Outbreak by meropenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing IMP-6 metallo-beta-lactamase in a Korean hospital.
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.
Ryoo
Nam Hee
NH
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu 7002-712, Republic of Korea.
Lee
Kyungwon
K
Lim
Jong-Baeck
JB
Lee
Yong Hwan
YH
Bae
Il Kwon
IK
Jeong
Seok Hoon
SH
D000368:Aged; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D000077731:Meropenem; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D013845:Thienamycins; D001618:beta-Lactamases; D000077731:Meropenem