ArticleTuberculosis and respiratory diseases2019
Pre-immigration Screening for Tuberculosis in South Korea: A Comparison of Smear- and Culture-Based Protocols.
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- Comparison of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and Economic Burden on People With Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Korea.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Latent tuberculosis infection: recent progress and challenges in South Korea.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2020Review
- Experiences of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment for the North Korean Refugees.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundTuberculosis (TB) is the most important disease screened for upon patient history review during preimmigration medical examinations as performed in South Korea in prospective immigrants to certain Western countries. In 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed the TB screening protocol from a smear-based test to the complete Culture and Directly Observed Therapy Tuberculosis Technical Instructions (CDOT TB TI) for reducing the incidence of TB in foreign-born immigrants.
methodsThis study evaluated the effect of the revised (as compared with the old) protocol in South Korea.
resultsOf the 40,558 visa applicants, 365 exhibited chest radiographic results suggestive of active or inactive TB, and 351 underwent sputum tests (acid-fast bacilli smear and
conclusionThe culture-based 2007 TI identified a great deal of TB cases current to the individuals tested, as compared to older U.S. CDC TI.
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