Increasing Prevalence of Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcus faecium, Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporin-ResistantKlebsiella pneumoniae, and Imipenem-ResistantPseudomonas aeruginosain Korea: KONSAR Study in 2001

The 5th year KONSAR surveillance in 2001 was based on routine test data at 30 participating hospitals. It was of particular interest to find a trend in the resistances of enterococci to vancomycin, of Enterobacteriaceae to the 3rd generation cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone, and of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and acinetobacters to carbapenem. Resistance rates of Gram-positive cocci were: 70% of Staphylococcus aureus to oxacillin; 88% and 16% of...