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Rheumatology
Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Hyemin Kim, Soyoung Lee, Ji-Won Kim, Ju-Yang Jung, Chang-Hee Suh, Hyoun-Ah Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(1):172-183. Published online November 30, 2023
Background/Aims: This study aimed to identify the clinical characteristics of patients with concurrent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and suspected non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections as well as determine their prognostic factors.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 91..
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Pulmonology
Alterations in lung and gut microbiota reduce diversity in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
Ji Yeon Choi, Bora Shim, Youngmok Park, Young Ae Kang
Korean J Intern Med. 2023;38(6):879-892. Published online October 23, 2023
Background/Aims: Although the incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease (NTM-PD), a chronic infectious disease, is increasing, lung and gut microbiota dysbiosis in NTM patients has rarely been studied and was therefore the focus of this study.
Methods: We analyzed the microbiota di..
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Age- and sex-related characteristics of the increasing trend of nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease in a tertiary hospital in South Korea from 2006 to 2016
Youngmok Park, Chi Young Kim, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Joon Chang, Young Ae Kang
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(6):1424-1431. Published online June 19, 2020
Background/Aims: The incidence rate of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) is increasing worldwide. However, data regarding the age- and sex-specific epidemiology of NTM-PD are limited. This study aimed to investigate the long-term epidemiologic trends of NTM-PD within the recent..
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Rheumatology
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a single-center experience in South Korea
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Doo-Ho Lim, Yong-Gil Kim, Tae Sun Shim, Kyung-Wook Jo, Byeongzu Ghang, Soo Min Ahn, Seokchan Hong, Chang-Keun Lee, Bin Yoo
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(6):1090-1097. Published online January 6, 2017
Background/Aims: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection has been increasing worldwide in both general population and immunocompromised patients, which has also been reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This study aimed to identify the incidence and clinical characteristics of NTM inf..
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Mycobacterium avium lung disease combined with a bronchogenic cyst in an immunocompetent young adult
Yong Soo Kwon, Joungho Han, Ki Hwan Jung, Je Hyeong Kim, Won-Jung Koh
Korean J Intern Med. 2013;28(1):94-97. Published online December 28, 2012
We report a very rare case of a bronchogenic cyst combined with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in an immunocompetent patient. A 21-year-old male was referred to our institution because of a cough, fever, and worsening of abnormalities on his chest radiograph, despite anti-tubercul..
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