Microbiological Features and Clinical Factors Associated with Empirical Antibiotic Resistance in Febrile Patients with Upper Urinary Tract Calculi.

abstract：Background:Alendronate (AL), a drug for inhibiting osteoclast-mediated bone-resorption, was intercalated into an inorganic drug delivery nanovehicle, layered double hydroxide (LDH), to form a new nanohybrid, AL-LDH, with 1:1 heterostructure along the crystallographic C-axis. Based on the intercalation reaction strategy...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Piao H,Kim MH,Cui M,Choi G,Choy JH

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia caused by neurodegenerative process and is tightly related to amyloid β (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles. The lack of early diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic remedy hinders the prevention of increasing population of AD patients every year. In spite of acc...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Han SH,Mook-Jung I

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the cancer has been the leading cause of deaths in Korea, estimation of the cancer deaths for the upcoming years in the population using the vital statistics is considered to be necessary. The aim of this study was to estimate the number and trends of cancer deaths in Korea. The expected numbers of cancer deaths...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bae JM,Jung KW,Won YJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), one of the most widely used brominated flame-retardants, is a representative persistent organic pollutants group. Studies on TBBPA toxicity have been conducted using various target cells; however, few studies have investigated TBBPA toxicity in bone cells. Therefore, this study...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park SY,Choi EM,Suh KS,Kim HS,Chin SO,Rhee SY,Kim DY,Oh S,Chon S

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Social distancing has been adopted as one of basic protective measures against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). During 2019-2020 season, influenza epidemic period was exceptionally short and epidemic peak was low in comparison with previous seasons in Korea. Influenza epidemic pattern was bimodal in 2016-2017 and ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Noh JY,Seong H,Yoon JG,Song JY,Cheong HJ,Kim WJ

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Histiocytic sarcoma (HS) is a very rare neoplasm that often shows an aggressive clinical course and systemic symptoms, such as fever, weight loss, adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia. It may present as localized or disseminated disease. We describe here a 63-yr-old male who manifested systemic symptoms, in...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sohn BS,Kim T,Kim JE,Bae E,Park CJ,Huh J,Lee SO

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors analysed bone marrow findings of sixteen cases of culture proven typhoid fever to reveal the pathologic changes according to the disease stage. The most frequent finding was chronic granulomatous inflammation (eight cases). Infection (bacteria) associated hemophagocytic syndrome (four cases), reactive marr...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Shin BM,Paik IK,Cho HI

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), the ratio of cardiac diameter (CD) to thoracic diameter (TD), is a useful screening method to detect cardiomegaly, but is reliable only on posteroanterior chest radiography (chest PA). We performed this cross-sectional 3-phase study to establish reliable CTR from anteroposterior chest radio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chon SB,Oh WS,Cho JH,Kim SS,Lee SJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the patterns of alcohol disorder comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, using Korean nationwide epidemiological data. By two-stage cluster sampling, 5,176 adult household residents of Korea were interviewed using the Korean version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Psychiatric disord...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho MJ,Hahm BJ,Suh T,Suh GH,Cho SJ,Lee CK

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in an ongoing pandemic; however, the socioeconomic burden of COVID-19 treatment in the pediatric population remains unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the hospitalization periods and medical costs among children with COVID-19. In total, 145 billing st...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee JK,Kwak BO,Choi JH,Choi EH,Kim JH,Kim DH

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous exposure to antimicrobials is a major risk factor for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). Antibiotic prescription and C. difficile toxin assay records of patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Korea from 2009 to 2013 were collected to investigate the association between antibiotic consumption and C...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim B,Kim J,Pai H

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal model of spinal cord trauma is essential for understanding the injury mechanisms, cord regeneration, and to aid the development of new therapeutic modalities. This study focused on the development of a graded experimental contusion model for spinal cord injury (SCI) using a pneumatic impact device made in Ko...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yeo SJ,Hwang SN,Park SW,Kim YB,Min BK,Kwon JT,Suk JS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of five endodermal sinus tumors was studied for their cytoskeletal and other phenotypic markers. They included 2 ovarian, 2 testicular, and 1 inguinal tumors. The cytoskeletal expression was also studied by gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Every tumor was diffusely and strongly immunostained for cytoke...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chung J,Gong G,Cho J,Choe G,Yu E,Lee I

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed to evaluate the prevalence of soy protein hypersensitivity in cow's milk protein-sensitive children in Korea. A total of 1,363 patients with atopic dermatitis, urticaria, enterocolitis syndrome, bronchial asthma or allergic rhinitis were recruited. First, we estimated the prevalence of sensitizati...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ahn KM,Han YS,Nam SY,Park HY,Shin MY,Lee SI

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is occasionally reported in idiopathic myelofibrosis and is generally found in the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes several years after diagnosis. Myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression, resulting from EMH tissue is very rare. A 39-yr-old man presented with back pain, subj...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Goh DH,Lee SH,Cho DC,Park SH,Hwang JH,Sung JK

