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

Case report PDF Chang-Jin Moon, Jong-Hee Shin, Eun-Sun Jeong, Seung-Jung Kee, Soo-Hyun Kim, Myung-Geun Shin, Soon-Pal Suh, Dong-Wook Ryang Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea Corresponding to Jong-Hee Shin, E-mail: shinjh@chonnam.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(2):97-101.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract We describe here a case of central venous catheter (CVC)-related bacteremia caused by Microbacterium species in a 14-year-old patient, who had received chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. All nine blood cultures obtained from admission day 2 to day 62 yielded the same yellow-pigmented coryneform rod. Both Vitek 2 (bioMerieux, USA) and MicroScan (Dade Behring, USA) identified the isolate as Micrococcus species, and the API Coryne (bioMerieux, France) identified the isolate as Rhodococcus or Brevibacterium species. However, the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed a 99% identity with Microbacterium species. The bacteremia was recurrent or persistent over 60 days despite alternate systemic antibiotic therapy, but blood culture became negative after an addition of

Original article PDF Hyeong-Kee Yun1, Soo-Hyun Kim1, Duck Cho1, Seung-Jung Kee1, Myung-Geun Shin1, Jong-Hee Shin1,2, Soon-Pal Suh1, Dong-Wook Ryang1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and 2Clinical Trial Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea Corresponding to Soo-Hyun Kim, E-mail: alpinboy@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(2):67-71.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: The universal sample processing (USP) method has recently been introduced as a simple technique that is applicable to smear microscopy, culture, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of Mycobaterium tuberculosis (MTB). The present study evaluated the utility of the USP method for detecting MTB by culture and PCR, and the results were compared with that of the N-acetyl L-cysteine (NALC)-NaOH (6%) method. Methods: All sputum specimens were digested and decontaminated by both the USP and NALC-NaOH methods, and the processed samples were inoculated for MTB culture and PCR. Culture was performed (252 samples) by using