False positive cases in automated blood culture systems due to hyperleukocytosis
Case report Do-Hoon Kim, Namhee Ryoo Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Corresponding to Namhee Ryoo, E-mail: nhryoo@dsmc.or.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(2):37-40. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.2.2Received on 17 March 2023, Revised on 8 May 2023, Accepted on 22 May 2023, Published on 20 June 2023.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an […]
Risk factors associated with colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection
Research note Hae-Sun Chung1,2*, Chorong Hahm1,3*, Miae Lee1,2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, 2Ewha Education and Research Center for Infection, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Eone Laboratories, Incheon, Korea *These authors contributed equally to this work. Corresponding to Miae Lee, E-mail: miae@ewha.ac.kr Ann Clin […]
Evaluation of two commercial kits for rapid pathogen identification directly from positive blood cultures by matrix-associated laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Original article Sung Gyun Park, Do-Hoon Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Corresponding to Do-Hoon Kim, E-mail: kdh@dsmc.or.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(1):19-27. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.1.3Received on 2 February 2023, Revised on 23 February 2023, Accepted on 27 February 2023, Published on 20 March 2023.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is […]
Epidemiology and subtype distribution of Blastocystis among asymptomatic volunteers in Korea: a multicenter study
Original article Seong Hoon Kim1,2*, Jung-Hyun Byun3*, YeJin Oh4, Changseung Liu5, Mi Hyun Bae6, Eun Jeong Won1,2,7 1Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun, 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Chonnam National University, Hwasun, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, […]
Syndromic testing for sexually transmitted infection: current and future demand
Review article In Young Yoo Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to In Young Yoo, E-mail: yiy00@naver.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.1.1Received on 9 January 2023, Revised on 27 February 2023, Accepted on 27 February 2023, Published on 20 March 2023.Copyright © […]
Taenia saginata infection incidentally detected during workup for lymphoma from an 8-year-old boy in Korea: a case report
Case report Eun Jeong Won1, Min Jae Kim2, Jina Lee3, Hyery Kim4, Heungsup Sung1, Mi-Na Kim1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2Department of Infectious Diseases, 3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, 4Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Min Jae Kim, E-mail: nahani99@gmail.com; […]
Environmental culture for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales
Note Hae-Sun Chung1,2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, 2Ewha Education and Research Center for Infection, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Hae-Sun Chung, E-mail: sunny0521.chung@ewha.ac.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(4):159-163. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.4.159Received on 1 December 2023, Revised on 13 December 2023, Accepted on 15 December 2023, Published on 20 December […]
Analysis of blood culture data at a university hospital: bacterial distribution and cumulative antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020)
Original article Yiel Hea Seo, Daewon Kim, Hwan Tae Lee, Ja Young Seo, Jeong Yeal Ahn, Pil Whan Park Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea Corresponding to Yiel Hea Seo, E-mail: seoyh@gilhospital.com Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(4):147-157. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.4.147Received on 8 December 2023, Revised on 14 December 2023, Accepted […]
Comparative evaluation of critical concentrationsfor detecting borderline rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Original article Chang-Ki Kim1, Hee Jae Huh2, Jeong Su Park3, Taesoung Kim1, Jae Han Sohn1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul Clinical Laboratories, Yongin, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. Corresponding to Chang-Ki Kim, E-mail: psoas95@gmail.com […]
Performance evaluation of 4-day versus 5-day blood cultures using the BD BACTEC FX system
Original article Jiyeon Kim, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Corresponding to Mi-Na Kim, E-mail: mnkim@amc.seoul.kr Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(4):125-137. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.4.125Received on 26 October 2023, Revised on 1 December 2023, Accepted on 4 December 2023, Published on 20 December 2023.Copyright © Korean […]