VIM- and IMP-type metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. in Korean hospitals.
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.
Lee
Kyungwon
K
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Wee Gyo
WG
Uh
Young
Y
Ha
Gyoung Yim
GY
Cho
Jihyun
J
Chong
Yunsop
Y
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000483:Alleles; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C417264:VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase; C409201:beta-lactamase IMP-1; D001618:beta-Lactamases