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We conducted environmental cultures for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) to evaluate the environmental contamination around patients with CPE. CPE was detected in the environmental cultures of four of the nine intensive...
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 Serological typing has been replaced by emm genotyping...
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of three medical detergents against bacteria and yeast-derived biofilms.
Methods: The biofilm removal efficacy of Empower TM (Metrex, USA), Cidezyme TM (Johnson and...
Human taeniasis is presumed to have almost disappeared from Korea. Recently, we incidentally detected a Taenia saginata infection in an 8-year-old boy undergoing lymphoma diagnosis. The patient had been suffering...
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...
Background: Rifampin plays an important role in tuberculosis treatment. In recent years, the introduction of molecular testing techniques has enabled the rapid detection of rifampin resistance, leading to discrepancies with...
Background: Early prediction of bacteremia is important because sepsis may develop if bacteremia is not treated in time. We aimed to determine whether blood tests are clinically useful in predicting...
Background: Blood culture (BC) systems have evolved to increase sensitivity and reduce turnaround times. This study compared the performance of a 4-day versus a 5-day BC incubation period using the...