VIM- and IMP-Type Metallo-[beta]-lactamase--producing Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. in Korean hospitals. (Dispatches).
From: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Date: 7/1/2003
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Author: Cho, Jihyun; Chong, Yunsop; Ha, Gyoung Yim; Lee, Kyungwon; Lee, Wee Gyo; Uh, Young
We determined the occurrence of acquired metallo-[beta]-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 [bla.sub.VIM-2] or [bla.sub.IMP-1]. MBL-producing isolates were detected in 60.7% of the hospitals.
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