Ann Lab Med.  2018 Mar;38(2):179-181. 10.3343/alm.2018.38.2.179.

Abrupt Increase in Rate of Imipenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Strains Isolated from General Hospitals in Korea and Correlation With Carbapenem Administration During 2002–2013

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
  • 2Department of Internal Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
  • 3Department of Statistics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hmlee.labmed@gmail.com

Abstract

No abstract available.


MeSH Terms

Acinetobacter baumannii*
Acinetobacter*
Hospitals, General*
Imipenem*
Korea*
Imipenem

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Correlation of national carbapenem usage with rate of imipenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii (IMP-R-ABA) strains isolated from general hospitals in Korea from 2002 to 2013. Correlation of imipenem usage with IMP-R-ABA (correlation coefficient r=0.93, P<0.0001); correlation of meropenem usage with IMP-R-ABA (r=0.93, P<0.0001); correlation of ertapenem usage with IMP-R-ABA (r=0.92, P=0.0002); correlation of total carbapenem usage with IMP-R-ABA (r=0.94, P<0.0001).


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