Sungkyunkwan University · Medicine
Professor Nam Yong Lee's research lab focuses on infectious disease epidemiology, particularly antimicrobial resistance in pediatric populations, with a strong emphasis on pneumococcal carriage and antibiotic resistance patterns in children across Asia and the Middle East. The lab also investigates non-pharmacological interventions, such as virtual reality-based dance therapy, for improving motor function and mental health in patients with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Their work bridges clinical microbiology, public health surveillance, and innovative rehabilitation technologies. The lab develops and evaluates rapid diagnostic tools, such as FA-Pneumo, to guide timely and effective antibiotic therapy.
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[Purpose] In this study, we examined the effects of virtual reality dance exercise on the balance, activities of daily living and depressive disorder status of Parkinson's disease patients. [Subjects] Twenty patients were assigned either the experimental group (n = 10) or the control group (n = 10). All participants received 30 minutes of neurodevelopment treatment and 15 minutes of functional electrical stimulation 5 times per week for 6 weeks. The experimental group additionally performed 30 m
To investigate the nasal carriage of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci by children, anterior nasal swabs were done for 4963 children <5 years old in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East. In total, 1105 pneumococci isolates (carriage rate, 22.3%) were collected, 35.8% of which were found to be nonsusceptible to penicillin. Prevalence of penicillin nonsusceptibility was highest in Taiwan (91.3%), followed by Korea (85.8%), Sri Lanka (76.5%), and Vietnam (70.4%). Penicillin resistance was relate
FA-Pneumo is a rapid test with high sensitivity for the detection of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes in sputum and ETA specimens and could aid in determining antibiotic therapy.
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