Factors Influencing the False Positive Signals of Continuous Monitoring Blood Culture System
Original article PDF Young Uh1,2, In Ho Jang1, Soon Deok Park1, Kab Seung Kim1, Dong Min Seo2, Kap Jun Yoon1, Hee Kyoung Choi3, Young Keun Kim3, Hyo Youl Kim3 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine, 2Medical Information Development and 3Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju, Korea Corresponding to Young Uh, E-mail: u931018@yonsei.ac.kr Ann Clin […]
Characterization of Salmonella spp. Clinical Isolates in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, 2012 to 2013
Original article PDF Oh-Geun Kweon1, Jin Seok Kim2, Gou-Ok Kim1, Chang-Il Lee1, Kwang-Hyeon Jeong1, Junyoung Kim2 1Division of Microbiology, Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government Institute of Health and Environment, 2Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon, Korea Corresponding to Junyoung Kim, E-mail: jun49@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(2):50-57. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.2.50Copyright © Korean […]
A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Detection of M. tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance Using Xpert MTB/RIF
Original article PDF Ji-Young Jeong1, Seon-Heui Lee1, Sunyoung Jang2 1Health Technology Assessment Department, National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, 2Department of Nursing, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea Corresponding to Sunyoung Jang, E-mail: sjang@hanseo.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(2):42-49. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.2.42Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness […]
Clinical Usefulness of Routine Use of Anaerobic Blood Culture Bottle
Original article PDF Sae Am Song1*, Ji Hyun Kim1*, Jeong Hwan Shin1,2, Si Hyun Kim1,2, Nam Yong Lee3, Mi-Na Kim4, Sunjoo Kim5 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, 2Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, 4Department […]
Characterization of the Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter species Causing a Nosocomial Outbreak at Intensive Care Units in a Korean Teaching Hospital: Suggesting the Correlations with the Clinical and Environmental Samples, Including Respiratory Tract-related Instruments
Original article PDF Hae-Sun Chung1,2, Yangsoon Lee2, Eun Suk Park3, Dong Suk Lee3, Eun Jin Ha3, Myungsook Kim2, Dongeun Yong2, Seok Hoon Jeong2, Kyungwon Lee2,3, Yunsop Chong2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 3Department of Infection […]
Clinical Characteristics of Streptococcus agalactiae Bacteremia in Adults Living in Jeju Island
Original article PDF Kyutaeg Lee1, Woo Jin Kim1, Dong Lyul Kim1, Hyun Mi Ko1, Seung Hee Baik2, Mi Na Kim2, Moo Sang Chong3 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine, 2Infection, Cheju Halla General Hospital, 3Department of Clinical Pathology, Cheju Halla College, Jeju, Korea Corresponding to Kyutaeg Lee, E-mail: kyutaeg@daum.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(1):9-13. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.1.9Copyright © Korean Society […]
Postsurgical Wound Infection Caused by Mycobacterium conceptionense Identified by Sequencing of 16S rRNA, hsp65, and rpoB Genes in an Immunocompetent Patient
Case report PDF Ja Young Lee1*, Si Hyun Kim1,2*, Jeong Hwan Shin1,2, Hyun-Kyung Lee3, Young Min Lee3, Sae Am Song1, Il Kwon Bae4, Chang-Ki Kim5, Kyung Ran Jun1, Hye Ran Kim1, Jeong Nyeo Lee1, Chulhun L. Chang6 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2Paik Institute for Clinical Research, and 3Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of […]
Shigella boydii Bacteremia in an Ederly Patient with No Underlying Disease
Case report PDF Kwang-Sook Woo, Jae-Lim Choi, Bo-Ram Kim, Ji-Eun Kim, Kyeong-Hee Kim, Jeong-Man Kim, Jin-Yeong Han Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea Corresponding to Jin-Yeong Han, E-mail: jyhan@dau.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(1):20-22. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.1.20Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Shigella bacteremia is rare, occurring mainly in children. Shigella […]
Effects of Preincubating Blood Culture Bottles at 37℃ during the Night Shift and of Collected Blood Volume on Time to Detection and Days to Final Report
Original article PDF Eun-Ha Koh, Dong-Hyun Lee, Sunjoo Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea Corresponding to Sunjoo Kim, E-mail: sjkim8239@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(1):14-19. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.1.14Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: By varying the collected blood volume and storage temperature of […]
European Strategies to Control Antibiotic Resistance and Use
Review article PDF Herman Goossens Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Antwerp and University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium Corresponding to Herman Goossens, E-mail: Herman.Goossens@uza.be Ann Clin Microbiol 2014;17(1):1-8. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.1.1Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Europe has taken many political actions since 1999 to better control antimicrobial resistance and […]