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    Impact of prolonged carbapenem use-focused antimicrobial stewardship on antimicrobial consumption and factors affecting acceptance of recommendations: a quasi-experimental study

    This study aimed to assess the impact of a prolonged carbapenem use-focused antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) on antimicrobial consumption and clinical outcomes and to analyze factors affecting adherence...

    ** Sae Yoo, Jeong Yong Park, Ha-** Chun, Young Rong Kim in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Encephalitis with status epilepticus and stroke as complications of non-severe COVID-19 in a young female patient: a case report

    Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 are thought to be associated with the disease severity of COVID-19 and poor clinical outcomes. Dysregulated immune responses are considered to be mediating such complica...

    Seungyon Koh, Yoon Seob Kim, Min Hye Kim, Young Hwa Choi, Jun Young Choi in BMC Neurology (2022)

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    Seek COVER: using a disease proxy to rapidly develop and validate a personalized risk calculator for COVID-19 outcomes in an international network

    We investigated whether we could use influenza data to develop prediction models for COVID-19 to increase the speed at which prediction models can reliably be developed and validated early in a pandemic. We de...

    Ross D. Williams, Aniek F. Markus, Cynthia Yang in BMC Medical Research Methodology (2022)

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    Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis meningitis associated with a companion dog in a young adult: a case report

    Campylobacter spp., common commensals in the gastrointestinal tract of animals, especially poultry, can cause acute gastrointestinal illness in humans through animal-to-human transmission. Although Campylobacter ...

    Yeol Jung Seong, Seung Hun Lee, Eun ** Kim, Young Hwa Choi in BMC Infectious Diseases (2021)

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    Impact 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 ...

    Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Jihee Lim, Eun ** Kim in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Contr… (2020)

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    In vivo efficacy of combination of colistin with fosfomycin or minocycline in a mouse model of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia

    Unfortunately, the options for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) infections are extremely limited. Recently, fosfomycin and minocycline were newly introduced as a treatment...

    Nam Su Ku, Su-Hyung Lee, Young- soun Lim, Heun Choi, ** Young Ahn in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan: recent trends based on national surveillance reports

    Sustainable systematic interventions are important for infection prevention and control (IPC). Data from surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) provides feedback for implementation of IPC progr...

    Cho-Han Chiang, Sung-Ching Pan in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Contr… (2018)

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    Chronic kidney disease with genitourinary tuberculosis: old disease but ongoing complication

    Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) is a type of extrapulmonary TB that exerts a deleterious effect on renal function by promoting renal calcification and ureteric stricture. Therefore, we investigated the risk ...

    Eun ** Kim, Woonji Lee, Woo Yong Jeong, Hen Choi, In Young Jung in BMC Nephrology (2018)

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    WAO International Scientific Conference (WISC 2016) Abstracts

    Jun Bao, Yi-Hui Wang, Quan-Hua Liu, Yi-**ao Bao in World Allergy Organization Journal (2017)

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    Blood Mercury Can Be a Factor of Elevated Serum Ferritin: Analysis of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES 2008–2012)

    Serum ferritin as well as blood mercury are reported to be associated with chronic inflammation. However, the relation between serum ferritin and blood mercury has not yet been established. We utilized the Kor...

    Nam-Seok Joo, Young-Hwa Choi, Kyung-** Yeum in Biological Trace Element Research (2015)

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    The burden of nosocomial staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in South Korea: a prospective hospital-based nationwide study

    We estimated the nationwide burden of nosocomial S. aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI), a major cause of nosocomial infection, in South Korea.

    Chung-Jong Kim, Hong-Bin Kim, Myoung-don Oh, Yunhee Kim in BMC Infectious Diseases (2014)

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    (S)-tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid inhibits LPS-induced arachidonic acid release through downregulation of cPLA2 expression

    Sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response syndrome, remains a potentially lethal condition. (S)-1-α-Naphthylmethyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (CKD712) is noted as a drug candidate for sepsis. ...

    Jong Min Choi, Young Hwa Choi, Seok Kyun Kim, Kyong Hoon Ahn in Molecules and Cells (2013)

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    Subcutaneous Four-Week Repeated Dose Toxicity Studies of Rice Cell-Derived Recombinant Human Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in Rats

    Recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) is a glycoprotein and hematopoietic growth factors that regulates the proliferation of myeloid precursor cells and activates mature ...

    Jung Eun Ji, Jung Min Lee, Jong Min Choi, Young Hwa Choi in Toxicological Research (2008)

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    Prognostic factors of severe sepsis: a result of Korean sepsis registry system

    Byung-Chul Chun, Min-Ja Kim, Jang Wook Sohn, Hee ** Cheong, Dae Won Park in Critical Care (2008)