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

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Indexed in KCI, KoreaMed, Synapse, DOAJ
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pISSN 2288-0585 eISSN 2288-6850

Table 1. Detection of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in 74 samples

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:67-72. Comparison of Three Methods with CHROMagar for Surveillance Culture of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Download table Specimen (No.) No. (%) CHROMagar MCA-IPM TSB-IPM Nasal swab (37) 25 (69) 27 (73) 29 (78) Rectal swab (37) 20 (54) 18 (49) 20 (54) Total (74) 45 (61) 44 (59) 49 (66) Abbreviation: CHROMagar, CHROMagar […]

Table 2. Reported cases of infective endocarditis with intracranial complications

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:211-216. A Case of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Cerebral Hemorrhage Caused by Rothia mucilaginosa Download table Author Year Age/Sex Risk factors Pathogen Antibiotic therapy Intracranial complications Outcome Issacson et al.[Am J Med 1988; 84: 352-4] 1988 27/F Bicuspid aortic valvePeriodontal abscess R.dentocariosa Penicillin + Gentamicin Brain abscess Cure(No sequelae) Shands et al.[Am […]

Table 1. Antibiotic susceptibility of Rothia mucilaginosa

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:211-216. A Case of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Cerebral Hemorrhage Caused by Rothia mucilaginosa Download table Antibiotics Susceptibility* Inhibition zone diameter (mm) Minimal inhibitory concentration (μg/mL) Penicillin S 46 – Ampicillin-sulbactam S 45 – Clindamycin R 11 – Erythromycin S 42 – Rifampin S 43 – Tetracycline S 34 – Levofloxacin S […]

Table 3. PCR results of specimen processed by PBS and DW

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:201-210. Evaluating the Use of Distilled Water for Washing Sodium Hydroxide in Mycobacterial Culture Download table Washing solution No.of specimen No. (%) of positive PCR for MTBC NTM Mycobacteria PBS 3,080 130 (4.2) 38 (1.2) 168 (5.4) DW 3,131 162 (5.2) 60 (1.9) 222 (7.1) Abbreviations: PCR, polymerase chain reaction; MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis […]

Table 2. Comparison of MGIT 960 system and Ogawa medium results by PBS and DW

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:201-210. Evaluating the Use of Distilled Water for Washing Sodium Hydroxide in Mycobacterial Culture Download table Washing solution No. (%) of positive culture for Total MGIT MGIT only Ogawa Ogawa only PBS 1,843 (100) 1,808 (98.1) 1,002 (54.4) 1,841 (45.6) 35 (1.9) DW 2,095 (100) 2,054 (98.0) 1,973 (46.4) 1,122 (53.6) 41 (2.0) […]

Table 1. Mycobacteria culture results of specimen processed by PBS and DW

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:201-210. Evaluating the Use of Distilled Water for Washing Sodium Hydroxide in Mycobacterial Culture Download table Washing solution No. of specimen No. (%) of positive culture for No. (%) of contamination* All MTBC NTM   PBS 14,532 1,843 (12.7) 684 (4.7) 1,159 (8.0) 907/14,023 (6.5) DW 14,291 2,095 (14.7) 754 (5.3) 1,341 (9.4) 563/13,794 […]