Prediction of 1-year treatment outcome using early sputum culture conversion status in Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease

• Yea Eun Park,
• Hwa Jung Kim,
• Byung Woo Jhun,
• Youngmok Park,
• Jimyung Park,
• Nakwon Kwak,
• Jae-Joon Yim,
• Tae Sun Shim,
• Young Ae Kang,
• Kyung-Wook Jo

Affiliations

Yea Eun Park

Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea

Hwa Jung Kim

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Byung Woo Jhun

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Youngmok Park

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea

Jimyung Park

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Nakwon Kwak

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jae-Joon Yim

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Tae Sun Shim

Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea

Young Ae Kang

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Co-corresponding authors. Tel.: +82 2 2228 1954, fax: +82 2 393 6884.        

Kyung-Wook Jo

Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea; Co-corresponding authors. Tel.: +82 2 2228 1954, fax: +82 2 393 6884.        ; (K-W. Jo); Tel.: +82 2 3010 5783, fax: +82 2 3030 6968.