• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 1967

In view of its prevalence in the Far East area, a more detailed knowledge on the hookworm infection is one of the very important medical problems. The present study was aimed to; determine the infectivity of the artificially hatched ancylostoma duodenale larvae in man after its oral administration, evaluate the clinical symptomatology of such infection, determine the date of first appearance of the ova in the stool, calculate the blood loss per worm per day, assess the relation-ships between the ova count, infectivity(worm load), blood loss and severity of anemia. An erythrokinetic study was also done to analyse the characteristics of hookworm anemia by means of $^{59}Fe\;and\;^{51}Cr$. Materials and Methods Ten healthy male volunteers(doctors, medical students and laboratory technicians) with the ages ranging from 21 to 40 years were selected as the experimental materials. They had no history of hookworm infection for preceding several years, and care was taken not to be exposed to reinfection. A baseline study including a through physical examinations and laboratory investigations such as complete blood counts, stool examination and estimation of the serum iron levels was done, and a vermifuge, bephenium hydroxynaphoate, was given 10 days prior to the main experiment. The ancylostoma duodenale filariform larvae were obtained in the following manner; The pure ancylostoma duodenale ova were obtained from the hookworm anemia patients and a modified filter paper method was adopted to harvest larger number of infective larvae, which were washed several times with saline. The actively moving mature larvae were put into the gelatine capsules, 150 in each, and were given to the volunteers in the fasting state with 300ml. of water. The volunteers were previously treated with intramuscular injection of 15mg. of chlorpromazine in order to prevent the eventual nausea and vomiting after the larvae intake. The clinical symptoms and signs mainly of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, appearance of the ova and occult blood in the stool etc. were checked every day for the first 20 days and then twice weekly until the end of the experiment, which usually lasted for about 3 months. Roentgenological survey of the lungs was also done. The hematological changes such as the red blood cell, white blood cell and eosinophil cell counts, hemoglobin content and serum iron levels were studied. The appearance of the ova in the stool was examined by the formalin ether method and the ova were counted in triplicate on two successive days using the Stoll's dilution method. The ferrokinetic data were calculated by the modified Huff's method and the apparent half survival time of the red blood cells by the modified Gray's method. The isotopes were simultaneously tagged and injected intravenously, and then the stool and blood samples were collected as was described by Roche et al., namely, three separate 4-day stool samples with the blood sample drawing before each 4-day stool collection. The radio-activities of the stools ashfied and the blood were separately measured by the pulse-height analyser. The daily blood loss was calculated with the following formula; daily blood loss in $ml.=\frac{cpm/g\;stool{\times}weight\;in\;g\;of\;4-day\;stool}{cpm/ml\;blood{\times}4}$ The average of these three 4-day periods was given as the daily blood loss in each patient. The blood loss per day per worm was calculated by simply dividing the daily blood loss by the number of the hookworm recovered after the vermifuge given twice a week at the termination of the experiment. The iron loss in mg. through the gastrointestinal tract was estimated with the daily iron loss in $mg=\frac{g\;Hgb/100ml{\times}ml\;daily\;blood\;loss{\times}3.40}{100}$ 3.40=mg of iron per g Hgb following formula; Results 1. The respiratory symptoms such as cough and sputum were noted in almost all cases within a week after the infection, which lasted about 2 weeks. The roentgenological findings of the chest were essentially normal. A moderate degree of febril reaction appeared within 2 weeks with a duration of 3 or 4 days. 2. The gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, epigastric fullness, abdominal pain and loose bowel appeared in all cases immediately after the larvae intake. 