title: Increasing prevalence and diversity of metallo-beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., and Enterobacteriaceae from Korea.
abstract: Among imipenem-nonsusceptible isolates, acquired metallo-beta-lactamase genes were detected in 36 of 581 (6.2%) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, 42 of 44 (95.4%) other Pseudomonas species, and 136 of 513 (26.5%) Acinetobacter species from 2003 to 2004 at a Korean hospital. Overall, bla(VIM-2)-like genes were the most prevalent and were also detected in Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchondong, Seodaemunku, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Dongeun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Yeoung Seon
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kyoung Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Chang Ki
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Youn Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jong Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yum
authors.forename: Kyungwon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yunsop
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chong
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001618:beta-Lactamases