Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Acinetobacter / classification
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Acinetobacter / drug effects
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Acinetobacter / enzymology*
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Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
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Alleles
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
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Hospitals
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Humans
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Korea
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Pseudomonas / classification
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Pseudomonas / drug effects
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Pseudomonas / enzymology*
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Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology*
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beta-Lactamases / metabolism*
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase
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beta-lactamase IMP-1
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beta-Lactamases