- Emerging strategies for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: promise and limitations?
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Yew WW, Koh WJ
- KMID: 2373768
- Korean J Intern Med.
- 2016 Jan;31(1):15-29.
- doi: 10.3904/kjim.2016.31.1.15
A worsening scenario of drug-resistant tuberculosis has increased the need for new treatment strategies to tackle this worldwide emergency. There is a pressing need to simplify and shorten the current... -
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- Characterization of pncA Mutations of Pyrazinamide-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Korea
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Lee KW, Lee JM, Jung KS
- KMID: 2157558
- J Korean Med Sci.
- 2001 Oct;16(5):537-543.
- doi: 10.3346/jkms.2001.16.5.537
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is one of the most important drugs for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. However, the increasing frequency of PZA-resistant strains limits its effectiveness. In Korea, most PZA-resistant... -
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- Drug-resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis during 2006 to 2013 in a Korean tertiary medical center
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Lee HY, Lee J, Lee YS, Kim MY, Lee HK, Lee YM, Shin JH, Ko Y
- KMID: 2160705
- Korean J Intern Med.
- 2015 May;30(3):325-334.
- doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.30.3.325
BACKGROUND/AIMS: We evaluated the trend in the rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) over time, as well as the difference in the drug-resistance pattern between pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and extrapulmonary tuberculosis... -
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- Drug-resistant tuberculosis in a tertiary referral teaching hospital of Korea
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Lee JH, Chang JH
- KMID: 759556
- Korean J Intern Med.
- 2001 Sep;16(3):173-179.
BACKGROUND: Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is an increasing problem worldwide. Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of drug resistance (DR) and risk factors of DR in patients with... -
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- Drug Resistance Rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a Private Referral Center in Korea
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Choi JC, Lim SY, Suh GY, Chung MP, Kim H, Kwon OJ, Lee NY, Park YK, Bai GH, Koh WJ
- KMID: 1127086
- J Korean Med Sci.
- 2007 Aug;22(4):677-681.
- doi: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.4.677
The goals of this study were to identify first-line drug resistance in new and previously treated tuberculosis (TB) cases and to determine risk factors for multidrugresistant TB (MDR-TB) at a... -
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- Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Multidrug Resistance Using a MGIT 960 System
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Koh WJ, Ko Y, Kim CK, Park KS, Lee NY
- KMID: 1380085
- Ann Lab Med.
- 2012 Jul;32(4):264-269.
- doi: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.4.264
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare the turnaround time for liquid culturing and primary anti-tuberculous drug susceptibility testing (DST) performed using the mycobacteria growth indicator tube (MGIT)... -
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- Detection of Rifampin Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using Denaturing HPLC
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Nam YH, Lee SH, Ahn YC, Cho MH, Jang WC, Park SM, Kwon PS, Kim JW
- KMID: 854835
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2008 Apr;28(2):95-102.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2008.28.2.95
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. The surge of TB has been accompanied by an increase in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). In... -
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- Mutations in the embB Locus among Korean Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistant to Ethambutol
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Lee HY, Myoung HJ, Bang HE, Bai GH, Kim SJ, Kim JD, Cho SN
- KMID: 1726069
- Yonsei Med J.
- 2002 Feb;43(1):59-64.
- doi: 10.3349/ymj.2002.43.1.59
Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to ethambutol (EMB) has been assigned to an operon, embCAB, which has been proposed to be a structural gene for mycobacterial arabinosyl transferases. Recently, genetic events... -
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- Retrospective Comparison of Levofloxacin and Moxifloxacin on Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes
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Lee J, Lee CH, Kim DK, Yoon HI, Kim JY, Lee SM, Yang SC, Lee JH, Yoo CG, Lee CT, Chung HS, Kim YW, Han SK, Yim JJ
- KMID: 1776587
- Korean J Intern Med.
- 2011 Jun;26(2):153-159.
- doi: 10.3904/kjim.2011.26.2.153
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To compare the effect of levofloxacin and moxifloxacin on treatment outcomes among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 171 patients with MDR-TB receiving either levofloxacin or... -
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