Professor Ki Seung-jeong of Jeonnam National University Hospital Receives Minister of Health and Welfare Award for Tuberculosis Prevention Contributions

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Jeonnam National University Hospital announced on the 12th that Professor Ki Seung-jung of the Department of Laboratory Medicine received the Minister of Health and Welfare Award for contributing to the improvement of public health on the occasion of the 10th Tuberculosis Prevention Day.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare selected Professor Ki Seung-jung, a tuberculosis specialist and a dedicated researcher at the National Institute of Health, who faithfully conducted research and reflected it in tuberculosis treatment guidelines, contributing to the national tuberculosis eradication, during the awards ceremony for individuals and organizations who devotedly cooperated with the national tuberculosis control project on Tuberculosis Prevention Day.

Professor Ki, a specialist member of the 5th Tuberculosis Expert Committee of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, contributed to establishing comprehensive tuberculosis management plans, including policies on tuberculosis prevention, management, research, diagnosis, and treatment.

Additionally, as the principal investigator of the academic research service project at the National Institute of Health, he successfully conducted the study "Development of Clinical Resources and Utilization System for Evaluation of New Latent Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tests" from 2017 to 2018, and from last year to this year, he has been conducting the study "Clinical Specimen Collection and Cellular Immune Characteristics Research of Tuberculosis Patients."

Professor Ki published the research results comparing and evaluating the diagnostic performance of Xpert testing and smear microscopy on about 3,000 suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the world-renowned tuberculosis and respiratory-related academic journal, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (IF 17.45).

This research provided evidence that smear microscopy can be replaced as the primary diagnostic test for pulmonary tuberculosis in routine clinical practice in countries with intermediate tuberculosis risk, and it was reflected in the tuberculosis treatment guidelines (4th edition, 2020) for the eradication of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.