Case report In Hwa Jeong, Gyu Dae Ahn, Namhee Kim, Kyung Hee Kim, Sang Dong Shin, Jin Yeong Han, Gwang Sook Woo Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dong-A University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea Corresponding to Gwang Sook Woo, E-mail: wizard1005@dau.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23(3):149-153. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.3.4Received on 13 January 2020, Revised on 23 February 2020, Accepted on 23 February 2020, Published on 20 September 2020.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Carnobacterium is a genus of gram-positive bacilli belonging to the family Lactobacillaceae. Generally, Carnobacterium species are considered nonpathogenic to humans and are mostly found in the natural environment, food, and food packaging. Furthermore, some Carnobacterium species play a bioprotective role in the food industry. Isolation of Carnobacterium from human blood or other sites, such as skin or abscess, has rarely been reported—there are only four published case reports worldwide, and none of them is from Korea. In all the

PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2020 September, Volume 23, Issue 3, pages 149-153. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.3.4 In Hwa Jeong, Gyu Dae Ahn, Namhee Kim, Kyung Hee Kim, Sang Dong Shin, Jin Yeong Han, Gwang Sook Woo Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dong-A University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea Abstract Carnobacterium is a genus of gram-positive bacilli belonging to the family Lactobacillaceae. Generally, Carnobacterium species are considered nonpathogenic to humans and are mostly found in the natural environment, food, and food packaging. Furthermore, some Carnobacterium species play a bioprotective role in the food industry. Isolation of Carnobacterium from human blood or other sites, such as skin or abscess, has rarely been reported—there are only four published case reports worldwide, and none of them is from Korea. In all the reported cases, the patients reported contact with an aqueous environment or were administered nutrition via a parenteral route. Herein, we

Original article Ji-Ae Choi1, Choon-Mee Kim2, Sook-Jin Jang3, Seong-Sik Cho4, Chul-Ho Jang5, Young-Jin Ko3, Seong-Ho Kang3, Geon Park3 1Division of Antimicrobial Resistance, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Korea National Institute of Health, KCDC, Cheongju, 2Premedical Science, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, 5Department of Otolaryngology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea Corresponding to Sook-Jin Jang, E-mail: sjbjang@chosun.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23(1):45-54. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.1.45Received on 20 September 2019, Revised on 18 November 2019, Accepted on 1 December 2019, Published on 20 March 2019.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: The emergence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as a nosocomial pathogen is one of the major public health problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of an efflux pump gene adeJ for the multidrug resistance of A. baumannii clinical isolates. Methods: Two groups (MDRAB and SAB)

Case report PDF Bong Joon Oh1 , Jong Hee Shin1, Dong Hyun Shin2, Sook In Jeong2, Hyung Joon Kim2, Soon Pal Suh1, and Dong Wook Ryang1 Departments of Laboratory Medicine1 and Internal Medicine2, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea Corresponding to Jong Hee Shin, E-mail: shinjh@chonnam.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2005;8(2):179-184.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Trichosporon beigelii is often resistant to the fungicidal effect of amphotericin B and can cause fatal disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a disseminated T. beigelii infection with a favorable outcome in a patient with acute erythroleukemia and neutropenia. The patient presented a persistent fever, multiple erythematous skin lesions, and pulmonary infiltrates. T. beigelii was isolated from blood cultures in four days and also from cultures of abdominal skin lesion, sputum, and stool. The isolate was resistant to amphotericin B (MIC, 2 μg/mL), and the respective fluconazole and itraconazole MICs were 4 and 1 μg/mL. The patient

Original article PDF Gyun Cheol Park1, Sook Jin Jang1,2, Min Jung Lee2, Joong-Ki Kook3, Min Jung Kim3, Young Sook Kim4, Nam Woong Yang5, Hye Soo Lee6,7, Seong Ho Kang1, Geon Park1, Dae Soo Moon1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University College of Medicine, 3Department of Oral Biochemistry, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, 4Departments of Radiology, Chosun University College of Medicine, 5Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, 6Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, 7Chonbuk National University Hospital Branch of National Culture Collection of Pathogens, Jeonju, Korea Corresponding to Sook Jin Jang, E-mail: sjbjang@chosun.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2015;18(1):20-26. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2015.18.1.20Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Recently, genotypic identification of anaerobes is emerging as an alternative to the phenotypic method. In this study, we evaluated the performance of Vitek 2, API 20A and 16s rRNA gene sequencing for the identification

Original article PDF Si Hyun Kim1*, Eun Hee Park2*, In Yeong Hwang2, Hyukmin Lee3, Sae Am Song4, Miae Lee5, Seungok Lee6, Soo Young Kim6, Jin Ju Kim7, Jong Hee Shin8, Seong Geun Hong9, Kyeong Seob Shin10, Sunjoo Kim11, Nam Hee Ryoo12, Woonhyoung Lee13, Sook Jin Jang14, Jeong Hwan Shin4,15 1Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Semyung University, Jecheon, 2Department of Infectious Disease, Busan Institute of Health and Environment, Busan, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, 5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, 6Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 7Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, 8Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, 9Department of Laboratory Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, 10Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungbuk National University