Characterization of a new metallo-beta-lactamase gene, bla(NDM-1), and a novel erythromycin esterase gene carried on a unique genetic structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 14 from India.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on September 21, 2009

Authors

Dongeun Yong1, Mark A Toleman, Christian G Giske, Hyun S Cho, Kristina Sundman, Kyungwon Lee, Timothy R Walsh

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1: Yonsei University College of Medicine, Research Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Characterization of fluoroquinolone-resistant beta-hemolytic Streptococcus spp. isolated in North America and Europe including the first report of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2004). Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2006) 1.34

Multicenter surveillance of species distribution and antifungal susceptibilities of Candida bloodstream isolates in South Korea. Med Mycol (2010) 1.32

Diversity of ampicillin resistance genes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated in Korea. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.31

Investigation of toxin gene diversity, molecular epidemiology, and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridium difficile isolated from 12 hospitals in South Korea. Korean J Lab Med (2010) 1.30

Comparative bactericidal activities of daptomycin and vancomycin against glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) and heterogeneous GISA isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.30

Various penA mutations together with mtrR, porB and ponA mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with reduced susceptibility to cefixime or ceftriaxone. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 1.29

blaVIM-2-harboring integrons isolated in India, Russia, and the United States arise from an ancestral class 1 integron predating the formation of the 3' conserved sequence. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.28

Further modification of the Hodge test to screen AmpC beta-lactamase (CMY-1)-producing strains of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. J Microbiol Methods (2002) 1.27

Crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa SPM-1 provides insights into variable zinc affinity of metallo-beta-lactamases. J Mol Biol (2006) 1.27

Outbreaks of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing carbapenemases in Korea. J Microbiol (2006) 1.24

Genetic and biochemical characterization of a novel metallo-β-lactamase, TMB-1, from an Achromobacter xylosoxidans strain isolated in Tripoli, Libya. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.24

Characterization of an integron carrying blaIMP-1 and a new aminoglycoside resistance gene, aac(6')-31, and its dissemination among genetically unrelated clinical isolates in a Brazilian hospital. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.24

Identification of HLA-A*2402-restricted HCMV immediate early-1 (IE-1) epitopes as targets for CD8+ HCMV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. J Transl Med (2009) 1.24

Increasing prevalence and diversity of metallo-beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., and Enterobacteriaceae from Korea. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.23

Increasing prevalence of toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive isolates of Clostridium difficile in Korea: impact on laboratory diagnosis. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.22

First report of bloodstream infection caused by Pseudomonas fulva. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.20

Genetic diversity among Korean Candida albicans bloodstream isolates: assessment by multilocus sequence typing and restriction endonuclease analysis of genomic DNA by use of BssHII. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.20

Differential regulation of L1 and L2 beta-lactamase expression in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 1.19