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Original Article
CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes imbalance in children with severe 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia
Ji Eun Kim, Siegfried Bauer, Kyong Suk La, Kee Hyoung Lee, Ji Tae Choung, Kyoung Ho Roh, Chang Kyu Lee, Young Yoo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(5):207-211.   Published online May 31, 2011
Purpose

This study was conducted to investigate the immune responses of children with moderate and severe novel influenza A virus (H1N1) pneumonia, and to compare their clinical and immunological findings with those of control subjects.

Methods

Thirty-two admitted patients with H1N1 pneumonia were enrolled in the study. The clinical profiles, humoral and cell-mediated immune responses of the 16 H1N1 pneumonia patients who were...

Case Report
Isolated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent boy
Siegfried Bauer, Ji Eun Kim, Kyong Suk La, Young Yoo, Kee Hyoung Lee, Sang Hee Park, Ji Tae Choung, Chul Whan Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(11):971-974.   Published online November 30, 2010

Pulmonary cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric department for the management of multiple consolidations detected on chest radiography, which was routinely performed when the patient was being evaluated for an ankle fracture. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and the definitive diagnosis was established as...