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Examination by thoracoscopy, using flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope, was performed in 43 patients with pleural effusion according to our reported method. In these patients, 14 cases were diagnosed as tuberculous pleuritis. These 14 cases were investigated with respect to clinical and thoracoscopic
The diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) is often delayed because it is usually misdiagnosed as pneumonia or deep vein thrombosis. We report an unusual case of PE misdiagnosed as viral pleuritis on the first arrival at the emergency department (ED) in our hospital. A 14-year-old girl with no
Campylobacter fetus is associated with invasive disease, while other Campylobacter species, such as C. coli and C. jejuni, are a common cause of bacterial diarrhea. Bacteremia has been well described, but pleurisy remains very uncommon. We report the recurrent isolation of a C. fetus subsp. fetus
A 13 year-old girl with Down's syndrome was admitted to our hospital with a very positive reaction to PPD 5TU, abnormal shadow on the chest X-ray films and diarrhea. She suffered from acute enterocolitis one year ago, and then has been complaining of abdominal pain, appetite loss, and weight loss
Five 6-month-old calves were inoculated with bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus (n = 3) or Pasteurella haemolytica (n = 2) endobronchially with a fiberoptic bronchoscope. Five additional calves were inoculated sequentially with BVD virus followed by P haemolytica at a 5-day interval. Blood samples
Human paragonimiasis was endemic in Korea until the 1960's, and nowadays, the prevalence is decreasing. However, it is still one of the important helminthic diseases. Though it is essentially a pulmonary disorder, it may involve brain, muscle, mesentery, genital tract, pleura, peritoneum, spinal
This study aims to examine how traditional medicine doctors of the Japanese colonial period in Korea treated patients and their own diseases with traditional medicine and Western medicine by analyzing Clinical Cases and A Diary of Jaundice Treatment of Kim Gwangjin (1885-1940). Through this inquiry,
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a microvascular disorder characterized by platelet aggregation and hemolytic anemia. In the setting of bone marrow transplantation (BMT), ischemic colitis due to TMA is difficult to differentiate from acute graft-versus-host disease. We report a 32-year-old man
Çakan M, Aktay-Ayaz N, Keskindemirci G, Karadağ ŞG. Two cases of periodic fever syndrome with coexistent mevalonate kinase and Mediterranean fever gene mutations. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 467-470. The periodic fever syndromes are autoinflammatory diseases that present with recurrent fever, serositis
A case of fatal strongyloidiasis associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is described in a 45-year-old West Indian man living in an area endemic for both strongyloidiasis and HTLV-1 infection. Clinical presentation was typical with severe diarrhea, vomiting, and
OBJECTIVE
Non-typhi Salmonella enterica urinary tract infections (UTIs) are not frequent and rarely reported in the literature. We aimed to characterize clinical presentations and risk factors for the infection.
METHODS
We performed a retrospective study of non-typhi Salmonella enterica strains
Between January 1986 and August 1991, 19 patients with alimentary tract cancers complicated by peritoneal dissemination received whole abdominal irradiation combined with intraperitoneal chemotherapy postoperatively. Using a moving-strip technique of irradiation, 12.0 Gy was delivered in three
Cefminox (CMNX, MT-141) was given intravenously to 20 children with the following acute bacterial infections; 10 cases of bronchopneumonia, 4 cases of urinary tract infection, 2 cases of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, each 1 case of acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, purulent cervical
A 91-year-old man was admitted with colliquative diarrhea, anorexia and weight loss. He had a history of healed tuberculosis, hypertension and atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysms. On admission, shortness of breath without cough, exertional dyspnea, and ascites were also noticed. His chest
Whipple's disease is a rare, systemic disorder characterized by arthritis, serositis, diarrhea, malabsorption, lymphadenopathies, weight loss, fever, cutaneous hyperpigmentation and central and peripheral nervous system disorders. There are approximately 60 published cases with pulmonary