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Nam Yong Lee is affiliated with Samsung Medical Center in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans diverse subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's recent research encompasses topics such as bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, respiratory viral infections research, and antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy.

  • Impact of Difficult-to-Treat Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteremia on Mortality: Retrospective Analysis of Nationwide Surveillance Data (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel for rapid detection of respiratory bacterial pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in sputum and endotracheal aspirate specimens (2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • Rapid species identification of pathogenic bacteria from a minute quantity exploiting three-dimensional quantitative phase imaging and artificial neural network (2022, Light Science & Applications)
  • Association between 16S rRNA gene mutations and susceptibility to amikacin in Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium abscessus clinical isolates (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • A nonsense variant in NME5 causes human primary ciliary dyskinesia with radial spoke defects (2020, Clinical Genetics)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nam Yong Lee include:

  • Hee Jae Huh
  • Tae Yeul Kim
  • Doo Ryeon Chung
  • Sun Young Cho
  • Kyungmin Huh

Nam Yong Lee has published in a variety of scientific journals, with repeated contributions in the following venues:

  • Annals of Laboratory Medicine
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

The scientist's work addresses significant topics related to antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance, which is evident in their focus areas and published papers. These contributions reflect ongoing research interest in how bacterial pathogens can be rapidly identified and how resistance mechanisms impact treatment outcomes.

Best Publications

  • High prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Asia (an ANSORP study).

    Jae-Hoon Song;Sook-In Jung;Kwan Soo Ko;Na Young Kim

  • Clinical significance of differentiation of Mycobacterium massiliense from Mycobacterium abscessus.

    Won Jung Koh;Kyeongman Jeon;Nam Yong Lee;Bum Joon Kim

  • Spread of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Asian countries: Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP) Study.

    Jae-Hoon Song;Nam Yong Lee;Satoshi Ichiyama;Ryoji Yoshida

  • Antibiotic treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease: a retrospective analysis of 65 patients.

    Kyeongman Jeon;O Jung Kwon;Nam Yong Lee;Bum-Joon Kim

  • Distribution of Major Genotypes among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Asian Countries

    Kwan Soo Ko;Ji-Young Lee;Ji Yoeun Suh;Won Sup Oh

  • Impact of imipenem resistance on mortality in patients with Acinetobacter bacteraemia

    Ki Tae Kwon;Won Sup Oh;Jae-Hoon Song;Hyun-Ha Chang

  • Clinical Significance of the Differentiation Between Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in M avium Complex Lung Disease

    Won Jung Koh;Byeong Ho Jeong;Kyeongman Jeon;Nam Yong Lee

  • Clinical Significance and Outcome of Nosocomial Acquisition of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

    Hae Suk Cheong;Cheol-In Kang;Jeong A Lee;Soo Youn Moon

  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Clonorchis sinensis infection: a case-control study in Korea.

    Dongil Choi;Jae Hoon Lim;Kyu Taek Lee;Jong Kyun Lee

  • Mycobacterial characteristics and treatment outcomes in mycobacterium abscessus lung disease

    Won Jung Koh;Byeong Ho Jeong;Su Young Kim;Kyeongman Jeon

  • Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumococci among Asian Children: A Multinational Surveillance by the Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP)

    Nam Yong Lee;Jae-Hoon Song;Sungmin Kim;Kyong Ran Peck

  • Outcomes of Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease based on clinical phenotype.

    Won Jung Koh;Seong Mi Moon;Su Young Kim;Min Ah Woo

  • Emergence in Asian Countries of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin

    Jae-Hoon Song;Keiichi Hiramatsu;Ji Yoeun Suh;Kwan Soo Ko

  • Intermittent antibiotic therapy for nodular bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease.

    Byeong Ho Jeong;Kyeongman Jeon;Hye Yun Park;Su Young Kim

  • Prognostic factors associated with long-term mortality in 1445 patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: a 15-year follow-up study.

    Byung Woo Jhun;Seong Mi Moon;Kyeongman Jeon;O. Jung Kwon

  • Rapid detection and identification of 12 respiratory viruses using a dual priming oligonucleotide system-based multiplex PCR assay.

    Suk Ran Kim;Chang-Seok Ki;Nam Yong Lee

  • Macrolide resistance and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Asian countries: a study of the Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP)

    Jae Hoon Song;Hyun Ha Chang;Ji Yoeun Suh;Kwan Soo Ko

  • Proportions of Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii Strains among Korean Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus Group Isolates

    Hee-Youn Kim;Yoonwon Kook;Yeo-Jun Yun;Chan Geun Park

  • Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Community Onset Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Strains

    Cheol-In Kang;Yu Mi Wi;Mi Young Lee;Kwan Soo Ko

  • Clinical Characteristics, Treatment Outcomes, and Resistance Mutations Associated with Macrolide-Resistant Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease

    Seong Mi Moon;Hye Yun Park;Su Young Kim;Byung Woo Jhun

  • Increasing Recovery of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Respiratory Specimens over a 10-Year Period in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in South Korea.

    Won-Jung Koh;Boksoon Chang;Byeong-Ho Jeong;Kyeongman Jeon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyong Ran Peck
Kyong Ran Peck Samsung Medical Center
Jae-Hoon Song
Jae-Hoon Song Samsung Medical Center
Doo Ryeon Chung
Doo Ryeon Chung Samsung Medical Center
Cheol-In Kang
Cheol-In Kang Sungkyunkwan University
Won-Jung Koh
Won-Jung Koh Samsung Medical Center
Kwan Soo Ko
Kwan Soo Ko Sungkyunkwan University
O Jung Kwon
O Jung Kwon Sungkyunkwan University
Charles L. Daley
Charles L. Daley National Jewish Health
Eui Chong Kim
Eui Chong Kim Seoul National University
Kyungwon Lee
Kyungwon Lee Yonsei University

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