Table 1. Comparison of perceptions of diagnostic tests for Clostridioides difficile infection among physicians and clinical patholosits
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:75-82. A survey of physicians’ perceptions of diagnostic tests for Clostridioides difficile infection Download table Physicians Clinical pathologists Perception on the algorithmic test Useful Useful but in need of countermeasures Not useful Sum Useful 0 1 0 1 Useful but in need of countermeasures 8 10 1 19 Not useful 1 0 […]
Table 3. Detection of the targeted protozoa among 51 non-diarrheal fecal samples obtained from nondiarrheal healthy controls using molecular diagnostics
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:67-73. Multicenter study on the molecular epidemiology of intestinal protozoan parasites in Korea Download table Center (No. of sample) No. (%) of samples with positive to any protozoa by commercial Real-time PCR kits Cryptosporidium parvum Giardia lamblia Entamoeba histolytica Cyclospora cayetanensis Dientamoeba fragilis Blastocystis hominis Microsporidia species Kudoa septempunctata Center 1 (n=13) […]
Table 2. Detection of several protozoa among 279 diarrheal fecal samples obtained from six collection centers
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:67-73. Multicenter study on the molecular epidemiology of intestinal protozoan parasites in Korea Download table Center No. (%) of samples with positive to any protozoa by commercial Real-time PCR kits Cryptosporidium parvum Giardia lamblia Entamoeba histolytica Cyclospora cayetanensis Dientamoeba fragilis Blastocystis hominis Microsporidia species Kudoa septempunctata Center 1 0 0 0 0 […]
Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the diarrheal patients enrolled in this study
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:67-73. Multicenter study on the molecular epidemiology of intestinal protozoan parasites in Korea Download table Collection Centers Center 1 Center 2 Center 3 Center 4 Center 5 Center 6* Subtotal Region Jeonnam Gyeongnam Kangwon Gwangju Metropolitan area Nationwide Total No. of enrolled patients 43 20 23 38 27 128 279 Female/Male (% […]
Table 3. Risk factors for cefotaxime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract infections: A univariate analysis
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:59-66. Risk factor analysis of urinary tract infection by cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a simple and effective analysis using the National Health Insurance Data Sharing Service Download table Variable CTX-NR % (N) CTX-R % (N) P-value All 64.2 (1,573) 35.8 (877) Sex Female 44.1 (1,081) 22.7 (557) < 0.0001 […]
Table 2. Risk factors of cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract infections: A multivariate analysis
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:59-66. Risk factor analysis of urinary tract infection by cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a simple and effective analysis using the National Health Insurance Data Sharing Service Download table Variable cefotaxime-resistant E. coli cefotaxime-resistant K. pneumoniae OR 95% CI OR 95% CI Sex Female 1 – 1 – Male 1.335 1.204-1.480 […]
Table 1. Risk factors for cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli urinary tract infections: A univariate analysis
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:59-66. Risk factor analysis of urinary tract infection by cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a simple and effective analysis using the National Health Insurance Data Sharing Service Download table Variable CTX-NR % (N) CTX-R % (N) P-value All 71.2 (8,994) 28.8 (3,638) Sex Female 58.2 (7,355) 21.7 (2,742) < 0.0001 […]
Table 2. New breakpoints of aminopenicillins for Enterobacterales according to infection types and formulations in EUCAST version 13
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:51-57. Introduction to the revised international guidelines on breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing Download table Aminopenicillins Formulations/Infection types Disk diffusion (mm) MIC (µg/mL) S I R S I R Ampicillin IV ≥14 – ≤13 ≤8 – ≥16 Oral/uUTI only Ampicillin-sulbactam IV ≥14 – ≤13 ≤8 – ≥16 Oral/uUTI […]
Table 1. Breakpoints revision in CLSI M100
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:51-57. Introduction to the revised international guidelines on breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing Download table Organism Antimicobial agent Test/Report group Tier Disk diffusion (mm) MIC (µg/mL) 2022 2023 2022 2023 S I R S I R S I R S I R Enterobacterales Amikacin B 2 ≥ 17 15-16 ≤ 14 ≥ […]
Table 3. Multivariate analysis of risk factor for development of colistin-resistant A. baumannii infection
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:29-36. Risk factors associated with colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection Download table Variable Colistin-resistant A. baumannii infection OR 95% CI P-value Use of teicoplanin 3.140 0.529-18.650 0.208 Hemodialysis 2.722 0.851-8.709 0.091 Pulmonary disease 2.286 0.998-5.283 0.053 Use of carbapenem 2.199 0.863-5.603 0.099 Co-infection* 1.706 0.746-3.898 0.205 Mechanical ventilation 1.614 0.684-3.809 0.275 ICU stay […]