A5029065561- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Microscopic Colitis
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
Chung-Ang University
2023-2024
Ulsan College
2020-2023
University of Ulsan
2020-2023
Asan Medical Center
2019-2023
This study aimed to evaluate whether fluvoxamine reduces clinical deterioration in adult patients with mild moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and identify risk factors for admitted a community treatment center (CTC).A randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted CTC, Seoul, Korea from January 15, 2021, February 19, 2021. Symptomatic positive results of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 real time-polymerase chain reaction within 3 days randomization were assigned at random...
This study aimed to identify which streptococcal species are closely associated with infective endocarditis (IE) and evaluate risk factors for mortality in patients IE. We performed a retrospective cohort of all bloodstream infection (BSI) from January 2010 June 2020 tertiary hospital South Korea. compared clinical microbiological characteristics BSIs according the diagnosis multivariate analysis IE A total 2,737 were identified during period, 174 (6.4%) diagnosed The highest prevalence was...
Multisystem inflammatory disease in children is a Kawasaki like illness occurring after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection children. As the pandemic progresses, similar syndromes were also reported adult with decreased incidence. adults (MIS-A) can be characterized shock, heart failure, and gastrointestinal symptoms elevated markers 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Herein, we describe first case of MIS-A South Korea. A 38-year-old man presented to our hospital 5-day history...
Although several clinical variables have been reported as risk factors for recurrence of Staphylococcus aureus infection, most studies not considered competing events that may overestimate the risk. In this study, we performed analysis to identify related 90-day in patients with S. bacteremia (SAB) using a large cohort data from single tertiary hospital South Korea. All adults who experienced SAB during admission were prospectively enrolled August 2008 December 2019. After day first positive...
Concern about resistance to chlorhexidine has increased due the wide use of latter. The impact qacA/B and smr tolerance genes on outcome methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections is unclear. We evaluated prevalence clinical of, microbiological risk factors for, in MRSA bacteremia. bacteremia that occurred more than two days after intensive care unit admission between January 2009 December 2018 was identified from a prospective cohort S. tertiary-care hospital South Korea....
From January to September 2020, we conducted contact-tracing for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who visited our outpatient clinic evaluate the risk of COVID-19 transmission from infected healthcare workers (HCWs). was diagnosed in 8 outpatients. Per severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction test results, none 317 HCWs came contact had a diagnosis (0.00%; 95% confidence interval, 0.00%-0.01%). This low rate outpatients...
Abstract Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as an important cause of infection. We conducted a longitudinal study to evaluate changes in clinical and microbiological characteristics well outcomes sequence type (ST) 72 MRSA bacteremia. reviewed adult patients enrolled prospective cohort with ST72 bacteremia from August 2008 December 2018 at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Changes characteristics, outcomes, over time were evaluated....
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tickborne disease in East Asia that causing high mortality. The Gn glycoprotein of the SFTS virus (SFTSV) has been considered to be essential target for neutralization. However, data on anti-Gn antibody kinetics are limited. Therefore, we investigated Gn-specific antibodies compared those nucleocapsid protein (NP)-specific antibodies. A multicenter prospective study was performed South Korea from January 2018 September 2021....
Sporadic measles outbreaks have continued to occur in Korea, mainly adults their 20s and 30s, most notably 2014 2019. We here evaluated the possible causes of a low seroprevalance by testing young healthcare workers (HCWs).This study was conducted 2,743-bed tertiary-care hospital Seoul between 2020 2021. performed antibody test (chemiluminescence immunoassay), measured IgM/IgG index ratio, an avidity at 1-month after Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccination HCWs who had been seronegative for...
Hyeonji Seo, Haein Kim, Sunghee Park, Hyemin Chung, Seongman Bae, Heung-sup Sung, Mi-Na Jiwon Jung, Min Jae Sung-Han Sang-Oh Lee, Sang-Ho Choi, Yang Soo Yong Pil Chong. Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev 2023;28:126-34. https://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2023.28.1.126
ST72-SCCmecIV, a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strain in Korea, originated the community and has been spreading health care settings. Herein, we describe clinical microbiological characteristics of patients with hospital-acquired MRSA bacteremia (MRSAB) caused by strains.We analyzed MRSAB cases ST72-SCCmecIV using prospective cohort SAB tertiary hospital Korea from July 2008 to December 2018. We compared ST5-SCCmecII, representative...
Abstract Patients with Legionnaires disease occasionally experience initial clinical improvement but radiological progression. However, data on this issue are so far limited. The aim of study was to investigate changes in chest radiograph findings patients who showed and identify risk factors outcomes these patients. All diagnosed at a tertiary hospital South Korea between March 2011 May 2020 were retrospectively enrolled. defined as abnormal radiographs accompanied by positive finding least...
Abstract Background Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection is an emerging clinical issue. One of the mechanisms carbapenem-resistance carbapenemase production. This study aimed to identify whether outcomes differ by CRE resistance mechanism and evaluate risk factors for mortality in patients with bacteremia. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort comparing 14-day between carbapenemase-producing (CP)-CRE non-CP-CRE bacteremia during January 2011 October 2018. Only...