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Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology 2001;8(1):25-32.
Published online May 1, 2001.
Clinical and Molecular-Biologic Study of Extended Spectrum beta-lactamase Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Min Ho Hwang, Hye Kyung Lee, Han Jin Kim, Yong Sik Min, Kyung Bae Park, Joon Soo Park, Young Chang Kim, Sung Ran Cho
1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Chunan, Korea.
2Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Chunan, Korea.
신생아 중환자실의 Extended Spectrum β-lactamase 생성 Klebsiella pneumoniae 출현의 임상 및 분자 생물학적 특징에 대한 연구
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Abstract
PURPOSE
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBLs) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae has recently been increasingly responsible for infections. Considering the characteristics of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the increase in such colonies is to be an important factor in the treatment and outcome of neonatal patients. Therefore, we performed this study in order to investigate the incidence of this colony and the clinical characteristics that are helpful in diagnosing these infections.
METHODS
We performed a double disk synergy test and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of which 12 was resistant or intermediate to cefotaxime, and 4 colonies isolated from rectal swab taken in 14 patients between July and August, 1997. Also, we compared the annual isolation rate of K. pneumoniae, from those admitted to the Soonchunhyang University Chunan Hospital NICU from July, 1997 to June, 2000. We retrospectively studied the medical records and the clinical characteristics of those 79 cases from whom 110 colonies were isolated.
RESULTS
From July to August, 1997, there was a K. pneumoniae outbreak in the NICU. Fifteen out of a total of sixteen isolates were positive in the double disk synergy test and turned out to be ESBL producing K. pneumoniae. Also the RAPD analysis of thirteen isolates which were from the NICU proved eleven isolates to have similar band pattern on RAPD typing. In those who were admitted to our NICU from July, 1997 to June, 2000, 110 colonies of K. pneumoniae resistant or intermediate to cefotaxime were isolated from 79 patients. Though patient group infected by the ESBLs producing K. pneumoniae had significantly no difference in gestational age or birth weight, they had a longer hospitalization period compared to the control group.
CONCLUSION
It is possible that ESBLs producing K. pneumoniae be responsible for outbreaks in the NICU. The emerging of these can affect the morbidity in neonates and also can put great limits in the choice of antibiotics.
Key Words: Extended spectrum beta-lactamase; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Neonatal intensive care unit


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