디지털 기술의 건강보험 보장방법에 대한 고찰: 5개 국가 중심

엄혜은,김지혜,한승진,최연미,최윤정 건강보험심사평가원 2022 HIRA RESEARCH Vol.2 No.1

VRE 감염증의 임상상, 미생물학적 특성 분석 및 유전적 관련성 비교 : 전국 6개 병원에서 분리된 VRE를 중심으로

정희진,박정원,엄중식,하경임,신종희,김정미,이혜수,박영희,김우주,박승철 대한감염학회 2002 감염 Vol.34 No.5

다중 중합효소 연쇄반응을 이용한 반코마이신 내성 장구균의 신속 검출

박성언,박수진,엄용빈,김종배,송혜원,박상욱,김양수,김근희 THE KOREAN SOCIETY FOR BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY SCIEN 1999 Journal of biomedical laboratory sciences Vol.5 No.1

일반적으로 임상검사실에서 vancomycin resistant enterococci(VRE)를 검출하는 일은 어렵고, 시간이 많이 들며, 검체처리 비용도 많이 든다. 따라서 본 실험은 임상검체에서 분리된 세균으로부터 VRE를 신속하게 확인하고, 진단하기 위한 방법으로서 다중 중합효소 연쇄반응을 확립하였다. 본 실험에 사용된 primer는 장구균에 특이한 유전자인 vanA, vanB, vanC-1, vanC-2/3각각의 염기서열을 기초로 primer를 제작하고, 다중 중합효소 연쇄반응을 실시하여 임상검체로부터 분리된 VRE 유전자의 type 및 분포율을 조사하고자 하였다. 국내에서 분리된 75주의 장구균을 대상으로 다중 중합효소 연쇄반응을 실시한 결과 36주의 분리균주에서 vancomycin에 대해 높은 저항성을 보이는 vanA 유전자를 가진 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 18주에서는 vancomycin에 낮은 저항성을 내성을 보이는 vanC-1또는 vanC-2/3유전자를 보유한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 실험에서 확립한 다중 중합효소 연쇄반응 기법은 신속한 VRE 진단 방법으로 이용할 수 있을 것이다. It is generally difficult, time-consuming, and expensive for the clinical laboratory to detect vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE). The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay system as a diagnostic tool for the rapid detection of VRE from clinical samples and/or for the identification of VRE from the bacterial strains isolated from clinical specimens. Specific primers, designed from the nucleotide sequences respectively encoding the vanA, vanB, vanC-1, vanC-2/3 genes in enterococci, were coupled in a multiplex PCR assay system. With this multiplex PCR assay system, we investigated the incidence rates and types of VRE isolated from clinical samples. A total of 75 strains of enterococci were isolated in 3 general hospitals in Korea. Of these isolates, 36 strains showed a pattern of highlevel vancomycin resistance which associated with vanA gene, whereas 18 strains showed lowlevel vancomycin resistance associated with vanC-1 or vanC-2/3 gene. Thus, multiplex PCR assay method established in this study could be applied for the rapid detection of VRE.

삼일열 말라리아에 합병된 비장 파열 1예

홍경욱,이정아,김원진,박철민,권혜리,박혜원,엄중식 대한감염학회 2007 감염과 화학요법 Vol.39 No.5

국내의 토착형 말라리아는 삼일열 말라리아로, 1993년부터 재유행이 시작되었다. 말라리아의 중요한 합병증으로 드물지만 비장 파열이 있는데, 이는 주로 삼일열 말라리아에 의해서 발생되며, 국내에서는 1999년 말라리아에 의한 비장 파열로 비장 절제술을 시행한 예가 보고된 바 있다. 현재까지는 비장 파열이 있을 때 비장 절제술이 일차적인 치료로 되어 있으나, 비장 절제술 후의 감염 위험성이 크므로, 활력 징후가 불안정하거나, 출혈이 지속되는 소견이 보이지 않으면 가급적 보존적 치료를 하는 것이 추천된다. 저자들은 비장 파열이 동반된 말라리아 환자에서 비장 절제술을 시행하지 않고 보존적 치료로 호전된 예를 경험하여 보고하는 바이다. Plasmodium vivax has been the predominant Plasmodium species in the Republic of Korea and reemerged in 1993. Spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen is a rare but important complication associated with P. vivax infection. Only one case of spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen was reported in Korea in 1999. Splenectomy is still accepted as the treatment of choice in cases of spontaneous rupture of the spleen. But, considering increased risk of postsplenectomy infecion, splenectomy should be reserved for those patients with severe rupture or those with continued or recurrent bleeding. And conservative treatment should be considered in selected, closely monitored patients. We report a patient with P. vivax malaria who developed a spontaneous splenic rupture and was improved by conservative treatment.

