Publications by authors named "Sung-Churl Lee"
Purpose: This study aimed to analyse laboratory values according to fever duration, and evaluate the relationship across these values during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease (KD) to aid in the early diagnosis for early-presenting KD and incomplete KD patients.
Methods: Clinical and laboratory data of patients with KD (n=615) were evaluated according to duration of fever at presentation, and were compared between patients with and without coronary artery lesions (CALs). For evaluation of the relationships across laboratory indices, patients with a fever duration of 5 days or 6 days were used (n=204).
Changes in clinical and laboratory features of Kawasaki disease noted over time in Daejeon, Korea.
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J
August 2017
Article Synopsis
- Kawasaki disease (KD) has become more common in Korea, and a study compared clinical and laboratory features of KD patients from two different time periods: 2000-2004 and 2010-2014.
- The analysis included 615 patients, revealing that patients in the later period (group B) showed a higher percentage of incomplete KD and lower instances of coronary artery lesions, while also having milder laboratory findings, such as lower levels of C-reactive protein.
- Overall, the study suggests that the clinical presentation of KD has become milder over the past decade, indicating changes in how the disease manifests among recent patients compared to those from earlier years.
There have been some limitations on early diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection because of no immunoglobulin M (IgM) responses and variable detection rates of polymerase chain reaction in the early stage of the disease. We wanted to discuss regarding early diagnostic method using short-term paired titration of MP-specific IgM and cold agglutinins (CAs) in the early stage of MP pneumonia.The participants of this study were 418 children with MP pneumonia during 2 recent epidemics (2006-2007 and 2011), and they were diagnosed by an anti-MP IgM antibody test (Serodia Myco II) examined twice during hospitalization at presentation and around discharge (mean of 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia is a self-limiting disease, but some patients complain of progressive pneumonia, despite of appropriate antibiotic treatment. We aimed to introduce the role of immune-modulators (corticosteroid and/or intravenous immunoglobulin, IVIG) treatment for childhood MP pneumonia based on previous our experiences.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective case series analysis for 183 children with MP pneumonia was performed.