Fig. 3. Mean colony numbers of hand surface before hand hygiene (HH), after inadequate HH, and after adequate HH practices (n = 32).
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Fig. 2. A photography of hand-agar plate culture (a) before hand hygiene (HH), (b) after inadequate HH, and (c) after adequate HH.
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Fig. 1. Incidence of MRAB (multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii), VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci), CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae), MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), MRPA (multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and hand hygiene (HH) compliance. Incidence is defined as new cases per 1,000 patient days.
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Fig. 3. Cumulative monthly number of SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests and positive rate.
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Fig. 2. Status of SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests with newly confirmed cases. The newly confirmed cases displayed in orange within positive cases (blue bar).
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Fig. 1. Distribution of “Indeterminate” results according to three specific genes, separately or in combination.
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Table 2. Initial interpretation criteria of SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests in the suspected patients
Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:165-171. Experience at Department of Laboratory Medicine during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Daegu Download table Seegene Ct values for: Interpretation (1st Ed) Interpretation (5th Ed) E RdRp N IC <40 <33.5 <40 <40 Positive Positive <40 <33.5 <40 ≥40 Positive Positive ≥40 ≥40 ≥40 <40 Negative Negative ≥40 […]
Table 1. Criteria for the interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests in the confirmed patients
Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:165-171. Experience at Department of Laboratory Medicine during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Daegu Download table Ct values for: Interpretation (1st Ed) Interpretation (5th Ed) E RdRp N IC <40 <40 <40 <40 Positive Positive <40 <40 <40 ≥40 Positive Positive ≥40 ≥40 ≥40 <40 Negative Negative ≥40 <40 <40 ≥40 Repeat (Seegene) […]
A Case of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Cerebral Hemorrhage Caused by Rothia mucilaginosa
Case report Yeo-Jin Song1*, Bongyoung Kim1*, Young-eun Kim2, Yangsoon Lee2, Hyunjoo Pai1 1Department of Internal Medicine, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea *These authors contributed equally to this work. Corresponding to Hyunjoo Pai, E-mail: paihj@hanyang.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23(4):211-216. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.4.6Received on 19 February 2020, Revised on 10 April 2020, Accepted […]
Evaluating the Use of Distilled Water for Washing Sodium Hydroxide in Mycobacterial Culture
Original article Hae-Gyeong Baek1, Hyun-Mi Ko2, Myung-Hee Lee1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kwangju Christian Hospital, Gwangju, 2Dental Science Research Institute, Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. Corresponding to Myung-Hee Lee, E-mail: purunee0820@naver.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23(4):201-210. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.4.5Received on 8 October 2020, Revised on 3 November 2020, Accepted on 2 […]