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

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Authors: Nam Hee Ryoo ; Kyungwon Lee ; Jong-Baeck Lim ; Yong Hwan Lee ; Il Kwon Bae ; Seok Hoon Jeong

Citation: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, Vol.63(1) : 115-117, 2009

MeSH: Aged ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Chromosome Mapping ; Disease Outbreaks ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/drug effects ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics* ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Molecular Epidemiology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Pseudomonas Infections/epidemiology* ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/enzymology ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genetics* ; Thienamycins/pharmacology* ; beta-Lactamases/genetics*

Abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates containing the bla(IMP-6) gene were recovered from 5 patients hospitalized at a tertiary-care hospital in Korea. The bla(IMP-6) gene was in a class 1 integron containing 5 different insert gene cassettes. All of the isolates showed identical pattern in SpeI macrorestriction analysis

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Appears in Collections:: 1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Laboratory Medicine (진단검사의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers

Yonsei Authors: Bae, Il Kwon(배일권)
Lee, Kyungwon(이경원) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-2134
Lim, Jong Baeck(임종백) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0419-0422
Jeong, Seok Hoon(정석훈) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9290-897X

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