Detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in Acute Myocardial Infarction
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 81-87. Won-Kil Lee, Eun-Hee Kwon, Hye-Gyung Bae, Jang Soo Suh, Kyung Eun Song, Nan Young Lee, Dong Il Won, Jung Bum Lee* Department of Clinical Pathology, Family Medicine*, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Taegu Abstract Background: There […]
Detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in Pregnant Women Using MYCOFAST®️ Evolution 2 and PCR
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 74-80. Hye Gyung Bae, Woon Bo Heo, Nang Young Lee, Won Kil Lee, Tae Bon Koo* Departments of Clinical Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology*, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea Abstract Background: The associations between preterm […]
Antibiotic Resistance and Its Mechanism of Group A Streptococci in School Children of Jinju
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 7-11. Soo Jin Park*, Sunjoo Kim Korean Red Cross Gyoungnam Blood Center, Medical Quality Management Office, Changwon*; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea Abstract Background: Group A streptococci (GAS) is the most […]
Evaluation of MGIT 960 System for Recovery of Mycobacteria from Body Fluids
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 69-73. Youn Mi Choi Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea Abstract Background: In this study, we evaluated the BACTEC MGIT 960 system (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, Md, USA), which is fully automated, noninvasive and […]
Direct Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxin B Gene by Nested PCR in Human Stool Specimens
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 63-68. Hee Kyung Park, Young Mi Lee, Hyun Jung Jang, Cheol Min Kim, Kyungwon Lee, Seok Hoon Jeong, Mooin Park Institute for Biomedical Research, SJ Hightech Co.; Department of Biochemistry*, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan; Department […]
Quality Assurance for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 56-62. Tae Yeal Choi Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea Abstract Background:Culture media that perform as intended are crucial to accurate work by a clinical microbiology laboratory. The author evaluated commercially prepared microbiological […]
A Prospective, Comparative Study of Two Methods of Ascitic Fluid Culture to Diagnose Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 52-55. In Sook Kim, Nam Yong Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Abstract Background: Inoculation of ascitic fluid into blood culture bottles is known to be more efficient than […]
Antibiogram of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. Detected by Vitek ESBL Test
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 47-51. Eun Hae Cho, Nam Yong Lee Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Abstract Background:Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. isolates are clinically resistant to all the […]
Comparison of MicroScan and Vitek ESBL test with NCCLS ESBL Confirmatory Test
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 41-46. Myung Hee Lee Seoul Veterans Hospital Department of Clinical Pathology Abstract Background: This study was designed to evaluate the ability of the Vitek and MicroScan ESBL test by comparing with NCCLS ESBL phenotypic confirmatory test by disk […]
In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Cefroxadine, an Oral Cephalosporin, Against Major Clinical Isolates
PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2003 June Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 37-40. Jongyoun Yi, Jae-Kyu Lee, Eui-Chong kim Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Abstract Background: Cefroxadine is an oral first-generation cephalosporin, which has been used for several years. But, the susceptibility data […]