Original article Hyunmi Cho1, Jong-Bae Kim2, Young Uh1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, 2Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea Corresponding to Young Uh, E-mail: u931018@yonsei.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;23(1):21-31. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.1.21Received on 12 June 2019, Revised on 19 August 2019, Accepted on 19 August 2019, Published on 20 March 2019.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Rapid and accurate detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is of primary importance for infection control and selection of anti-tuberculosis drugs. However, most clinical laboratories report MTB complex (MTC) without reporting MTB because MTC comprising MTB, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium capraei and Mycobacterium pinnipedii have 99.9% similarity at the nucleotide level and identical 16S rRNA sequences. This study was conducted to analyze the species frequency of MTC isolates obtained from clinical specimen. Methods: Of

Original article PDF In-Ho Jang1, Soon Deok Park1, Young Uh1, Gyu-sang Lee2, Jong-Bae Kim2, Il Choi3 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 2Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, 3Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sangi University, Wonju, Korea Corresponding to Young Uh, E-mail: u931018@yonsei.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2013;16(3):126-133. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2013.16.3.126Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Multi-drug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a significant infectious agent in hospitals worldwide. The purpose of this study was to determine the molecular characterization of MDR A. baumannii clinical isolates. Methods: Two hundred eighty-five strains of non-duplicated A. baumannii collected from March to November 2011 from a university hospital laboratory located in the Wonju area of the Gangwon province of Korea were analyzed for MDR genes. Results: All of the 285 imipenem-resistant A. baumannii isolates