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Wide dissemination of OXA-type carbapenemases in clinical Acinetobacter spp. isolates from South Korea.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Jun 2009
Lee Kyungwon, Kim Mi-Na, Choi Tae Yeal, Cho Soung-Eun, Lee Seungok, Whang Dong Hee, Yong Dongeun, Chong Yunsop, Woodford Neil, Livermore David M
Abstract excerpt
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. are being increasingly reported worldwide, including in South Korea, where we examined 144 representative isolates collected in a nationwide hospital survey in 2005. Metallo-beta-lactamases were detected in only 19.4% of isolates, none of which were Acinetobacter baumannii, whereas 74.3% of isolates (mostly A. baumannii) expressed bla(OXA) carbapenemase genes. Among the...
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