- Blood Cultures: Principles and Practices
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Kim BN
- KMID: 2170197
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):111-116.
Blood cultures are the gold standard for diagnosing bloodstream infections and identifying causative organisms. Every effort should be made to improve diagnostic yield, and obtained results should be interpreted cautiously... -
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- Retraction: Usefulness of Eschar PCR for Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus
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Lee SH, Ahn YJ, Shim SK, Song HJ, Kim DM
- KMID: 2170208
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):180-180.
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- Retraction: Pertussis as a Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Cough in Adults
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Park WB, Park SW, Lee KD, Lee CS, Jang HC, Kim HB, Oh MD, Kim EC, Choe KW
- KMID: 2170209
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):181-181.
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- A Case of Scrub Typhus Complicating Subdural Hematoma
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Moon KM, Han MS, Kim DJ, Lee YD, Cho Y, Na DJ
- KMID: 2170207
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):176-179.
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and manifested with fever, skin rash, myalgia, and hepatitis etc. Most of patients improve with antibiotics such as doxycycline.... -
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- A Case of Infectious Aortitis Causing Recurrent Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia Following Aortic Valve Replacement
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Chong YP, Kim SC, Song EH, Jang EY, Kim EK, Kim YJ, Sung H, Kim MN, Choi SH, Woo JH, Kim YS
- KMID: 2170205
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):168-171.
Infectious aortitis is an uncommon yet, life threatening disease. Early surgical treatment and prolonged antibiotic therapy is crucial to survival. Salmonella sp. and Staphylococcus aureus are the most common organisms... -
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- A Case of Vertebral Osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium intracellulare
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Jang EY, Kim MY, Kim JW, Song EH, Pack KM, Chung YP, Sung H, Kim MN, Kim YS, Woo JH, Lee SO
- KMID: 2170206
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):172-175.
We report a case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium intracellulare in a 60-year-old man without predisposing conditions. He was successfully treated with surgical excision of the inflamed tissue and... -
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- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia in a Hematology Unit: Risk Factors for Mortality and Impact of Adequate Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality
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Jun JB, Choi SH, Lee SR, Jeon MH, Kwon HH, Lee SO, Choi SH, Woo JH, Kim YS
- KMID: 2170200
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):133-141.
BACKGROUND: Vancomycin resistant enterococcal (VRE) bacteremia is increasing among patients with hematologic malignancies. Our study was to determine the clinical characteristics, risk factors for mortality, and effect of adequate antimicrobial... -
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- Therapeutic Response of HAART and Analysis of Related Factors in Korean HIV-infected Persons
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Kim MS, Shin SY, Park YS, Kim YA, Ku NS, Kim JH, Kim YK, Choi JY, Song YG, Kim JM
- KMID: 2170201
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):142-150.
BACKGROUND: Recently, 2.1 persons per day are reported to be HIV infected and totally more than 4,500 HIV infected persons have been officially reported until 2006 in Korea. We started... -
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- Trend of Resistance to the Third Generation Cephalosporin of Gram Negative Bacteria in Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
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Bang JH, Song KH, Park JK, Park WB, Kim SH, Kim HB, Kim NJ, Oh MD, Kim EC, Lee HS, Choe KW
- KMID: 2170204
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):165-167.
The third generation cephalosporin is widely used in treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). Resistance to the third generation cephalosporin was associated with poor outcome in patients with SBP. Thus... -
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- A Clinical Study of Adverse Reactions after Taking Mefloquine
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Lee HJ, Park TS, Kim SS, Kim KE, Bang JH, Shin HS, Kim JY
- KMID: 2170203
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):159-164.
BACKGROUND: Mefloquine is widely used for a chemoprophylactic agent against malaria, however, there is a tendency to avoid mefloquine as preventive medicine due to its side effects. Therefore, we carried... -
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- Antibiotic Prescription by Primary Care Physicians for Upper Respiratory Infections
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Chung HJ, Lee HJ, Kim ES, Lee JS, Chung MH
- KMID: 2170199
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):125-132.
BACKGROUND: Upper respiratory infections (URIs) are common benign illnesses that are associated with significant economic burden, adverse effects of medications, and antimicrobial resistance. These effects have been evaluated chiefly at... -
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- The Characteristics of Patients Referred to an Infectious Diseases Physician in a Community-Based Hospital in Korea
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Park SW
- KMID: 2170198
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):117-124.
BACKGROUND: The infectious diseases physicians will increasingly make their way into the community. But there is few data about the role of the infectious diseases physicians in the community in... -
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- In Vitro Susceptibilities of Clinical Isolates of Aspergillus Species against Echinocandins
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Lee JS, Shin JH, Jung SI, Park KH, Choi HW, Cho D, Kee SJ, Kim SH, Shin MG, Suh SP, Ryang DW
- KMID: 2170202
- Infect Chemother.
- 2007 Jun;39(3):151-158.
BACKGROUND: Echinocandins are a new class of antifungal agents with potent in vitro and in vivo activities against Aspergillus species. We investigated the in vitro activity of caspofungin and micafungin... -
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