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

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Table 5. Spoligotyping-based MTB complex differentiation

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:21-31. Frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Among M. tuberculosis Complex Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimen Download table Species/ Specimen No. Octal value SIT Clade (strain) Spoligotype pattern MTB H37Rv 777777477760771 451 T-H37Rv M. bovis AN5 676773777777600 482 BOV_1 M. bovis 664073777777600 683 BOV_2 M. bovis BCG 676773777777600 482 BOV_1 M. africanum 770777777777671 181 […]

Table 4. PCR-based MTB complex typing

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:21-31. Frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Among M. tuberculosis Complex Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimen Download table Organisms (No.) PCR-based MTB complex typing Rv0577 IS1561 Rv1510 (RD4) Rv1970 (RD7) Rv3877/8 (RD1) Rv3120 (RD12) Rv2073c (RD9) MTB H37Rv + + + + + + + M. bovis AN5 + + – – + – […]

Table 2. Primers used in spoligotyping and exact tandem repeat D sequencing

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:21-31. Frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Among M. tuberculosis Complex Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimen Download table Primer type and target locus Primer name Nucleotide sequence (5′ → 3′) Size, base pair Spoligotyping       DR DRa GGT TTT GGG TCT GAC GAC Variable   DRb CCG AGA GGG GAC GGA AAC […]

Table 1. Primers used in PCR-based MTB complex typing

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:21-31. Frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Among M. tuberculosis Complex Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimen Download table Primer type and target locus Primer name Nucleotide sequence (5′ → 3′) Size, base pair Rv0577 Rv0577F ATG CCC AAG AGA AGC GAA TAC AGG CAA 786   Rv0577R CTA TTG CTG CGG TGC GGG CTT […]

Table 2. Comparison of time-kill assay results between MDR and XDR groups against combination of colistin and linalool

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:11-20. Evaluation of Synergistic Effect of Combined Treatment with Linalool and Colistin on Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii to Expand Candidate for Therapeutic Option Download table Combination of antibiotics Interaction MDR XDR Total No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) Colistin+Linalool Synergy (criteria 1) 10 (100) 39 (95.1) 49 (96.0)   Synergy (criteria 2) 9 (90.0) 38 (92.6) […]

Table 1. Results of time-kill assay and bactericidality against two-drug combinations of linalool and colistin of 10 MDR and 41 XDR clinical isolates of A. baumannii

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:11-20. Evaluation of Synergistic Effect of Combined Treatment with Linalool and Colistin on Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii to Expand Candidate for Therapeutic Option Download table Group Isolate Log10(VCC of combination/VCC of MASA) of 24 hr Log10(VCC of 24 hr) – Log10(VCC of 0 hr) Synergy criteria 1‡ Synergy criteria 2§ MIC MIC Category […]

Role of Efflux Pump Gene adeIJK to Multidrug Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates

Original article Ji-Ae Choi1, Choon-Mee Kim2, Sook-Jin Jang3, Seong-Sik Cho4, Chul-Ho Jang5, Young-Jin Ko3, Seong-Ho Kang3, Geon Park3 1Division of Antimicrobial Resistance, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Korea National Institute of Health, KCDC, Cheongju, 2Premedical Science, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, 5Department of Otolaryngology, Chonnam […]

Season and Temperature Effects on Bloodstream Infection Incidence in a Korean Tertiary Referral Hospital

Original article Young-Suk Sohn1, Jung-Hyun Byun2, Young Ah Kim3, Dong-Chun Shin4, Kyungwon Lee1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, 4Department […]

Frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Among M. tuberculosis Complex Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimen

Original article Hyunmi Cho1, Jong-Bae Kim2, Young Uh1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, 2Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea Corresponding to Young Uh, E-mail: u931018@yonsei.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;23(1):21-31. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.1.21Received on 12 June 2019, Revised on 19 August […]