유아원 소아의 구인강에서 분리된 폐구균의 혈청군과 항균제 내성에 관한 연구

김경효,이종은,황일태,유경하,홍영미,김경희,이근,강은숙,홍기숙,Kim, Kyung Hyo,Lee, Jong Eun,Whang, Il Tae,Ryu, Kyung Ha,Hong, Young Mi,Kim, Gyoung Hee,Lee, Keun,Kang, Eun-Suk,Hong, Ki-Sook 대한소아청소년과학회 2002 Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics (CEP) Vol.45 No.3

목 적: 폐구균은 영유아와 소아에서 세균성 뇌막염, 중이염, 부비동염 등의 주요한 원인균으로 혈액과 중추 신경계로 전파가 잘되며 사망률이 높다. 최근 전 세계적으로 페니실린은 물론 여러 항균제에 내성을 보이는 폐구균이 증가하는 추세여서 의료계에 큰 문제로 대두되고 있다. 이에 폐구균의 상기도 보균율과 항균제 내성 양상에 대한 정확한 파악이 임상에서 경험적 항균제 선택에 많은 도움을 줄 수 있으므로 연구자는 서울 지역 유아원에 다니는 5세 이하 소아에서 폐구균의 상기도 보균율과 혈청군 및 분리된 균의 항균제 감수성에 대해 연구하였다. 방 법: 1998년 3-6월까지 서울지역의 5개 유아원에서 5세 이하 소아 209명을 대상으로 소독된 면봉으로 이들의 구인강 점막을 세게 문질러 검체를 얻고 이 중 63명에서 폐구균을 분리하였다. 이 때 폐구균은 형태, optochin 검사, 그람 염색, 및 catalase 검사로 동정하였다. 이 중 구인강에서 분리된 폐구균 59균주를 대상으로 penicillin, cefotaxime, vancomycin, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, erythromycin, oxacillin, ciprofloxacin에 대해서 감수성 검사를 시행하였다. 폐구균의 혈청군은 48균주에서 검사가 가능하였으며 group specific antisera를 이용한 Quelling 반응으로 미국의 Birmingham에 있는 University of Alabama에서 시행하였다. 결 과: 전체 소아의 구인강에 존재하는 폐구균의 보균율은 30.1%이었으며, 연령별로는 1세 미만은 없었으며, 1세가 25%, 2세가 16.1%, 3세가 31%, 4세가 34.4%, 5세가 33.3%였다. 폐구균에 대한 항균제 내성 양상을 보면 tetracycline은 89.8%, erythromycin은 76.3%, oxacillin은 72.4% trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole은 58.6%, chloramphenicol은 22.0%, cefotaxime은 6.7%의 내성율을 보였으며, vancomycin에 는 모두 감수성을 보였다. 페니실린 내성율은 66.0% 이었고 페니실린 감수성 균주와 내성 균주에서의 타 항균제에 대한 내성 비교시 페니실린 감수성 균주의 경우 cefotaxime, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin 등에 모두 감수성이 있었으며, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, erythromycin, oxacillin에 21-75%의 내성을 보였다. 반면 페니실린 내성 균주의 경우 cefotaxime에 58.3%의 내성을 보였으며, tetracyclin, oxacillin, erythromycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole에 각각 94.8-97.4%의 내성을 보여 대체로 페니실린 감수성 균주는 다른 항균제에도 감수성을 보였으나, 페니실린 내성 균주는 타항균제에도 내성을 보이는 경우가 많았다. 페니실린 다제 내성균주는 76.3%였다. 혈청군 검사가 가능하였던 49균주 중 혈청군 19가 12례로 가장 많았고 6이 9례, 3이 8례, 23이 6례, 29가 5례, 그밖에 13, 14, 16, 22, 31 및 34형이 있었다. 혈청군에 따라서 페니실린 내성에도 차이를 보여 혈청군 19, 23 및 29에서는 모두 감수성이 없었으며 혈청군 6에서는 1균주에서 감수성이 있었으나 혈청군 3에서는 7균주에서 감수성이 있어 혈청군에 따라 penicillin에 대한 감수성에 차이를 보여주었다. 결 론 : 유아원 소아 중 30.1%의 구인강에서 폐구균이 분리되었고, 분리된 폐구균은 페니실린을 비롯한 여러 항균제에 높은 내성율을 보였다. 구인강에서 분리된 폐구균 중 혈청군 19가 가장 많았고 6, 3, 23, 29가 대부분을 차지하였으며 폐구균은 혈청군에 따라서 페니실린 내성에 차이를 보여 주었다. 폐구균의 내성율을 줄이기 위해서는 우선 항균제의 적절한 사용과 유아원과 같은 집단시설의 환경 개선, 2세 미만 소아에게 적절한 백신 개발 및 예방접종 등 적극적인 노력이 수반되 Purpose : Penicillin- and multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae poses a serious threat to clinicians because the rate of resistance of S. pneumoniae to penicillin in Korea has surged up to the world's highest level. This study was performed to assess the carriage rate, serogroups and antimicrobial susceptibility of S. pneumoniae isolated from oropharynx in children. Methods : From March to July 1998, 209 children under 5 years of age were recruited from five day care centers. The carriage rate for pneumococci was obtained. Antimicrobial susceptibilities were determined with the E-test and agar dilution methods. Serogrouping was performed on 48 of the pneumococcal isolates by the Quellung reaction. Results : The carriage rate of S. pneumoniae was 30.1%. Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles were available for 59 of the isolates. Sixty-six percent of isolates were not susceptible to penicillin, and multidrug-resistance was observed in 76.3% of the isolates. A high proportion of the penicillin-resistant strains showed associated resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, erythromycin, and oxacillin. The most prevalent oropharyngeal serogroups were 19, 6, 3, 23, and 29. Resistance of the pneumococcal isolates to penicillin was different according to the serogroups. All of the strains of serogroup 19, 23, and 29 was resistant to penicillin but 87.5% of serogroup 3 strains were susceptible to penicillin. Conclusion : The resistance rate of S. pneumoniae isolated from oropharynx in children was very high to penicillin and other antimicrobial agents. For the reduction of the drug-resistant rate of S. pneumoniae, clinicians should be required to be more judicious in their use of antimicrobial agents.

