Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection: guidelines and status of practice in Korea
Mini review Hae-Sun Chung1,2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, 2Ewha Education and Research Center for Infection, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Hae-Sun Chung, E-mail: sunny0521.chung@ewha.ac. kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27(1):3-10. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2024.27.1.2Received on 27 February 2024, Revised on 8 March 2024, Accepted on 12 March 2024, Published online […]
ACM’s transition to an English journal: A leap towards international recognition
Editorial Hae-Sun Chung1,2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine,2Ewha Education and Research Center for Infection, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Hae-Sun Chung, E-mail: sunny0521.chung@ewha.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27(1):1-2. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2024.27.1.1Received on 11 March 2024, Revised on 20 March 2024, Accepted on 20 March 2024, Published on 20 March […]
Taenia saginata infection incidentally detected during workup for lymphoma from an 8-year-old boy in Korea: a case report
Case report Eun Jeong Won1, Min Jae Kim2, Jina Lee3, Hyery Kim4, Heungsup Sung1, Mi-Na Kim1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2Department of Infectious Diseases, 3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, 4Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Min Jae Kim, E-mail: nahani99@gmail.com; […]
Environmental culture for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales
Note Hae-Sun Chung1,2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, 2Ewha Education and Research Center for Infection, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Hae-Sun Chung, E-mail: sunny0521.chung@ewha.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(4):159-163. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.4.159Received on 1 December 2023, Revised on 13 December 2023, Accepted on 15 December 2023, Published on 20 December […]
Analysis of blood culture data at a university hospital: bacterial distribution and cumulative antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020)
Original article Yiel Hea Seo, Daewon Kim, Hwan Tae Lee, Ja Young Seo, Jeong Yeal Ahn, Pil Whan Park Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea Corresponding to Yiel Hea Seo, E-mail: seoyh@gilhospital.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(4):147-157. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.4.147Received on 8 December 2023, Revised on 14 December 2023, Accepted […]
Comparative evaluation of critical concentrationsfor detecting borderline rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Original article Chang-Ki Kim1, Hee Jae Huh2, Jeong Su Park3, Taesoung Kim1, Jae Han Sohn1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul Clinical Laboratories, Yongin, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. Corresponding to Chang-Ki Kim, E-mail: psoas95@gmail.com […]