Original article Inho Choi, Yangsoon Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Yangsoon Lee, E-mail: yangsoon@hanyang.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2022;25(3):79-84. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2022.25.3.3Received on 26 May 2022, Revised on 7 September 2022, Accepted on 7 September 2022, Published on 20 September 2022.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Corynebacterium striatum is part of the normal flora of the skin, oral cavity, and intestine. However, it can be a pathogen causing endocarditis, pneumonia, arthritis, and meningitis occasionally. We evaluated the clinical features and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of C. striatum cases.  Methods: Patients infected with C. striatum, who consulted infectious disease physicians and were admitted to Hanyang University hospital between

Review article Jong-Yil Chai1, Woon-Mok Sohn2, Bong-Kwang Jung3 1Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul2Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju;3MediCheck Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Jong-Yil Chai, E-mail: cjy@snu.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27(2):93-130. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2024.27.2.6Received on 3 April 2024, Revised on 23 April 2024, Accepted on 29 April 2024, Published on 20 June 2024.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an Open Access article which is freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Abstract Human anisakiasis (or anisakidosis) is a disease caused by the ingestion of marine fish or cephalopods infected with anisakid nematode larvae of the genera Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, Contracaecum, and Hysterothylacium. Anisakiasis is a clinically important disease that often manifests as an acute abdominal syndrome requiring emergency medical attention and care. In Korea, at

Original article Jinho Heo1, Yu Jeong Choi1, Young Ah Kim2, Seok Hoon Jeong1,3, Jong Hee Shin4, Kyeong Seob Shin5, Jeong Hwan Shin6, Young Ree Kim7, Hyun Soo Kim8, Young Uh9, Nam Hee Ryoo10 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, 3Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, 5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, 6Department of Laboratory Medicine and Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, 7Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jeju National University, College of Medicine, Jeju, 8Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong, 9Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, 10Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu,

Original article Sunkyung Jung1, Mi-Na Kim2, Dongeun Yong3, Miae Lee4, Jongwook Lee5, Hae Kyung Lee6, Mi-Kyung Lee7, Helicobacter Study Group 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seegene Medical Foundation, Seoul, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, 5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, 6Departments of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, 7Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Mi-Kyung Lee, E-mail: cpworld@cau.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27(1):19-30. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2024.27.1.4The title has been changed from “Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and clarithromycin resistance rate from 2015 to 2018 using the laboratory information system of the Seegene Medical Foundation in Korea: a repeated cross-sectional study”.Received on 23