다시 출현하는 감염병: 홍역, 볼거리, 풍진, 백일해의 진단을 중심으로

김경효,Kim, Kyung-Hyo 대한소아감염학회 2013 Pediatric Infection and Vaccine Vol.20 No.3

Reemerging infectious diseases are infections that had decreased in incidence in the global population and were brought under control through effective health care policy such as vaccination, but more recently, began to resurge as a health problem due to many reasons. Measles, rubella, mumps and pertussis are the examples. Immunization with MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and pertussis vaccine has contributed to marked decrease in measles, mumps, rubella and pertussis incidence worldwide. In Korea, measles and rubella almost disappeared after the introduction of 2 doses of MMR immunization schedule. Recently, these infections have been reemerging in many countries with low vaccination rates and can be introduced again in Korea. However mumps and pertussis outbreaks are reported among fully vaccinated populations. Declining vaccine effectiveness, an increased awareness and surveillance of the disease or improved laboratory diagnostic tools had been suggested as possible causes. For the clinicians, it is difficult to diagnose these reemerging infectious diseases partly because of few experience of typical cases of measles and rubella or partly because of modification of clinical symptoms and signs of infectious diseases in immunized population. In this article, the diagnosis of measles, mumps, rubella and pertussis will be reviewed in the aspects of clinical characteristics, serologic methods, virus isolation, and polymerase chain reaction.

