Choice of ABO Group for Blood Component Transfusion in ABO-Incompatible Solid Organ Transplantation: A Questionnaire Survey in Korea and Guideline Proposal.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylmercury is an organic form of mercury that is highly toxic to humans. Here, we present and establish a novel method to detect methylmercury concentrations in the blood of Koreans. METHODS:Methylmercury concentration was analyzed with an automated methylmercury analytic system (MERX, Brooks Rand Co., U...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Kim BG,Jo EM,Kim GY,Kim DS,Kim YM,Kim RB,Suh BS,Hong YS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report the cytogenetic and clinical manifestations observed in a patient with a rec(20)dup(20p)inv(20)(p11.2q13.3)mat. The patient was a full-term newborn girl with asymmetric intrauterine growth restriction and multiple congenital malformations, including a ventricular septal defect, pulmonary atresia, ambigu...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Kang JE,Park MY,Cheon CK,Lee HD,Hwang SH,Yi J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a major health problem worldwide, and is projected to increase exponentially due to the aging of the population. The absolute fracture risk in individual subjects is calculated by the use of algorithms which include bone mineral density (BMD), age, gender, history of prior fracture and other risk facto...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Lee J,Vasikaran S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We performed surveillance cultures of the surfaces of X-ray cassettes to assess contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). METHODS:The surfaces of 37 X-ray cassettes stored in a radiology department were cultured using mannitol salt agar containing 6 µg/mL oxacillin. Suspected me...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Kim JS,Kim HS,Park JY,Koo HS,Choi CS,Song W,Cho HC,Lee KM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe-based real-time PCR (PNAqPCR™ TB/NTM detection kit; PANAGENE, Korea) assay has been recently developed for the simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in clinical specimens. The study was aimed at evaluation ...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Choi YJ,Kim HJ,Shin HB,Nam HS,Lee SH,Park JS,Park KS,Baek KA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital chloride diarrhea (CLD) is an autosomal recessive disorder with the hallmark of persistent watery Cl(-)-rich diarrhea from birth. Mutations in the solute carrier family 26, member 3 (SLC26A3) gene, which encodes a coupled Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger in the ileum and colon, are known to cause CLD. Although the...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Lee ES,Cho AR,Ki CS

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Niemann Pick disease (NP) is a rare, lysosomal storage disorder due to deficiency of the intra-lysosomal enzyme acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) resulting in intracellular accumulation of sphingomyelin. We evaluated a tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) method to analyze ASM activity in dried blood spots (DBS) that ...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Legnini E,Orsini JJ,Mühl A,Johnson B,Dajnoki A,Bodamer OA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophyllum commune, a basidiomycetous fungus, rarely causes disease in humans. We report a rare case of allergic fungal sinusitis caused by S. commune in a 14-yr-old girl. The patient presented with nasal obstruction and a purulent nasal discharge. Materials obtained during endoscopic surgery of the frontal recess ...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Won EJ,Shin JH,Lim SC,Shin MG,Suh SP,Ryang DW

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated potential correlations between the allele burden of the Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) V617F mutation and clinicohematologic characteristics in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). METHODS:Clinical and hematologic features were reviewed for 103 MPN patients, including patients with ...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Ha JS,Kim YK,Jung SI,Jung HR,Chung IS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the first Korean case of an anti-Gerbich (Ge) alloantibody to a high-incidence antigen that belongs to the Ge blood group system. The alloantibody was detected in a middle-aged Korean woman who did not have a history of transfusion. Her blood type was B+, and findings from the antibody screeni...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Jeon YL,Park TS,Cho SY,Oh SH,Kim MH,Kang SY,Lee WI

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microscopic examination of an appropriately prepared and well-stained blood smear by a knowledgeable laboratory professional is necessary and clinically useful in a number of circumstances and for a variety of reasons. In this article, an attempt is made to delineate the purpose and criteria for blood smear examinat...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Gulati G,Song J,Florea AD,Gong J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present clinical and cytogenetic data on 2 cases of partial trisomy 4p and partial trisomy 14q. Both patients had an extra der(14)t(4;14)(p15.31;q12) chromosome due to a 3:1 segregation from a balanced translocation carrier mother. Array analyses indicated that their chromosomal breakpoints were similar, but there ...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Kim YH,Kim HS,Ryoo NH,Ha JS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate whether CHROMagar Acinetobacter medium (CHROMagar, France) in combination with an antimicrobial supplement (modified CHROMagar Acinetobacter; CHROMagar, France) can be used for detecting and isolating multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter species (MRA) in nasal and rectal surveillance cultu...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Song W,Lee J,Kim TK,Park MJ,Kim HS,Kim JS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingobacterium spiritivorum has been rarely isolated from clinical specimens of immunocompromised patients, and there have been no case reports of S. spiritivorum infection in Korea to our knowledge. We report a case of S. spiritivorum bacteremia in a 68-yr-old woman, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia an...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Koh YR,Kim SY,Chang CL,Shin HJ,Kim KH,Yi J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the occurrence and genetic basis of AmpC β-lactamase (AmpC)-mediated antibiotic resistance, by examining Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis isolates at a university hospital, from 2007 to 2010. The ampC genes were detected by multiplex AmpC PCR, and AmpC-positive strains wer...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Park MJ,Kim TK,Song W,Kim JS,Kim HS,Lee J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the relationship between glycemic control and the HbA1c concentration was demonstrated, many tests have been developed to determine the HbA1c concentration. The test results are standardized to the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) Reference Measurement Procedure (RMP) in harmony with the eff...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Weykamp C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate quantification of mycobacterial load is important to evaluate disease severity and to monitor the course of treatment in tuberculosis (TB). We evaluated the quantitative capability of the AdvanSure TB/NTM real-time PCR kit (LG Life Science, Korea) to determine the cycle threshold (Ct) for mycobacterial burden...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Lee H,Park KG,Lee G,Park J,Park YG,Park YJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbiological laboratories seek technologically innovative solutions to cope with large numbers of samples and limited personnel and financial resources. One platform that has recently become available is the Kiestra Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) system (BD Kiestra B.V., the Netherlands). This fully au...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Mutters NT,Hodiamont CJ,de Jong MD,Overmeijer HP,van den Boogaard M,Visser CE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specific cytogenetic aberrations detected by conventional karyotyping or FISH play a major role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of patients with acute leukemia. The FISH technique enhances the capacity of conventional karyotyping to detect subtle chromosomal aberrations. Multiprobe FISH assay (Cyt...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Kim BR,Choi JL,Kim JE,Woo KS,Kim KH,Kim JM,Kim SH,Han JY