서울의 PPNG 발생 빈도(1991-1992)

김재홍,윤기범,박평원,김영진,전경민,김영태,김중환,곽호,구상완,송민석,유옥,지혜구,김동원,문상은,박영립,정승호,성범진,성순제,엄주용,황정열,이기홍,이주협,전태진 대한화학요법학회 1994 대한화학요법학회지 Vol.12 No.1

The prevalence of PPNG among pretreated gonorrhea cases isolated at the STD clinic of Choong-Ku Public Health Center in Seoul has been studied and reported annually since 1981. In 1991, 123 strains of N.gonorrhoeae were isolated, among which 58(47.1%) were PPNG. In 1992, 98 starains of N.gonorrhoeae were isolated, among which 51(52.0%) were PPNG. In all, 109(49.3%) strains were found to be PPNG among 221 strains isolated between 1991-1992. The prevalence of PPNG in Seoul showed increased tendency till 1989, thereafter, it has been stationary or slightly decreasing.

Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of the various kinds of herbal tea

( Jin Wook Lee ),( Hyun Ji Eo ),( Gwang Hun Park ),( Hun Min Song ),( So Hee Woo ),( Mi Kyoung Kim ),( Jung Hye Eom ),( Man Hyo Lee ),( Jeong Rak Lee ),( Jin Suk Koo ),( Jin Suk Koo ) 대한본초학회 2014 大韓本草學會誌 Vol.29 No.2

Objectives : Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in a wide spectrum of diseases including chronic inflammation and cancer. In this study, we investigated the antioxidant activities and anti-inflammatory effects of the extracts from the herbal teas such as Lonicera japonica Thunberg (L. japonica), Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat (C. morifolium), Mentha arvensis L. (M. arvensis), and P.rhizoma. Methods : Anti-oxidant activity was evaluated using DPPH radical scavenging assay and Fe2+ chelating assay. And DNA cleavage assay was performed to evaluate an anti-oxidative effect. Anti-inflammatory effect was performed using NO generation assay and western blot in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cell line. Results : L. japonica scavenged DPPH radical by 9.8% at 12.5 μg/ml, 24.8% at 25 μg/ml, 34.3% at 50 μg/ml, 61.1% at 100 μg/ml and 75.8% at 200 μg/ml, respectively. In addition, C. morifolium and M. arvensis removed DPPH radical by 15.6% and 10.4% at 12.5 μg/ml, 34.8% and 22.8% at 25 μg/ml, 66.9% and 43.3% at 50 μg/ml, 87.4% and 69.1% at 100 μg/ml, and 92.1% and 73.2% at 200 μg/ml, respectively. However, P. rhizoma did not affect on DPPH radical scavenging. The Fe2+ chelating activity was highest in L. japonica, but lowest in P. rhizoma among the herbal teas. In addition, the extracts from L. japonica, C. morifolium and M. arvensis inhibited oxidative DNA damage via its anti-oxidant activity. In anti-inflammatory effect, the extracts from C. morifolium inhibited NO production. In addition, it suppressed the NF-κB signaling pathway in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Conclusions : Together, this study indicates that L. japonica, M. arvensis and C. morifolium possess the protective effect against the oxidative DNA damage. Furthermore, C. morifolium exerts an anti-inflammatory effect.

Single-particle investigation of summertime and wintertime Antarctic sea spray aerosols using low-Z particle EPMA, Raman microspectrometry, and ATR-FTIR imaging techniques

Eom, Hyo-Jin,Gupta, Dhrubajyoti,Cho, Hye-Rin,Hwang, Hee Jin,Hur, Soon Do,Gim, Yeontae,Ro, Chul-Un Copernicus GmbH 2016 Atmospheric chemistry and physics Vol.16 No.21

