Publications by authors named "Byung-Guk Yang"
Objective: To investigate the demographic data and karyotypes of 19,000 couples who experienced recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA).
Design: A cross-sectional study of 19,000 couples.
Setting: Five hospitals.
Tuberculosis prevention and care in Korea: Evolution of policy and practice.
J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis
May 2018
Article Synopsis
- Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major health issue in Korea, with a high incidence rate of 77 per 100,000, making it the only OECD country facing this challenge.
- The Korean government has increased funding and improved patient management strategies since 2011, leading to an average annual reduction of 5.2% in TB cases from 2011 to 2016.
- Despite progress, there are still challenges with existing tools for managing latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), such as communication gaps and treatment side effects, emphasizing the need for better resources and methods.
Backgrounds: An outbreak of lung injury among South Korean adults was examined in a hospital-based case-control study, and the suspected cause was exposure to humidifier disinfectant (HD). However, a case-control study with community-dwelling controls was needed to validate the previous study's findings, and to confirm the exposure-response relationship between HD and lung injury.
Methods: Each case of lung injury was matched with four community-dwelling controls, according to age (±3 years), sex, residence, and history of childbirth since 2006 (for women).
Background: In April 2011 a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea reported several cases of severe respiratory distress of unknown origin in young adults.
Methods: To find the route of transmission, causative agent and patient risk factors of the outbreak, an investigation of the epidemic was initiated. Clinicopathological conferences led to the suspicion that the cases related to an inhalation injury.
The authors report a fatal case of disseminated tuberculosis in a 14-yr-old girl, which developed immediately after a measles-rubella (MR) vaccination. Despite a markedly accelerated clinical course which led to death within two weeks, the authors could not identify any possible cause of the tuberculosis aggravation in this case, with the exception of the MR vaccination. The possible role that MR vaccination had on the clinical course of tuberculosis in this case is discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: We investigated the seroprevalence of the measles antibody and its attributable factors for the students who underwent routine 2-dose Schedule Era.
Methods: The subjects were 996 students of the national measles seroepidemiologic study in December 2000 who had vaccination records. We conducted a questionnaire survey and we performed serologic testing for the measles-specific IgG by using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.