Kyu-Min Kim

Ms. Kyu-Min Kim

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 August 2020 in Microorganisms
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JSJeong-ih Shin
Jeong-ih Shin
JHJong-Hun Ha
Jong-Hun Ha
DLDong-Hae Lee
Dong-Hae Lee
JCJeong Gyu Choi
Jeong Gyu Choi
KKKyu-Min Kim
Kyu-Min Kim
JYJung-Wan Yoo
Jung-Wan Yoo
Mycobacterium intracellulare is a leading cause of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, with a rapidly increasing prevalence worldwide. This bacterium, commonly distributed in soil and water, is known to be transmitted through the environment rather than between people. Therefore, it is imperative to establish distinguishable genotyping methods to understand the clinical outcome, disease relapses, and epidemiology. Therefore, in this study, representative band-based genotyping methods were performed using M. intracellualre clinical isolates, and their Hunter–Gaston discriminatory index (HGDI) was 0.947, 0.994, and 1 for variable number tandem repetition (VNTR), VNTR-mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units, pulsed field gel electrophoresis, and repetitive sequence based-PCR, respectively. Although VNTR showed relatively low HGDI, co-infection with other M. intracellualre strains could be determined by loci showing allele diversity from 0 to 0.69. Additionally, genetic distance of clinical isolates from Gyeongnam/Korea, and other regions/countries were visualized by minimum spanning tree (MST) using the globally available VNTR profiles. The results of MST revealed that M. intracellulare isolated from patients in Gyeongnam/Korea had specific VNTR genotypes, which may be evidence of the geographic distribution of M. intracellulare specific genotypes. The comparative results of genotyping techniques and geographical characteristics in this study may provide fundamental information for the epidemiology of M. intracellulare.

9 July 2022 in Microbial Pathogenesis
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HPHyun-Eui Park
Hyun-Eui Park
JPJin-Sik Park
Jin-Sik Park
HPHong-Tae Park
Hong-Tae Park
JSJeong-ih Shin
Jeong-ih Shin
KKKyu-Min Kim
Kyu-Min Kim
MSMin-Kyoung Shin
Min-Kyoung Shin