Background: Employees with depression have complex and serious health consequences, not only for them, including reduced quality of life, but also for businesses and society, leading to social costs such as reduced productivity. This study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms and related factors among public enterprise employees in Naju Innovation City, Korea. Methods: We investigated the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics of 1,061 public enterprise employees. Depression, anxiety, and occupational burnout were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, respectively. Furthermore, the impact of factors on depressive symptoms was examined using a logistic regression model. Results: The prevalence of overall depressive symptoms was 11.9%. High anxiety (odds ratio [OR]=12.19; 95% confidence interval [CI]=7.17-20.76; p<0.001) and exhaustion (OR=2.79; 95% CI=1.81-4.40; p<0.001) levels were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion Anxiety symptoms and exhaustion were the most important factors related to depressive symptoms among the public enterprise employees. Hence, when providing an employee assistance program, the psychosocial vulnerability factors of workers with depressive symptoms should be thoroughly addressed.2

Prototheca wickerhamii is an achlorophyllic algae that rarely acts as an opportunistic pathogen in humans. We report the case of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of diabetes mellitus who presented with a pus-like discharge from face, facial redness, and swelling. The patient was admitted to the emergency room with worsening facial pain. Gram staining from pus-like discharge revealed yeast like features; however, an isolated colony on a blood agar plate was not identified using VITEK 2 (Biomerieux) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) using VITEK MS (Biomerieux). Lactophenol cotton blue staining of the colony revealed characteristic sporangia and endospore features. After performing the protein extraction procedure for filamentous fungi (mold) isolates using ethanol and formic acid, MALDI-TOF MS identified the colony as Prototheca wickerhamii, with 99.9% confidence. This case indicates that Prototheca spp.require specialized sample preparation steps, such as the ethanol/formic acid extraction procedure, for identification using MALDI-TOF MS.

Background: Employees with depression have complex and serious health consequences, not only for them, including reduced quality of life, but also for businesses and society, leading to social costs such as reduced productivity. This study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms and related factors among public enterprise employees in Naju Innovation City, Korea. Methods: We investigated the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics of 1,061 public enterprise employees. Depression, anxiety, and occupational burnout were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, respectively. Furthermore, the impact of factors on depressive symptoms was examined using a logistic regression model. Results: The prevalence of overall depressive symptoms was 11.9%. High anxiety (odds ratio [OR]=12.19; 95% confidence interval [CI]=7.17-20.76; p<0.001) and exhaustion (OR=2.79; 95% CI=1.81-4.40; p<0.001) levels were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion Anxiety symptoms and exhaustion were the most important factors related to depressive symptoms among the public enterprise employees. Hence, when providing an employee assistance program, the psychosocial vulnerability factors of workers with depressive symptoms should be thoroughly addressed.2

Background: Employees with depression have complex and serious health consequences, not only for them, including reduced quality of life, but also for businesses and society, leading to social costs such as reduced productivity. This study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms and related factors among public enterprise employees in Naju Innovation City, Korea. Methods: We investigated the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics of 1,061 public enterprise employees. Depression, anxiety, and occupational burnout were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, respectively. Furthermore, the impact of factors on depressive symptoms was examined using a logistic regression model. Results: The prevalence of overall depressive symptoms was 11.9%. High anxiety (odds ratio [OR]=12.19; 95% confidence interval [CI]=7.17-20.76; p<0.001) and exhaustion (OR=2.79; 95% CI=1.81-4.40; p<0.001) levels were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion Anxiety symptoms and exhaustion were the most important factors related to depressive symptoms among the public enterprise employees. Hence, when providing an employee assistance program, the psychosocial vulnerability factors of workers with depressive symptoms should be thoroughly addressed.2

Prototheca wickerhamii is an achlorophyllic algae that rarely acts as an opportunistic pathogen in humans. We report the case of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of diabetes mellitus who presented with a pus-like discharge from face, facial redness, and swelling. The patient was admitted to the emergency room with worsening facial pain. Gram staining from pus-like discharge revealed yeast like features; however, an isolated colony on a blood agar plate was not identified using VITEK 2 (Biomerieux) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) using VITEK MS (Biomerieux). Lactophenol cotton blue staining of the colony revealed characteristic sporangia and endospore features. After performing the protein extraction procedure for filamentous fungi (mold) isolates using ethanol and formic acid, MALDI-TOF MS identified the colony as Prototheca wickerhamii, with 99.9% confidence. This case indicates that Prototheca spp.require specialized sample preparation steps, such as the ethanol/formic acid extraction procedure, for identification using MALDI-TOF MS.

