Two Cases of Cryptococcuria Developed as Isolated Cryptococcuria and Disseminated Cryptococcosis
PDF Case report Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 December, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 148-152. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.4.148 Mi Hyun Bae1, Seung Namgoong1, Dongheui An1, Mi-Na Kim1, Sung-Han Kim2, Ki-Ho Park2, Sung-Gyu Lee31Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2Division of Infectious Diseases, and 3Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, […]
First Isolation of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus from a Korean Patient with Severe Septic Shock
PDF Case report Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 December, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 144-147. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.4.144 Seri Jeong1, Ji Yeon Park1, Sang Hoon Han2, Yangsoon Lee1,3, Dongeun Yong1, Kyungwon Lee1, Yunsop Chong11Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 3Department […]
Evaluation of a Newly Developed Multiplex Real-time PCR Assay for the Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Rectal Swabs
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 December, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 138-143. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.4.138 Min-Kwon Jung1, Wee-Gyo Lee2, Myung-Hwa Park2Department of Laboratory Medicine, 1Seran General Hospital, Seoul, 2Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Abstract Background: Asymptomatic vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colonization precedes infection. VRE- colonized patients serve as silent reservoirs […]
Chromosomal Mutations in oprD, gyrA, and parC in Carbapenem Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 December, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 131-137. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.4.131 Ji Youn Sung1, Hye Hyun Cho2, Kye Chul Kwon2, Sun Hoe Koo21Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Far East University, Eumseong, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea Abstract Background: Outbreaks of […]
Comparison of the BACTEC Peds Plus Pediatric Blood Culture Bottle to the BacT/Alert PF Pediatric Blood Culture Bottle for Culturing Blood from Pediatric Patients
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 December, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 126-130. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.4.126 Kon-Hee Lee1, Wonkeun Song2, Min-Jeong Park2, Jeongwon Hyun2, Hyun Soo Kim2, Kyu Man Lee2Departments of 1Pediatrics, 2Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Abstract Background: We compared the BACTEC Peds Plus (Becton Dickinson, USA) […]
Epidemiology and Erythromycin Resistance of Streptococcus pyogenes in the Last 20 Years
PDF Review article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 December, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 119-125. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2021.24.1.1 Sunjoo Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Jinju, Korea Abstract Serological methods for the epidemiological study of Streptococcus pyogenes, such as T-, or M-typing, were replaced […]
Three Adult Cases of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Infection in a Korean Hospital
PDF Case report Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 December, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 153-157. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.4.153 Jayoung Kim1, Yeon-Joon Park1, Soyoung Shin1, Yonggoo Kim1, Sun Hee Park2Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine, 2Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Abstract Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (Chryseobacterium meningoseptica) is a ubiquitous Gram-negative bacillus […]
Removal of PCR Inhibitors in Real-time PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 September, Volume 14, Issue 3, pages 97-102. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.3.97 Hye Young Yun1, Han-Sung Kim1,2, Young Kyung Lee1,2, Hee Jung Kang1,2, Jae-Seok Kim2, Wonkeun Song2, Kyu Man Lee2Department of Laboratory Medicine, 1Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, 2Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea Abstract Background: The […]
Nationwide Survey of Blood Culture Performance Regarding Skin Disinfection, Blood Collection and Laboratory Procedures
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 September, Volume 14, Issue 3, pages 91-96. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.3.91 Jeong Hwan Shin1, Sae Am Song1, Mi-na Kim2, Sunjoo Kim31Department of Laboratory Medicine and Paik Institute of Clinical Research, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College […]
Multicenter Study of Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance of Group A Streptococci in 2008-2009 in Korea
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2011 September, Volume 14, Issue 3, pages 85-90. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2011.14.3.85 Eui-Chong Kim1, Eun-Ha Koh2, Sunjoo Kim2, Jung-Oak Kang3, Jae-Seok Kim4, Jeong Hwan Shin5, Nam Yong Lee6, Joseph Jeong7, Ji-Hyun Cho8 Chulhun L. Chang9, Young Ree Kim10Department of Laboratory Madicine, 1Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, […]