{"title":"Book Review: “The New Microbiology: From Microbiomes to CRISPR”","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2022.25.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2022.25.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current Prevalence of the crpP Gene in Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Blood Isolates in Korea","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2022.25.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2022.25.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of the Synergistic Effect of Seven Antimicrobial Combinations on Extensively Drug- Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strains","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2022.25.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2022.25.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic Polymorphisms in the pvdhfr , pvmdr1 , and pvdhps Genes of Plasmodium vivax in Patients at a Secondary Hospital in South Korea","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2022.25.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2022.25.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel for the Detection of Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Endotracheal Aspirate Specimens","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2022.25.4.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2022.25.4.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Usefulness of the QMAC-dRAST System for AmpC β-lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2022.25.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2022.25.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inhibitory Effects of Copper, Brass, and Stainless Steel Surfaces on Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2022.25.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2022.25.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Shin, Song Sae Am, Yohan Park, G. Jeon, Kim Si Hyun, Soohun Yoo
{"title":"Comparative Evaluation of the STANDARD F Influenza A/B FIA Test with the Sofia Influenza A+B FIA and SD BIOLINE Influenza Ag A/B/A(H1N1) tests for Influenza A Virus Detection","authors":"J. Shin, Song Sae Am, Yohan Park, G. Jeon, Kim Si Hyun, Soohun Yoo","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70970838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jooyoung Cho, Jung-Hyun Byun, Sang-Guk Lee, Kyeongjin Oh, Beomchan Jeon, D. Yong, Jeong-Ho Kim
{"title":"Evaluation of Five Automated Urine Analyzers as Screening Instruments for Enhancing Diagnostic Efficiency in Urinary Tract Infection","authors":"Jooyoung Cho, Jung-Hyun Byun, Sang-Guk Lee, Kyeongjin Oh, Beomchan Jeon, D. Yong, Jeong-Ho Kim","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"진단적 효율을 장비로서의 자동화 ABSTRACT Background: Although urine culture is considered a reference standard for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI), it is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and expensive. Here, we evaluated the performance of five recent automated urine analyzers for UTI diagnosis. Methods: For the 510 specimens analyzed, the criterion for ‘ significant bacteriuria’ was defined as ≥ 10 4 CFU/mL in the inoculated plate for all specimens or ≥ 10 3 CFU/mL for specimens from patients using a Foley catheter or with urinary symptoms. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of UTI were analyzed using indicators individually, in different combinations, or with various cut-off values. Results: Seventy-one specimens (13.9%) exhibited ‘ significant bacteriuria’. In the receiver operating characteristics curve analysis, UF-5000 (Sysmex Corp., Japan) showed the highest area under the curve values for both males and females (0.876 and 0.846, respectively). The PPVs for specimens from males with all indicators positive increased up to 100% after adjusting the cut-off values. NPVs for specimens with all indicators negative were 94.3%– in males and 78.1%–93.8% in females after adjusting the cut-off values. Conclusion: As a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool, urine sediment analyzers can be valuable for UTI diagnosis by reducing unnecessary culture and can help clinicians determine a treatment plan. The Cobas ® u701 and URiSCAN® PlusScope did not display the quantitative bacterial counts when our experiment was conducted. The iQ ® 200SPRINT provided ASP values instead of bacterial counts.","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70970643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"emm Types and Clusters of Group A Streptococcus Causing Acute Pharyngitis in Changwon Korea, 2018–2019","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70971496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}