Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/47422, first published .
Timely Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis Based on the Epidemiological Disease Spectrum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in the Republic of Korea

Timely Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis Based on the Epidemiological Disease Spectrum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in the Republic of Korea

Timely Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis Based on the Epidemiological Disease Spectrum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in the Republic of Korea

Yousang Ko   1 , MD, PhD ;   Jae Seuk Park   2 , MD, PhD ;   Jinsoo Min   3 , MPH, MD ;   Hyung Woo Kim   4 , MD ;   Hyeon-Kyoung Koo   5 , MD ;   Jee Youn Oh   6 , MD ;   Yun-Jeong Jeong   7 , MD ;   Eunhye Lee   8 , MD ;   Bumhee Yang   9 , MD ;   Ju Sang Kim   4 , MPH, MD ;   Sung-Soon Lee   5 , MD, PhD ;   Yunhyung Kwon   10 , PhD ;   Jiyeon Yang   10 , RN, MSN ;   Ji yeon Han   10 , PhD ;   You Jin Jang   10 , MS ;   Jinseob Kim   11 , MD, MPH

1 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2 Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

3 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

4 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Republic of Korea

5 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan, Republic of Korea

6 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

7 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea

8 Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin, Republic of Korea

9 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheong-Ju, Republic of Korea

10 Division of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Osong, Republic of Korea

11 Zarathu Co Ltd, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Corresponding Author:

  • Yousang Ko, MD, PhD
  • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
  • Department of Internal Medicine
  • Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
  • Sung-an ro 150, Kangdonggu
  • Seoul, 05355/82
  • Republic of Korea
  • Phone: 82 2224-2561
  • Fax: 82 02-488-6925
  • Email: koyus@naver.com