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  • Pulmonology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Diagnostics

Background:

  • Recent advancements in diagnostic methods for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
  • South Korea, an industrialized nation, faces an intermediate TB burden.
  • Evaluating shifts in TB diagnostic test utilization over time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess changes in diagnostic tests prompting anti-TB treatment initiation.
  • Comparison of diagnostic strategies between 2005 and 2013 in South Korea.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of pulmonary TB patients from a tertiary referral hospital.
  • Comparison of diagnostic methods used in the first halves of 2005 and 2013.
  • Focus on methods that led to the initiation of anti-TB treatment.

Main Results:

  • Increased use of bronchoscopy for TB diagnosis in 2013 compared to 2005 (26.7% vs. 6.6%).
  • Significant rise in anti-TB treatment initiation based on positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results (47.3% vs. 7.9%).
  • Decreased proportion of clinical diagnoses for pulmonary TB in 2013 compared to 2005 (24.7% vs. 49.0%).

Conclusions:

  • Pulmonary TB treatment initiation in South Korea increasingly relies on PCR testing.
  • The use of bronchoscopic specimens for diagnosis has also become more prevalent.
  • These findings highlight a shift towards molecular and invasive diagnostic techniques.