Table 1. Summary of rRT-PCR test producing inconclusive results from 11 COVID-19 patients
Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:191-199. Causes and Clinical Relevance of Inconclusive SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time Reverse TranscriptionPCR Test Results Download table Patient Anti-COVID-19 treatment Days from diagnosis to Ct values of the initial inconclusive result Days and number of consecutive test results from initial inconclusive results to negative conversion Admission Initial inconclusive result E RdRp N Days Pos […]
Fig. 2. Trends of Ct values of three target genes when consecutive SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR tests were conducted with nasopharyngeal swab samples from two COVID-19 patients. (A) The asymptomatic patient without treatment (patient 3). (B) The patient with severe symptoms under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and low-dose steroid treatments (patient 4). Red arrows indicated inconclusive results
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Fig. 1. Classification of the inconclusive results according to COVID-19 diagnosis and retest or consecutive test results. Abbreviation: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 19
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Table 3. The number and rates of C. difficile infections by healthcare facility characteristics
Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:181-189. The Trend of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Korean Hospitals with the Analysis of Nationwide Sample Cohort Download table Characteristic Cases No. (Infection rate, %) Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total P-value* Location Seoul […]
Table 2. The number and rates of C. difficile infections by the disease severity
Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:181-189. The Trend of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Korean Hospitals with the Analysis of Nationwide Sample Cohort Download table Variable Cases No. (Infection rate, %) Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total P-value* CCI 0 […]
Table 1. The number and rates of C. difficile infections by demographic characteristics
Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:181-189. The Trend of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Korean Hospitals with the Analysis of Nationwide Sample Cohort Download table Characteristic Cases No. (Infection rate, %) Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total P-value* Sex Male […]
Fig. 2. The trend of C. difficile infection from 2006 to 2015. N, number.
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Fig. 1. Data construction flow diagram. CDI, C. difficile infection
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Fig. 3. Mean colony numbers of hand surface before hand hygiene (HH), after inadequate HH, and after adequate HH practices (n = 32).
Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:173-179. Cross-Correlation Analysis of the Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms with Hand Hygiene Compliance and Effectiveness of Alcohol-Gel Hand Hygiene Practice Download image
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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