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Search Results for: Kyeong Seob Shin

Four genotypes of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains lacking OXA-23 production in Korea

Brief communication Young Ah Kim1, Seok Hoon Jeong2,3, Jong Hee Shin4, Kyeong Seob Shin5, Jeong Hwan Shin6, Young Ree Kim7, Hyun Soo Kim8, Young Uh9, Nam Hee Ryoo10 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 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, Korea Corresponding to Young Ah

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A Case of Granulicatella adiacens Septicemia Identified by 16S rRNA Sequencing Analysis

Case report PDF Kyeong Seob Shin1, Bo Ra Son1, Hye Won Jeong2 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine and 2Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea Corresponding to Kyeong Seob Shin, E-mail: ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2008;11(1):63-65.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Granulicatella adiacens is one of the fastidious gram positive cocci previously described as nutritionally variant streptococci due to their requirement of L-cysteine, pyridoxal, or thiol compounds for growth. These bacteria have been identified as significant causative agents of endocarditis, opthalmic infections, and meningitis. We report a case of septicemia caused by G. adiacens in an 80-year-old patient with cholangiocarcinoma. The organism was identified by phenotypic and 16S rRNA sequencing analyses. (Korean J Clin Microbiol 2008;11:63-65) Keywords Nutritionally variant streptococci, Granulicatella adiacens, Septicemia

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A Case of Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis in a Patient with Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea after Skull Base Fracture

Case report PDF Kyeong Seob Shin1, Dong Ik Shin2, Woo Sub Shim3, Byeong Cheol Rim4, Il Hun Bae5, Seung Young Lee5, Dong Hee Ryu6, Eun Jung Kim7, Bo Ra Son1 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine, 2Neurology, 3Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 4Neurosurgery, 5Radiology and 6Surgery, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, 7Department of Pathology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Corresponding to Kyeong Seob Shin, E-mail: ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(2):92-96.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Streptococcus salivarius meningitis is very uncommon, and most cases are iatrogenic, occurring after invasive procedures such as spinal anesthesia or lumbar puncture etc.. Post-traumatic occurrence of this infection is especially rare. A 20-year-old man with a previous history of skull base fracture was seen at the emergency department with signs of acute bacterial meningitis. The CSF had a few gram positive cocci with neutrophilic pleocytosis, which were identified as S. salivarius by the Vitek system (bioMerioux, Inc., Hazelwood, MO, USA), rapid ID 32 Strep

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Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from vulnerable patients in Korea, 2021

Original article Young Ah Kim1, Seok Hoon Jeong2,3, Jong Hee Shin4, Kyeong Seob Shin5, Jeong Hwan Shin6, Young Ree Kim7, Hyun Soo Kim8, Young Uh9, Nam Hee Ryoo10 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, 2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 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, Korea Corresponding to Young

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Current prevalence of the crpP gene in carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood isolates in Korea

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,

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Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii Co-producing Carbapenemases OXA-23 and OXA-66, and armA 16S Ribosomal RNA Methylase at a University Hospital in South Korea

Original article PDF Hye Won Jeong1, Bo Ra Son2, Dong Ick Shin3, Donghee Ryu4, Seung Bok Hong6, Kyudong Han7, Kyeong Seob Shin2,5 Departments of 1Internal Medicine, 2Laboratory Medicine, 3Neurology, 4Surgery, 5BK 21 Chungbuk Biomedical Science Center, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 6Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Juseong University, Cheongwon, 7Department of Microbiology and Institute of Basic Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea Corresponding to Kyeong Seob Shin, E-mail: ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2011;14(2):67-73. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2011.14.2.67Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: In the present study, the resistance mechanisms against carbapenems and aminoglycosides for 23 strains of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated at a university hospital were investigated.  Methods: The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined via broth microdilution or Etest. The genes encoding OXA-type carbapenemases and 16S rRNA methylase were identified using multiplex PCR, and the amplified products were sequenced. Conjugation experiments were conducted, and an epidemiologic study was

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Direct Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Blood Cultures Using Three Non-Molecular Methods: PBP2a Latex Agglutination, PBP2a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay and MRSA-Chromogenic Medium

Original article PDF Seung Bok Hong1, Bo Ra Son2, Kyeong Seob Shin2,3 1Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Juseong University, Cheongwon, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, 3BK 21 Chungbuk Biomedical Science Center, College of Medicine Chungbuk National University, Cheong-Ju, Korea Corresponding to Kyeong Seob Shin, E-mail: ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(1):27-31. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.1.27Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: This study compared three non-molecular methods for the detection of methicillin-resistance directly from blood cultures containing Staphylococcus aureus: penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2a latex agglutination (LA), PBP2a immunochromatographic assay (ICA) and MRSA chromogenic medium (CM). Methods: Fifty methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and 50 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) were seeded into blood-culture bottles. When isolates returned a positive signal, 5 mL of culture was added to serum separator tubes and centrifuged at 1,300 g for 10 min. The pellets were then used as the inoculum for the PBP2a LA, MRSA-CM and PBP2a ICA. The

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Group B Streptococcal Toxic Shock-like Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case report PDF Bo Ra Son, Kyeong Seob Shin Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea Corresponding to Kyeong Seob Shin, E-mail: ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(3):91-94. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.3.91Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Toxic shock syndrome is an acute and febrile illness that rapidly progress to shock and multi-organ failure, and it is caused by toxin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus species. Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is usually caused by group A streptococci, but non-group A STSS is rare. In this study, we describe a case of STSS caused by Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) in a patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. At arrival in our hospital, the patient had a decreased mental status with hemorrhagic bullae on four extremities, and he progressed to a fatal outcome within 4 days in spite of antibiotic treatment. (Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17:91-94) Keywords Liver

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Nocardia abscessus Cutaneous Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case report PDF Hee Sue Park1, Bo Ra Son2, Min Suk Song3, Kyeong Seob Shin2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Departments of 2Laboratory Medicine and 3Microbiology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea Corresponding to Kyeong Seob Shin, E-mail: ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2018;21(3):64-67. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2018.21.3.64Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract We describe a cutaneous abscess caused by Nocardia abscessus in a previously healthy woman. A 74- year-old woman presented with recurrent bullae on her left forearm that developed 1 week prior and was initially suspected to be a cutaneous infection with Mycobacteria or Tinea corporis. Histopathologically, the skin lesion formed an abscess. A smear revealed a few branched Gram-positive filamentous microorganisms that formed a creamy white colony on a blood agar plate after incubation for 3 days. The colony tested negative on acid-fast bacilli (AFB) staining, but was positive on modified AFB staining. The isolate was confirmed to be N. abscessus by 16S

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Serotyping and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonella Isolated in Korea in 2015

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

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