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Hyun** Koo
Medical Microbiology
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Open AccessAddition of cariogenic pathogens to complex oral microflora drives significant changes in biofilm compositions and functionalities
Dental caries is a microbe and sugar-mediated biofilm-dependent oral disease. Of particular significance, a virulent type of dental caries, known as severe early childhood caries (S-ECC), is characterized by t...
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Open AccessA nationwide survey on the implementation of infection prevention and control components in 1442 hospitals in the Republic of Korea: comparison to the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF)
The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to underscore the inadequacy of infection prevention and control (IPC) and the importance of its sound establishment in healthcare facilities. The Infection Prevention...
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Open AccessImpact of the repurposed drug thonzonium bromide on host oral-gut microbiomes
Drug repurposing is a feasible strategy for the development of novel therapeutic applications. However, its potential use for oral treatments and impact on host microbiota remain underexplored. Here, we assess...
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Open AccessImpact of national policy on hand hygiene promotion activities in hospitals in Korea
After the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in Korea in 2015, the Government established a strategy for infection prevention to encourage infection control activities in hospitals. The new ...
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Open AccessIndividualized recovery of gut microbial strains post antibiotics
To further understand the impact of antibiotics on the gastrointestinal tract microbial community, the intra-individual recovery pattern of specific microbial strains was determined using metagenomic sequencin...
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The oral microbiota: dynamic communities and host interactions
The dynamic and polymicrobial oral microbiome is a direct precursor of diseases such as dental caries and periodontitis, two of the most prevalent microbially induced disorders worldwide. Distinct microenviron...
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Targeting microbial biofilms: current and prospective therapeutic strategies
Biofilms harbour complex structural and biological attributes, such as the presence of an extracellular polymeric matrix, physical and chemical heterogeneity a...
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Open AccessProposed risk factors for infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens in hemodialysis patients hospitalized with pneumonia
In patients with hemodialysis-associated pneumonia (HDAP), information on both microbiologic features and antimicrobial strategies is limited. The aim of this study is to investigate predictive factors of infe...
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Open AccessTreatment outcomes of adjuvant resectional surgery for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
Outcomes of antibiotic treatment for lung disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are unsatisfactory. The role of adjunctive surgery in the treatment of NTM lung disease is still unclear.
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Comparative analysis of bacterial community-metagenomics in coastal Gulf of Mexico sediment microcosms following exposure to Macondo oil (MC252)
The indigenous bacterial communities in sediment microcosms from Dauphin Island (DI), Petit Bois Island (PB) and Perdido Pass (PP) of the coastal Gulf of Mexico were compared following treatment with Macondo o...
