Increasing carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli and decreasing metallo-β-lactamase producers over eight years from Korea

Yangsoon Lee, Chang Ki Kim, Hae Sun Chung, Dongeun Yong, Seok Hoon Jeong, Kyungwon Lee, Yunsop Chong

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Abstract

The trends and types of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacilli were analyzed from clinical specimens collected between 2005 and 2012 at a Korean teaching hospital. The proportions of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. increased markedly to 66%. Metallo-β-lactamase producers significantly decreased and the majority shifted from the blaVIM-2 type to the blaIMP-1 type.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)572-577
Number of pages6
JournalYonsei Medical Journal
Volume56
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

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© Yonsei University College of Medicine 2015.

Keywords

  • Carbapenem
  • Gram-negative bacilli
  • Metallo-β-lactamase

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