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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2006, p. 1884-1886, Vol. 50, No. 5
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.50.5.1884-1886.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Increasing Prevalence and Diversity of Metallo-ß-Lactamases in Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., and Enterobacteriaceae from Korea

Dongeun Yong,1,2,3 Yeoung Seon Choi,2,3 Kyoung Ho Roh,1,2 Chang Ki Kim,1 Youn Hee Park,1 Jong Hwa Yum,2,3 Kyungwon Lee,1,2,3* and Yunsop Chong1,2

Department of Laboratory Medicine,1 Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance,2 BK21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea3

Received 26 October 2005/ Returned for modification 28 November 2005/ Accepted 10 February 2006

Among imipenem-nonsusceptible isolates, acquired metallo-ß-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, blaVIM-2-like genes were the most prevalent and were also detected in Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchondong, Seodaemunku, Seoul 120-752, Korea. Phone: 82-2-2228-2446. Fax: 82-2-313-0908. E-mail: leekcp{at}yumc.yonsei.ac.kr.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2006, p. 1884-1886, Vol. 50, No. 5
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.50.5.1884-1886.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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