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

  • Han Eol Jeong
  • , Sungho Bea
  • , Ju Hwan Kim
  • , Seung Hun Jang
  • , Hyunjin Son
  • , Ju Young Shin

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)424-428
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Volume56
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

Keywords

  • Disparities
  • Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
  • Predictors
  • Socioeconomic
  • Tuberculosis

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