• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.1021-1030
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• 2021

국내 결핵 환자 관리의 방안을 모색하고 결핵 정책의 기초자료를 제공하고자 2010년부터 2018년까지 통계청과 질병관리본부의 결핵 환자 통계 연보와 세계보건기구(WHO; World Health Organization)의 GLOBAL Tuberculosis Report 등의 자료를 수집하여, 국내 결핵 환자 현황을 분석하였다. 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 국내 결핵 환자 발생 현황 결과는, 2018년 33,796명(65.9%), 신환자는 2018년 26,433명(51.5%)으로 약 21.3% 감소한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 국내 결핵 환자치료 현황은 과거 치료결과 불명확은 2018년 655명으로 2014년 대비 약 160% 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 청소년 결핵환자 발생률은 10에서 14세는 2018년 1.8%, 15세에서 19세는 15.0%로 고등학생의 결핵 발생률이 높았다. 넷째, 나이별 결핵 환자 발생률을 보면 60대 이상의 대상자가 60% 이상의 결핵 유병률을 보였으며 특히 80세 이상의 노인결핵 환자가 증가하였다. 다섯째, 성별 결핵 환자발생률 현황은 2010년 대비 2018년에 남성이 여성보다 1.4배가 많은 것으로 나타났다. 여섯째, 전국적으로 결핵 유병률은 전남 1,419명(75.6%)이 가장 높았고, 세종 99명(33.4%)이 가장 낮았다. 일곱째, 국내 외국인 환자 수는 2012년 1,510명으로 지속적으로 늘어나 2016년에는 2,569명으로 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에 따라 결핵 재발자, 고등학생, 60세 이상의 연령층, 80세 이상의 노인, 군대 등의 남성 집단, 외국인 대상의 신속하고 정확한 결핵 조기 검진정책과 관리가 필요하다.

• Journal of Korean Medical Science
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• 제33권47호
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• pp.292.1-292.10
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• 2018

Background: We investigated the incidence of active tuberculosis among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, with or without latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Methods: The study was performed at a Korean tertiary referral center between January 2011 and June 2017. In total, 740 patients with IBD who underwent LTBI screening tests and were followed-up for ${\geq}1$ year after TNF inhibitor treatment initiation were enrolled. LTBI was detected on the basis of tuberculin skin test results, interferon-gamma release assay results, chest X-ray findings, and previous tuberculosis treatment history. The patients were classified into LTBI (n = 84) or non-LTBI (n = 656) group. The risk of developing tuberculosis in each group was assessed on the basis of standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for active tuberculosis. Results: Mean patient age was 33.1 years, and patients with Crohn's disease were predominant (80.7%). Within 1 year after the initiation of TNF inhibitor treatment, 1 patient in the LTBI group (1/84; 1.2%) and 7 patients in the non-LTBI group (7/656; 1.1%) developed active tuberculosis. The overall 1-year incidence of tuberculosis among the patients was significantly higher than that among the general population (SIR, 14.0; 95% CI, 7.0-28.0), and SIR was not affected by LTBI status (LTBI group: 14.5, 95% CI, 2.0-102.6; non-LTBI group: 14.0, 95% CI, 6.7-29.4). Conclusion: Patients with IBD undergoing TNF inhibitor treatment showed a higher 1-year incidence of tuberculosis than the general population irrespective of LTBI status.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2022

In 2021,the incidence of newly notified tuberculosis in Jeju Province decreased by 23.0% compared to that in the previous year. This was the largest decline among the 18 municipalities studied. This study aimed to examine trends in the incidence of tuberculosis among different age and sex groups in Jeju Province between 2017 and 2021. This study observed the number of new cases in the annual report from 2017 to 2021, published by the Jeju Center for Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention. The average annual percentage change (AAPC; %) was calculated to determine the trend in crude incidence rates over the past 5 years by sex and age. While a P-value of <0.1 was considered marginally significant, aP-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The AAPC of all age groups in Jeju Province had negative values. In men,there was a statistically significant decrease in ages 30-34, 40-44, 45-49, and 50-54 years and a marginally significant decrease in ages 35-59, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 75-79, and ≥80 years. In women, a statistically significant decrease was observed among patients aged 30-34, 35-39, and ≥80 years, and a marginally significant decrease was observed among patients aged 45-49, 50-54, 60-64, 65-69, and 75-79 years. A statistically significant decrease in tuberculosis was observed among patients in their 30s and 40s, and elderly patients aged ≥80 years comprised the group vulnerable to tuberculosis. Based on these findings, tuberculosis prevention and screening programs conducted in Jeju Province were effective.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2019