Gentamicin이 적혈구막을 통한 $Na^+$ 이동에 미치는 영향

김경효,박계숙,김희진,신호임,안미라,강복순,Kim, Kyung-Hyo,Park, Kae-Sook,Kim, Hee-Jin,Shin, Ho-Im,An, Mi-Ra,Kang, Bok-Soon 대한생리학회 1989 대한생리학회지 Vol.23 No.1

Gentamicin (GM) is a polybasic, aminoglycoside antibiotic used frequently for the treatment of serious gram-negative infections. The major limiting factors in the clinical use of GM as well as other aminoglycoside antibiotics are their nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity. The primary mechanism of cell injury in aminoglycoside toxicity appears to be the disruption of normal membrane function and the inhibition of $Na^{+}-K^{+}$ ATPase activity. There are both indirect and direct evidences which suggests that the effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics on $Na^{+}-K^{+}$ ATPase may explain, or contribute to, their toxicity. It has been shown that aminoglycoside reduce total ATPase activity (Kaku et al., 1973) and $Na^{+}-K^{+}$ ATPase activity (linuma et al., 1967) in the stria vascularis and spiral ligament of the guinea-pig cochlea. Lipsky and Lietman (1980) reported that aminoglycoside antibitoics inhibited the activity of $Na^{+}-K^{+}$ ATPase in microsomal fractions of the cortex and medulla of the guinea-pig kidney, isolated rat renal tubule and human erythrocyte ghosts. The present invstigation was undertaken to elucidate the mechanism of GM on human erythrocytes by examining its effect on $Na^{+}-K^{+}$ ATPase activity, actives sodium and potassium transport across red blood cell and $^{3}H-ouabain$ binding to red blood cell membranes. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1) CM inhibited significantly both the activity of total ATPase and $Na^{+}-K^{+}$ ATPase at all concentrations tested. 2) GM inhibited active $^{22}Na$ efflux across red blood cell. When ouabain is present, the rate of $^{22}Na$ efflux was completely inhibited. When both GM and ouabain were added, the inhibitory effect of active $^{22}Na$ efflux was more pronounced. 3) Active $^{86}Rb$ influx was inhibited significantly by GM. In the presence of ouabain, the rate of $^{86}Rb$ influx is markedly inhibited. But $^{86}Rb$ influx is not appreciably altered by the presence of both GM and ouabain. 4) In the presence of GM, $^{3}H-ouabain$ binding to red blood cell membrane increased. From the above results, it may be concluded that the inhibition of active sodium and potassium transport across red blood cell by gentamicin appears to be due to the inhibition of $Na^{+}-K^{+}$ ATPase activity and an increase in ouabain binding to red blood cell membranes.

한국 12-23개월 소아에서 7가 폐구균 단백결합 백신 추가접종으로 유도된 6B와 19F 혈청형 특이 방어항체의 교차혈청형 6A, 6C, 19A에 대한 교차 반응

김경효,양주연,박인호,임수영,Kim, Kyung-Hyo,Yang, Joo Yun,Park, In Ho,Lim, Soo Young 대한소아감염학회 2013 Pediatric Infection and Vaccine Vol.20 No.2

