Jo Seon-young

S. boulardii improved IBS-QOL better than placebo but was not superior for individual symptoms in patients with diarrhea-predominant IBS or mixed-type IBS.

A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of levofloxacin in the treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia. The 30-day mortality rates were similar between the trimerthoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and levofloxacin treatment groups. Adverse events related to antibiotics occurred more frequently in patients receiving TMP-SMX, and recurrent bacteremia due to levofloxacin-resistant S. maltophilia strains developed in patients treated with levofloxacin. Our data sugg

To the Editor: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae are being reported worldwide. Travel, medical tourism, and cross-border transfer of patients might play a role in the spread of these bacteria (1,2). Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing New Delhi metallo--lactamase 5 (NDM-5) and oxacillinase 181 (OXA-181) carbapenemases was detected in South Korea in 2014.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has emerged as an important cause of healthcare-associated infection. CA-MRSA clones have replaced classic hospital MRSA clones in many countries and have shown higher potential in transmission and virulence than hospital MRSA clones. In particular, the emergence of CA-MRSA in the Asia-Pacific region is concerning owing to insufficient infection control measures in the region. The old strategies for infection prevention a

OBJECTIVE: To verify the validity of a semiautomated surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance system using electronic screening algorithms in 38 categories of surgery. DESIGN: A cohort study for validation of semiautomated SSI surveillance system using screening algorithms. SETTING: A 1,989-bed tertiary-care referral center in Seoul, Republic of Korea. METHODS: A dataset of 40,516 surgical procedures in 38 categories stored in the conventional SSI surveillance registry at the Samsung Medical C

Despite the remarkable emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131), the clinical features and outcomes of infections caused by ST131 remain poorly described. From 2011 to 2012, we collected ESBL-producing E. coli isolates from patients with bloodstream infections in 13 hospitals in Korea and compared clinical characteristics and outcomes between ST131 and non-ST131 clones. Of the 110 ESBL-producing isolates, the most common ST was ST131

To better understand extensively drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, we assessed clinical and microbiological characteristics of 5 extensively drug-resistant pneumococcal isolates. We concluded that long-term care facility residents who had undergone tracheostomy might be reservoirs of these pneumococci; 13- and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccines should be considered for high-risk persons; and antimicrobial drugs should be used judiciously.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) screening policy change on the incidence of healthcare-associated (HA)-VRE bacteremia in an endemic hospital setting. DESIGN: A quasi-experimental before-and-after study. SETTING: A 1,989-bed tertiary-care referral center in Seoul, Republic of Korea. METHODS: Since May 2010, our hospital has diminished VRE screening for admitted patients transferred from other healthcare facilities. We assessed the impact of this poli

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of targeted interventions on trends in central line-associated bloodstream infection. DESIGN: A before-and-after study between January 2013 and September 2014. SETTING: Tertiary hospital in the Republic of Korea. PATIENTS: All patients with central-line catheters in the hospital. INTERVENTIONS: In September 2013, interventions that targeted central line insertion practices were implemented in 10 ICUs, including compliance monitoring with a central line insertion p

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of perfectionism of art high school students in dance major on dance stress and dance confidence. The conclusions drawn were: First, perfectionism of students majoring in dance influenced on dance stress significantly. Second, the perfectionism of students majoring in dance influenced on the dance confidence significantly. Third, dance stress of students majoring in dance influenced on dance confidence significantly.