Complete genome analysis of representative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains prevalent in Korea during 2014-2017

Original article Harshad Lade1*, Tae-Im Kim1*, Jung-Min Kim1, Yong-Kyun Kim2, Kibum Jeon3, Hyun Soo Kim4, Han-Sung Kim5, Wonkeun Song6, Jae-Seok Kim1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sahmyook Medical Center, Seoul, Korea3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart […]
Current status of mycobacterial identification in clinical laboratories in Korea

Review article Si Hyun Kim1, Jeong Hwan Shin2 1Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea Correspondence to Jeong Hwan Shin E-mail: jhsmile@paik.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(3):16. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2025.28.3.5Received on 30 June 2025, Revised on 30 July 2025, Accepted […]
Table 3. Low discrimination results of 22 Haemophilus influenzae strains by VITEK 2 system
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(3):13. Evaluation of VITEK 2 system and VITEK MS system for the identification of Haemophilus species: a diagnostic accuracy study Download table VITEK 2 results of identification Strains (n) H. influenzae / H. haemolyticus 6 H. influenzae / A. urae 5 H. influenzae / H. parainfluenzae 3 H. influenzae / H. parahaemolyticus […]
Table 2. Identification results from VITEK MS and VITEK 2 systems for 118 Haemophilus strains
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(3):13. Evaluation of VITEK 2 system and VITEK MS system for the identification of Haemophilus species: a diagnostic accuracy study Download table VITEK MS (n, %) VITEK 2 (n, %) hpd real-time PCR and 16S rRNA sequencing H. influenzae (115, 100) H. influenzae (88, 76.5) H. influenzae Low discrimination (22, 19.1) […]
Table 1. Primers and probe list used in the study
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(3):13. Evaluation of VITEK 2 system and VITEK MS system for the identification of Haemophilus species: a diagnostic accuracy study Download table Target genes Primer or probe Sequences (5′–3′) hpd hpd822F GGT TAA ATA TGC CGA TGG TGT TG hpd952R TGC ATC TTT ACG CAC GGT GTA Pb896i (FAM) TTG […]
Evaluation of VITEK 2 system and VITEK MS system for the identification of Haemophilus species: a diagnostic accuracy study

Original article Yeon Chan Choi1*, Eun-Young Kim1*, Hyun Jin Choi1, Si Hyun Kim2, Eunkyoung You1, Ja Young Lee1, Jihyun Cho3, Seok Hoon Jeong4, Dokyun Kim4, Hyun Soo Kim5, Soo Hyun Kim6, Young Ah Kim7, Young Ree Kim8, Nam Hee Ryoo9, Jong Hee Shin10, Kyeong Seob Shin11, Young Uh12, Jeong Hwan Shin1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine […]
Fig. 2. Comorbidity-specific risk ratios for 2-year mortality in tuberculosis patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. TB, tuberculosis; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

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Fig. 1. Comorbidity-specific risk ratios for 1-year mortality in tuberculosis patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. TB, tuberculosis; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

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Table 2. Comparison of mortality rates in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis before and during the pandemic phase of COVID-19
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(3):12. Clinical impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the quality of pulmonary tuberculosis management with national reimbursement data in Korea: a retrospective cohort study Download table Groups Time period Before COVID-19 (%)[Lower limit, Upper limit] During COVID-19 (%)[Lower limit, Upper limit] Log-rank P Total(n = 75,024) After 1 year 12.30 […]
Table 1. Analysis of the treatment discontinuation
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(3):12. Clinical impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the quality of pulmonary tuberculosis management with national reimbursement data in Korea: a retrospective cohort study Download table Factors Entire period Initial intensive care period Maintenance treatment period β P β P β P Intercept -0.5190 -2.3590 -1.5494 Time […]