A Case of Haemophilus parainfluenzae Endocarditis
Case report PDF Ji Hoon Huh, Sook Young Bae, Jang Su Kim, Kap No Lee, Chang Kyu Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Chang Kyu Lee, E-mail: cklee@korea.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(2):78-81.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract The HACEK group of bacteria (Haemophilus parainfluenzae, H. aphrophilus, H. paraphrophilus, Actinobacilus actinomycetemcomitans, […]
Evaluation of the Real-Q HCV Quantification Kit
Original article PDF Young-Sook Cho1, Young-Hoon Kim1, Kyung-Hee Lee1, Hye-Sun Jang1, Kyung-Ah Hwang1, Yoo-Li Kim2, Hyun-Young Chi1 1Samkwang Medical Laboratories, 2Biosewoom Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Hyun-Young Chi, E-mail: chumgang@smlab.co.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(2):72-77.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA quantification is necessary for predicting […]
Comparison of Two Sputum Processing Methods for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Culture and PCR: Universal Sample Processing (USP) and NALC-NaOH Methods
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: […]
Frequency and Clinical Characteristics of Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Original article PDF Sung Ju Kim1, Ohgun Kwon1, Young Uh1, Gyu Yul Hwang1, Ih Ho Jang1, Kap Jun Yoon1, Hyo Youl Kim2 Departments of 1 Laboratory Medicine and 2 Infectious Diseases, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea Corresponding to Young Uh, E-mail: u931018@yonsei.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(2):62-66.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Staphylococcus saprophyticus is the […]
Aminoglycoside Resistance in Gram-negative Bacilli
Review article PDF Yeon-Joon Park Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Yeon-Joon Park, E-mail: yjpk@catholic.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(2):57-61.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Aminoglycosides are one of the clinically relevant antibiotics. They kill bacteria by binding to bacterial 30S subunit of ribosome. […]
Analysis of neutralization antibodies in patients with mild COVID-19 infection after 100 days using microneutralization test
Research note Min-Ju Ahn1,2,3, Dae Gwin Jeong1,2,3, Kyu-Sun Lee3, Seungjun Lee4, Byung-Han Ryu5, Hye Ryun Yang6, Sunjoo Kim4,6,7 1Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 2Bio-Analytical Science Division, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 3Bionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang […]
Clinical and microbiological risk factors for severe Clostridioides difficile infections
Original article Young Ah Kim1, Heejung Kim2,3, Dokyun Kim3, Changseung Liu3, Seok Hoon Jeong3 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, YongIn, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Heejung Kim, E-mail: […]
Genetic polymorphisms in the pvdhfr, pvmdr1, and pvdhps genes of Plasmodium vivax in patients at a secondary hospital in South Korea
Original article Jaewoong Lee1,2, Hyunjung Kim1,3, Yang Ree Kim4, Haekyung Lee1,3 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, 4Division of Infectious […]
Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections the Tamale Teaching Hospital in Northern Ghana: a three-year retrospective analysis
Original article Kennedy Mensah Osei1,4, Heekang Choi2, David Eklu Zeyeh1, Salifu Alikamatu1, Esther Owusu Boateng1, Vandarith Nov4, Le Phuong Nguyen2,3, Khadija Kubura1, Bernard Bobzah1, Dongeun Yong2,3 1Department of Laboratory, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, 3Brain Korea 21 plus […]
SARS-CoV2 mutation detection experience using PowerChek SARS-CoV-2 S-gene Mutation Detection Kit
Letter to the editor Sun-Mi Cho, Yeon Hee Choi, Seong Geun Hong, Myung Seo Kang Department of Laboratory Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea Corresponding to Myung Seo Kang, E-mail: olive@chamc.co.kr; Seong Geun Hong, E-mail: hlseo@cha.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(3):83-86. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.3.6Received on 7 March 2023, Revised on 19 July 2023, Accepted on […]