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Experts in Pulmonology
Darryl C. Zeldin Charlene McEvoy Theo Pelzer Manoj J. Mammen Archana Mishra John J. Marini SAMANTHA DAVIS LUTANA HAAN Dave Allen Zsolt Papai Peter Nagy Gábor Papp Ronan O’Caoimh Levente Bartha Ildikó Breining Brian Mann M. Jeffery Mador Ernesto Petroselli Aniko Bécsy-Nemes Janos Mucsi View MoreDr. Lee’s main clinical interest is chronic respiratory infection, especially tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease. His research group also focuses on tuberculosis, especially on the effect of nutrition on the development and severity of tuberculosis, and the pharmacokinetics of anti-tuberculosis drugs. These include researches on the relationship between nutritional parameters like body mass index, serum albumin level, cholesterol, and vitamin D, and the development of tuberculosis. Dr. Lee and his colleagues also participate in the rapid detection and diagnosis of tuberculosis. These include proteomics using the profiling of specific serum proteins, and molecular diagnostic methods like the nucleic-acid amplification technique.
Tuberculosis, Non-tuberculous mycobacterium, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, Chronic obstructve pulmonary disease