1.Detection of Multidrug Resistant Patterns and Associated - genes of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA ) Isolated from Clinical Specimens.
Eun Gyoung LIM ; Young Hee KIM ; Ji Yung MUN ; Yung Bu KIM ; Yang Hyo OH
Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology 2000;35(5):356-356
No Abstract Available.
Methicillin Resistance*
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Methicillin*
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
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Staphylococcus aureus*
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Staphylococcus*
2.Virulence Factors and Genotyping of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Eun Gyoung LIM ; Young Hee KIM ; Ji Yung MUN ; Yang Hyo OH ; Yung Bu KIM
Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology 2000;35(5):355-355
No Abstract Available.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus*
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Vibrio*
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Virulence Factors*
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Virulence*
3.Detection of Multidrug Resistant Patterns and Associated - genes of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA ) Isolated from Clinical Specimens.
Eun Gyoung LIM ; Young Hee KIM ; Ji Yung MUN ; Yung Bu KIM ; Yang Hyo OH
Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology 2000;35(5):356-356
No Abstract Available.
Methicillin Resistance*
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Methicillin*
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
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Staphylococcus aureus*
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Staphylococcus*
4.Virulence Factors and Genotyping of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Eun Gyoung LIM ; Young Hee KIM ; Ji Yung MUN ; Yang Hyo OH ; Yung Bu KIM
Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology 2000;35(5):355-355
No Abstract Available.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus*
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Vibrio*
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Virulence Factors*
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Virulence*
5.Necrotizing Fasciitis in Three University Hospitals in Korea: A Change in Causative Microorganisms and Risk Factors of Mortality During the Last Decade.
Shi Nae YU ; Tae Hyong KIM ; Eun Jung LEE ; Eun Joo CHOO ; Min Hyok JEON ; Yung Gyu JUNG ; Tae Jin KIM ; In Ki MUN ; Ji Sung LEE
Infection and Chemotherapy 2013;45(4):387-393
BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening infectious disease with rapidly progressive involvement of the affected site. Because of the high mortality rate of this disease, early diagnosis, surgical exploration, and administration of appropriate antibiotics are necessary. The present study aimed to further review the changes in the clinical and microbiological characteristics of necrotizing fasciitis using patients' medical records from consecutive databases of 3 hospitals in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with necrotizing fasciitis who were clinically diagnosed between May 2001 and February 2012 in 3 university hospitals in Korea. In total, the data of 83 patients were analyzed, including those of 20 patients from our previous study in 2006. An organism found in a blood culture or surgical specimen was regarded as a causative organism. RESULTS: Of the 83 patients, 68(81.9%) had community-acquired infections. Ninety microorganism species were indentifed by culture. Streptococcus was the most commonly identified pathogen. Non-fermentative gram-negative bacteria and Candida species have recently emerged, especially in immunocompromised hosts. CONCLUSIONS: Gram-positive organisms are still the most common pathogens of necrotizing fasciitis. However in our study, various gram-negative bacteria with different levels of susceptibility to antibiotics, as well as Candida species, were responsible for the necrotizing fasciitis. Initial empirical antimicrobial agents for necrotizing fasciitis should be considered depending on the individual patient's condition.
Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Candida
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Communicable Diseases
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Community-Acquired Infections
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Early Diagnosis
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Fasciitis, Necrotizing*
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Gram-Negative Bacteria
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Hospitals, University*
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Humans
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Immunocompromised Host
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Korea*
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Medical Records
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Mortality*
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Factors*
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Streptococcus
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