4 results match your criteria: "Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju Metropolitan City[Affiliation]"
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Associated with Manual De-Ticking of Domestic Dogs.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
April 2020
Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Article Synopsis
- - Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne disease caused by a new virus, and a 50-year-old man was diagnosed with it after presenting with a fever.
- - An investigation involved testing the man's three dogs and ticks collected from his home, revealing one dog had a high antibody titer for the SFTS virus, although the dogs' PCR tests were negative for the virus.
- - The patient's potential infection route was linked to tick removal from the dogs, as tick bites were not reported; further studies are needed to explore the relationship between tick infestation in dogs and SFTS transmission to humans.
Molecular detection of viruses causing hemorrhagic fevers in rodents in the south-west of Korea.
J Neurovirol
April 2019
Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Many pathogens causing hemorrhagic fevers of medical and veterinary importance have been identified and isolated from rodents in the Republic of Korea (ROK). We investigated the occurrence of emerging viruses causing hemorrhagic fevers, such as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), and flaviviruses, from wild rodents. Striped field mice, Apodemus agrarius (n = 39), were captured during 2014-2015 in the south-west of ROK.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransmission of Enterobacter aerogenes septicemia in healthcare workers.
Springerplus
September 2016
Microbiology Division, Jeollanam-do Institute of Health and Environment, Muan, Republic of Korea.
Enterobacter aerogenes is recognized as an important bacterial pathogen in hospital-acquired infections. This report describes two unusual cases of septicemia caused by E. aerogenes in immunocompetent healthcare workers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst report of iliacus abscess caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Othmarschen.
J Infect Chemother
February 2016
Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
The non-typhoidal bacterium Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Othmarschen (Salmonella Othmarschen) is a rare human pathogen. Abscess formation due to non-typhoidal Salmonella infections is a very rare complication in this antibiotic era. We report the first case of iliacus abscess after a short period of gastroenteritis which was caused by non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica belonging to group C1, serovar Othmarschen in a patient without any underlying conditions.
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