VIM- and IMP-type metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. in Korean hospitals

We determined the occurrence of acquired metallo-b-lactamase (MBL)-producing bacteria in Korean hospitals. Among the isolates nonsusceptible to imipenem that were collected from 28 hospitals from 2000 to 2001, 44 (11.4%) of 387 Pseudomonas spp. and 38 (14.2%) of 267 Acinetobacter spp. produced MBL a...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2003-07, Vol.9 (7), p.868-871
Main Authors: Lee, Kyungwon, Lee, Wee Gyo, Uh, Young, Ha, Gyoung Yim, Cho, Jihyun, Chong, Yunsop
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acinetobacter
Acinetobacter - classification
Acinetobacter - drug effects
Acinetobacter - enzymology
Acinetobacter Infections - microbiology
Acinetobacter spp
Alleles
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
beta-Lactamases - metabolism
Dispatch
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial - genetics
Hospitals
Humans
IMP β-lactamase
Korea
metallo-β-lactamase
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas - classification
Pseudomonas - drug effects
Pseudomonas - enzymology
Pseudomonas Infections - microbiology
Pseudomonas spp
Statistics
VIM β-lactamase
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Summary:We determined the occurrence of acquired metallo-b-lactamase (MBL)-producing bacteria in Korean hospitals. Among the isolates nonsusceptible to imipenem that were collected from 28 hospitals from 2000 to 2001, 44 (11.4%) of 387 Pseudomonas spp. and 38 (14.2%) of 267 Acinetobacter spp. produced MBL and had alleles of blaVIM-2 or blaIMP-1. MBL-producing isolates were detected in 60.7% of the hospitals.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0907.030012