Fig. 1. Number of equipment categorized by type of affiliated institution.
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Fig. 1. Effect of quantitative change in input to NGS output. All three types of mock communities were prepared with different input ratios of A and B (1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:10, and 1:100) to systematically assess the quantitative reflection of bacterial input in NGS output. Group A is presented in orange and group B is presented in blue. The regression equation for gDNA is represented as y = 1.2259x – 26.705 with a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.9854. The regression equations for plasmid DNA and PCR product are ‘y = 1.0082x – 1.6091 with an R² value of 0.9975’ and ‘y = 1.054x – 7.0206 with an R² value of 0.9939’, respectively. NGS, next-generation sequencing; gDNA, genomic DNA; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
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Table 1. Articles published in Special Issues of Annals of Clinical Microbiology in 2024.
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):6. ACM achievements in 2024 and future directions Download table Corresponding author Title Publication information Special Issue on Current Epidemiology and Diagnostics of Parasitic Infections in Korea Eun Jeong Won Challenging diagnosis of parasitic infection and practical guidance to clinical microbiology laboratories in Korea 27(2):39-40. Bong-Kwang Jung Intestinal helminth infections among health […]
ACM achievements in 2024 and future directions
Editorial Hae-Sun Chung Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Correspondence to Hae-Sun Chung, E-mail: sunny0521.chung@ewha.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):6. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2025.28.1.6Received on 14 March 2024, Revised on 16 March 2025, Accepted on 16 March 2025, Published on 20 March 2025.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an Open Access […]
A survey on laboratory capacity, testing practices, and management during COVID-19 pandemic response in Korea: a cross-sectional survey study
Original article Changseung Liu1, Daewon Kim2, Jung-Hyun Byun3, Jeonghyun Chang4, Sungjin Jo5, Heungsup Sung6 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, […]
Identification of Cardiobacterium valvarum: shedding light on infective endocarditis diagnosis
Letter to the editor Junghyeon Yun1, Jung-Hyun Byun1, Yonggeun Cho2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea Correspondence to Jung-Hyun Byun, E-mail: microbyun@gmail.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):4. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2025.28.1.4Received on 16 January 2025, Revised on 24 February […]
Mock communities to assess biases in next-generation sequencing of bacterial species representation
Original article Younjee Hwang1,2*, Ju Yeong Kim1,3*, Se Il Kim4,5, Ji Yeon Sung1,6, Hye Su Moon1, Tai-Soon Yong3, Ki Ho Hong1, Hyukmin Lee1, Dongeun Yong1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea2Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, […]
Fig. 2. Mechanisms and consequences of bacterial–fungal interactions. Bacterial and fungal species modulate fungal growth in human hosts via diverse mechanisms. QS, quorum sensing; SCFA, shortchain fatty acid.
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Fig. 1. Spatial distribution of mycobiota within the human host.
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Table 1. Disease-specific alterations in the gut mycobiome
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):2. Composition, developmental patterns, and pathological associations of the human gut mycobiome Download table Diseases Increase Decrease References Crohn’s disease Aspergillus clavatus, Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, C. lusitaniae,Cryptococcus neoformans, Cyberlindnera jadinii, Debaryomyces hansenii, Kluyveromyces marxianus Saccharomyces cerevisiae [17, 44] Ulcerative colitis C. albicans, Debaryomyces Aspergillus flavus, A. cibarius, C. soja, […]