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)

Original article Ung-Jun Kim1, Choon-Mee Kim2, Sook-Jin Jang1, Seul-Bi Lee1, Seong-Sik Cho1, Seok-Hoon Jeong3, Young-Jin Ko1, Seong-Ho Kang1, Geon Park1, Dong-Min Kim4, Na-Ra Yoon4, Young-Joon Ahn5, Dong-hoon Lim6, Joong-Ki Kook7 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 Sook-Jin Jang, E-mail: sjbjang@chosun.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23(1):11-20. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.1.11Received on 29 May 2019, Revised on 11 September 2019, Accepted on 11 September 2019, Published on 20 June 2024.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Acinetobacter baumannii infection is a significant health problem worldwide due to increased drug resistance. The limited antimicrobial alternatives for the treatment of severe infections by multidrug-resistant A. baumannii (MDRAB) make the search for other therapeutic options more urgent. Linalool, the major oil compound in Coriandrum sativum, was recently