Korean Nationwide Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance of bacteria in 1997
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- 1Korean Nationwide Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance Group, WHONET Korea, Seoul, Korea. whonetkor@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Catholic University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4College of Medicine, Keimyung University, Taegu, Korea.
- 5Kwangju Christian Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.
- 6College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Pohang, Korea.
- 7College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
- 8Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 9College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
- 10Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 11Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- 12Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangdong, Seoul, Korea.
- 13Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 14College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Korea.
- 15College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea.
- 16College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
- 17College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Yongsan, Seoul, Korea.
- 18Hallym University College of Medicine, Chunchon, Korea.
- 19Korea Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 20Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangnam, Seoul, Korea.
- 21Chunnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- KMID: 711600
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1998.39.6.569
Abstract
- Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are known to be prevalent in tertiary-care hospitals in Korea. Twenty hospitals participated to this surveillance to determine the nationwide prevalence of resistance bacteria in 1997. Seven per cent and 26% of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were resistant to 3rd-generation cephalosporin. Increased resistance rates, 19% of Acinetobacter baumannii to ampicillin/sulbactam, and 17% of Pseudomonas aeruginoa to imipenem, were noted. The resistance rate to fluoroquinolone rose to 24% in E. coli, 56% in A. baumannii and 42% in P. aeruginosa. Mean resistance rates were similar in all hospital groups: about 17% of P. aeruginosa to imipenem, 50% of Haemophilus influenzae to ampicillin, 70% of Staphylococcus aureus to methicillin, and 70% of pneumococci to penicillin. In conclusion, nosocomial pathogens and problem resistant organisms are prevalent in smaller hospitals too, indicating nosocomial spread is a significant cause of the increasing prevalence of resistant bacteria in Korea.
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