Yunsop Chong

TL;DR: The PCR assay for the detection of the repeating sequences combined with PCR amplification of the nonrepeating sequences of either the toxin A or the toxin B gene is indicated to be useful for differentiating toxin A−, toxin B+ strains from toxin A+.

TL;DR: Efforts to control resistant bacteria in Korea by hospitals, relevant scientific societies and government agencies have only partially been successful and concerted multidisciplinary efforts are needed to preserve the efficacy of currently available antimicrobial agents, by following the principles of antimicrobial stewardship.

TL;DR: 16S rRNA methylase-producing isolates of Gram-negative bacilli isolated in 2003 and 2005 were highly resistant to arbekacin and amikacin, and were mostly coresistant to levofloxacin.

TL;DR: In this article, the existence of only one strain having the mosaic penA sequence indicated that ceftriaxone and cefixime resistance in Korea was mostly not associated with a mosaic-penA sequence.

TL;DR: Of 462 Korean Clostridium difficile isolates, 77.5% were toxin B positive but 21.4% were toxins A negative (A− B+), suggesting that toxin A detection alone may underdiagnose C. difficiles.