Prototheca wickerhamii is an achlorophyllic algae that rarely acts as an opportunistic pathogen in humans. We report the case of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of diabetes mellitus who presented with a pus-like discharge from face, facial redness, and swelling. The patient was admitted to the emergency room with worsening facial pain. Gram staining from pus-like discharge revealed yeast like features; however, an isolated colony on a blood agar plate was not identified using VITEK 2 (Biomerieux) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) using VITEK MS (Biomerieux). Lactophenol cotton blue staining of the colony revealed characteristic sporangia and endospore features. After performing the protein extraction procedure for filamentous fungi (mold) isolates using ethanol and formic acid, MALDI-TOF MS identified the colony as Prototheca wickerhamii, with 99.9% confidence. This case indicates that Prototheca spp.require specialized sample preparation steps, such as the ethanol/formic acid extraction procedure, for identification using MALDI-TOF MS.

Background: Employees with depression have complex and serious health consequences, not only for them, including reduced quality of life, but also for businesses and society, leading to social costs such as reduced productivity. This study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms and related factors among public enterprise employees in Naju Innovation City, Korea. Methods: We investigated the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics of 1,061 public enterprise employees. Depression, anxiety, and occupational burnout were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, respectively. Furthermore, the impact of factors on depressive symptoms was examined using a logistic regression model. Results: The prevalence of overall depressive symptoms was 11.9%. High anxiety (odds ratio [OR]=12.19; 95% confidence interval [CI]=7.17-20.76; p<0.001) and exhaustion (OR=2.79; 95% CI=1.81-4.40; p<0.001) levels were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion Anxiety symptoms and exhaustion were the most important factors related to depressive symptoms among the public enterprise employees. Hence, when providing an employee assistance program, the psychosocial vulnerability factors of workers with depressive symptoms should be thoroughly addressed.2

Prototheca wickerhamii is an achlorophyllic algae that rarely acts as an opportunistic pathogen in humans. We report the case of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of diabetes mellitus who presented with a pus-like discharge from face, facial redness, and swelling. The patient was admitted to the emergency room with worsening facial pain. Gram staining from pus-like discharge revealed yeast like features; however, an isolated colony on a blood agar plate was not identified using VITEK 2 (Biomerieux) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) using VITEK MS (Biomerieux). Lactophenol cotton blue staining of the colony revealed characteristic sporangia and endospore features. After performing the protein extraction procedure for filamentous fungi (mold) isolates using ethanol and formic acid, MALDI-TOF MS identified the colony as Prototheca wickerhamii, with 99.9% confidence. This case indicates that Prototheca spp.require specialized sample preparation steps, such as the ethanol/formic acid extraction procedure, for identification using MALDI-TOF MS.

Prototheca wickerhamii is an achlorophyllic algae that rarely acts as an opportunistic pathogen in humans. We report the case of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of diabetes mellitus who presented with a pus-like discharge from face, facial redness, and swelling. The patient was admitted to the emergency room with worsening facial pain. Gram staining from pus-like discharge revealed yeast like features; however, an isolated colony on a blood agar plate was not identified using VITEK 2 (Biomerieux) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) using VITEK MS (Biomerieux). Lactophenol cotton blue staining of the colony revealed characteristic sporangia and endospore features. After performing the protein extraction procedure for filamentous fungi (mold) isolates using ethanol and formic acid, MALDI-TOF MS identified the colony as Prototheca wickerhamii, with 99.9% confidence. This case indicates that Prototheca spp.require specialized sample preparation steps, such as the ethanol/formic acid extraction procedure, for identification using MALDI-TOF MS.

Background: Employees with depression have complex and serious health consequences, not only for them, including reduced quality of life, but also for businesses and society, leading to social costs such as reduced productivity. This study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms and related factors among public enterprise employees in Naju Innovation City, Korea. Methods: We investigated the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics of 1,061 public enterprise employees. Depression, anxiety, and occupational burnout were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, respectively. Furthermore, the impact of factors on depressive symptoms was examined using a logistic regression model. Results: The prevalence of overall depressive symptoms was 11.9%. High anxiety (odds ratio [OR]=12.19; 95% confidence interval [CI]=7.17-20.76; p<0.001) and exhaustion (OR=2.79; 95% CI=1.81-4.40; p<0.001) levels were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion Anxiety symptoms and exhaustion were the most important factors related to depressive symptoms among the public enterprise employees. Hence, when providing an employee assistance program, the psychosocial vulnerability factors of workers with depressive symptoms should be thoroughly addressed.2