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    Relationship between the appropriateness of antibiotic treatment and clinical outcomes/medical costs of patients with community-acquired acute pyelonephritis: a multicenter prospective cohort study

    Inappropriate use of antibiotics not only increases antibiotic resistance as collateral damage but also increases clinical failure rates and medical costs. The purpose of this study was to determine the relati...

    Choseok Yoon, Se Yoon Park, Bongyoung Kim, Ki Tae Kwon in BMC Infectious Diseases (2022)

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    Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in patients after 12 months from COVID-19 infection in Korea

    As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to progress, awareness about its long-term impacts has been growing. To date, studies on the long-term course of symptoms, factors associated with ...

    Yoonjung Kim, Bitna-Ha, Shin-Woo Kim, Hyun-Ha Chang, Ki Tae Kwon in BMC Infectious Diseases (2022)

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    Clinical outcomes and healthcare costs of inpatients with tetanus in Korea, 2011–2019

    Tetanus is a rare, vaccine-preventable but extremely serious disease. We investigated the recent trend of the clinical outcomes and medical costs for inpatients with tetanus in South Korea over 10 years.

    Sohyun Bae, Minsik Go, Yoonjung Kim, Soyoon Hwang, Shin-Woo Kim in BMC Infectious Diseases (2021)

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    Looking back to move forward: a twenty-year audit of herpes zoster in Asia-Pacific

    Herpes zoster (HZ) is a prevalent viral disease that inflicts substantial morbidity and associated healthcare and socioeconomic burdens. Current treatments are not fully effective, especially among the most vu...

    Liang-Kung Chen, Hidenori Arai, Liang-Yu Chen, Ming-Yueh Chou in BMC Infectious Diseases (2017)

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    Catheter-associated bacteremia by Mycobacterium senegalense in Korea

    Rapidly growing mycobacteria is recognized as one of the causative agents of catheter-related infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. To date, however, Mycobacterium senegalense, which was known as the...

    Won Sup Oh, Kwan Soo Ko, Jae-Hoon Song, Mi Young Lee in BMC Infectious Diseases (2005)