Publications by authors named "Sang Sook Hong"
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- - The study examined the quality and viability of umbilical cord blood (CB) units stored for up to 8 years, focusing on early apoptosis and overall cell health after thawing.
- - Results showed that CD34+ cells had the highest viability (94.1%) post-thaw, while total nucleated cells (TNCs) had the lowest (78.8%), indicating that different cell types respond differently to long-term storage.
- - The findings suggest that the viability of CD34+ cells remains consistent with fresh CB, and the rates of necrosis or apoptosis do not increase during storage, which is promising for future transplants using stored CB.
Emerging resistance to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (SXT) poses a serious threat to the treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections. We determined the prevalence and molecular characteristics of acquired SXT resistance in recent clinical S. maltophilia isolates obtained from Korea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we report the first outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from three patients admitted to a neurosurgery department in a South Korean teaching hospital. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the isolates were identical to the previous KPC producers in South Korea and other countries, suggesting clonal spread.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, there have been increasing reports of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korea. The modified Hodge test can be used as a phenotypic screening test for class A carbapenamase (CAC)-producing clinical isolates; however, it does not distinguish between carbapenemase types. The confirmation of type of CAC is important to ensure optimal therapy and to prevent transmission.
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