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A case of necrotizing fasciitis due to Streptococcus agalactiae, Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, and Finegoldia magna in a dog-bitten patient with diabetes

scientific article published in June 2008

A new integron carrying VIM-2 metallo-beta-lactamase gene cassette in a Serratia marcescens isolate.

scientific article published in March 2002

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.

scientific article published in March 2018

Accessory gene regulator group polymorphisms in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an association with clinical significance

scientific article published on April 2007

An Imported Case of Brucella melitensis Infection in South Korea.

scientific article published in June 2018

Anaerobic Bacteremia: Impact of Inappropriate Therapy on Mortality.

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Bacteriological findings and antimicrobial susceptibility in chronic sinusitis with nasal polyp.

scientific article published in May 2006

Biofilm formation and genotyping of Candida haemulonii, Candida pseudohaemulonii, and a proposed new species (Candida auris) isolates from Korea.

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Burkholderia Sepsis in Children as a Hospital-Acquired Infection

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Campylobacter hyointestinalis isolated from a human stool specimen

scientific article published in November 2015

Capsular types and antimicrobial resistance ofStreptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Korea

scientific article published on June 1, 1995

Characteristics of Faecal Microbiota in Korean Patients with Clostridioides difficile-associated Diarrhea

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Characteristics of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Korea

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Characterization and complete genome sequence analysis of two Myoviral bacteriophages infecting clinical carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates.

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Clinical and molecular characteristics of community-acquired Clostridium difficile infections in comparison with those of hospital-acquired C. difficile

scientific article published on 24 June 2017

Clinical factors associated with acquisition of resistance to levofloxacin in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

scientific article published on July 2014

Clinical usefulness of the 2010 clinical and laboratory standards institute revised breakpoints for cephalosporin use in the treatment of bacteremia caused by Escherichia coli or Klebsiella spp.

scientific article published on 22 February 2015

Colistin Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates From Patients With Bloodstream Infection in Korea

scientific article published on March 2017

Community-onset extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli sequence type 131 at two Korean community hospitals: The spread of multidrug-resistant E. coli to the community via healthcare facilities.

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Comparative In Vitro Activities of Torezolid (DA-7157) against Clinical Isolates of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria in South Korea

scientific article published on September 13, 2010

Comparative in vitro activity of tigecycline and other antimicrobials against Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms collected from the Asia-Pacific Rim as part of the Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial (TEST).

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Comparison of E,E-Farnesol Secretion and the Clinical Characteristics of Candida albicans Bloodstream Isolates from Different Multilocus Sequence Typing Clades.

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

Comparison of efficacy of cefoperazone/sulbactam and imipenem/cilastatin for treatment of Acinetobacter bacteremia.

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Bacteriophage YMC01/01/P52 PAE BP, Which Causes Lysis of Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing, Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Complete genome sequence of the podoviral bacteriophage YMC/09/02/B1251 ABA BP, which causes the lysis of an OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolate from a septic patient

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Complete genome sequence of the siphoviral bacteriophage Βϕ-R3177, which lyses an OXA-66-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolate.

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Correlation of Aminoglycoside Consumption and Amikacin- or Gentamicin-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Long-Term Nationwide Analysis: Is Antibiotic Cycling an Effective Policy for Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance?

scientific article published in March 2018

Correlations between aminoglycoside consumption and aminoglycoside resistance in Gram-negative bacteria at a tertiary-care hospital in South Korea from 2001 to 2011

scientific article published in April 2013

DNA microarray-based identification of bacterial and fungal pathogens in bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 07 October 2009

Direct Identification of Urinary Tract Pathogens From Urine Samples Using the Vitek MS System Based on Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

scientific article published on 21 May 2015

Disk Carbapenemase Test for the Rapid Detection of KPC-, NDM-, and Other Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacilli.

scientific article published on September 2016

Dissemination of SHV-12 and CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae and emergence of GES-3 in Korea.

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Dissemination of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa of sequence type 235 in Asian countries.

scientific article published on 9 July 2013

Dissemination of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in Korean veterinary hospitals

scientific article published on April 18, 2012

Drug Resistance Patterns of Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Korea: Amplification of Resistance to Oral Second-line Drugs.

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Epidemiology and Characteristics of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Epidemiology and clinical features of toxigenic culture-confirmed hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection: a multicentre prospective study in tertiary hospitals of South Korea

scientific article published on 3 September 2014

Evaluation of Etest MBL for detection of blaIMP-1 and blaVIM-2 allele-positive clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

scientific article published on February 2005

Evaluation of a rapid membrane enzyme immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of glutamate dehydrogenase and toxin for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on 8 April 2014

Evaluation of efficiency of screening extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in hospitals where the bacteria are increasingly prevalent

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Evaluation of the Hodge test and the imipenem-EDTA double-disk synergy test for differentiating metallo-beta-lactamase-producing isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

scientific article published on October 2003

Evaluation of the Xpert Clostridium difficile Assay for the Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection

scientific article published on August 13, 2012

Fecal Calprotectin Level Reflects the Severity of Clostridium difficile Infection.

scientific article published on January 2017

Fecal Transplantation using a Nasoenteric Tube during an Initial Episode of Severe Clostridium difficile Infection

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

First Case Report of Human Infection With Ochrobactrum tritici Causing Bacteremia and Cholecystitis.

scientific article published on May 2016

First Case of Trueperella bernardiae Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient in Korea

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

First Report of the Carbapenemase Gene blaOXA-499 in Acinetobacter pittii.

