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KMID : 0367419790200090030
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1979 Volume.20 No. 9 p.30 ~ p.34
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A Diagnostic Value of Gastric Aspirate Findings in Pneumonia Under the Age of one Year
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具春吉/Koo, C.K.
徐鍾佑/吳智燮/姜眞無/Suh, J.W./Oh, J.S./Kang, C.M
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Abstract
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This article is a report of the study on the gastric aspirate findings in infants with pneumonia and in healthy controls. The materials were consisted of 20 cases of pneumonia and 20 cases of healthy controls under the age of 1 year who were admitted to the pediatric department and children´s hospital of Presl=yteriar. Medical Center, Daegu, Korea during the period of Jan. 1676 through Aug. 1976.
The following results were oatained:
1) The gastric aspirate firdings of pneumonia group was associated with thicky mucoid gastric fluid containing a high proportion (E0.4%) of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in contrast to a low proportion (19.6%)of epithe´al cells.
2) Healthy controls had thin fluid and predominance (85.2%)of epithelial cel_s in contrast to a low proportion (14.8%) of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the gastric smear.
3) The bacteriological culture from gastric aspirate revealed positive results of 35916 in pneumonia group and 15% of healthy controls.
4) It is suggested that gastric aspirate ceIlul_arity is of diagnostic value for pneumonia of infancy rather than the bacteriological culture and over 60% of polymorph. Count on the smear of the materials indicates under!ying infection.
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