• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.377-387
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• 2021

Fecal contamination levels of discharge water from inland pollution sources were investigated in Iwon-myeon (Taean-gun), South Korea. Gram-negative bacteria were isolated during the investigation and the antimicrobial resistance patterns of the isolates were examined to estimate their impact on the coastal environment. The ranges of total coliform and fecal coliform of 12 samples from four major inland pollution sources were 79-490,000 MPN/100 mL and 2.0-490,000 MPN/100 mL, respectively, with the highest level of fecal contamination at Station No. 3. A total of 137 strains (14 genus) were isolated, of which 86 strains (62.8%) were Enterobacteriaceae. The identified isolates were as follows: Pseudomonas spp. (35 strains), Klebsiella spp. (20 strains), Serratia spp. (20 strains), and Escherichia spp. (19 strains). The isolated Gram-negative bacteria showed the highest antimicrobial resistance to ampicillin (81.8%), followed by amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (64.2%), ceftiofur (61.3%), and cefoxitin (59.1%). Antimicrobials in which less than 10% of isolates showed antimicrobial resistance were ciprofloxacin (3.6%) and gentamicin (2.2%). Resistance to one or more antimicrobials was observed in 121 strains (88.3%) and 84 strains (61.3%) showed a tendency for multiple antimicrobial resistance.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.528-533
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• 2013

This study evaluated the impact of antimicrobial resistant bacteria produced by inland pollution sources on coastal areas, and investigates antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacteria isolated from marine filter feeders. A total of 107 shellfish (short-necked clams Ruditapes philippinarum, ark shells Scapharca broughtonii, and oysters Crassostrea gigas) were collected from the southern coast of Korea, from which 204 Escherichia coli strains were isolated. The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of isolated strains were analyzed for 15 antimicrobial agents used in Korea for clinical or veterinary therapy. Antimicrobial resistance was present in 44.6% of E. coli isolates against at least one antimicrobial agent. The rate of antimicrobial resistance in the Narodo area was higher than isolates from the Gangjinman area and Kamak Bay. E. coli isolates had a higher rate of resistance against: tetracycline (29.9%), streptomycin (25.5%), and trimethoprim (14.2%). Of 204 isolates, 29 (14.2%) were resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2016

A total of 423 shellfish (Oysters, Crassostrea gigas; short-necked clams, Ruditapes philippinarum and corb shells, Cyclina sinensis) were collected from the west coast of Korea, from which 277 Escherichia coli strains were isolated. The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of isolated strains were analyzed for 22 antimicrobial agents used in Korea for clinical or veterinary therapy. The resistance of E. coli isolates to ampicillin (37.2%) was highest, followed by cephalothin (21.7%), cefazolin (19.9%), trimethoprim (15.2%). Antimicrobial resistance was present in 56.7% of E. coli isolates against at least one antimicrobial agent. Of 277 isolates, 44 (15.9%) were resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.275-285
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• 2008

Antimicrobial drugs are widely used in poultry industry as growth promoters or to control infectious diseases. However, this practice is reported to have caused high resistance to antimicrobial drugs in normal chicken flora and pathogens. Antimicrobial resistance to Escherichia coli (E. coli) from chicken has been mainly reported in normal flora, but rare in pathogenic organism in Korea, recently. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate prevalence of antimicrobials resistance, transfer of R plasmid, and association between antimicrobial drug resistance and O serotype of 203 pathogenic E. coli from poultry in Korea during the period from April 2003 to December 2005. These isolates showed a high resistance to tetracycline (Tc, 93.6%), nalidixic acid (Na, 92.6%), streptomycin (Sm, 81.8%), ampicillin (Ap, 77.3%), ciprofloxacin (Ci, 70.9%), sulfisoxazole (Su, 66.5%), and trimethoprim (Tp, 58.1%). Two hundred-one (99.0%) of the isolates were resistant to one or more drugs. They showed 57 different resistant patterns, and the most prevalent resistant pattern among them was Tc, Sin, Su, Ap, Tp, Ci, Na. Sixty-eight (33.8%) of the isolates transferred all or a part of their antimicrobial resistant pattern to the recipient strain by R plasmid. The most common antimicrobial resistant pattern was Tc, Sm, Su, Ap, Tp, Ci, Na in serotype O78, O88 and O15, respectively. These results exhibit high individual and multiple resistance to antimicrobials of pathogenic E. coli from poultry in Korea. They also suggest the needs for surveillance to monitor antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic bacteria that can be potentially transmitted to humans from food animals and to regulate the abuse of antimicrobials on food-producing animals in Korea.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.19-32
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• 1980