Objectives: In the Republic of Korea (ROK), the notified incidence of tuberculosis in foreign-born individuals (NITFBI) has increased recently, as has the rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and rifampicin-resistant (RR) tuberculosis in foreigners staying in the ROK. As Jeju Province in ROK has a no-visa entry policy, control programs for NITFBI should be consolidated. The aim was to evaluate the status of NITFBI, with a focus on the distribution of MDR/RR tuberculosis by nationality. Methods: Data on tuberculosis incidence in individuals born in Jeju Province and in foreign-born individuals were extracted from the Korean Statistical Information Service of Statistics Korea, and the Infectious Disease Surveillance Web Statistics of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respectively. Results: Among all notified incident cases of tuberculosis, the proportion of NITFBI increased from 1.46% in 2011 to 6.84% in 2017. China- and Vietnam-born individuals accounted for the greatest proportion of the 95 cases of NITFBI. Seven cases of MDR/RR tuberculosis were found, all involving patients born in China. Conclusions: In Jeju Province, ROK, NITFBI might become more common in the near future. Countermeasures for controlling active tuberculosis in immigrants born in high-risk nations for tuberculosis should be prepared in Jeju Province, since it is a popular tourist destination.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.223-231
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• 1997

A total of 322 patients with endobronchial tuberculosis (8.1%) out of 3,982 subjects who had a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine of Hanyang University Hospital between the beginning of March 1982 and the end of April 1996 were included in this study. The peak incidence occurred in the second decade, and the male to female was 1 : 3.0. The barking cough with variable amounts of sputum was the most common chief complaint in 56.9% of the 313 patients. Other complaints included dyspnea, chest pain, fever, hemoptysis, and generalized weakness. Localized wheeze was heard over the chest in 16.9% of the 313 patients. Infiltration/consolidation was the most common roentgenographic finding of the chest in 64.2%. Bronchoscopically, hypertrophy with luminal narrowing was the most common findings in 32.3% of the 322 patients and left main bronchus was the most frequently involved in 24.0%. Using fiberoptic bronchoscopy allows not only substantial meaningful assessment of endobronchial tuberculosis but also makes a differential diagnosis of lung cancer in older patients. We need further evaluations of standard bronchoscopic classification of endobronchial tuberculosis, diagnostic accuracy of endobronchial tuberculosis by PCR, a large prospective study of effects of corticosteroids in endobronchial tuberculosis patients, and appropriate treatment of atelectasis by endobronchial tuberculosis.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.529-538
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• 2018

결핵은 높은 이환과 사망을 일으키는 질병으로 현대의학의 발달에 따라 발생률과 사망률은 감소하고 있다. 그러나 한국은 아직까지 OECD 국가 중 결핵 발생률과 사망률이 가장 높다. 이에 따라 한국은 결핵의 예방 및 통제를 위해 여러 정책 사업을 실시하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 공공민간협력(public-private mix) 결핵관리사업이 치료결과에 미치는 영향을 분석하고 결핵환자의 치료 성공에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하고자 한다. 질병관리본부에서 관리하는 결핵환자 신고 자료를 이용하여 2012-2015년 전국 결핵 신환자 코호트 약 13만명을 대상으로 분석하였다. 누적 발생 함수(cumulative incidence function)를 이용하여 요인별로 누적 치료 성공률을 비교하였으며. 주 관심사건(치료성공) 및 경쟁사건(사망)을 고려한 두 가지 경쟁위험모형(cause-specific Cox's proportional hazards model and subdistribution hazard model)을 사용하여 분석 결과를 비교하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.125-134
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• 1975

The record of 137 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax seen at Busan National University Hospital during past 3years were reviewed to study the possible pathogenesis and its effective management. and the results obtained as follows; 1] The incidence of the "spontaneous" pneumothorax which developed without underlying pathology was 13-1%. The majority of those cases was considered as the result of rupture of subpleural blebs. 2] The incidence of secondary pneumothorax which developed with underlying pathology was 50.0%, in which 42.3% was combined with pulmonary tuberculosis and 8, 0% was combined with pulmonary infection. The traumatic pneumothorax was developed in 36-5% of total series. 3] In age distribution, there was pronounced difference between spontaneous and secondary pneumothorax. The majority of spontaneous pneumothorax cases was 20-30 decade and tall and tall and thin in body structure. In secondary pneumothorax, however, the incidence was relatively high in age group more than 50 years old. 4] The incidence of pneumothorax combined with pulmonary tuberculosis was particularly high in our country, and the cause of pneumothorax was seemed due to the rupture of subpleural caseous foci in some cases, but the majority was seen due to the rupture of emphysematous blebs which were formed with a pathological process of chronic tuberculosis. 5]Closed [tube] thoracotomy was the main therapeutic approach of choice in the great majority ,of pneumothorax in our series with the relapse rate of 19.6%. However, open thoracotomy and adequate surgical procedures should be undertaken in patients with continuous air leakage over 7 days and recurrent attack of pneumothorax.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.61-65
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• 2020

