Center for Personalized Precision Medicine for Tuberculosis: Smart Research and Development Workstation

Tuberculosis is an important global public health problem. Ranked above HIV/AIDS, it is considered the leading cause of death by a single infectious agent. According to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2020, tuberculosis causes 1.3 million deaths per year [1]. Although the mortality and incidence rates of tuberculosis in Korea have steadily decreased in recent years [2], the management of tuberculosis remains challenging and requires more effective efforts. In clinical settings, inadequate treatment leading to therapeutic failure and drug resistance was reported as a major challenge in tuberculosis management efforts [3,4]. Therefore, precision tuberculosis treatment strategies should be deployed to reach the global tuberculosis control targets.