Besides the benefits of antimicrobial agents in the control of various infectious diseases, widespread and prolonged use of particular antimicrobial agents has brought about the increase of drug-resistant strains in a community and the profound changes in the pattern of infectious diseases. In Korea, there are some remote villages where no clinics and drug stores are available and the residents in those areas are assumed to have fewer chances to contact with antimicrobial agents. In the present study, the differences in susceptibilities to 14 antimicrobial agents between the isolates from rural areas(R) and Seoul National University Hospital(SNUH, H) were studied. The isolates and their numbers were Staphylococcus aureus, R;55, H;68), Enterococci(R;28, H;30), Escherichia coli(R;40, H;40), Enterobacter aerogenes(R;25, H;21) and Klebsiella pneunoniae(R;58, H;67). Minimal inhibitory concentrations(MIC's) of penicillin, ampicillin, carbenicillin, cephalexin, tetracycline, oxytetracyline, doxycycline, minocycline, gentamicin, kanamycin, streptomycin, erythromycin, troleandomycin and co-trimoxazole were determined by agar dilution method. I. Comparison of MIC's and resistant strain proportions between isolates from SNUH and rural areas. MIC's and/or resistant strain proportions of the isolates from SNUH were significantly higher than those of the isolates from rural areas in the cases of 1. S. aureus to doxycycline, streptomycin and kanamycin. 2. E. coli to penicillin, ampicillin, carbenicillin, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline, streptomycin, kanamycin, erythromycin and co-trimoxazole. 3. E. aerogences to carbenicillin, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline, streptomycin, kanamycin, genaamicin and co-trimoxazole. 4. K pneunoniae to penicillin, ampicillin, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline, monocycline, streptomycin, kanamycine, gentamicin and co-trimoxazole. However, the mean MIC and resistant strain proportion of S. aureus to tetracycline were higher in isolates from rural areas than in those from SNUH and Enterococci showed no differences in susceptibilities to the antimicrobial agents between isolates from rural areas and from SNUH. Therefore, in general, differenes in susceptibility to these antimicrobial agents between the isolates from rural areas and SNUH were remarkably greater and broader in gram negative enteric bacteria. II. Multiple drug resistance pattern. Patterns and incidences of multiple drug resistance were studied with penicillin, ampicillin, tetracycline, cephalexin, gentamicin, streptomcin, kanamycin and co-trimoxazole in Enterococci, E. coli, E. aeroges and K. pneumoniae. There appeared significant differences in the incidence of multiply drug-resistant strains and multiple drug resistance patterns between the isolates from SNUH and rural areas in Enterococci, E. coli, E. aerogenes and K. pneumoniae. However, there was no difference in the incidence of multiply drug-resistant strains between isolates of S. aureus from SNUH and rural areas but the pattern of multiple resistance of the SNUH strains of S. aureus was diverse, while that of the rural strains was predominantly confined to penicillin-tetracycline combination. The incidence of multigly drug-resistant strains and diversity of their patterns were the highest in E. coli strains isolated from SNUH and there were no multiply drug resistant strrains in Enterococci and K. pneumoniae strains isolated from rural areas. The number of drug-resistance determinants was also different between the isolates from rural areas and SNUH. Most of the multiply drug-resistant strains of E. coli, E. aerogenes and K. pneumoniae isolated from SNUH were resistant to more than 3 kinds of antimicrobial agents, most frequently to ampicillin, tetracycline and streptomycin, while multiply drug-resistant strains from rural areas were resistant to 2 kinds of antimicrobial agents among ampicillin, tetracycline and streptomycin. With drug-resistant E. coli strains, resistance to tetracycline which was used most widely since 1951 was most frequently involved as a part of mutliple drug-resistance, followed by resistance to ampicillin and streptomycin. This strongly suggests that emergence of drug-restant strains in a community is directly dependent on the selective pressure exerted by the antimicrobial agent used. III. Cross resistance. Cross resistance of bacteria was studied among tetracycline penicillin, aminoglycoside and macrolide derivatives by analyzing correlation coefficients of sucseptibilities using the least square method. In this study, there were high correlations among the susceptibilities to related derivatives. It appears that the relatively low correlations in susceptibilities present in some cases are due to intrinsic resistance of E. aerogenes to penicillin, Enterococci to aminoglycoside and E. coli E. aerogenes and K. pneumoniae to macrolide derivatives.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 1999

