Annals of Clinical Microbiology, The official Journal of the Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology

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Indexed in KCI, KoreaMed, Synapse, DOAJ
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pISSN 2288-0585 eISSN 2288-6850

A survey of physicians’ perceptions of diagnostic tests for Clostridioides difficile infection

Original article Hae-Sun Chung1,2, You Sun Kim3, Young-Seok Cho4, Jeong Su Park5, Bo-Moon Shin6 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, 2Ewha Education and Research Center for Infection, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, 4Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The […]

Multicenter study on the molecular epidemiology of intestinal protozoan parasites in Korea

Original article Changseung Liu1, YeJin Oh2, Young Jin Ko3, Mi Hyun Bae4, Jung-Hyun Byun5, Eun Jeong Won6 Department of Laboratory Medicine, 1Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, 2Green Cross Laboratories (GC Labs), Yongin, 3Chosun University Hospital, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, 4Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, […]

Risk factor analysis of urinary tract infection by cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a simple and effective analysis using the National Health Insurance Data Sharing Service

Original article Jae Kwang Lee1, Yoonseon Park2, Young Ah Kim3 1Department of Research and Analysis, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, 2Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea Corresponding to Young Ah […]

Introduction to the revised international guidelines on breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Review article Jae-Woo Chung Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea Corresponding to Jae-Woo Chung, E-mail: jwchung@dumc.or.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(3):51-57. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.3.2Received on 13 September 2023, Revised on 18 September 2023, Accepted on 18 September 2023, Published on 20 September 2023.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an Open Access article […]

Group B Streptococcus vaccines: progress and potential

Review article Kristin Widyasari1, Sunjoo Kim1,2,3 1Institute of Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea Corresponding to Sunjoo Kim, E-mail: sjkim8239@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(3):41-50. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.3.1Received on 7 July 2023, Revised on 8 September […]

False positive cases in automated blood culture systems due to hyperleukocytosis

Case report Do-Hoon Kim, Namhee Ryoo Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Corresponding to Namhee Ryoo, E-mail: nhryoo@dsmc.or.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(2):37-40. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.2.2Received on 17 March 2023, Revised on 8 May 2023, Accepted on 22 May 2023, Published on 20 June 2023.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an […]

Risk factors associated with colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection

Research note Hae-Sun Chung1,2*, Chorong Hahm1,3*, Miae Lee1,2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, 2Ewha Education and Research Center for Infection, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Eone Laboratories, Incheon, Korea *These authors contributed equally to this work. Corresponding to Miae Lee, E-mail: miae@ewha.ac.kr Ann Clin […]

Evaluation of two commercial kits for rapid pathogen identification directly from positive blood cultures by matrix-associated laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Original article Sung Gyun Park, Do-Hoon Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Corresponding to Do-Hoon Kim, E-mail: kdh@dsmc.or.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(1):19-27. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.1.3Received on 2 February 2023, Revised on 23 February 2023, Accepted on 27 February 2023, Published on 20 March 2023.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is […]

Epidemiology and subtype distribution of Blastocystis among asymptomatic volunteers in Korea: a multicenter study

Original article Seong Hoon Kim1,2*, Jung-Hyun Byun3*, YeJin Oh4, Changseung Liu5, Mi Hyun Bae6, Eun Jeong Won1,2,7 1Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun, 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Chonnam National University, Hwasun, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, […]

Syndromic testing for sexually transmitted infection: current and future demand

Review article In Young Yoo Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to In Young Yoo, E-mail: yiy00@naver.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.1.1Received on 9 January 2023, Revised on 27 February 2023, Accepted on 27 February 2023, Published on 20 March 2023.Copyright © […]