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some patients, eosinophilic gastroenteritis(EG) occurs in those with food allergy. We experienced a non-atopic asthmatic who had an EG associated with food allergy to fish and eggs, and blood eosinophilia. A skin prick test and RAST to causative food allergens showed a negative result. A fiber-optic endoscopic biop...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park HS,Kim HS,Jang HJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare and potentially fatal complication of rheumatic disorders in children. We describe a 13-month-old boy in whom MAS developed as a complication of systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (S-JRA). He suffered from fever and generalized rash followed by multiple joints swellin...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hur M,Kim YC,Lee KM,Kim KN

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO) has defined the waist circumference cutoff value of central obesity as 90 cm for men and 85 cm for women. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the corresponding waist circumference values. A total of 3,508 persons in the Korean Rural Genomic Cohort Study...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Koh JH,Koh SB,Lee MY,Jung PM,Kim BH,Shin JY,Shin YG,Ryu SY,Lee TY,Park JK,Chung CH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) defines as two or more consecutive losses at < or = 20 weeks of gestation and affects an estimated 1 of every 100 couples wishing to have children. However, it remains a poorly understood phenomenon. Recent reports observed a significant association between highly skewed X chromoso...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JW,Park SY,Kim YM,Kim JM,Han JY,Ryu HM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is an increasingly common worldwide and colonizing S. aureus strains may serve as the causative pathogen for overt clinical infections. This study was performed to determine whether the pathogenic CA-MRSA isolate in clinical infections was geneti...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bae IG,Kim JS,Kim S,Heo ST,Chang C,Lee EY

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a very rare genetic disorder of the peripheral nervous system characterized by recurrent episodes of unexplained fever, generalized anhidrosis, insensitivity to pain and temperature, and accompanied by self-mutilating behavior and mental retardation. We report...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JS,Woo YJ,Kim GM,Kim CJ,Ma JS,Hwang TJ,Lee MC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cervical epidural abscess is rare, it should be strongly suspected in any patient with unexplainable neck pain and fever, especially when the patient has a predisposing factor for this infectious process. The authors report a case of cervical epidural abscess in a 39-yr-old man with an aorto-duodenal fistula,...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yi HJ,Oh SH,Kwon OJ,Kim H

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transverse myelitis (TM) extending from midbrain to the entire spinal cord accompanied by internuclear ophthalmoplegia is extremely rare but cause serious central nervous system complications in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. We report a case of a 28-yr-old woman with TM extending from the midbrain to the...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Rheu CW,Lee SI,Yoo WH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of solitary myeloma showing cystic change filled with massive crystalline structures in a 54-year-old woman. A bone X-ray showed a solitary cystic osteolytic lesion in the right iliac bone. Serum and urine protein electrophoresis showed no demonstrable M-protein, and bone-marrow aspirates did not sh...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim YG,Yang KH,Gang SJ,Kim BK,Kim SM

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal stroke in neonates can lead to disability in later life. However, its etiology and prognosis are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to describe clinical presentations and neurodevelopmental outcomes of our case series of perinatal stroke in Korea. Thirteen term and preterm neonates who were diagnos...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HJ,Lim BC,Hwang H,Hong JS,Kim EK,Kim HS,Kim BI,Choi JH,Choi CW

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) had been a rare and unusual vascular tumor until a recent epidemic of a disseminated and fulminant form of KS in AIDS patients. Infectious agents have been suspected of causing KS, and recently partial genomic DNA sequences of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) have been identified in AIDS-associated KS ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kang GH,Kwon GY,Kim CW

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embolization of the occlusion device after percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is a potential disastrous complication. The usual site of embolization is the right side of the heart including pulmonary artery, but the device embolization to the extracardiac aorta is extremely rare. Here, we report a succ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho JY,Kim KH,Yoon HJ,Seon HJ,Ahn Y,Jeong MH,Cho JG,Park JC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As of April 18, 2020, there have been a total of 10,653 confirmed cases and 232 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea. The pathogen spread quickly, and the outbreak caused nationwide anxiety and shock. This study presented the anecdotal records that provided a detailed process of the multidiscipli...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hyun J,You S,Sohn S,Kim SJ,Bae J,Baik M,Cho IH,Choi H,Choi KS,Chung CS,Jeong C,Joo H,Kim E,Kim H,Kim HS,Ko J,Lee JH,Lee SM,Lee SH,Chung US

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the normal ranges and the determinants for various parameters of the short-term heart rate variability (HRV) measurements in a large Korean sample of healthy people. HRV measurements were obtained in 2,748 healthy men and 735 healthy women 18-65 yr of age. The mean total power (TP), low frequency (...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim GM,Woo JM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to examine the effects of recombinant human growth hormone replacement on somatic growth and cognitive function in hypophysectomized (HYPOX) female Sprague-Dawley rats. Rats (5 per group) were randomized by weight to 3 experimental groups: group 1, administered 200 microg/kg of GH once daily fo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwak MJ,Park HJ,Nam MH,Kwon OS,Park SY,Lee SY,Kim MJ,Kim SJ,Paik KH,Jin DK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00