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<p>Imported systemic mycoses is a severe fungal infection that can cause diseases in healthy people. However, there is a serious lack of epidemiological data about imported systemic mycoses. Therefore, an epidemiological characterization of imported systemic mycoses in Korea was performed.</p></sec>
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<p>We collected health insurance data between 2008 and 2012 from the Health Insurance Corporation and analyzed the data to determine the prevalence and treatment management of imported systemic mycoses.</p></sec>
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<p>The prevalence of imported systemic mycoses between 2008 and 2012 increased slowly by 0.49/100,000 to 0.53/100,000 persons. The prevalence of coccidioidomycosis increased from 0.28/100,000 in 2008 to 0.36/100,000 persons in 2012. A mean of 229.6 cases occurred each year. Children and the elderly showed higher prevalence than adults in the 20- to 59-year-old age group. The rate of infection according to region ranged from 0.18/100,000 persons in Ulsan, to 0.59/100,000 persons in Gyeonggi. The prevalence in females was higher than that in males. Inpatient treatment was 3.3% (38 cases), with 96.7% treated as outpatients. Hospitalizations cost 272.7 million won and outpatient treatments cost 111.7 million won. The treatment cost for coccidioidomycosis from 2008 to 2012 was 330.9 million won, with personal charges of 79.2 million won and insurance charges of 251.7 million won. Most of the expenses for the coccidioidomycosis treatment were for inpatient treatment.</p></sec>
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<p>The results in this study may be a useful resource for determining the changes in the trend of imported systemic mycoses.</p></sec>
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To characterise the genetic and serological diversity of pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i>, we tested 111 <i>E coli</i> strains isolated from diarrhoeal patients in Korea between 2003 and 2006. Methods
The isolates were tested through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and slide agglutination method for the detection of virulence genes and serotypes, respectively. To compare the expression of Shiga toxin (<i>stx</i>)-1 and <i>stx2</i> genes, real-time quantitative reverse-transcriptase PCR and rapid exprssion assay, reversed-passive latex agglutination, were performed. Results
Forty-nine Shiga toxin-producing <i>E coli</i> (STEC) strains and 62 non-STEC strains, including 20 enteropathogenic <i>E coli</i>, 20 enterotoxigenic <i>E coli</i>, 20 enteroaggregative <i>E coli</i>, and 2 enteroinvasive <i>E coli</i> were randomly chosen from the strains isolated from diarrhoeal patients in Korea between 2003 and 2006. PCR analysis indicated that locus of enterocyte effacement pathogenicity island, that is, <i>eae</i>A, <i>esp</i>ADB, and <i>tir</i> genes were present in STEC, enteropathogenic <i>E coli</i>, and enteroinvasive <i>E coli</i>. Quorum sensing-related gene <i>lux</i>S was detected in most of pathogenic <i>E coli</i> strains. Major serotypes of the STEC strains were O157 (26%) and O26 (20%), whereas the non-STEC strains possessed various serotypes. Especially, all the strains with serotype O157 carried <i>stx</i>2 and the tested virulence factors. Of the STEC strains, the data of real-time quantitative reverse-transcriptase PCR and reversed-passive latex agglutination tests showed that messenger RNA- and protein expression of <i>stx</i>2 gene were higher than those of <i>stx</i>1 gene. Conclusion
Our results provide the epidemiological information regarding the trend of STEC and non-STEC infections in the general population and show the fundamental data in association of serotypes with virulence genes in diarrhoeagenic <i>E coli</i> strains from Korea.
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