Dissemination of genetically related IMP-6-producing multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST235 in South Korea

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 300-304

  Yoo, Jung Sik ^a   Yang, Ji Woo ^a   Kim, Hye Mee ^a   Byeon, Jeongheum ^a   Kim, Hwa Su ^a   Yoo, Jae Il ^a   Chung, Gyung Tae ^a   Lee, Yeong Seon ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbapenem; Geriatric hospital; IMP 6; Metallo lactamase; Non tertiary care hospital

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTEGRON; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84862807165     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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