The Evaluation of Recovery Rate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Two Bacterial Transport Swab Systems and Prevalence of Co-Infection after Delayed Transport
Original article PDF Hyunmin Koo1, Younghee Seo1, Yangsoon Lee1, Hyukmin Lee2, Dongeun Yong1, Seok Hoon Jeong1, Kyungwon Lee1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, 1Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 2Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea Corresponding to Hyukmin Lee, E-mail: hmlee.labmed@gmail.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(4):110-114. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.4.110Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: […]
Effect of Preincubation of Blood Culture Bottles in a BacT/Alert Unit Outside Laboratory Operating Hours on Detection Time
Original article PDF Jeong-Sook Kim1, Hanvit Seok2, Sunjoo Kim3 1Department of Nursing, Jinju Health College, Jinju, 2Medical Safety Division, Busan Regional Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Busan, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang Health Science Institute, Jinju, Korea Corresponding to Sunjoo Kim, E-mail: sjkim8239@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(4):105-109. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.4.105Copyright […]
A Case of Pyogenic Spondylitis Due to Aggregatibacter aphrophilus
Case report PDF Kye-Hyung Kim1, Namhee Kim2, Kyung-Hwa Shin2, Shine Young Kim2, Chulhun L. Chang2, Jongyoun Yi2 Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Laboratory Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea Corresponding to Jongyoun Yi, E-mail: csm410@naver.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(3):99-103. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.3.99Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, a normal component […]
Misidentification of Brevibacterium casei as Propionibacterium acnes Isolated from the Blood of a Patient with Malignant Lymphoma
Case report PDF Yu Jung Jung, Hee Jae Huh, Chang-Seok Ki, 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 2014;17(3):95-98. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.3.95Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Brevibacterium spp. are Gram-positive, irregularly rod-shaped, […]
Group B Streptococcal Toxic Shock-like Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Case report PDF Bo Ra Son, Kyeong Seob Shin Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea Corresponding to Kyeong Seob Shin, E-mail: ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(3):91-94. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.3.91Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Toxic shock syndrome is an acute and febrile illness that rapidly progress to shock and […]
Detection of Respiratory Viruses and Atypical Bacterial Pathogens in Infants with Acute Respiratory Infections Using Multiplex PCR
Research note PDF Soo Jin Yoo, Jeong-U Han, Bo-Moon Shin Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Bo-Moon Shin, E-mail: bmshin@unitel.co.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(3):86-90. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.3.86Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Multiplex PCR of nasopharyngeal aspirates detected viruses and atypical bacteria in 75.3% (219/291) […]
Molecular Detection of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Original article PDF Chang-Ki Kim1,3, Byung Soo Lee1, Myung Joon Choi1, Hee Jin Kim1, Kyungwon Lee2,3 1Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, 3Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Kyungwon Lee, E-mail: leekcp@yuhs.ac Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(3):80-85. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.3.80Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: […]
Intestinal Microflora and Atopy Development in Infants during the First Nine Months
Original article PDF Jae-Seok Kim1, Tae-Jung Sung2, Hong Kyu Park2, Ji Young Park1, Hyoun Chan Cho1, Il Tae Hwang2, Hae-Ran Lee2 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine, 2Pediatrics, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Hae-Ran Lee, E-mail: drran@hallym.or.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(3):73-79. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.3.73Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: The intestinal microflora […]
Two Cases of Campylobacter jejuni Bacteremia from Patients with Diarrhea
Case report PDF Mi-Soon Han, Myungsook Kim, Yangsoon Lee, Dongeun Yong, Kyungwon Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Kyungwon Lee, E-mail: leekcp@yuhs.ac Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(2):69-72. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.2.69Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Campylobacter jejuni commonly causes bacterial enteritis […]
A Study of Efflux Pump Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates
Research note PDF Sun Young Cho1, You Sun Nam2, Hyung-Seok Yang1, Yun Soo Soh3, Min Jin Kim4, Hee Joo Lee1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 2Department of Biomedical Science, 3Department of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Graduate School, 4Seegene Medical Foundation, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Hee Joo Lee, E-mail: leehejo@khmc.or.kr Ann […]