Mar (multiple-antibiotic-resistance) 대장균의 marRAB 돌연변이가 그람음성 세균들 사이로 전파 될수 있는지를 알아보기 위해서, 염색체 위의 marRAB 돌연변이를 $\lambda$placMu9 (Km$^{r}$)를 이용하여 대장균의 다른 균주내의 pUC19 (Lac$^{+}$, Ap$^{r}$)의 클로닝 사이트, S. typhimurium 및 P. aeruginosa의 염색체 위로 각각 전달시킨 후, Mar phenotype, Km$^{r}$, Lac$^{-}$, 혹은 Ap$^{r}$ 균주를 선택한 다음, salicylate (SAL)의 유도 (induction) 유무에 따른 항생제 내성검사를 실시하였다. pUC19의 보유 유무에 관계없이 대조군인 야생형 대장균 JM109, NM522에 비해서, pUC19::marRAB 돌연변이를 가진 JM109 혹은 NM522의 대부분 균주들은 항생제 내성 수준들이 훨씬 더 높았으며, Mar표현형의 유도도 SAL에 의해서 훨씬 더 높게 나타났다. 하지만 일부 소수의 항생제에 대해서는 예외적으로 내성 수준이 더 낮게 나타났는데, 야생형 JM109 균주에서는 chloramphenicol (Cm)과 tetracycline (Tc)이 , pUC19::marRAB 돌연변이를 가진 NM522 균주 에서는 Tc와 ciprofloxacin (Cp)에 대한 내성 수준이 각각 더 낮게 나타났다. S. typhimurium 및 P. aeruginosa에 대한 같은 실험의 결과도 야생형 대장균의 경우와 거의 대부분 일치하였다. 형질전환 (transformation)과 형질도입 (transduction)의 방법을 주로 사용한 이 실험의 결과는, marRAB 돌연변이가 그람음성 세균들 사이로 전파될 수 있음을 간접적으로 암시한다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2020

Clostridial bacteria are zoonotic agents, which cause severe necrotizing enteritis, pseudo-membrane colitis, enterotoxemia to both humans and animals. The objective of this study was to monitor the antibiotic resistance of Clostridium isolates on clinical specimens from wild animals in Seoul zoo for 5 years. Clostridium isolates were verified by using Vitek2 compact machine. Antibiotic susceptibility was assessed by antibiotic disc diffusion test, which was followed by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion test method. The frequency of Antimicrobial resistance of Clostridium isolate was the greatest in gentamicin (87%), then in order of amikacin (80%). There were 55.6% of Clostridium isolates showed multiple drug resistance (MDR). These results showed that a lot of Clostridial bacteria from wild animals in Seoul zoo were acquired antibiotic resistance. Because of the wild animal's aggressive manner, it has been hard to collect clinical samples from wild animals in a zoo to exam antibiotic susceptibility. For these reasons, empirical use of antibiotics has been performed in frequently. It may cause to increase the emergence of antibiotic resistance bacteria. In addition, the antibiotic resistance bacteria from zoo animals can be spread to other wild animals which inhabit around the zoo. Therefore, regular monitoring of antibiotic resistance Clostridial bacteria is important to protect animals and humans from Clostridial diseases.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.367-373
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• 2021

The antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus spp. and Gram negative strains present in air samples from waste sorting facilities was assessed. Phenotypic studies have revealed a high percentage of strains of Staphylococcus spp. resistant to methicillin. Genotypically and by RT-PCR, it was found that the mecA gene usually associated with methicillin resistance was present in 8% of the Staphylococcus strains isolated. About 30% of the Gram negative strains from the same samples also displayed resistance to meropenem and 79% of these were resistant to multiple antibiotics from different classes, namely cephalosporins and β-lactams. The results suggest that in professional activities with high levels of exposure to biological agents, the quantification and identification of the microbial flora in the work environment, with the determination of the presence of potential agents displaying multi-resistances is of relevance to the risk assessment. The personal protection of workers is particularly important relevance in these cases, since many of the strains that exhibit multi-resistance are potential opportunistic agents.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.413-419
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 확장 스펙트럼 𝛽-락타마제(ESBL) 항생제가 그람 음성 세균에 의한 감염을 치료하고 예방하는데 사용하고 있으며 임상에서 심각한 감염을 치료하는데 선택하는 마지막 옵션 역할을 한다. 미생물의 확장 스펙트럼 𝛽-락타마제(ESBL) 및/또는 카르바페네마제(Carbapenemase) 내성에 대한 보고는 전 세계적으로 확산되는 것으로 보고되며 항생제 치료에 많은 제한을 주는 요인으로 다약재 내성과 관련이 있기 때문에 보건 서비스에 큰 관심을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 국내 시장에서 구매하여 분리한 육류로부터 세균을 분리 동정하여 항생제 저항성 테스트인 디스크 확산법을 사용하여 내성균을 분리 실험하였고, PCR과 DNA 시퀜싱방법을 수행아였다. 결과는 PCR을 수행하여 항생제 내성유전자와 유전자를 생산하는 ESBL의 존재를 검출하고 결과를 얻었다. 총 36개의 샘플 육류로부터 181개의 각각 분리된 세균을 추출하여 실험결과을 얻었다. 결과는 PCR과 DNA 염기서열을 분석하여 항생제내성 유전자로 blaVIM, blaBIC, blaKPC, blaSIM으로 나타났다. 분리한 육류 속의 박테리아는 별도 유전자 서열분석으로 4개의 다른 박테리아가 확인되었다. 이러한 결과는 소매되는 육류에서 발견되는 박테리아에 ESBL 내성유전자인 blaVIM, blaBIC, blaKPC, blaSIM를 가진 박테리아 균주가 있을 수 있으며 이는 특수 확장 스펙트럼 𝛽-락타마제(ESBL) 및/또는 카르바페네마제(Carbapenemase) 내성유전자가 확산될 수 있다는 것을 시사한다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2007

국내 지역을 경기도, 강원도, 충청도, 전라도, 경상도로 크게 5그룹으로 구분한 후 각각을 2곳의 군단위로 나누어 총 10곳의 지역으로 구분한 뒤, 국내 축산의 주요 축종인 소, 돼지, 닭 축사를 중심으로 분변, 퇴비, 축산인의 손, 지하수, 토양, 하천에서 E. coli 197균주, S. aureus 42균주, C. jejuni/coli 13균주, E. faecium/faecalis 223균주를 분리하여 항생제 감수성 시험을 실시하였다. 모니터링 결과 축산환경에서 분리된 균 중 한 가지 이상의 항생제에 대한 내성율은 E. coli 69.4%(137균주), S. aureus 78.6%(33균주), C. jejuni/coli 100%(13균주), E. faecium/faecalis 82.1%(183균주)를 나타내었다. 또한 4계열 이상의 항생제 내성이 있는 다제 내성율은 각각 19.2%(38균주), 11.9%(5균주), 15.4%(2균주), 6.2%(14균주)였다. 그리고 환경 중에서 VREF 2개 균주를 분리하였다. 축종별 항생제 사용추이를 살펴보면, 소, 돼지, 닭 및 수산용 등 주요 사육가축에 한정하여 판매량을 조사한 결과 소의 경우 01년부터 연도별로 6%, 9%, 8% 판매, 돼지 경우 01년부터 연도별로 57%, 56%, 55% 판매, 닭의 경우 01년부터 연도별로 23%, 23%, 26% 판매, 수산용의 경우 01년부터 연도별로 14%, 12%, 11%판매된 것으로 조사되었다[18]. 이는 소축사 환경에서 분리한 균이 돼지나 닭 축사 환경에서 분리한 균보다 내성율이 낮게 나타나 항생제 사용량과 관계가 있는 것을 추측할 수 있었다. 전체적으로 분리된 균의 내성율이 임상에서 분리되는 균의 항생제 내성율에 비해서는 낮게 검출되었다. 그러나 하천, 토양, 축산인의 손, 지하수 등에서 분리된 균의 항생제 내성회득 결과는 동물의 분변 등 환경관리에 대한 좀 더 많은 관심과 정책이 필요할 것으로 사료되었다 또한 축산 환경에서 분리된 내성균이 많지 않은 국내 현실을 감안할 때 본 연구에서 분리된 균주들은 향후 항생제 내성균 전파 경로를 추적하는 좋은 연구 자료가 될 것으로 사료되었다.