Community-acquired pneumonia is common and important infectious disease in adults. This
work represents an update to 2009 treatment guideline for community-acquired pneumonia …

Little is known about the long-term natural history of Mycobacterium avium complex lung
disease (MAC-LD) in untreated patients with stable course. The aim of this study was to …

Adenocarcinoma currently accounts for 10–25% of all uterine cervical carcinomas and has
a variety of histopathological subtypes. Among them, mucinous carcinoma gastric type is not …

Purpose Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is useful for providing hypoxic
patients with ventilatory support, but its usefulness in the management of patients with central …

Abstract Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is challenging because of
the high toxicity of second-line drugs and the longer treatment duration required compared …

This study analyzed the recurrence rate and risk factors for recurrence of Mycobacterium
avium complex (MAC) lung disease in patients successfully treated for this disease. The …

Background With the introduction of new anti-tuberculosis drugs, all-oral regimens with shorter
treatment durations for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis have been anticipated. We aimed …

Background: Few studies have investigated the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM), a globally
increasing metabolic disease, on treatment outcomes and long-term survival in patients with …

Background We aimed to identify the 1-year relapse rate and risk factors for patients with
pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) treated with a 6-month daily regimen. Methods A total of 317 …

Background We investigated the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among
the health care workers (HCWs) and analyzed its risk factors in South Korea. Methods A …