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Overview

Won-Jung Koh is affiliated with Samsung Medical Center in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular emphasis on epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics, focusing heavily on mycobacterium-related studies and infectious disease epidemiology.

The main fields of study associated with Won-Jung Koh are Medicine, with a notable concentration in epidemiology and infectious diseases. Additional subfields of study include small animal research, organic chemistry, and cancer research.

The primary topics covered in their work include:

  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis research and epidemiology
  • Infectious diseases and mycology
  • Quinazolinone synthesis and applications
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Actinomycetales infections and treatment
  • Genetic and kidney cyst diseases

Won-Jung Koh has published research in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (2 publications)
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • Clinical Genetics
  • BMC Infectious Diseases

Selected recent papers include:

  • Association between 16S rRNA gene mutations and susceptibility to amikacin in Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium abscessus clinical isolates, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Genome-wide association study in patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease, 2021, European Respiratory Journal
  • A nonsense variant in NME5 causes human primary ciliary dyskinesia with radial spoke defects, 2020, Clinical Genetics
  • Different macrophage polarization between drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, 2020, BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Subspecies-specific sequence detection for differentiation of Mycobacterium abscessus complex, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Won-Jung Koh include:

  • Byung Woo Jhun
  • Su-Young Kim
  • Hee Jae Huh
  • Nam Yong Lee
  • Dae Hun Kim

Best Publications

  • Delamanid for Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    Maria Tarcela Gler;Vija Skripconoka;Epifanio Sanchez-Garavito;Heping Xiao

  • Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients

    Shama D. Ahuja;David Ashkin;Monika Avendano;Rita Banerjee

  • Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis

    Nafees Ahmad;Shama D Ahuja;Onno W Akkerman

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

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

  • Efficacy, safety and tolerability of linezolid containing regimens in treating MDR-TB and XDR-TB: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Giovanni Sotgiu;Rosella Centis;Lia D'Ambrosio;Jan-William C. Alffenaar

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

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

  • Clinical Significance of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated From Respiratory Specimens in Korea

    Won-Jung Koh;O. Jung Kwon;Kyeongman Jeon;Tae Sung Kim

  • Update on pulmonary disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria

    Jason E. Stout;Won-Jung Koh;Wing Wai Yew

  • 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

  • Treatment outcome definitions in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an NTM-NET consensus statement

    Jakko Van Ingen;Timothy Aksamit;Claire Andrejak;Erik C. Böttger

  • Treatment Outcomes and Long-term Survival in Patients with Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

    Doh Hyung Kim;Hee Jin Kim;Seung-Kyu Park;Suck-Jun Kong

  • Macrolide Treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense Infection and Inducible Resistance

    Go Eun Choi;Sung Jae Shin;Choul Jae Won;Ki Nam Min

  • Diagnosis and treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease: Clinicians' perspectives

    Yon Ju Ryu;Won Jung Koh;Charles L Daley

  • Genetic polymorphisms of NAT2 and CYP2E1 associated with antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity in Korean patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

    Hyun Jung Cho;Won Jung Koh;Yon Ju Ryu;Chang Seok Ki

  • Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection in immunocompetent patients: comparison of thin-section CT and histopathologic findings.

    Yeon Joo Jeong;Kyung Soo Lee;Won-Jung Koh;Joungho Han

  • Mycobacterial characteristics and treatment outcomes in mycobacterium abscessus lung disease

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

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

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

  • Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis: a review of 43 cases.

    Hae-Seong Nam;Kyeongman Jeon;Sang-Won Um;Gee Young Suh

  • Treatment Outcomes for HIV-Uninfected Patients with Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

    Yong Soo Kwon;Yee Hyung Kim;Gee Young Suh;Man Pyo Chung

  • Bilateral bronchiectasis and bronchiolitis at thin-section CT: diagnostic implications in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection.

    Won-Jung Koh;Kyung Soo Lee;O Jung Kwon;Yeon Joo Jeong

Frequent Co-Authors

O Jung Kwon
O Jung Kwon Sungkyunkwan University
Nam Yong Lee
Nam Yong Lee Samsung Medical Center
Charles L. Daley
Charles L. Daley National Jewish Health
Sang-Nae Cho
Sang-Nae Cho Yonsei University
Jhingook Kim
Jhingook Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Kyung Soo Lee
Kyung Soo Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Woo-Sik Kim
Woo-Sik Kim Kyung Hee University
Christoph Lange
Christoph Lange University of Lübeck
Giovanni Sotgiu
Giovanni Sotgiu University of Sassari
Dick Menzies
Dick Menzies McGill University

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