 사이에 유의하게 감소하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.191-193
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• 2002

Oriental liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis) infection was surveyed among residents of Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea during the period of January 2001 to March 2002. Total 1,041 stool samples were collected from residents who visited Public Health Center and its branches in Hamyang-gun and examined using formalin-ether sedimentation method. The overall egg positive rate was 16%, male showing higher positive rate (21%) than female (10%). The age group of 30 to 50 years had the highest egg positive rate of C. sinensis from 20% to 22%. The positive examinees were treated with praziquantel and educated individually to prevent reinfection . Egg positive rate in this area was decreased when compared with results recorded in the past, however, still remained more than 10%. This study suggests that periodic examination, treatment as well as education of residents should be continued and systematized.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.367-370
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• 2022

Fascioliasis is a parasitic infection caused by liver flukes. Although several cases have been reported in Korea, phylogenetic analysis of isolates is lacking. In this study, a 66-year-old woman with right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain was diagnosed as fascioliasis involving abdominal muscle by imaging study. She received praziquantel treatment, but symptoms were not improved. Lateral movement of the abscess lesion was followed. Trematode parasite was surgically removed from the patient's rectus abdominis muscle. The fluke was identified as Fasciola hepatica based on sequence analysis of 18S rDNA. To determine the phylogenetic position of this Fasciola strain (named Korean Fasciola 1; KF1), the cox1 gene (273 bp) was analyzed and compared with the genes of 17 F. hepatica strains isolated from cows, sheep, goats, and humans from various countries. Phylogenetic analysis showed that KF1 was closely related with the isolates from China goat.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2014

Several reports on taeniasis and cysticercosis in Vietnam show that they are distributed in over 50 of 63 provinces. In some endemic areas, the prevalence of taeniasis was 0.2-12.0% and that of cysticercosis was 1.0-7.2%. The major symptoms of taeniasis included fidgeted anus, proglottids moving out of the anus, and proglottids in the feces. Clinical manifestations of cysticercosis in humans included subcutaneous nodules, epileptic seizures, severe headach, impaired vision, and memory loss. The species identification of Taenia in Vietnam included Taenia asiatica, Taenia saginata, and Taenia solium based on combined morphology and molecular methods. Only T. solium caused cysticercosis in humans. Praziquantel was chosen for treatment of taeniasis and albendazole for treatment of cysticercosis. The infection rate of cysticercus cellulosae in pigs was 0.04% at Hanoi slaughterhouses, 0.03-0.31% at provincial slaughterhouses in the north, and 0.9% in provincial slaughterhouses in the southern region of Vietnam. The infection rate of cysticercus bovis in cattle was 0.03-2.17% at Hanoi slaughterhouses. Risk factors investigated with regard to transmission of Taenia suggested that consumption of raw meat (eating raw meat 4.5-74.3%), inadequate or absent meat inspection and control, poor sanitation in some endemic areas, and use of untreated human waste as a fertilizer for crops may play important roles in Vietnam, although this remains to be validated.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.315-318
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• 2009

Quantitative fecal egg counts represented as the number of eggs per gram of feces (EPG) are generally a reliable parameter to estimate the worm burden of intestinal and hepatic parasitoses. Although Haplorchis taichui (Digenea: Heterophyidae) is one of the most common minute human intestinal flukes, little is known about the relationship between EPG and the actual worm burden in patients or the severity of the disease. In the present study, fecal samples were collected from 25 villagers in northern Thailand before and after praziquantel treatment. The EPG values of each participant were determined by the modified cellophane thick smear method, and adult worms were collected from the whole stool after the treatment. Eggs per day per worm (EPDPW) of H. taichui were estimated 82 from egg counts and expelled worms. The EPG was not well correlated with the worm burden, and a reverse correlation was observed between the EPDPW and the worm burden.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.467-470
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• 2013

The present study reports a human case of cutaneous gnathostomiasis with recurrent migratory nodule and persistent eosinophilia in China. A 52-year-old woman from Henan Province, central China, presented with recurrent migratory reddish swelling and subcutaneous nodule in the left upper arm and on the back for 3 months. Blood examination showed eosinophila (21.2%), and anti-sparganum antibodies were positive. Skin biopsy of the lesion and histopathological examinations revealed dermal infiltrates of eosinophils but did not show any parasites. Thus, the patient was first diagnosed as sparganosis; however, new migratory swellings occurred after treatment with praziquantel for 3 days. On further inquiring, she recalled having eaten undercooked eels and specific antibodies to the larvae of Gnathostoma spinigerum were detected. The patient was definitely diagnosed as cutaneous gnathostomiasis caused by Gnathostoma sp. and treated with albendazole (1,000 mg/day) for 15 days, and the subsequent papule and blister developed after the treatment. After 1 month, laboratory findings indicated a reduced eosinophil count (3.3%). At her final follow-up 18 months later, the patient had no further symptoms and anti-Gnathostoma antibodies became negative. Conclusively, the present study is the first report on a human case of cutaneous gnathostomiasis in Henan Province, China, based on the past history (eating undercooked eels), clinical manifestations (migratory subcutaneous nodule and persistent eosinophilia), and a serological finding (positive for specific anti-Gnathostoma antibodies).