3. The reduction of the red blood cell count was not remarkable, however, the hemoglobin content and especially the serum iron level showed the steady decreases until the end of the experiment. 4. The white blood cells and eosinophil cells, on the contrary, showed increases in parallel and reached peaks in 20 to 30 days after the infection. A small secondary rise was noted in 2 months. 5. The ova first appeared in the stool in 40. 1 days after the infection, ranging from 29 to 51 days, during which the occult blood reaction of the stool became also positive in almost cases. 6. The number of ova recovered per day was 164, 320 on the average, ranging from 89,500 to 253,800. The number of the worm evacuated by vermifuge was in rough correlation with the number of ova recovered. 7. The infectivity of ancylostoma duodenale was 14% on the average, ranging from 7.3 to 20.0%, which is relatively lower than those reported by other workers. 8. The mean fecal blood loss was 5.78ml. per day, with a range of from 2.6 to 11.7ml., and the mean blood loss per worm per day was 0.30ml., with a range of from 0.13 to 0.73ml., which is in rough coincidence with those reported by other authors. There appeared to exist, however, no correlation between the blood loss and the number of ova recovered. 9. The mean fecal iron loss was 2.02mg. per day, with a range of from 1.20 to 3.89mg., which is less than those appeared in the literature. 10. The mean plasma iron disappearance rate was 0.80hr., with a range of from 0.62 to 0.95hr., namely, a slight accerelation. 11. The hookworm anemia appeared to be iron deficiency in origin caused by continuous intestinal blood loss.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.241-250
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• 1997

목 적 : 결핵에 대한 국가결핵관리사업이 시작된 이후 결핵의 점차적으로 감소하고 있기는 하나 최근에 다제내성균결핵환자가 심각할 정도로 증가하고 있다. 다제내성균결핵은 기존의 항결핵제에 잘 반응하지 경향이 있으며 이는 낮은 치료순응도, 2차약제의 높은 부작용 그리고 사용할 수 있는 약제의 수가 많지않은 때문으로 생각된다. 본 연구의 목적은 일개 국립결핵병원에서 입원치료중인 결핵환자의 임상양태를 살펴보고 기존의 결핵치료의 문제점을 파악하여 궁극적으로 다제내성균결핵을 포함한 결핵의 치료효율을 개선시키고자 함이다. 방 법 : 1995년 12월 30일을 기준시점으로 국립마산결핵병원에 임원한 환자 336명을 대상으로 성별 및 나이, 처음결핵을 발견하게된 계기, 가족력, 환자의 생활근거지의 지역별 분포, 과거결핵치료력 등의 역학적 조사와 입원 당시의 주증상, 흉부 X-선 사진상의 병소별 분포, 동반질환 그리고 결핵치료중에 발생한 부작용등 임상양태에 대한 조사와 입원전 사용한 약제별 분류와 약제감수성검사의 결과 등에 대해 descriptive cross-sectional study를 시행하였다. 결 과 : 연령별 분포는 20대에서 50대까지 고른 분포를 보였으며 성별로는 남자가 269예로 압도적으로 많았다. 발견계기별 분포는 보건소가 64.6%로 가장 높았다. 입원당시 주증상으로는 체중감소가 가장 흔했으며 다음으로는 기침, 호흡곤란 등의 순서였다. 흉부 X-선 사진상 병소별 분포는 양측성 병소를 가진 예가 201예로 가장 많았다. 동반질환을 가진 경우가 130예 였는데 그 중 당뇨가 49예로 가장 많았으며 다음으로는 간질환, 정신질환 등의 순서였다. 95예에서 가족력이 있었는데 부모가 결핵을 앓았던 경우가 40예로 가장 많았으며 다음으로는 형제, 부부 등의 순서였다. 결핵을 처음 진단받은 시기별 분포에서 1980년 이전은 31예 였으나 이후 최근으로 오면서 약간씩 증가하는 추세였다. 지역별 분포로는 부산, 경남지역이 압도적으로 많았다. 과거치료력을 가진 258예중 1회의 치료력을 가진 경우는 86예, 2회가 60예 그리고 3회이상이 112예 였다. 과거치료력을 가진 환자의 약제순응도별 분포는 133예만이 규칙적으로 복약하였다. 입원전 사용한 약제별 분포는 INH, EMB, RFP, PZA 등을 사용한 경우가 82예, INH, EMB, RFP 등을 사용한 경우가 50예 였으며 INH, EMB, RFP, PZA 이외 1가지 약제를 더 사용한 경우는 20예, 3가지 이상의 약제를 더 사용한 경우는 97예 였다. 154예를 대상으로 약제감수성검사를 한 결과 5제 이상 내성이 생긴 경우가 77예 였다. 치료도중 발생한 부작용으로는 위장장애가 58예로 가장 많았으며 다음으로는 피부발진 및 소양감 그리고 관절통 등의 순서였다. 결 론 : 원인 모를 체중감소가 있을 때에는 결핵을 의심해 볼 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 결핵을 치료할 때 환자에게 결핵의 치료과정에 대해 충분한 설명을 해 줌으로 치료의 순응도를 높일 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 초치료시 균음전화시기가 늦다든지, 여러가지 상황으로 치료에 실패 할 가능성이 높다든지 환자의 여건상 지속적인 항결핵제 투여가 어렵다고 생각될 때는 수술요법이 고려되어야 할 것으로 생각된다. 초치료실패후 재치료약제를 선택할 때는 이전에 사용한 초치료약제와 혼용처방이 되지않도록 주의해야 할 것으로 생각된다.