Dear Editor, Rhodotorula species, belonging to the family Sporidiobolaceae, are yeasts that are present in the environment and can cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients [1, 2]. Among Rhodotorula ...

The Di(a+b-) phenotype is extremely rare among Caucacians and mostly confined to mongoloids. The clinical significance of anti-Di b is incompletely recognized. The authors report here a mild case of hemolytic disease of ...

Rothia 종은 호기성 그람양성구균으로 Micrococcaceae 과에 속하며, 사람의 구인두 및 상부 호흡기의 정상 세균총이다. Rothia mucilaginosa에 의한 뇌출혈을 동반한 인공판막 심내막염 국내 첫 증례가 확인되었기에 보고한다. 인공 대동맥판막 수술력이 있는 65세 남자 환자가 발열을 주소로 본원 감염내과 외래에 내원하였다. 발열 후 30일째 시행된 혈액배양검사 중 한쌍에서 ...

Sickle cell disease and b-thalassemia are caused by abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) derived from mutation of the HBB gene encoding b-globin. Compound heterozygous status for both mutations results in Hb S/b-thalassemia (sickle- ...

Dear editor, Synchronous primary lung cancer occurs in only 0.5% of pa- tients with lung cancer, and coexistence of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been reported in a very small ...

Most clinical laboratories utilize automated hematology analyzers for complete blood cell count (CBC). The CBC, including white blood cells (WBCs), is critical to determine patients’ clinical status; therefore, these results ...

Dear Editor, Although therapy-related acute leukemia (tAL) is a well-recognized clinical syndrome and is increasing owing to the prolonged survival of patients treated with chemoradiotherapy [1], tAL with mixed phenotype ...