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Open AccessUsefulness of the mini nutritional assessment short-form for evaluating nutritional status in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: a prospective cross-sectional study
Although the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is recognized as a useful tool for evaluating nutritional status in patients with various diseases, its applicability in patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria...
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Open AccessArtificial intelligence-based radiographic extent analysis to predict tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a multicenter cohort study
Predicting outcomes in pulmonary tuberculosis is challenging despite effective treatments. This study aimed to identify factors influencing treatment success and culture conversion, focusing on artificial inte...
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Open AccessMyosteatosis as a prognostic factor of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease
Quantitative body composition affects the prognosis of patients with Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD). However, whether the qualitative body composition obtained indirectly through computed ...
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Open AccessLongitudinal association between adiposity changes and lung function deterioration
The longitudinal relationship between adiposity and lung function is controversial. We aimed to investigate the long-term association between adiposity changes and lung function in a middle-aged general Asian ...
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Open AccessTreatment shortening of drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis using high-dose rifampicin for 3 months after culture conversion (Hi-DoRi-3): a study protocol for an open-label randomized clinical trial
The standard treatment regimen for drug-sensitive tuberculosis (TB), comprising four companion drugs, requires a minimum duration of 6 months, and this lengthy treatment leads to poor adherence and increased t...
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Open AccessComorbidities of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection in Korean adults: results from the National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS–NSC) database
The global prevalence and incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection are increasing. However, the prevalence of NTM infection-associated comorbidities remains understudied. Thus, we investigated ...
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Open AccessIdentification of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from household showerheads of patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria
This study aimed to examine whether nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) inside household showerheads are identical to those in patients with NTM-pulmonary disease (PD) since household water is one of the potenti...
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Open AccessLong- and short-term clinical impact of awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as bridging therapy for lung transplantation
As lung transplantation (LTx) is becoming a standard treatment for end-stage lung disease, the use of bridging with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasing. We examined the clinical impact of ...
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Open AccessImpact of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis on critically ill patients in Korea: a retrospective observational study
This study investigated the impact of bronchiectasis on patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in Korea. Patients with bronchiectasis were diagnosed using results of chest computed to...
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Open AccessIdentification of serum biomarkers for active pulmonary tuberculosis using a targeted metabolomics approach
Although tuberculosis (TB) is a severe health problem worldwide, the current diagnostic methods are far from optimal. Metabolomics is increasingly being used in the study of infectious diseases. We performed m...
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Open AccessClinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with macrolide-resistant Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Macrolide is a key drug in the treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD). Macrolide-resistant MAC is gaining importance, but there are little data in clinical characteristics and treatme...