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

First outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 in a hospital in South Korea

scientific article published on 04 September 2013

First report of brain abscess associated with Pseudozyma species in a patient with astrocytoma.

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Further increase of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, amikacin- and fluoroquinolone-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, and imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. in Korea: 2003 KONSAR surveillance.

scientific article published on February 2006

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

scientific article published in November 2002

Generation of functionally mature dendritic cells from elutriated monocytes using polyinosinic : polycytidylic acid and soluble CD40 ligand for clinical application

scientific article published on 08 September 2008

Genetic and biochemical characterisation of CTX-M-37 extended-spectrum β-lactamase from an Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolate from Mongolia.

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Geographic variation in the frequency of isolation and fluconazole and voriconazole susceptibilities of Candida glabrata: an assessment from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Program

scientific article published on 24 March 2010

Heterogeneity of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance phenotypes in enterococci.

scientific article published on November 2003

High burden of antimicrobial drug resistance in Asia

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Imipenem-EDTA disk method for differentiation of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

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Impact of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometric evaluation on the clinical outcomes of patients with bacteremia and fungemia in clinical settings lacking an antimicrobial stewardship program: a pre-post quasi e

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

In Vivo Selection of Pan-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii during Antibiotic Treatment

scientific article published on July 2015

In vitro fluconazole and voriconazole susceptibilities of Candida bloodstream isolates in Korea: use of the CLSI and EUCAST epidemiological cutoff values

scientific article published on 17 April 2013

In vivo selection of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae by OmpK36 loss during meropenem treatment

scientific article published on 18 September 2009

Increasing Incidence of Listeriosis and Infection-associated Clinical Outcomes

scientific article published in March 2018

Increasing prevalence and diversity of metallo-beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., and Enterobacteriaceae from Korea.

scientific article published on May 2006

Increasing prevalence of toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive isolates of Clostridium difficile in Korea: impact on laboratory diagnosis

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Interspecies dissemination of the bla gene encoding PER-1 extended-spectrum β-lactamase

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Isolation of Non-Hydrogen Sulfide-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Infantis from a Clinical Sample: the First Case in Korea

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Korean National Healthcare-associated Infections Surveillance System, Intensive Care Unit Module Report: Summary of Data from July 2014 through June 2015

scientific article published in 2016

Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System, Intensive Care Unit Module Report: Summary of Data from July 2013 through June 2014

scientific article published in 2015

Levofloxacin Efflux and smeD in Clinical Isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

MALDI-TOF-MS Fingerprinting Provides Evidence of Urosepsis caused by Aerococcus urinae

scientific article published on 23 May 2017

Massilia varians Isolated from a Clinical Specimen.

scientific article published on 24 May 2017

Modification and evaluation of the Triton Hodge test for screening carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

Modified Hodge and EDTA-disk synergy tests to screen metallo-beta-lactamase-producing strains of Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species.

scientific article published in February 2001

Molecular Characterization of Pseudomonas putida Group Isolates Carrying blaVIM-2 Disseminated in a University Hospital in Korea

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Molecular Epidemiology and Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated at a University Hospital in Korea during 4-Year Period

scientific article published in 2016

Molecular characterization of toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive variant strains of Clostridium difficile isolated in Korea

scientific article published on 24 March 2010

Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Korea

scientific article published in May 2005

Molecular epidemiology and resistome analysis of multidrug-resistant ST11 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain containing multiple copies of extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes using whole-genome sequencing

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Korea producing β-lactamases with extended-spectrum activity

scientific article published on 17 March 2014

Multidrug-ResistantAcinetobacterspp.: Increasingly Problematic Nosocomial Pathogens

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

Neonatal intensive care unit outbreak caused by a strain of Klebsiella oxytoca resistant to aztreonam due to overproduction of chromosomal beta-lactamase.

scientific article published in August 2001

New cfiA variant and novel insertion sequence elements in carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis isolates from Korea.

scientific article published in April 2010

Nosocomial clustering of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 340 strains in four patients at a South Korean tertiary care hospital.

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Outbreak of meropenem-resistant Serratia marcescens comediated by chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamase overproduction and outer membrane protein loss.

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Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens bacteriuria in a neurosurgical intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital: a clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory perspective.