<P>Abstract. Two aerosol samples collected at King Sejong Korean scientific research station, Antarctica, on 9 December 2011 in the austral summer (sample S1) and 23 July 2012 in the austral winter (sample S2), when the oceanic chlorophyll a levels on the collection days of the samples were quite different, by ∼ 19 times (2.46 vs. 0.13 µg L−1, respectively), were investigated on a single-particle basis using quantitative energy-dispersive electron probe X-ray microanalysis (ED-EPMA), called low-Z particle EPMA, Raman microspectrometry (RMS), and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) imaging techniques to obtain their characteristics based on the elemental chemical compositions, molecular species, and mixing state. X-ray analysis showed that the supermicron summertime and wintertime Antarctic aerosol samples have different elemental chemical compositions, even though all the individual particles analyzed were sea spray aerosols (SSAs); i.e., the contents of C, O, Ca, S, and Si were more elevated, whereas Cl was more depleted, for sample S1 than for sample S2. Based on qualitative analysis of the chemical species present in individual SSAs by the combined application of RMS and ATR-FTIR imaging, different organic species were observed in samples S1 and S2; i.e., Mg hydrate salts of alanine were predominant in samples S1 and S2, whereas Mg salts of fatty acids internally mixed with Mg hydrate salts of alanine were significant in sample S2. Although CaSO4 was observed significantly in both samples S1 and S2, other inorganic species, such as Na2SO4, NaNO3, Mg(NO3)2, SiO2, and CH3SO3Mg, were observed more significantly in sample S1, suggesting that those compounds may be related to the higher phytoplankton activity in summer. </P>

Lumpy skin disease as an emerging infectious disease

Hye Jin Eom,Eun-Seo Lee,Han Sang Yoo The Korean Society of Veterinary Science 2023 Journal of Veterinary Science Vol.24 No.3

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is one of the most important emerging transboundary diseases. Recently, LSD has emerged in many countries in the northern hemisphere. The LSD virus has a huge genome and is highly resistant to environmental conditions. The virus is also host-specific and large ruminants, such as cattle and domestic water buffalo, are particularly susceptible. In addition, wild ruminants can serve as potential reservoirs for spreading the LSD virus. The emergence might be related to climate change in various regions because LSD is an arthropod-borne infectious disease. This disease causes enormous economic losses, such as leather damage, decreased milk production, abortion, and death in infected ruminants. The economic importance of LSD in the bovine industry has forced countries to develop and implement control strategies against the disease. With the recent global spread and the economic impact, LSD will be discussed intensively. In addition, effective preventive measures are suggested based on the presence or absence of LSD outbreaks.

Classification of Anger, Fear, and Surprise using EEG

Jin-Sup Eom,Hye-Ryeon Yang,Jin-Hun Sohn 대한인간공학회 2012 대한인간공학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2012 No.5

Objective: It is difficult to classify anger, fear, and surprise emotions with autonomic nervous system response patterns such as heart rate, electrodermal activity, respiratory etc., because these three emotions contain similar levels of valence and arousal dimensions. The purpose of this study was to classify three emotions by using EEG signals. Background: The importance of human-computer interaction has been increased in the past decade in the various fields of industry, education, and rehabilitation. EEG-based emotion recognition system is advantageous since it directly makes us measure brain activity while experiencing emotions. There are three types of EEG features that are useful to detect emotional states: Frequency bands (theta, alpha, beta, and gamma), hemispheric asymmetry, EEG coherences. Method: Three emotions (i.e., anger, fear and surprise) were induced by audio-visual stimuli. EEG signals were recorded at F2, F4, P3, P4, and Cz sites when subjects were exposed to the emotion induction stimuli. The following EEG features were included in the analysis: The relative powers of theta, alpha, beta, and gamma wave, the brain asymmetry at frontal and parietal regions for 4 frequency bands, and the brain coherences among 5 sites for alpha and beta wave Conclusion: Linear discriminant analysis using three types of EEG features showed that the mean accuracy for emotion recognition was 66.3%. The accuracy rate for anger was relatively high with frequency bands, and brain coherence was effective to classify surprise. Mean accuracy rate was relatively low with hemispheric asymmetry. Application: The results might be useful in particular situations where the emotion needs to be recognized with no detectable facial and verbal expressions.

Bioactive Compounds and Physiological Activities of Several Soybeans by Pretreatment

Hye Jin Park,Hyun-Ju Eom,Nu Ri Gwon,Hye Jeong Kang,Ju-Hyoung Kim 한국식품영양과학회 2022 한국식품영양과학회 학술대회발표집 Vol.2022 No.10