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  • Title: Increasing prevalence of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and molecular typing of metallo-beta-lactamase producers in a Korean hospital.
    Author: Kim IS, Lee NY, Ki CS, Oh WS, Peck KR, Song JH.
    Journal: Microb Drug Resist; 2005; 11(4):355-9. PubMed ID: 16359195.
    Abstract:
    The types of metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs), integrons, and genetic relatedness among Pseudomonas aeruginosa were investigated with a recent high prevalence of imipenem resistance in a Korean hospital. During 2000-2003, a total of 116 non-duplicate imipenem-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates were analyzed by PCR and DNA sequencing to detect of bla (IMP-1), bla (VIM-1), bla (VIM-2), bla (SPM-1), intI 1, intI 2, and intI 3 genes. Among them, MBL-producing isolates were evaluated for genetic relatedness using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles. Of 116 isolates, 21 (18.1%) carried bla (VIM-2) gene with the intI 1 gene. Analysis of VIM-2 procuders by PFGE grouped 21 isolates into eight different clusters. Six of eight cluster I strains, all of four cluster II strains, and all of three cluster III strains were isolated in 2000, 2002, and 2003, respectively. Data concluded that P. aeruginosa carrying bla (VIM-2) with a class 1 integron was the only type among MBLs. A hospital outbreak by VIM-2 producers occurred annually, which could be at least a part of a recent high prevalence of imipenem resistance.
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