Background and Objectives The overall incidence of laryngeal tuberculosis (LT) has generally decreased over the recent years, yet there is still a discrete population of patients newly diagnosed with the disease. This study is aimed to examine the patients with LT over the recent 10 years and to investigate the changes in clinical pattern with respect to the past period. Materials and Method A retrospective review has been performed on 20 patients who have been initially diagnosed with LT between 2005 and 2015. Results The age of the patients ranged from 25 years to 95 years with an average age of 45.6 years. Seventeen patients (85%) showed hoarseness, which was the most common clinical symptom. Most affected lesion was the true vocal cord. Laryngoscopic examination showed various clinical manifestations: polypoid 30%, granulomatous 25%, nonspecific 25%, ulcerative 20%. A variety of methods were used for diagnostic confirmation of LT [acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear 45%, AFB culture 40%, polymerase chain reaction 30%, surgical pathology 45%]. Coexisting pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) was detected in 10 patients (50%). Relative to the patients with inactive PT or normal lung status, those with active PT showed higher incidence of laryngeal lesions located in areas other than true vocal cord (p=0.050). Conclusion Based on the analytic results from this study, laryngologists should recognize the changes in the recent clinical patterns of LT and always be ready for clinical suspicion of this disease on such atypical laryngeal findings which can often mimic laryngeal malignancies to provide the pertinent treatment.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.532-539
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• 2006

연구 배경 : 기관지 결핵은 폐결핵의 특이한 형태로, 폐결핵은 과거 50년에 비해서 줄어들고 있지만 기관지 결핵은 여전히 감소하지 않고 중요한 보건학적 문제로 남아 있다. 저자들은 폐결핵으로 진단을 받은 환자들에서 기관지 결핵의 동반율과 임상 증상, 흉부 방사선 소견, 기관지경 분류 소견에 따른 발생 빈도, 발생 위치, 항결핵 치료 시작 후 기관지경을 추적 검사한 환자들에서 기관지내의 협착과 같은 합병증의 동반 빈도에 대해서 조사를 하였다. 방 법 : 1999년 1월부터 2003년 12월까지 충남대학교 내과에서 활동성 폐결핵을 진단을 받은 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 환자가 폐결핵이 의심되거나 진단이 되면 2주 이내에 기관지 내시경을 시행하였고 병변이 있는 곳에서 기관지 세척솔 또는 기관지 점막생검술을 시행하였다. 결 과 : 1999년 1월부터 2003년 12월까지 충남대학교 병원 호흡기 내과에서 활동성 폐결핵으로 진단을 받은 환자는 총 699명이였다. 이중 458명에서 기관지 내시경을 시행하였고 51%인 234명에서 기관지 결핵이 동반하였다. 남자는 40.3%, 여자는 66.3%에서 기관지 결핵이 동반되었으며 20대 여성에서 기관지 결핵이 제일 많이 동반하였다. 가장 흔한 증상은 기침, 객담, 발열 등의 비 특이적 증상이었고 기관지내시경상 기관지 결핵의 아형중 부종-충혈형(36.8%)이 제일 흔히 관찰되었다. 흉부 방사선 소견으로는 반상 침윤을 보이는 경우가 제일 많았고 우 폐가 좌 폐보다 많이 발생하였다. 단일 부위로는 좌 상엽에서 제일 호발하였다. 58명에서 추적 기관지 내시경 검사를 하였고 대부분의 환자에서 큰 후유증 없이 잘 나았다. 그러나 8명에서 기관 및 주 기관지에 협착이 남았고 6명은 잔유병변이 남아 있어서 치료를 연장 하였다. 결 론 : 폐결핵 환자에서 기관지 결핵의 병발은 여전히 높으며 젊은 여성에서 만성적인 기침이 지속될 때 기관지 결핵을 의심해서 기관지 내시경을 실시하여야 한다. 또한 치료 도중에 기관지 내시경의 추적검사를 통해 후유증의 정도와 치료 종결의 결정에 도움을 받을 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.134-144
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• 2023

Objectives: Active pulmonary tuberculosis (active PTB) is manifested in one of the complications of pneumoconiosis, but statistics are not available. The objective of the present study was to identify the incidence of active PTB among dusty workers who were diagnosed with pneumoconiosis by year. Methods: The present study was performed using the results of the Pneumoconiosis Examination Council's assessment from the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) database between January 1, 1984, and December 31, 2017. Pneumoconiosis is defined as Category 1 or more. Active PTB was defined as a positive result for active PTB in the result of the Pneumoconiosis Examination Council's assessment. The annual incidence rate of pneumoconiosis and active PTB were analyzed by age standardization. Results: The number of retired dusty workers who received the health examination for work-related pneumoconiosis increased every year. However, the incidence of pneumoconiosis among retired dusty workers and active PTB among patients with pneumoconiosis decreased every year. Conclusions: To effectively manage pneumoconiosis and active PTB among patients with pneumoconiosis, the annual status of them in retired dusty workers who received the health examination for work-related pneumoconiosis was required.