Outbreak by meropenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing IMP-6 metallo-β-lactamase in a Korean hospital

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-117

  Ryoo, Nam Hee ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Lim, Jong Baeck ^b   Lee, Yong Hwan ^c   Bae, Il Kwon ^c   Jeong, Seok Hoon ^b  

^a Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

blaIMP 6; blaOXA 1; Class 1 integron; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

INOSINE PHOSPHATE; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTH KOREA;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 57549088877     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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