A Case of Agrobacterium radiobacter Peritonitis in a Patient on CAPD / 대한신장학회잡지

Agrobacterium radiobacter is a rare human pathogen and a few cases were reported in the world. The peritoneal cavity in patient maintained on peritoneal dialysis serves as an excellent incubator and culture medium for microorganisms. We experienced a rare human infection as peritonitis with A. radiobacter in Inha University Hospital, Inchon, Korea. The patient was 36 year-old female and maintained on CAPD for one year. She had two times of CAPD peritonitis. She visited to the hospital because of turbid peritoneal fluid. On initial physical examination, she showed mild abdominal tenderness and elevated body temperature. Laboratory findings showed leukocytosis and anemia with elevated serum creatinine level. The analysis of peritoneal fluid showed white blood cell count as many as 1860/mm3 and it's culture revealed A. radiobacter. She received vancomycin and aminoglycoside antibiotics via intraperitoneal route and the CAPD catheter was removed. She was maintained on hemodialysis and reveived isepamicin 100mg a day via intravenous for 7 days. We report our experience of peritonitis caused by A. radiobacter and review the literature of similar cases of peritonitis.

A Case of Angiocentric T-cell Lymphoma of the Esophagus / 대한소화기내시경학회지

In this study we present a case of an angiocentric T-cell lymphoma (ACTL) which involve the esophagus. A 37-year-old male was admitted with dysphagia, odynophagia, and weight loss for 3 months. Two months before his admission, he had undergone on endoscopy with a biopsy. The first endoscopic findings revealed a large ulcerative lesion on the esophagus, although there had been no evidence of lymphoma upon microscopic examination. On the follow up endoscopic examination, this ulcerative lesion revealed progressive and destructive change. Histopathology of the third biopsied specimens showed large atypical lymphocyte infiltrates with angiocentric and angioinvasive features. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that the atypical (large) lymphocytes had T-cell phenotypes (CD3+, CD5+, and CD43+) and contained few reactive B-cells (CD20+), We assume that this is the first case of ACTL involving the esophagus and larynx.

Congenital Bronchoesophageal Fistula Causing Only Chronic Cough: One case / 결핵

There were so many causes of chronic coughing including postnasal drip, pneumonia, nasal polyp, asthma, interstinal lung disease etc. Congenital bronchoesophageal fistula was not usually thought as cause of chronic coughing. A 46-year-old female patient suffered from chronic coughing without usual causes. Her chest X-ray viewed normally. She coughed especially after swallowing foods. So we recommended her esophagogram and it revealed broncho-esphageal fistula. She underwent surgical resection of broncho-esophageal fistula. She was well without cough after the surgery. We reported a case of congenital broncho-esphageal fistula that had caused chronic coughing without any evidence of pneumonia, malignancy, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, inflammation, asthma, nasal polyp, etc. So we should suspect the bronchoesophageal fistula when patients cough chronically with eating, and recommend the esophagogram.