- Bacteremia Caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum with a Novel Mutation in gyrA Gene that Confers High-Level Quinolone Resistance
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Yoon S, Kim H, Lee Y, Kim S
- KMID: 1096660
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):47-48.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.47
Although Corynebacterium amycolatum can cause opportunistic infections, it is commonly considered as contaminant. In this report, we present a case of bacteremia caused by C. amycolatum with a novel mutation... -
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- Distribution of Virulence Genes in spa Types of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Patients in Intensive Care Units
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Kim T, Yi J, Hong KH, Park JS, Kim EC
- KMID: 1096657
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):30-36.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.30
BACKGROUND: Various virulence factors and superantigens are encoded by mobile genetic elements. The relationship between clonal background and virulence factors differs in different geographic regions. We compared the distribution and... -
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- A Case of Monoclonal Gammopathy in Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of the Small Intestine
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Kim DY, Kim YS, Huh HJ, Choi JS, Yeo JS, Kwak BS, Chae SL
- KMID: 1096655
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):18-21.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.18
Monoclonal gammopathy occurs in one-third of the patients with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT lymphoma). However, monoclonal gammopathy has been rarely reported in Korea. Paraprotenemia accompanying MALT lymphoma is strongly... -
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- Clinical, Biochemical and Genetic Analyses in Two Korean Patients with Medium-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
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Woo HI, Park HD, Lee YW, Lee DH, Ki CS, Lee SY, Kim JW
- KMID: 1096662
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):54-60.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.54
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) is an autosomal recessive hereditary metabolic disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation. It is characterized by hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, seizure, coma, and sudden infant death... -
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- Plant Root Hair in Tap Water: A Potential Cause for Diagnostic Confusion
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Shakoor S, Wasay M, Zafar A, Beg MA
- KMID: 1096659
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):44-46.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.44
Plant root hairs are commonly found artifacts in parasitology specimens and may be confused with helminthes by an untrained eye. We report a case of brain tuberculoma where the tissue... -
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- Utility of ELISA Optical Density Values and Clinical Scores for the Diagnosis of and Thrombosis Prediction in Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia
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Kim SY, Kim HK, Han KS, Kim I, Yoon SS, Park S, Kim BK
- KMID: 1096652
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):1-8.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.1
BACKGROUND: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an adverse drug reaction caused by antibodies to the heparin/platelet factor 4 (PF4) complex, resulting in thrombocytopenia and prothrombotic state. HIT diagnosis is challenging and... -
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- Application of Single-nucleotide Polymorphism and Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analyses to Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Korea
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Choi GE, Jang MH, Cho HJ, Lee SM, Yi J, Lee EY, Chang CL, Kim YD, Kim MB
- KMID: 1096658
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):37-43.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.37
BACKGROUND: Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis is a powerful strategy for large-scale molecular population studies examining phylogenetic relationships among bacterial strains. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) can... -
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- The Effects of Anti-insulin Antibodies and Cross-reactivity with Human Recombinant Insulin Analogues in the E170 Insulin Immunometric Assay
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Kim S, Yun YM, Hur M, Moon HW, Kim JQ
- KMID: 1096656
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):22-29.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.22
BACKGROUND: Insulin assays are affected by varying degrees of interference from anti-insulin antibodies (IAs) and by cross-reactivity with recombinant insulin analogues. We evaluated the usefulness of the E170 insulin assay... -
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- Miller-Dieker Syndrome with der(17)t(12;17)(q24.33;p13.3)pat Presenting with a Potential Risk of Mis-identification as a de novo Submicroscopic Deletion of 17p13.3
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Kim YJ, Byun SY, Jo SA, Shin YB, Cho EH, Lee EY, Hwang SH
- KMID: 1096661
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):49-53.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.49
Miller-Dieker syndrome involves a severe type of lissencephaly, which is caused by defects in the lissencephaly gene (LIS1). We report the case of a female infant with der(17)t(12;17)(q24.33;p13.3)pat caused by... -
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- Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Presenting with Central Nervous System Involvement: A Report of 2 Cases
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Ji M, Chi HS, Jang S, Park CJ, Lee JH, Seo JJ
- KMID: 1096653
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):9-12.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.9
Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is rare, and the presence of CNS symptoms at the time of diagnosis of APL is even rarer. We report... -
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- A Case of Therapy-related Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with t(11;19)(q23;p13.3) and MLL/MLLT1 Gene Rearrangement
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Yoo BJ, Nam MH, Sung HJ, Lim CS, Lee CK, Cho YJ, Lee KN, Yoon SY
- KMID: 1096654
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jan;31(1):13-17.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.13
Therapy-related ALL (t-ALL) is a rare secondary leukemia that develops after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for primary malignancies. Chromosomal 11q23 abnormalities are the most common karyotypic alterations in t-ALL. The t(11;19)(q23;p13)... -
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