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 on 19 December 2023, Published on 20 December 2023.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: The distribution of bacteria isolated from bloodstream infections and cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility data are the basis for empirical decisions regarding antibiotics as an initial treatment. Therefore, it is important to consistently collect blood culture results of individual patients and analyze them correctly. Methods:

Mini review Sunjoo Kim1,2,3 1Institute of Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea Corresponding to Sunjoo Kim, E-mail: sjkim8239@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2023;26(4):89-97. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2023.26.4.89Received on 29 November 2023, Revised on 15 December 2023, Accepted on 15 December 2023, Published on 20 December 2023.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Group A streptococci (GAS) cause diverse diseases ranging from mild to severe illnesses, and the global burden of GAS infections is enormous. Serological typing has been replaced by emm genotyping for the epidemiological study of GAS. Acute bacterial pharyngitis is a common illness, which requires either

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Group A streptococci (GAS) cause diverse diseases ranging from mild to severe illnesses, and the global burden of GAS infections is enormous. Serological typing has been replaced by emm genotyping for the epidemiological study of GAS. Acute bacterial pharyngitis is a common illness, which requires either throat culture or rapid Ag test for diagnosis….