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abstract:BACKGROUND:Although single antigen bead assays (SAB) are approved qualitative tests, the median fluorescence intensity (MFI) values obtained from SAB are frequently used in combination with quantitative significances for diagnostic purposes. To gauge the reproducibility of SAB results, we assessed the interlaboratory v...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2015.35.3.321
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To rapidly obtain outpatient results, we use plasma separation tubes (PST) for chemistry analysis. If lactate dehydrogenase measurement is required, serum separation tubes (SST) are used. There has been no evaluation of hemolysis with these tubes. We compared the hemolytic index (HI) obtained by using PST an...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2015.35.2.194
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are reported to be the leading cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections. Staphylococcus pettenkoferi is a novel member of CoNS that was first isolated from the human blood and bursitis wound in 2002. We have reported cases of 6 S. pettenkoferi strains isolated from blood speci...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2015.35.2.250
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the leading causes of sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. Since no simple and effective tool exists to diagnose C. trachomatis infections, we evaluated a novel point-of-care (POC) test, aQcare Chlamydia TRF kit, which uses europium-chelated nanoparticles and...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2015.35.1.50
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The impact of HLA and KIR ligand mismatching on the outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains unclear. Previous reports have identified considerable ethnic differences in the impact of HLA and KIR ligand mismatches, as well as KIR ligand status, on HSCT; however, to date, no data has ...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2015.35.1.111
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate a newly developed PCR-based reverse blot hybridization assay (PCR-REBA), REBA Sepsis-ID (M&D, Wonju, Korea), to rapidly detect the presence of bacteremia and antimicrobial resistance gene in blood culture samples. METHODS:One thousand four hundred consecutive blood cult...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2014.34.6.446
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::There have been a number of studies about correlations between HLA genotypes in various ethnic groups and occurrence of various cutaneous adverse drug reactions, ranging in intensity from mild to severe, caused by antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). This is the first report analyzing the HLA genotypes of 9 Korean patients wit...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2014.34.5.372
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Procalcitonin (PCT) is used as a biomarker for the diagnosis of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock. At the same time, PCT has also been used to guide antibiotic therapy. This review outlines the main indications for PCT measurement and points out possible pitfalls. The classic indications for PCT measurement are: ...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3343/alm.2014.34.4.263
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Most immune reactions related to transfusion and transplantation are caused by IgM ABO antibodies. However, IgG also plays an important role in these reactions. Therefore, a method to measure antibodies, including IgG, is necessary. We investigated ABO antibody titers of healthy individuals using a column ag...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2014.34.3.223
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We aimed to observe antimicrobial resistance patterns and integron carriage of Escherichia coli isolates causing community-acquired infections. Two hundred sixty-eight E. coli strains were obtained from outpatients with various infections at different polyclinics at the 82nd Year of State Hospital in Rize, Turkey. Sus...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2014.34.2.139
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:ChromID Clostridium difficile agar (IDCd; bioMérieux SA, France) is a recently developed chromogenic medium for rapid and specific isolation of C. difficile. We compared the performance of IDCd with that of Clostridium difficile Selective Agar (CDSA). METHODS:A total of 530 fresh stool specimens were collec...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2014.34.1.15
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Clarithromycin, amoxicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, and levofloxacin have been commonly used for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori. We compared the change in antibiotic resistance of H. pylori strains during two separate periods and investigated the effect of antibiotic resistance on H. pylori era...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2013.33.6.415
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Biomarkers have an essential role in diagnosis, risk stratification, guiding management and clinical decision making in the setting of patients presenting with signs and symptoms of MI. Cardiac troponin (cTn) rose to prominence during the...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3343/alm.2013.33.5.309
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We reviewed patients with multiple myeloma (MM) in order to assess the incidence of genetic abnormalities and their associations with clinical parameters, risk groups, and prognosis. METHODS:A total of 130 patients with MM were enrolled. The incidences of genetic abnormalities were determined in all patient...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2013.33.4.248
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::ABO discrepancy refers to an inconsistency between red cell and serum typings and has various causes, including hypogammaglobulinemia. IgM deficiency is a rare disorder that may accompany several conditions such as infection and autoimmune disorders. Here, we describe a case of IgM deficiency discovered during the eva...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2013.33.3.208
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:D-dimer is used widely as a diagnostic aid in low- and moderate-risk patients with suspected venous thromboembolism (VTE). While our laboratory utilizes VIDAS D-dimer analyzer (bioMérieux SA, France), our emergency department (ED) recently procured a D-dimer analyzer AQT90 FLEX (Radiometer Medical ApS, Denma...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2013.33.1.34
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This study was aimed to investigate the genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance profile of the nosocomial infection agent Acinetobacter baumannii from a medical intensive care unit (ICU) in a teaching hospital in Suzhou, China. METHODS:The genetic relationship among A. baumannii isolates in an ICU was i...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2012.32.6.413
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Many laboratories use 4 delta check methods: delta difference, delta percent change, rate difference, and rate percent change. However, guidelines regarding decision criteria for selecting delta check methods have not yet been provided. We present new decision criteria for selecting delta check methods for e...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2012.32.5.345
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In the past, ABO incompatibility was an absolute contraindication for solid organ transplantation. However, multiple recent trials have suggested strategies for overcoming the reactions between graft antigens and recipient antibodies that cause graft rejection. In this study, we determined the usefulness of ...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2012.32.4.283
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We developed a single-color multitarget flow cytometry (SM-FC) assay, a single-tube assay with graded mean fluorescence intensities (MFIs). We evaluated the repeatability of SM-FC, and its correlation with multicolor flow cytometry (MFC), to assess its application as a routine FC assay. METHODS:We selected ...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2012.32.3.171
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Candidemia due to uncommon Candida spp. appears to be increasing in incidence. C. dubliniensis has been increasingly recovered from individuals not infected with HIV. Identification of C. dubliniensis can be problematic in routine clinical practice due to its phenotypic resemblance to C. albicans. We report the first ...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2012.32.3.225
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Differentiation of atypical pathogens is important for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In this study, we compared sputum and nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) for use in detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP), Chlamydophila pneumoniae (CP), and Legionella pneumophila (LP), using Seeplex PneumoBacter ACE Detect...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2012.32.2.133
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Narcolepsy is a neurologic disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, symptoms of abnormal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and a strong association with HLA-DRB1*1501, -DQA1*0102, and -DQB1*0602. Here, we investigated the clinico-physical characteristics of Korean patients with narcolepsy, their...
journal_title:Annals of laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3343/alm.2012.32.1.57
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00