Annals of Clinical Microbiology, The official Journal of the Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology

T Types, emm Genotypes and Antibiotic Resistance of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from School Children in Jinju, 2006

Original article PDF Eun-Ha Koh, In-Suk Kim, Sunjoo Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea Corresponding to Sunjoo Kim, E-mail: sjkim8239@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(1):6-10.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Streptococcus pyogenes is the most common cause of bacterial pharyngitis. T antigens and emm genotypes are […]

A Case of Emetic Toxin Producing Bacillus cereus Strains Isolated from Outbreak

Case report PDF Jong Hyun Kim1, Eun Gyoung Lim2, Hyun Chul Jang1, Ju Young Park2, Sun Jin Lee1, Mi Sun Park1, Gil Bae Choi2, Bok Kwon Lee1 1Division of Enteric Bacterial Infections, Center for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Seoul, 2Microbe Division, Ulsan Institute of Health and Environment, Ulsan, Korea Corresponding to Bok Kwon Lee, […]

Nosocomial Infectious Bacterial Contamination on Residents’ White Coats and Neckties

Original article PDF Yong-Kyun Kim1, Jae-Seok Kim1,3, Hyoung-Sun Lee2, Hyun-Sook Koo3, Han-Sung Kim1, Wonkeun Song1, Ji Young Park1, Hae-Ran Lee4, Hyoun Chan Cho1, Kyu Man Lee1 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine and 4Pediatrics, Hallym University College of Medicine, Departments of 2Laboratory Medicine and 3Infection Control Unit, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Jae-Seok Kim, E-mail: jaeseok@hallym.or.kr Ann Clin […]

Evaluation of Combined Use of BacT/ALERT 3D Liquid Culture System and PCR-RFLP for Detection and Identification of Mycobacteria from Bronchial Specimens

Original article PDF Hae-Sun Chung, Chang-Seok Ki, Jang Ho Lee, Nam Yong Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Nam Yong Lee, E-mail: micro.lee@samsung.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(1):37-42.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: We evaluated BacT/ALERT 3D liquid culture system […]

Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin Susceptibility Testing of Helicobacter pylori by Disk Diffusion Method

Original article PDF Heungsup Sung1, Jung-Oak Kang2, Mi Ae Lee3, Jongwook Lee4, Hae Kyung Lee5, Mi-Kyung Lee6, Ji-Hun Lim1, Mi-Na Kim1, Helicobacter Study Group Department of Laboratory Medicine, 1University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 2Hanyan/g University Medical College, 3Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, 4Konyang University College of Medicine, 5 The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, 6Chung-Ang University […]

Use of Boronic Acid Disks for the Detection of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase and AmpC β-lactamase in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca and Proteus mirabilis

Original article PDF Soon Deok Park1, Young Uh1, In Ho Jang1, Ohgun Kwon1, Kap Jun Yoon1, Hyo Youl Kim2 Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine and 2Infectious Diseases, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea Corresponding to Soon Deok Park, E-mail: mizpark66@empal.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(1):24-29.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Accurate detection of organisms […]

Characterization of Class 1 Integrons in Metallo-βlactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Original article PDF Ji Youn Sung, Sun Hoe Koo, Kye Chul Kwon, Jong Woo Park, Chi Seon Ko, So Youn Shin, Jeong Hoon Song Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea Corresponding to Sun Hoe Koo, E-mail: shkoo@cnu.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(1):17-23.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: […]

Implementation of Multiplex PCR for Species Identification and Toxin Typing in Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Culture

Original article PDF Yun Ha Jang, Jaewoo Chung, Seungmi Baek, Sookja Park, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Mi-Na Kim, E-mail: mnkim@amc.seoul.kr  Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(1):11-16.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: We evaluated multiplex PCR for […]

Mechanisms of Acquiring Carbapenem-resistance in Acinetobacter Species

Original article PDF Seok Hoon Jeong Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Seok Hoon Jeong, E-mail: kscpjsh@yuhs.ac Ann Clin Microbiol 2009;12(1):1-5.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract A rapid dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. represents a significant clinical threat. Production of OXA carbapenemases […]