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

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,...

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Main Authors: Han Eol Jeong, Sungho Bea, Ju Hwan Kim, Seung Hun Jang, Hyunjin Son, Ju-Young Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118222001438
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1684-1182