목 적 : 폐구균 단백결합 백신의 교차혈청형에 대한 교차방어 능력에 대한 연구는 매우 부족하다. 본 연구는 12-23개월 연령 소아에게 PCV7 추가접종 후 얻어진 면역혈청에서 교차혈청형 6A, 6C, 19A에 대한 교차 항체의 혈청학적 특성을 연구하기 위해 수행하였다. 방 법 : 백신 혈청형 6B, 19F와 교차혈청형 6A, 6C, 19A의 IgG, IgM 항체 농도와 옵소닌 인덱스를 ELISA와 OPA를 통해 측정하였다. 혈청군 6과 19에 대한 방어항체의 혈청학적 특성과 항원 특이도는 면역혈청내 IgM 제거, OPA, cOPA를 통해 확인하였다. 결 과 : 대조군 혈청에 비교하여 IgM 제거 면역혈청의 6B와 19F에 대한 옵소닌 인덱스가 감소하였고, 6A, 6C, 19A에 대한 옵소닌 인덱스도 역시 감소하였다. cOPA에서 6B 다당질, 19F다당질은 백신 혈청형 6B, 19F 뿐 아니라 6A, 6C, 19A의 방어 면역도 완전히 억제하였다. 결 론 : 6B, 19F를 포함한 PCV7은 교차혈청형 6A, 6C, 19A에 대한 IgG 및 IgM 교차방어 항체를 유도하였다. IgM 방어항체는 IgG 항체와 비교하여 백신 혈청형뿐 아니라 백신-연관 혈청형에 대해 더 높은 옵소닌 인덱스를 나타내었다. 향후 더 많은 소아와 성인의 면역 혈청으로 연구가 필요하다. Purpose: The cross-protection of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) against vaccine-related serotypes has been controversial. We investigated the serological properties of cross-protective antibodies against vaccine-related serotypes 6A, 6C, and 19A induced in young children aged 12-23 months after booster immunization of PCV7. Methods: IgG and IgM antibody concentrations and opsonic index (OI) against vaccine serotypes 6B and 19F and vaccine-related serotypes 6A, 6C, and 19A were measured by ELISA and opsonophagocytic killing assay (OPA) in 4 selected immunesera. The serological properties and antigenic specificity of protective antibodies were determined by IgM depletion of immunesera, OPA, and competitive OPA against serogroup 6 and 19 pneumococci. Results: Compared to pre-IgM depleted immunesera, OI of IgM-depleted immunesera against 6B and 19F decreased and OI against 6A, 6C, and 19A decreased, too. In competition OPA, free 6B and 19F polysaccharide completely inhibited the immune protection against vaccine-related serotypes 6A, 6C, and 19A as well as vaccine types 6B and 19F. Conclusions: The booster immunization of PCV7 certainly induced cross-protective antibodies against vaccine-related serotypes 6A, 6C, and 19A with both IgG and IgM isotypes. Furthermore, IgM antibodies are more highly contributed to opsonophagocytic activity against vaccine-related serotypes as well as most of vaccine types than do IgG antibodies. Further studies are needed for the more immunized sera in the children as well as adults.

인유두종 바이러스 백신

김경효,김종현,박수은,신선희,오성희,이환종,조대선,최은화,허재균,홍영진,Kim, Kyung Hyo,Kim, Jong-Hyun,Park, Su Eun,Shin, Seon Hee,Oh, Sung-Hee,Lee, Hoan Jong,Jo, Dae Sun,Choi, Eun Hwa,Hur, Jae Kyun,Hong, Young Jin 대한소아청소년과학회 2007 Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics (CEP) Vol.50 No.8

2015년 우리나라에서 발생한 중동호흡기증후군과 대한소아감염학회의 역할

김경효 ( Kyung-hyo Kim ) 대한소아감염학회 2015 Pediatric Infection and Vaccine Vol.22 No.3

대한소아감염학회는 2015년 우리나라에서 처음으로 중동호흡기증후군(Middle East RespiratorySyndrome, MERS, 메르스) 환자가 발생하여 보건의료 응급 상황 발생의 긴박했던 시기에 이에 대한대처에 참여하였다. 우리 학회는 메르스 발생 시 학회 홈페이지에 관련 공고문을 즉시 게시하였고 소아청소년에서의 메르스 환자의 발생시 의심 환자의 검사와 진단 및 국민안심병원 운영을 위해 소아청소년 MERS (중동호흡기) 검사 지침, 국민안심병원 소아청소년과 운영지침을 발빠르게 배포하였다. 이는메르스 의심환자에 대한 접근에서 소아청소년에서 흔한 호흡기 질환 환자들이 메르스로 오인되어 불필요한 공포, 검사 및 격리를 당하지 않도록 하기 위함이었다. 이를 통해 소아청소년 환자를 진료하는 의사들과 이들의 보호자들을 안심시켰고 결국 많은 심리적 공포와 의료 비용을 감소시켰으며 메르스 종식 시 돌이켜보니 이는 결국 적절한 조치와 가이드라인이었음이 증명되었다. 앞으로 대한소아감염학회와 회원이 유관기관과 긴밀한 협조와 소통을 할 수 있는 체계ㆍ시스템을 구축해야 하며 상급의료기관의 소아청소년 감염전문의 필수 상주 및 이에 의한 감염관리료 제도 장착과 수가 신설 및 개선을 유도하는 등의 추진이 필요하다. The Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (KSPID) has participated in the task force team consisting of government authorities as well as civil medical experts and facilities to block the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in 2015. KSPID posted the “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Pop-up” in the homepage of The Korean Pediatric Society and The Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. KSPID also released the “Guidelines for testing for MERS in children and adolescents” and the “Instructions for the Operation of National Safe Hospital” for children and adolescents in a timely manner. Such actions were aimed to prevent unnecessary anxieties, studies and isolation of pediatric patients with respiratory symptoms and signs caused by other common microbial etiologies as being suspected for MERS patients. This strategy relieved the doctors and parents from unnecessary fear and prevented the loss of unnecessary health care costs, and has proven to be a well-judged guideline and management protocol as evaluated after the final end of MERS outbreak. KSPID and its members should support the presence of pediatric infectious disease (PID) specialists in every medium size hospitals in Korea by developing the need for consultation fees for PID consultation in the hospital based practice and promoting the potential for cost savings related to prevention of health care associated infections and optimal prescription of antimicrobial agents. KSPID and its members need to approach and develop a communication plan to political decision makers to demonstrate and convince them of the importance of a PID specialist service.

