Purpose : Outbreaks of mumps continue to occur, even though the number of patients diagnosed of mumps has decreased considerably with the widespread use of vaccine. The accurate diagnosis of mumps is needed to understand the epidemiology of mumps and analyse the safety and effectiveness of vaccine. Therefore, we attempted to appraise the accuracy of provisional diagnosis of mumps in... |
Purpose : This prospective study was performed to evaluate the immunogenecity and safety of MMR vaccine(Triviraten Berna¢c) in Korea children. Methods : Seventy-three infants aged between 12 to 18 months were recruited from several university hospitals between December 1995 to June 1996. MMR vaccine(Triviraten Berna¢c) was administrered and blood was obtained before and 6-10 weeks after vaccination. IgG antibodies against measles,... |
Purpose : SA14-14-2 live attenuated Japanese encephalitis(JE) vaccine has been administered safely and effectively to more than 100 million children in China since 1988, and recently licensure of the vaccine in Korea has been sought. Immune response to the vaccine was investigated. Methods : In the first clinical evaluation of the vaccine outside of China, we monitored side effects in 93... |
Purpose : We evaluated the humoral and cellular immune response to varicella-zoster virus after vaccination with varicella vaccine(Oka/LG strain). Methods : The seroprevalence rate of fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen(FAMA) was evaluated among 178 children and 15 adults. After vaccination, seroconversion rate of FAMA, varicella-zoster virus(VZV) specific IgG and cell mediated immune response to glycoprotein Ⅰwas performed. Results : The seropositive rate... |
Purpose : There has been no nationwide report pertaining to the epidemiology of aseptic meningitis, although a great numer of patients have been diagnosed of the illness. Therefore, we report an explosive outbreak of aseptic meningitis occured in a nationwide scale in 1993. Methods : Aseptic meningitis epidemiology surveillence was performed retrospectively on the patients diagnosed of aseptic meinigitis from January... |
Purpose : To study the safety and immunogenicity of new live attenuated varicella vaccine (MAV/06strain) in normal healthy children and immunocompromized children in Korea. Methods : Blood samples for fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen(FAMA) assay were taken before the vaccination among seven hundred forth five healthy children and twenty two nine immunocompromised children. One hundred and seventy seven children and twenty... |
Polymerase chain reaction(PCR) amplication was used to detect cytomegalovirus (CMV) in tissue culture from the ruine of newborns and patients who was suspected CMV infection. Synthetic oligonucleotide primer pairs were used to amplify DNA from the magor immediate-early and the phosphoprotein 150 genes of CMV AD 169. Amplified products were detected by gel electrophoresis and by dot-blot hybridization with oligonucleotide... |
Coxiella burnetii is a rickettsial organism and extremely infectious for humans animals. The infection caused by this organism is endemic throughout the world. Although it has not been reported in Korea because of the nonspecific clinical manifestations, the difficulties in diagnosis, and the underestimate of this disease. Update this infection has been misdiagnosed as other disease. We experienced twelve cases of... |
A statistical study was performed on 221 ICU cared pediatric patients who were admitted to the department of pediatrics, Yonsei university college of medicine, Seoul, Korea from Apr. 1983 to Mar. 1991. The results were as follows : 1) Total number of subject were 221, it was 7.5% of total ICU patients and 1.3% fo total admitted pediatric patients. The male to... |
In order to assess the rate of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in newborns, CMV IgG antibody was studies at about 37.5 weeks gestation in 309 mothers and a positive rate of 96.4% was obtained. Virus culture for CMV from urine of 514 neonates less than 1 week after birth resulted in CMV growth in 6 neonates showing a 1.2% congenital infection rate. In... |
Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection still remains a life-threatening infection for the newborn. With an increasing incidence of genital herpes and an increase in the incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus infections, it is important that pediatricians and neonatologists continue to maintain a high index of suspicion in infants whose symptoms may be compatible with herpes simplex virus infections so that early identification leads... |
For evaluation of immunogenecity of low-dose of hepatitis vaccine-prepared by Korea Green Cross Corporation 74 school aged children were given routine schedule (0, 1, 6 months). A dose of 5 microgram was administered intramuscullary in the cases of age under 10 yrs of age and 10 microgram was administered in the cases over 11 yrs of age. An adequate follow-up observation of antibody titer... |