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia (HIL) cause preanalytical interference and vary unpredictably with different analytical equipments and measurement methods. We developed an integrated reporting system for verifying HIL status in order to identify the extent of interference by HIL on clinical chemistry results...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Shin DH,Kim J,Uh Y,Lee SI,Seo DM,Kim KS,Jang JY,Lee MH,Yoon KR,Yoon KJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective treatment and monitoring of tuberculosis (TB) requires biomarkers that can be easily evaluated in blood samples. The aim of this study was to analyze the serum proteome of patients with TB and to identify protein biomarkers for TB. METHODS:Serum samples from 26 TB patients and 31 controls were ana...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Song SH,Han M,Choi YS,Dan KS,Yang MG,Song J,Park SS,Lee JH

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Philadelphia chromosome was the first genetic abnormality discovered in cancer (in 1960), and it was found to be consistently associated with CML. The description of the Philadelphia chromosome ushered in a new era in the field of cancer cytogenetics. Accumulating genetic data have been shown to be intimately asso...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Wan TS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calreticulin (CALR) mutations were recently discovered in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). We studied the frequency and type of CALR mutations and their hematological characteristics. METHODS:A total of 168 MPN patients (36 polycythemia vera [PV], 114 essential thrombocythemia [ET], and 18...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Ha JS,Kim YK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burn wounds lack normal barriers that protect against pathogenic bacteria, and burn patients are easily colonized and infected by Staphylococcus aureus. Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but fatal disease caused by S. aureus. A lack of detectable antibodies to TSS toxin-1 (TSST-1) in serum indicates susce...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Park JY,Kim JS,Woo H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHARGE syndrome MIM #214800 is an autosomal dominant syndrome involving multiple congenital malformations. Clinical symptoms include coloboma, heart defects, choanal atresia, retardation of growth or development, genital hypoplasia, and ear anomalies or deafness. Mutations in the chromodomain helicase DNA binding prot...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Lee SJ,Chae JH,Lee JA,Cho SI,Seo SH,Park H,Seong MW,Park SS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the incidence, clinical characteristics, and prognostic impact of calreticulin (CALR) mutations in essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) patients. In all, 48 ET and 14 PMF patients were enrolled, and the presence of CALR mutations was analyzed by direct sequencing. Patients were c...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Park SH,Kim SY,Lee SM,Yi J,Kim IS,Kim HH,Chang CL,Lee EY,Song MK,Shin HJ,Chung JS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To identify potential molecular prognostic markers in core binding factor (CBF) AML, we analyzed incidences and prognostic impacts of mutations in c-KIT, WT1, CEBPA, CBL, and a number of epigenetic genes in CBF AML. METHODS:Seventy one and 21 AML patients with t(8;21) and inv(16) were enrolled in this study...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Park SH,Lee HJ,Kim IS,Kang JE,Lee EY,Kim HJ,Kim YK,Won JH,Bang SM,Kim H,Song MK,Chung JS,Shin HJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AdvanSure tuberculosis/non-tuberculous mycobacterium (TB/NTM) PCR (LG Life Science, Korea) and COBAS TaqMan Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) PCR (Roche Diagnostics, USA) are commonly used in clinical microbiology laboratories. We aimed to evaluate these two commercial real-time PCR assays for detection of MTB in a...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Cho WH,Won EJ,Choi HJ,Kee SJ,Shin JH,Ryang DW,Suh SP

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic efficacy of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is highly debated because of speculations on the increased risk of transfusion reactions; yet it is a suggested adjuvant therapy in anemic patients with life-threatening hypoxemia. In this study,...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Park SH,Choe WH,Kwon SW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes are artificial DNA analogues with a hydrophobic nature that can penetrate the mycobacterial cell wall. We evaluated a FISH method for simultaneous detection and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in clinical respiratory ...

journal_title：Annals of laboratory medicine

authors： Kim N,Lee SH,Yi J,Chang CL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00