• Yonsei medical journal · Jun 2009

    Metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas spp. in Korea: high prevalence of isolates with VIM-2 type and emergence of isolates with IMP-1 type.

    • Kyungwon Lee, Ae Ja Park, Moon Yeun Kim, Hee Joo Lee, Ji-Hyun Cho, Jung Oak Kang, Dongeun Yong, Yunsop Chong, and KONSAR group.
    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsan-ro, Seodaemun-gu,Seoul, Korea.
    • Yonsei Med. J. 2009 Jun 30; 50 (3): 335-9.

    PurposeTwo Korean nationwide studies showed that metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs)-producing-Pseudomonas spp. are not rare. The aim of this study was to assess the trends of MBL-producing isolates among imipenem-resistant isolates of Pseudomonas spp.Materials And MethodsImipenem-resistant clinical isolates were collected from 23 hospitals and one commercial laboratory participating in the KONSAR program in 2005. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect MBL genes.ResultsAlleles of MBL genes were detected in 10.8% of 415 Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 66.7% of 12 P. putida isolates from 18 of 24 hospitals/laboratory. Among the 14 IMP-1-like and 39 VIM-2-like MBLs, emergence of IMP-6 was detected for the first time.ConclusionPrevalence of MBL-producing P. aeruginosa has not significantly increased, but IMP-6 emerged in P. aeruginosa.

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