Gentamicin이 적혈구막을 통한 Na⁺ 이동에 미치는 영향

김경효(Kim, Kyung-Hyo),박계숙(Park, Kae-Sook),김희진(Kim, Hee-Jin),신호임(Shin, Ho-Im),안미라(An, Mi-Ra),강복순(Kang, Bok-Soon) 대한생리학회 1989 대한생리학회지 Vol.23 No.1

Gentamicin (GM) is a polybasic, aminoglycoside antibiotic used frequently for the treatment of serious gram-negative infections. The major limiting factors in the clinical use of GM as well as other aminoglycoside antibiotics are their nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity. The primary mechanism of cell injury in aminoglycoside toxicity appears to be the disruption of normal membrane function and the inhibition of Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase activity. There are both indirect and direct evidences which suggests that the effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics on Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase may explain, or contribute to, their toxicity. It has been shown that aminoglycoside reduce total ATPase activity (Kaku et al., 1973) and Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase activity (linuma et al., 1967) in the stria vascularis and spiral ligament of the guinea-pig cochlea. Lipsky and Lietman (1980) reported that aminoglycoside antibitoics inhibited the activity of Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase in microsomal fractions of the cortex and medulla of the guinea-pig kidney, isolated rat renal tubule and human erythrocyte ghosts. The present invstigation was undertaken to elucidate the mechanism of GM on human erythrocytes by examining its effect on Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase activity, actives sodium and potassium transport across red blood cell and ³H-ouabain binding to red blood cell membranes. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1) CM inhibited significantly both the activity of total ATPase and Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase at all concentrations tested. 2) GM inhibited active ²²H-ouabain efflux across red blood cell. When ouabain is present, the rate of ²²H-ouabain efflux was completely inhibited. When both GM and ouabain were added, the inhibitory effect of active ²²H-ouabain efflux was more pronounced. 3) Active ⁸⁶H-ouabain influx was inhibited significantly by GM. In the presence of ouabain, the rate of ⁸⁶H-ouabain influx is markedly inhibited. But ⁸⁶H-ouabain influx is not appreciably altered by the presence of both GM and ouabain. 4) In the presence of GM, ³H-ouabain binding to red blood cell membrane increased. From the above results, it may be concluded that the inhibition of active sodium and potassium transport across red blood cell by gentamicin appears to be due to the inhibition of Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase activity and an increase in ouabain binding to red blood cell membranes.

