Fig. 1. Overall view of the isolation room within the intensive care unit (A) and the sink (B) (arrow points to the location of the sink)
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Fig. 1. Morphological and molecular findings of Taenia saginata found in this case. (A) After praziquantel (10 mg/kg) treatment, long parasite segments approximately 84 cm in length were expelled. (B) The 1750-bp cox1 sequence was yielded from our specimen and the neighbor-joining tree showed that our specimen (indicated by arrow head) was in the same phylogenetic group as T. saginata, but not in the same group as T. asiatica, T. multiceps, or T. solium.
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Table 1. Cases of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from environmental cultures in ICU
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:159-163. Environmental culture for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales Download table Case 5 Case 6 Case 2 Case 9 Environmental isolate Identification Serratia marcescens Serratia marcescens Enterobacter cloacae Enterobacter aerogenes Carbapenemase NDM NDM NDM NDM Site Sink surface Sink surface Sink surface Sink surface Date 2017-07-31 2017-08-25 2017-06-15 2017-10-11 Clinical isolate Identification Klebsiella pneumoniae Escherichia […]
Table 5. Antimicrobial resistance rates of A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa blood isolates during 2016-2020
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:147-157. Analysis of blood culture data at a university hospital: bacterial distribution and cumulative antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020) Download table % Resistant 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total A. baumannii (n = 89) (n = 80) (n = 57) (n = 55) (n = 67) (n = 348) Ampicillin/sulbactam* 37.1 32.0 36.0 54.5 […]
Table 4. Antimicrobial resistance rates of E. coli and K. pneumoniae blood isolates during 2016-2020
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:147-157. Analysis of blood culture data at a university hospital: bacterial distribution and cumulative antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020) Download table % Resistant 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total E. coli (n = 410) (n = 458) (n = 452) (n = 513) (n = 542) (n = 2,375) Ampicillin 68.7 70.7 68.7 70.6 […]
Table 3. Antimicrobial resistance rates of S. aureus and Enterococcus blood isolates during 2016-2020
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:147-157. Analysis of blood culture data at a university hospital: bacterial distribution and cumulative antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020) Download table % Resistant 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total S. aureus (n = 156) (n = 162) (n = 164) (n = 131) (n = 139) (n = 752) Oxacillin 47.2 48.7 51.5 51.9 […]
Table 2. The number (%) of significant pathogens isolated from blood cultures during the 2016-2020
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:147-157. Analysis of blood culture data at a university hospital: bacterial distribution and cumulative antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020) Download table 2016No. (%) 2017No. (%) 2018No. (%) 2019No. (%) 2020No. (%) TotalNo. (%, 95% CI) E. coli* 410 (23.4) 458 (25.4) 452 (26.5) 513 (29.6) 542 (30.8) 2,375 (27.1, 26.2-28.1) K. pneumoniae† 152 […]
Table 1. Statistics of blood cultures during the 2016-2020
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:147-157. Analysis of blood culture data at a university hospital: bacterial distribution and cumulative antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020) Download table 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total No. of blood cultures 60,153 63,094 63,560 61,501 64,036 312,344 No growth 55,037 57,931 58,778 56,949 59,035 287,730 Growth 5,116 5,163 4,782 4,552 5,001 24,614 Growth rate […]
Table 2. Conventional DST results and rpoB gene sequencing data of three rifampin resistant isolates with new critical concentration
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:139-145. Comparative evaluation of critical concentrations for detecting borderline rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Download table Patient No. Date rpoB gene Sequencing (E. coli numbering) Conventional DST results of anti-TB drugs (CC [μg/mL]) INH (0.2) INH (1.0) SM (2.0) EMB (5.0) ETH (5.0) CAP (10.0) KM (5.0) AMK (4.0) OFL (2.0) LEV […]
Table 3. Cumulative incidence of anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria, aerobic Actinomycetes, fastidious bacteria and fungus by time-to-positivity
Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26:125-137. Performance evaluation of 4-day versus 5-day blood cultures using the BD BACTEC FX system Download table Organism Total Cumulative incidence (%) of isolates by time-to-positivity 12 h 24 h 36 h 48 h 72 h 96 h > 96 h Anaerobes Bacteroides spp. […]