{"title":"Safety and Effectiveness of Cytomegalovirus Specific Antigen Induced Interferon-Gamma ELISPOT/ELISA: A Systematic Review","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70970802","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 Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG in Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Seoul","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.1","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":"70970607","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":"Risk Factors Associated with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Escherichia coli","authors":"Y. A. Kim, E. Kang, Young-jin Seo, K. Lee","doi":"10.5145/ACM.2021.24.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2021.24.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":"24 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70970794","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":"The Impact of Social Distancing on the Transmission of Acute Respiratory Viruses during the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.1.4","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":"70970537","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 Two Commercial Kits for Rapid Detection and Typing of Carbapenemase in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.3","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":"70970860","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":"Trends in Isolation and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Enteropathogenic Bacteria in 2011-2019 at a Korean Tertiary Care Hospital Compared with Data in the Preceding Reports","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.4.2","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":"70971328","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":"Challenges of Scaling Up SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Tests","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.4.1","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":"70970760","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":"First Report of Roseomonas aerofrigidensis Isolated from the Peritoneal Fluid of a Gastric Cancer Patient","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.2.4","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":"70970562","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":"Educational Intervention to Improve Blood Culture Indicators in a Secondary-Care Hospital","authors":"","doi":"10.5145/acm.2021.24.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2021.24.1.1","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":"70970735","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. Choi, Choon-Mee Kim, S. Jang, Seong-Sik Cho, C. Jang, Y. Ko, Seong-Ho Kang, Geon Park
{"title":"Role of Efflux Pump GeneadeIJKto Multidrug Resistance inAcinetobacter baumanniiClinical Isolates","authors":"J. Choi, Choon-Mee Kim, S. Jang, Seong-Sik Cho, C. Jang, Y. Ko, Seong-Ho Kang, Geon Park","doi":"10.5145/acm.2020.23.1.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5145/acm.2020.23.1.45","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The emergence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB) as a nosocomial pathogen is one of the major public health problems. This study aimed to evaluate the role of an efflux pump gene adeJ for the multidrug resistance of A. baumannii clinical isolates. Methods: Two groups, MDRAB and susceptible A. baumannii (SAB), of baumannii clinical isolates were studied. The SAB group consisted of strains that did not meet the criteria of MDRAB and were susceptible to more categories of antibiotics than MDRAB. Antimicrobial susceptibility results obtained by the VITEKⅡ system were used in data analysis and bacterial group allocation. We performed real-time reverse transcription PCR to determine the relative expression of adeJ. We compared the relative expression of adeJ in comparison groups by considering two viewpoints: (1) MDRAB and SAB groups,and (2) susceptible and non-susceptible groups for each antibiotic used in this study.Results: The mean value of relative expression of adeJ of MDRAB and SAB groups was 1.4 and 0.92, respectively, and showed significant differences (P = 0.002). The mean values of relative expression of adeJ of susceptible and non-susceptible groups to the antibiotics cefepime, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, imipenem, meropenem, tigecycline, piperacillin/tazobactam, ticarcillin/clavulanic acid, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, piperacillin, and gentamicin showed statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The overexpression of adeIJK might contribute to the multi-drug resistance in A. baumannii clinical isolates. Further, the overexpression of adeIJK might be one of the factors contributing to the resistance to numerous antibiotics.","PeriodicalId":34065,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Clinical Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5145/acm.2020.23.1.45","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48637784","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}