A case of Cloverleaf skull; Kleeblattschadel syndrome in a 70-day old male infant with facial deformity since birth was seen. The diagnosis was made on the basis of typical morphologic clinical features an radiologic findings. A brief review of the related literature was given. |
We have studied the hemoglobin level and. leukocyte count of 23 fullterm and 1 premature jaundiced babies soon after exchange transfusion and daily thereafter until 7 days. The resixlts are: 1) One exchange transfusion was enough in 16 patients but 8 were required more than 2times of exchange transfusion. The maximum is 6 times. 2) The postnatal age was... |
Surgically corrected congenital hiatal hernia associated with anemia has been presented. A 1 year old boy has been complained of severe pallor and fever on admission. Reentgenologic examination revealed thoracic stomach and then the hernia was repaired by transabdominal approach. It was found to be a paraesophageal type hiatal hernia. Pathogenesis and complications of congenital histal hernia were discussed and... |
Hemolytic anemia is caused by early destruction of red cells and there are many etiologies,ecently, prosthetic devices are used frequently to correct cardiac diseases and they also cause hemolytic anemia. We performed clinical analysis of 74 patients with hemolytie anemia who had been diagnosed at Severance hospital in recent 10 years. Results were as follows: 1)In 74 cases, male were 46... |
Of 7 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome reviewed, which was admitted to the Department of Pediatrics Yonsei University, College of Medicine during 3 months period from July through September 1980, serologic surveys for an infectious agent were found to be without demonstrable causes such as cytomegalovirus and measles virus. We reviewed 87 acses of Guillain-Barre syndrome, which was admitted to our... |
A 4 day old male neonate with severe dehydration, uremia, and hyperbilirubinemia presented with bilateral renal vein thrombosis. Following exchange transfusion and peritoneal dialysis renal function returned to normal without nephrectomy. The importance of adequate and prompt management of renal failure to expect the spontaneous recanalization is stressed. Because of the high mortality rate associated with the nephrectomy in neonates,... |
Thirty percutaneous liver biopsy and one liver necropsy were reviewed in Severance Hospital, Yonsei University from June 1979 to September 1980. This procedure is the safe and accurate means of diagnosing and studying liver diseases in the pediatric patients especially persistent conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, chronic liver disease, and some rare diseases (eg. Histiocytosis-X, Storage disease disease, Gilbert syndrome), The significance of... |
Hepatorenal syndrome is generally urged, at least until specific interrelationships between the two organs are confirmed by experimental and clinical data. Case I was a 11 year old boy, who had been suffered from acute fulminant viral hepatitis, which had developed acute hepatic necrosis associated with acute renal failure. Cass H was a 10 year old girl, who was performed corrective... |
This paper presents 97 patients of childhood shigellosis which was proved by stool cultures. 44.3% of all patients was accompanied with convulsion. All convulsions were developed under the 6 years of age and associated with high fever. The prognosis was poor in convulsive 容roup. Spinal tapping was performed in 30 patients, in which 3 cases of meningitic type were found.... |
A 13 year old boy was diagnosed as primary nephrotic diabetesinsipidus, whose symptom has been devloped from 3 years of age, subsequetly he developed bilateral hydronephrosis and neurogenic bladder. His pedigree could be explored 5 generations and represented inheritace as X-linked recesslive transmission, He was treated with indomethacin 2mg/Kg/day plus chlorothiazid 500mg/dau and this new method shows markedly decreased urine... |
A non-familial type nephrotic syndrome associated with distal renal tubual acidosis, nephrocalcinosis and renal osteodystropy is a very rare disease. A 4 year old boy was treated with prednisone under the impression of minimal lesion nephrotid syndrome but the response was not excellent along with persistant microhematuria in his serial urinalysis. Percutaneous renal biopsy speciman revealed microcalcification around afferent arteriols... |
Lupus nephritis is one of complication of systemic lupus erythematous involving many organ systems. And the incidence of renal involvement is about 80%. Principal site of renal injury is glomerulus, and immune complex and complements are deposited in mesangium, basement membrane capillary loops of the glomerulus in lupus nephritis. Histopathologically, 4 distinct forms of renal injury may be seen such... |
Fibrous dysplasia of bone is a relatively rare condition characterized by fibrous tissue replacement of skeleton, usually not disabling, of slow progress, and showing a tendency to become arrested. It may be monostotic (confined to one bone) or Polyostotic (situated in many bones). The etiology of fibrous dysplasia is unkown but it is now believed to be a developmental error... |