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In the Republic of Korea (ROK), the number of notified tuberculosis (TB) cases had not decreased for a long period [1, 2], but decreased remarkably in the past decade following nationwide efforts, including a public–private model, reinforced TB contact investigation, and free TB treatment [3, 4]. In 2020, an overall notification rate of 38.8 per 100 000 persons for new TB cases (n=19 933) was reported, which constituted a 49.6% decrease in the number of cases compared with that notified in 2011 (new cases of TB 39 557; notification rate 78.9 per 100 000 persons for new TB cases) [2].
Abstract
Misdiagnosis of TB was 7.3% and the trend was unchanged in the 2010s, despite a remarkable decline of TB incidence in the ROK. Misdiagnosis was more common in EPTB than PTB, and risk factors and final causes varied depending on each involved organ system. https://bit.ly/3qnLjJN
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Youn Jung Lee, Ye Ju Shin and Young-ok Kim for their assistance with the data collection for this research.
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: None declared.
- Received July 15, 2022.
- Accepted August 20, 2022.
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