• 한국건강관리협회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.72-83
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• 2005

The present pilot project was executed to recommend a strategy of clonorchiasis control in China. The pilot area of this project was Zhaoyuan, Hailin, and Ningan, Heiloagjiang province. A baseline survey subjecting 4,865 residents in Heilongjiang confirmed Zhaoyuan asa high endemic area and Hailin and Ningan as moderate endemic areas. Six different control strategies were implemented in Zhaoyuan, two were in Hailin, and one was in Ningan. Including the baseline survey and project programs from 2000 to 2004, total 63,274subject-times were examined of their feces for Clonorchiseggs, 26,680 were treated, 10,082 were screened by ELISA, and 6,130 subjects were examined of their liver by sonography. The egg Positive rates in 6 villages of Zhaoyuan were as high as 44.8% 70,0%. Following the protocolof each strategy, the subjected residents were examined of their feces and treated with 25 mg/kg praziquantel, 3 times. Except the control group, all of the villages showed 72.8% to 92.0% reduction of their original egg Positive rates at Zhaoyuan. Mass treatments of all subjected residents in 2001 and 2003 reduced the egg rate from 68.8% to18.7% and 4 annual mass treatments reduced the rate from 44.8% in 2001 to 8.7% in 2004.Selective annual treatments of egg positive subjects reduced the egg rates from 50.8% in2001 to 13.8% in 2004 or from 70.0% in 2001 to 11.6% in 2004, and two treatments in a year reduced the rate from 57.6% in 2001 to 4.6% in 2004. According to repeated treatments, EPG counts decreased remarkably. In moderate endemic areas, the original egg rates were 22.6% and 28.3% in 2001 but were 1.7% and 1.1% after 2 or 3 selective treatments. The present findings of the chemotherapeutic control of clonorchiasis prove that repeated medication is important. The reduction is directly correlated with dose of praziquantel but not with mass or selective treatments. Chemotherapeutic control of reservoirhosts has little effect on reinfection of clonorchiasis because the field along the Songhua-jiang is too wide to be impacted. ELISA confirmed many serologically positive cases to Clonorchisantigen but only a few cases were positive to other antigens (Paragonimus, cysticercus, sparganum). The abdominal soaography visualized intrahepatic bile duct dilatation and periductal echo in 2,002 of 6,070 examined subjects. In addition to these examinations and treatment, health education supplemented tㅗe control activities. The present findings prove clonorchiasis is very widely prevalent and heavily endemic along the rivers in Heiloagjiang. The results suggest that group chemotherapy with praziquantel is effective to reduce endemicity of clonorchiasis. Mass treatment without individual fecal examination is recommended in heavy endemic areas where the egg rate is over 40% while one selective treatment is effective enough in moderate endemic areas.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.77-81
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• 1986

1986년 4월부터 5월사이에 인제대학부속 서울백병원에 내원한 2명의 남자 환자로부터 극구흡충류의 충란을 발견하고 praziquantel(10~12mg/kg 단회투여)로 치료한 후 1명의 설사변으로부터 5.9~7.5mm 길이의 충체 21마리를 얻었던 바 27~28개의 두극(collar spine), 난소의 위치, 고환의 배열 및 크기, 충란의 크기 등을 근거로 Echinostoma hortense Asada, 1926으로 동정할 수 있었다. 환자는 38세 및 20세 남자로 서울에 거주하고 있으나 고향은 경북 청송 및 성주이며 각종 담수어 또는 도롱뇽 등을 생식한 경험이 있었고 하복부 통증, 설사 등을 호소하였다. 두번째 환자에서는 충체수집에 실패하였으나 치료전 22%의 eosinophilia가 치료 후 5%로 감소되었고 두 환자 모두 치료 후 충란이 검출되지 않아 완치된 것으로 판정하였다. 본 증례들은 국내에서 E. hortense의 인체감염 제 4 례 및 제 5 례에 해당된다.