- A questionnaire Survey of HLA laboratories in Korea (2005)
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Lim JH, Hwang SH, Oh HB
- KMID: 2305427
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):425-433.
BACKGROUND: As unrelated bone marrow transplantation is rapidly increasing and organ sharing network is becoming solidly instituted in Korea, it is getting more important to make standardization between laboratories performing... -
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- Practice Characteristics and Relative Value of Laboratory Physician's Work
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Cha YJ, Kim DW, Kim JW, Min WK, Park Q, Park MJ, Song J, Lee WG, Lim HS, Hwang YS
- KMID: 2305434
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):477-488.
BACKGROUND: The Korean Medical Association intends to determine the relative value of physician's work separately from the total relative value scale for each medical or surgical procedure. This study was... -
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- A Case of Acute Erythroleukemia in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient
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Yi J, Lee DS, Park MH, Cho HI
- KMID: 2305419
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):385-388.
We report a case of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) developed in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient, which is a very rare event. The subtype of AML was initially determined as... -
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- Analysis of Simultaneous Positivity to Multiple Allergens on MAST CLA Test
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Kim HS, Kim DJ, Lee SG
- KMID: 2305430
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):448-456.
BACKGROUND: Allergic patients showing a simultaneously positive reaction to multiple allergens are frequently found. The purpose of this study was to analyze the pattern of simultaneously positive results to the... -
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- Installation of Data Management System for Point-of-care Blood Gas Analyzers using Local Area Network
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Cha CH, Lee W, Lee YW, Kim YC, Kim YH, Chun S, Park CJ, Chi HS, Min WK
- KMID: 2305433
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):471-476.
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care (POC) testing is expanding because of the many advantages, such as faster turnaround time, immediate decision making and patient management. However, POC testing has problems; poor maintenance and... -
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- Polymorphism of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene and the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Yoo SJ, Shim EH, Kang SY, Jang S, Seo EJ, Park CJ, Chi HS
- KMID: 2305418
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):379-384.
BACKGROUND: The polymorphisms, C677T and A1298C in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene express a decreased enzyme activity. These polymorphic variants are known to decrease the risk of some malignancies. We... -
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- Frequency of Legionella Infection in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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Lee DD, Song EJ, Lee SM, Lee EY, Kim YS, Lee MK, Kim JM, Lee HK, Chang CL
- KMID: 2305425
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):416-420.
BACKGROUND: Legionella spp. cannot be cultivated in routine bacterial culture media, causing underdiagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to this microorganism. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the... -
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- Evaluation of the detectability of Vitek II System for Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococci
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Lee SH, Jang SJ, Moon DS, Park YJ, Ahn GY, Han HL, Chaulagain BP, Jeong OY
- KMID: 2305423
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):406-410.
BACKGROUND: While broth based antimicrobial susceptibility test methods work well for the detection of the majority of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, antimicrobial resistance mechanism in some microorganisms may not be detected... -
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- A Reestablished Reference Interval of Plasma Anion Gap Minimizing Preanalytical Errors
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Baek EJ, Park IK
- KMID: 2305421
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):394-398.
BACKGROUND: The reference interval of anion gap established in the 1970s has been changing as the method of electrolyte measurement changes. It is also influenced by preanalytical errors. But there... -
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- A Case of Disseminated Infection Due to Scedosporium apiospermum in a Liver-transplantation Recipient
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Chung JW, Park SJ, Sung H, Kim MN, Kim BS, Lee SG
- KMID: 2305426
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):421-424.
Scedosporium apiospermum, an anamorph of Pseudallescheria boydii, is a ubiquitous saprophytic mold. Now a day, S. apiospermum is an emerging pathogen related to a significant morbidity and high mortality in... -
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- In Vitro Activities of Cefatrizine-Clavulanic Acid against Gram-Negative Bacilli Isolated from Community-acquired Urinary Track Infection
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Roh KH, Yum JH, Yong D, Choi SH, Rhee JK, Yoo M, Lee K, Chong Y
- KMID: 2305424
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):411-415.
BACKGROUND: A high proportion of currently isolated gram-negative bacilli are resistant to beta-lactams by producing beta-lactamases. beta-lactam and beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations have been successfully used to overcome the resistance. In... -
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- HLA Typing Proficiency Survey in Korea, 2003-2004
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Lim JH, Hwang SH, Oh HB
- KMID: 2305428
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):434-441.
BACKGROUND: HLA proficiency survey in Korea started in 1996 and the results of the survey were last reported in 1999. In this report, we summarized the results of the survey... -
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- Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Mutants
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Cha YJ
- KMID: 2305429
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):442-447.
BACKGROUND: Mutation in the "a" determinant of HBsAg can alter the hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) affinity to anti-HBs, which might escape detection by HBsAg immunoassays. This study was... -
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- Quantitation of the Percentage of Reticulated Platelets to Diagnose the Cause of Thrombocytopenia
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Cho YG, Kim JH, Kim DS, Choi SI, Lee HS
- KMID: 2305416
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):365-372.
BACKGROUND: Since reticulated platelets (RP), known to be newly released from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow into the blood, contain RNA in their cytoplasm, we can detect them by staining... -
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- Evaluation of Architect Total PSA Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Diagnosing Prostate Cancer
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Seo S, Cho S, Hong K
- KMID: 2305420
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):389-393.
BACKGROUND: Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) is used as a marker for early diagnosis, monitoring of therapy, and detection of recurrence of the prostatic tumor or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).... -
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- Correction Algorithm of Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping
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Oh BJ, Cho D, Kee SJ, Shin MG, Shin JH, Suh SP, Ryang DW
- KMID: 2305417
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):373-378.
BACKGROUND: Pseudothrombocytopenia is a phenomenon that automated hematology analyzers calculate platelets at a spuriously low count. The most common cause of this phenomenon is platelet clumping. Several methods such as... -
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- Influences of Genetic Polymorphisms of Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1, and N-acetyltransferase 2 on Colorectal Cancer Risk
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Jeong SY, Kim HJ, Lee JK, Chang YH, Hong YJ, Hong SI, Moon SM, Hwang DY
- KMID: 2305432
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):465-470.
BACKGROUND: Inherited polymorphisms that affect carcinogen metabolism may influence the risk for the development of colorectal cancer. This study was performed to evaluate the potential association between glutathione S-transferase M1... -
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- Production of VIM-2 Type Metallo-beta-Lactamase in Urinary Isolates of Providencia rettgeri
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Kim J, Shin KS
- KMID: 2305422
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):399-405.
BACKGROUND: VIM-2 type metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing strains are presently spreading to Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp. and even to Enterobacteriaceae such as Serratia marcescens, Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korea.... -
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- Ex Vivo Generation of RBCs from CD34+ Cells in Human Umbilical Cord Blood and Expression Profile Analysis Using Microarray
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Kim CK, Rhee J, Park KI, Kim HS, Lyu CJ, Rha SY, Kim HO
- KMID: 2305431
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2005 Dec;25(6):457-464.
BACKGROUND: In this study, we attempted to generate RBCs from CD34+ cells in cord blood using a 3-step culture protocol and also evaluated a change in immunophenotypic characteristics and expression... -
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