Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , May 2010

Bloodstream infections caused by qnr-positive Enterobacteriaceae: clinical and microbiologic characteristics and outcomes

  • Yong Pil Chong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
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  • Sang-Ho Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
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  • Eun Sil Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
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  • Eun Hee Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
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  • Eun Jung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Ki-Ho Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Oh-Hyun Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
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  • Sung-Han Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sang-Oh Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Mi-Na Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jin-Yong Jeong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
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  • Jun Hee Woo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Yang Soo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82-2-3010-3303; fax: +82-2-3010-6970.

Received 19 September 2009 ,Accepted 6 December 2009.

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PII: S0732-8893(09)00480-5

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.12.003

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , May 2010

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