Socioeconomic disparities and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Korea: Focus on immigrants and income levels

Han Eol Jeong; Sungho Bea; Ju Hwan Kim; Seung Hun Jang; Hyunjin Son; Ju-Young Shin

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (Apr 2023)

Socioeconomic disparities and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Korea: Focus on immigrants and income levels

Han Eol Jeong,
Sungho Bea,
Ju Hwan Kim,
Seung Hun Jang,
Hyunjin Son,
Ju-Young Shin

Affiliations

Han Eol Jeong: School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea; Department of Biohealth Regulatory Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
Sungho Bea: School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
Ju Hwan Kim: School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea; Department of Biohealth Regulatory Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
Seung Hun Jang: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, South Korea
Hyunjin Son: Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
Ju-Young Shin: School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea; Department of Biohealth Regulatory Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea; Department of Clinical Research Design & Evaluation, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea; Corresponding author. School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419 South Korea.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 56, no. 2
pp. 424 – 428

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Risk factors of MDR-TB remain unclear in South Korea, despite being an important public health issue. Findings from this study, which included ≥50,000 patients with TB from South Korea, suggests that immigrants and patients with lower income levels were strong predictors of MDR-TB in a high-income, high TB incidence country.

Published in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

ISSN: 1684-1182 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-microbiology-immunology-and-infection

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