Publications by authors named "Hye Ran Jeong"

Article Synopsis
  • This is a correction to an article published on page e130 in volume 38.
  • The article is associated with the PubMed ID (PMID) 37096313.
  • The correction addresses errors or inaccuracies found in the original publication.
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  • The study analyzes healthcare service utilization patterns in Korea from 2016-2020 to better design regional healthcare systems, focusing on various disease categories and medical service fields.
  • It uses a relevance index to assess how much local patients utilize healthcare services, revealing significant disparities, such as high relevance in infection services but low in cancer care across many regions.
  • The results show consistent relevance indices, highlighting that outpatient services are more frequently used than inpatient services, which could influence future healthcare planning and resource allocation.
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Carbapenemase-producing (CPE) is an important and increasing threat to global health. From July to September 2017, 20 inpatients at a tertiary care hospital in Korea were either colonized or infected with carbapenem-resistant strains. All of isolates co-produced and carbapenemase genes and shared ≥88% clonal relatedness on the basis of a cladistic calculation of the distribution of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns.

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Objectives: A fast and accurate diagnosis is necessary to control and eliminate tuberculosis (TB). In Korea, TB continues to be a serious public health problem. In this study, diagnostic tests on clinical samples from patients suspected to have TB were performed and the sensitivity and specificity of the various techniques were compared.

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Schizandra chinensis Baillon, or omija, is a fruit native to northeast Asia that is cultivated in South Korea and China. Fresh omija fruit has been used in beverages, traditional East Asian medicine and cosmetics because of its complex flavor and pharmacological effectiveness. The objective of this study was to analyze residue levels of 33 kinds of pesticides on fresh omija fruits and in omija juices produced in South Korea.

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