Haemophilus parainfluenzae Infective Endocarditis Confirmed by 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis from Culture Negative Tissue
Case report PDF Kyoung-Jin Park1, Kyung Sun Park1, Soo-Han Choi2, Yae-Jean Kim2, Chang-Seok Ki1, I-Seok Kang2, Nam Yong Lee1 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, 2Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Nam Yong Lee, E-mail: micro.lee@samsung.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(4):139-142. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.4.139Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract […]
Diversity of Integrons Carrying blaVIM-2 Cassette in Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.
Original article PDF Jonghwa Yum1, Hee Bong Shin2, Dongeun Yong3, Yunsop Chong3 1Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, Dong-eui University, Busan, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Jonghwa Yum, […]
Differential Time to Positivity and Semi-Quantitative Culture of Catheter Segments for Diagnosing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
Original article PDF Se Jin Oh, Miae Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Miae Lee, E-mail: miae@ewha.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(4):125-130. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.4.125Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is one of the leading types of infection, with a significant morbidity […]
Evaluation of the AdvanSure MDR-TB GenoBlot Assay for Detection of Rifampin and Isoniazid Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory Specimens
Original article PDF Jayoung Kim1, Yeon-Joon Park1, Nam Yong Lee2, Chulhun L . Chang3, Miae Lee4, Jong Hee Shin5 Department of Laboratory Medicine, 1College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 2Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 3Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, 4Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, 5Chonnam National […]
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from Respiratory Specimens during Recent Two Years: Distribution and Clinical Significance
Original article PDF Min Kyoung Lee1, Yiel Hea Seo2, Ji Hoon Jeong2, Pil Whan Park2, Kyung Hee Kim2, Jeong Yeal Ahn2, Jin Yong Kim3, Jeong Woong Park3 1School of Medicine, Gachon University School of Medicine, Departments of 2Laboratory Medicine, 3Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Korea Corresponding to Yiel Hea Seo, E-mail: seoyh@gilhospital.com Ann […]
Epidemiologic Characteristics of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Korea, 1995-2010: Microbiological Diagnosis versus Clinical Diagnosis
Original article PDF Kyoung-Jin Park, Kyung Sun Park, Nam Yong Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Nam Yong Lee, E-mail: micro.lee@samsung.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(3):92-97. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.3.92Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: The aim of the present study was to […]
Evaluation of a ChromID C. difficile Agar for the Isolation of Clostridium difficile
Original article PDF Ji-Sook Yim, Seock-Mi Hwang, Myungsook Kim, Hee-Joung Lim, Saeam Shin, Hae-Sun Chung, Heejung Kim, Kyungwon Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Heejung Kim, E-mail: hjkim12@yuhs.ac Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(3):88-91. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.3.88Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: […]
Basic Concepts of Bacterial Taxonomy
Original article PDF Young Sook Kim1, Sook-Jin Jang2 Departments of 1Radiology, and 2Laboratory Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea Corresponding to Sook-Jin Jang, E-mail: sjbjang@chosun.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(3):79-87. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.3.79Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract The three components of taxonomy are classification, nomenclature and identification. Traditionally, bacterial classification and identification were […]
Laboratory Experience in Phenotypic and Molecular Identification of Blastomyces dermatitidis First Isolated in Korea
Case report PDF Kyung Sun Park, Chang-Seok Ki, Nam Yong Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Nam Yong Lee, E-mail: micro.lee@samsung.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(3):114-116. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.3.114Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Blastomycosis, endemic in North America, has been hardly reported in Korea. We […]
A Case of Bacteremia Due to Microbacterium oleivorans Identified by 16S rRNA Sequencing Analysis
Case report PDF Bo Hyun Kim, Mi-Kyung Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Mi-Kyung Lee, E-mail: cpworld@cau.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2012;15(3):110-113. https://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2012.15.3.110Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Microbacterium oleivorans is a gram-positive, coryneform rod bacterium. The pathogenic potential of the Microbacterium species has recently been […]