Infect Chemother.  2014 Jun;46(2):141-142. 10.3947/ic.2014.46.2.141.

Improvement Plan for the Korean Nationwide Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance Program

• Uh Y

• KMID: 2284993
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2014.46.2.141

Abstract

No abstract available.

Reference

1. WHO. WHO global strategy for containment of antimicrobial resistance. Accessed 10 June 2014. Available at: http://www.who.int/drugresistance/WHO_Global_Strategy_English.pdf?ua=1.

2. Yong D, Toleman MA, Giske CG, Cho HS, Sundman K, Lee K, Walsh TR. Characterization of a new metallo-β-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. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009; 53:5046–5054.

3. KCDC. 2011 Case definitions for National Notifiable Infectious Diseases. Accessed 10 June 2014. Available at: http://www.cdc.go.kr/CDC/cms/content/58/12558_view.html.

4. Jones RN, Masterton R. Determining the value of antimicrobial surveillance programs. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2001; 41:171–175.

5. Chong Y, Lee K, Park YJ, Jeon DS, Lee MH, Kim MY, Chang CH, Kim EC, Lee NY, Kim HS, Kang ES, Cho HC, Paik IK, Lee HS, Jang SJ, Park AJ, Cha YJ, Kang SH, Lee MH, Song W, Shin JH. Korean Nationwide Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance of bacteria in 1997. Yonsei Med J. 1998; 39:569–577.

6. O'Brien TF, Stelling J. Integrated multilevel surveillance of the world's infecting microbes and their resistance to antimicrobial agents. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2011; 24:281–295.

7. Yong D, Shin HB, Kim Y, Cho J, Lee WG, Ha GY, Choi TY, Jeong SH, Lee K, Chong Y. Increase in the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates and ampicillin-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella species in Korea: A KONSAR study conducted in 2011. Infect Chemother. 2014; 46:84–93.