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POM-1 metallo-β-lactamase–producing Pseudomonas otitidis isolate from a patient with chronic otitis media

scientific article published on 29 December 2011

Panel strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae for beta-lactam antibiotic evaluation: their phenotypic and genotypic characterization.

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Parabacteroides chongii sp. nov., isolated from blood of a patient with peritonitis

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Performance of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Fight Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Discrimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): First Report of a Relation Between Protein Peaks and MRSA spa Type.

scientific article published on November 2017

Performance of Microflex LT Biotyper and VITEK MS for Routine Identification of Yeasts

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Persistent Bordetella petrii infection related to bone fractures.

scientific article published in January 2016

Population structure and distribution of virulence-related genes of Bacteroides fragilis isolates from Korea and Japan

scientific article published on 18 April 2009

Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> From Multiple Sectors of the Swine Industry in Korea: A Korean Nationwide Monitoring Program for a One Health Approach to Combat Antimicr

scientific article published on 01 May 2021

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Colonization in Intensive Care Units

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Prevalence and mechanisms of decreased susceptibility to carbapenems in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates.

scientific article published on 18 July 2006

Prevalence of resistance to macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin antibiotics in Gram-positive cocci isolated in a Korean hospital.

scientific article published on March 2002

Profiling bacterial community in upper respiratory tracts.

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Recent Increase in the Incidence of TEM-135 β-Lactamase-harboring Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Korea.

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Recent Trends of Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Clinical Specimens and Clinical Characteristics of Anaerobic Bacteremia

scientific article published in 2009

Recovery of both vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from culture of a single clinical specimen from colonized or infected patients

scientific article published in February 2009

Reduced imipenem susceptibility in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates with plasmid-mediated CMY-2 and DHA-1 beta-lactamases co-mediated by porin loss

Relative Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates of Elizabethkingia Species Based on 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Risk Factors for Elizabethkingia Acquisition and Clinical Characteristics of Patients, South Korea

scientific article published in January 2019

Risk Factors for Prolonged Carriage and Reacquisition of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci

scientific article published in 2015

Risk factors and molecular epidemiology of community-onset extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli bacteremia.

scientific article published on March 2014

Risk factors and outcomes of bloodstream infections with metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter

scientific article published on 07 September 2007

Risk factors for mortality in patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia: Clinical impact of mucA gene mutation

scientific article published in July 2018

Risk factors for mortality in patients with bloodstream infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: clinical impact of bacterial virulence and strains on outcome

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

Risk factors for the acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli at a tertiary care center in South Korea: a matched case-control study

scientific article published in June 2014

Same-Day Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria in Positive Blood Culture Broths Using Short-Term Incubation on Solid Medium with the MicroFlex LT, Vitek-MS, and Vitek2 Systems.

scientific article published in May 2018

Seasonal and Temperature-Associated Increase in Community-Onset Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Colonization or Infection.

scientific article published in May 2018

Septicemia Caused by Secondary to Pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Synergic in-vitro activity of imipenem and sulbactam against Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published in December 2004

The Resistance Mechanism and Clonal Distribution of Tigecycline-Nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in Korea

scientific article published on May 2016

The first detection of CTX-M-14 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase among diverse beta-lactamase-producing Proteus mirabilis clinical isolates

scientific article published on 19 January 2006

The sul1 gene in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia with high-level resistance to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.

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Trends in South Korean antimicrobial use and association with changes in Escherichia coli resistance rates: 12-year ecological study using a nationwide surveillance and antimicrobial prescription database

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Trends in antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from Korean patients from 2000 to 2006.

scientific article published in November 2011

Trends in the distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of causative pathogens of device-associated infection in Korean intensive care units from 2006 to 2013: results from the Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS).

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Trends in the incidence rate of device-associated infections in intensive care units after the establishment of the Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

scientific article published on 10 June 2015

Tuberculin skin test and boosted reactions among newly employed healthcare workers: an observational study.

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Two non-otic cases of POM-1 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas otitidis infection: Necrotizing fasciitis and pan-peritonitis.

scientific article published on 29 October 2016

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia in a hematology unit: molecular epidemiology and analysis of clinical course

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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci bacteremia: risk factors for mortality and influence of antimicrobial therapy on clinical outcome

scientific article published on 23 February 2009

Whole genome and transcriptome analysis reveal MALDI-TOF MS and SDS-PAGE have limited performance for the detection of the key outer membrane protein in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

scientific article published on 5 July 2017

Whole-Genome Analysis of blaCTX-M-55-Carrying Escherichia coli Among Pigs, Farm Environment, and Farm Workers

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Wide dissemination of OXA-type carbapenemases in clinical Acinetobacter spp. isolates from South Korea

article by Kyungwon Lee et al published June 2009 in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Xpert CARBA-R Assay for the Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms in Intensive Care Unit Patients of a Korean Tertiary Care Hospital

scientific article published on March 2016

bla(VIM-2) cassette-containing novel integrons in metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas putida isolates disseminated in a Korean hospital

scientific article published on April 2002