제대혈 CD34⁺ 세포에서 유래된 지지세포의 분석

유경하(Kyung-Ha Ryu),박세진(Se-Jin Park),김경효(Kyung Hyo Kim),서주영(Ju-Young Seoh),Mohammad Khan,신희영(Hee-Young Shin),안효섭(Hyo-Seop Ahn) 대한면역학회 2001 Immune Network Vol.1 No.1

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목 적 : 가와사끼병에서 흉부 X-선 검사에서 변화가 나타나는 빈도, 변화 양상, 염증성 cytokine과의 관계를 알아보고자 하였으며, 가와사끼병 환아에서 흉부 X-선 검사에서 이상 소견이 있을 때 염증 정도를 예측할 수 있는지 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2003년 1월부터 2004년 5월까지 이화의대 동대문병원 소아과에서 가와사끼병으로 진단된 환아 84명을 대상으로 흉부 X-선 검사 결과를 동일 방사선과 전문의가 판독하였다. 흉부 X-선에서 정상 소견을 보이는 군과 비정상 소견을 보이는 두군으로 나누어, 발병 당시 각 군의 관상동맥 확장 정도, 혈청 TNF-${\alpha}$, Mycoplasma 항체, 혈색소, 백혈구, 혈소판, 적혈구 침강속도와 C 반응 단백을 비교 연구하였다. 결 과 : 대상 환아 84명 중에서 흉부 X-선 검사에서 이상 소견을 보인 경우는 43명(51.2%)이었다. 흉부 X-선 검사에서 기관지주위둘러쌈(peribronchial cuffing) 22.4%, 그물결절음영 17.7%, 과도통기(hyperaeration) 8.2%, 폐포경화 3.5%, 흉막삼출 1.2%, 무기폐 1.2%에서 관찰되었다. 흉부 X-선 검사에서 정상 소견을 보인 군과 비정상 소견을 보인 두 군에서 평균 연령, 성별과 발열 기간은 유의한 차이가 없었으며, 혈색소, 백혈구, 혈소판, 적혈구 침강 속도와 C 반응 단백도 두 군에서 유의한 차이가 없었다. 양측 관상동맥 직경은 두 군에서 유의한 차이는 없었고, 혈중 TNF-${\alpha}$ 농도도 두 군간에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 비정상 소견을 보인 군에서 Mycoplasma 항체가를 측정한 결과 12.5%에서 1 : 320 이상의 양성을 보였다. 결 론 : 가와사끼병으로 진단된 환아에서 흉부 X-선 검사의 이상 유무로 염증의 심한 정도를 판단하는 것은 제한점이 있다. 가와사끼병 환아에서 Mycoplasma와의 관련성에 대해서는 향후 더 연구가 필요하리라 생각된다. Purpose : Kawasaki disease(KD) is a multisystemic inflammatory vasculitis of unknown etiology. Many complications other than cardiovascular involvement have been recognized in KD. However, there have been few reports published concerning involvement of the lungs in this disease. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between serum TNF-${\alpha}$, the degree of coronary artery dilatation and chest X-ray(CXR) findings. In addition, we have investigated serum anti-Mycoplasma antibody(AMA) titers in patients with KD who have abnormal CXR findings. Methods : Eighty four patients with KD were included in this study(group I; 41 patients with normal CXR fndings, group II; 43 patients with abnormal CXR findings). Serum levels of TNF-${\alpha}$ and AMA titer were measured. Results : We reviewed the CXR findings and clinical courses of 84 patients with Kawasaki disease and found abnormal CXR findings in 43 patients(51.2 percent). Peribronchial cuffing was the most frequent abnormality(22.4 percent). In the group with abnormal CXR findings(group II), a statistical difference was not noted in age, sex, duration of fever, hemoglobin, WBC, platelet, ESR, and CRP levels and incidence of coronary arterial lesions as compared with the group having normal CXR findings(group I). No difference was noted in serum TNF-${\alpha}$ level between group I and group II. 2 patients(12.5 percent) of 16 KD patients with abnormal CXR findings have positive AMA titer(above 1 : 320). Conclusion : Most of the abnormal CXR findings in KD patients were peribronchial cuffing. The abnormal CXR findings in KD patients did not mean severe inflammations. It is difficult to consider that CXR abnormalities are related to coronary arterial lesions. In addition, further study on the relationship between Mycoplasma infection and Kawasaki disease is needed.