Isolation frequency and antimicrobial susceptibilities of Bacillus species in a tertiary care hospital in Korea in the past four years (2020–2024): a retrospective surveillance study
Original article Kwangjin Ahn1, Hyunju Choi1, Taesic Lee2, Young Uh1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea2Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea Correspondence to Young Uh, E-mail: u931018@yonsei.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(2):7. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2025.28.2.1Received on 4 March 2025, Revised on 7 April 2025, Accepted on […]
Table 6. Usage of coronavirus disease 2019 professional rapid antigen test by testing purpose
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):5. A survey on laboratory capacity, testing practices, and management during COVID-19 pandemic response in Korea: a cross-sectional survey study Download table Public laboratories (n = 15) Tertiary hospitals (n = 20) Specialized testing laboratory (n = 11) Other (n = 80) Total Symptomatic and contact person testing 12 8 2 62 […]
Table 5. Usage of coronavirus disease 2019 pooling test by testing purpose
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):5. A survey on laboratory capacity, testing practices, and management during COVID-19 pandemic response in Korea: a cross-sectional survey study Download table Public laboratories (n = 15) Tertiary hospitals (n = 20) Specialized testing laboratory (n = 11) Other (n = 80) Total Pre-admission screening of all patients 10 15 9 65 […]
Table 4. Usage of coronavirus disease 2019 emergency test by testing purpose
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):5. A survey on laboratory capacity, testing practices, and management during COVID-19 pandemic response in Korea: a cross-sectional survey study Download table Public laboratories (n = 15) Tertiary hospitals (n = 20) Specialized testing laboratory (n = 11) Other (n = 80) Total Pre-admission screening of high-risk patients 10 15 7 53 […]
Table 3. Usage of coronavirus disease 2019 molecular test by testing purpose
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):5. A survey on laboratory capacity, testing practices, and management during COVID-19 pandemic response in Korea: a cross-sectional survey study Download table Public laboratories (n = 15) Tertiary hospitals (n = 20) Specialized testing laboratories (n = 11) Other (n = 80) Total Symptomatic and contact person testing 13 18 10 71 […]
Table 2. Distribution of laboratory capabilities and facilities among responding laboratories for various testing methods
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):5. A survey on laboratory capacity, testing practices, and management during COVID-19 pandemic response in Korea: a cross-sectional survey study Download table Category No. of responses (%) Microbiological tests performed Serologic test for HIV 95 (75.4) Serologic test for hepatitis 90 (71.4) Bacterial smear and culture 84 (66.7) […]
Table 1. Distribution of respondents based on affiliated institutions and positions
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):5. A survey on laboratory capacity, testing practices, and management during COVID-19 pandemic response in Korea: a cross-sectional survey study Download table Category No. of respondents (%) Affiliated institution General hospital 79 (62.7) Tertiary hospital 20 (15.9) Public laboratory 15 (11.9) Specialized testing laboratory 11 (8.7) Primary […]
Table 2. Results of multiple regression analysis of mock communities
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):3. Mock communities to assess biases in next-generation sequencing of bacterial species representation Download table Constant V3V4 %GC 16S rRNA copy No. Genome size Gram-stain R-squared Adjusted R-squared DNA mock Coefficient 27.143 -0.397 0.607 -9.914E-07 0.008 0.650 0.542 Std. Error 7.482 0.139 0.179 0 1.880 t-Statistic 3.628 -2.858 3.387 -1.707 0.004 P-value […]
Table 1. List of bacterial strains forming mock communities
Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(1):3. Mock communities to assess biases in next-generation sequencing of bacterial species representation Download table Serial number Bacteria Type strain No. Genome size 16S rRNA copy No. V3V4 %GC Gram-stain Mock group 1 Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606 4,028,903 6 51.2 Negative A 2 Actinomyces odontolyticus ATCC 17929 2,393,958 3 59.1 Positive A […]
Fig. 3. Maximum number of coronavirus disease 2019 molecular diagnostic tests per day.
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