Current epidemiology and growing resistance of gram-negative pathogens

DM Livermore - The Korean journal of internal medicine, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the 1980s, Gram-negative pathogens appeared to have been beaten by oxyimino-
cephalosporins, carbapenems, and fluoroquinolones. Yet these pathogens have fought …

Limiting and controlling carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

L Saidel-Odes, A Borer - Infection and drug resistance, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is resistant to almost all antimicrobial
agents, is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, and poses a serious threat to …

Pathogenomics and Evolutionary Epidemiology of Multi-Drug Resistant Clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Pretoria, South Africa

NM Mbelle, C Feldman, JO Sekyere, NE Maningi… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is increasingly being implicated in invasive
infections worldwide with high mortalities. Forty-two multidrug resistant (MDR) K …

[PDF][PDF] Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding class A carbapenemases

SS Hong, K Kim, JY Huh, B Jung… - Annals of laboratory …, 2012 - synapse.koreamed.org
In recent years, there have been increasing reports of KPC-producing Klebsiella
pneumoniae in Korea. The modified Hodge test can be used as a phenotypic screening test …

Nosocomial clustering of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 340 strains in four patients at a South Korean tertiary care hospital

MN Kim, D Yong, D An, HS Chung… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT In November 2010, NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (NDMKP) was
identified for the first time in South Korea from four patients with no history of traveling …

First outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 in a hospital in South Korea

SK Hong, D Yong, K Kim, SS Hong… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - journals.asm.org
In this study, we report the first outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates
from three patients admitted to a neurosurgery department in a South Korean teaching …

Mechanisms of ertapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae isolates in a tertiary university hospital

HS Chung, D Yong, M Lee - Journal of Investigative …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular mechanisms of ertapenem resistance
among Enterobacteriaceae isolates in a clinical microbiology laboratory at a tertiary …

[PDF][PDF] Further modification of the modified Hodge test for detecting metallo-β-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

HK Kim, JS Park, H Sung… - Annals of laboratory …, 2015 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background: The modified Hodge test (MHT) was designed to detect
carbapenemaseproducing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). This study evaluated variables to …

Detection of clonal KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 in Korea during nationwide surveillance in 2011

JS Yoo, HM Kim, JI Yoo, JW Yang… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
This study analysed the characteristics and genetic similarity of recent Klebsiella
pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC-2)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from …

Clonality and Resistome Analysis of KPC‐Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated in Korea Using Whole Genome Sequencing

Y Lee, BS Kim, J Chun, JH Yong… - BioMed Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We analyzed the whole genome sequence and resistome of the outbreak Klebsiella
pneumoniae strain MP14 and compared it with those of K. pneumoniae carbapenemase …