Dissemination of 16S rRNA methylase-mediated highly amikacin-resistant isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Korea

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Lee, Hyukmin ^a   Yong, Dongeun ^b   Yum, Jong Hwa ^b   Roh, Kyoung Ho ^b   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Yamane, Kunikazu ^c   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^c   Chong, Yunsop ^b  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA methylase; armA; High level aminoglycoside resistance; rmtB

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; HABEKACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOREA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOREA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 33750478338     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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