Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Molecular and Microbiological Characteristics of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Harboring CTX-M-55 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2025.028… Ann Lab Med 2026;46(3). Heejeong Kwon #BetaLactamaseCTXM55 #DrugResistanceBacterial #EscherichiaColi

White Blood Cell Counting in Severely Leukopenic Samples on a Sysmex XN Hematology Analyzer: Analytical Performance Evaluation of Whole Blood Mode and Low White Blood Cell Mode 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.022… Ann Lab Med. October 16, 2026. Jongho Yi #Leukopenia #LowWhiteBloodCellMode

Commutability Assessment of Materials for Serum Copper Measurement Using the IFCC Difference-in-Bias and the CLSI EP30 Approaches 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.011… Ann Lab Med. October 14, 2026. Mengyu Xu #Commutability #ExternalQualityAssessment #MaterialCharacterization #SerumCopper

Calprotectin as a Prognostic Marker for Sepsis Independent of Renal Dysfunction 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.011… Ann Lab Med. October 13, 2026. Youjin Chang #Biomarkers #Calprotectin #HospitalMortality #Presepsin #Prognosis #Sepsis #TreatmentOutcomes

PseudoRA: A Novel Pseudogene ReAligner for Detecting SBDS Variants in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.023… Ann Lab Med. October 8, 2026. Yu Jin Park #Misalignment #NextGenerationSequencing #Pseudogene #SBDS #ShwachmanDiamondSyndrome

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pleural Effusion and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid-Based Circulating Tumor DNA Testing in Lung Cancer 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.030… Ann Lab Med. October 8, 2026. Jaewoong Lee #BronchoalveolarLavageFluid #CirculatingTumorDNA #Guideline #LiquidBiopsy

Clinical Evaluation of the Utility of Machine Learning-Based Subtype Classifiers of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Identifying Cryptic and Novel Fusions 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.012… Ann Lab Med. October 7, 2026. Seoyoung Lim #AcuteLymphoblasticLeukemia #GeneExpressionProfile

Plasma Long Non-coding RNAs for Molecular Diagnosis of Colon Cancer: A Validated Multivariable Model 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.029… Ann Lab Med. October 7, 2026. Madalin Alexandru Cobzariu #ColonicNeoplasms #EarlyDetectionOfCancer #LiquidBiopsy #LongNonCodingRNA #StatisticalModels

Nationwide Multicenter Laboratory-Based Analysis of Varicella-Zoster Virus IgG and IgM Seropositivity in Korea, 2014–2024 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.000… Ann Lab Med. September 23, 2026. Hae In Bang #Immunity #Korea #Seroprevalence #VaricellaZosterVirus

Cord Blood Quality and Banking Predictors Across Three Regulatory Phases: A Retrospective Study of 73,925 Units Collected over a 20-yr Period 🌷doi.org/10.3343/alm.2026.016… Ann Lab Med. September 17, 2026. Eun Youn Roh #CordBloodBanking #HematopoieticStemCellTransplantation