• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.112-121
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• 2020

Background: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) has become more common in nosocomial infections, especially in urine samples. However, until now, no treatment regimen has been proven to effectively eradicate urine VRE colonization. Therefore, to evaluate the efficacy of doxycycline in eradicating urine VRE and shortening VRE isolation period, we compared VRE colony detection period between doxycycline-treated and untreated patients. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 83 patients with VRE colonization in urine cultures was conducted at a tertiary academic hospital from January 2011 to February 2018. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to evaluate eradication rates in the treatment and non-treatment groups. Factors affecting urine VRE colonization persistence were analyzed by multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The overall rate of VRE eradication during the entire hospital stay was higher in the doxycycline treatment group (90.5%) than in the non-treatment group (58.1%, p=0.014). Survival analysis showed that the 5-, 10-, and 20-day cumulative eradication rates were 78.3%, 100%, and 100% in the doxycycline treatment group, and 18.5%, 45.7%, and 67.8% in the non-treatment group, respectively, thereby indicating that eradication rates were higher in the doxycycline treatment group than in the non-treatment group (p<0.001). Only doxycycline treatment was shown to affect urine VRE colonization persistence in multivariate logistic regression analysis. Conclusion: Doxycycline treatment enhanced the eradication rate of urine VRE colonization and appeared to be useful in shortening VRE isolation period.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.245-253
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• 2013

To provide reference data or guideline for empirical treatment of bloodstream infection, we studied a change pattern in causative microorganisms and antimicrobial susceptibility in a general hospital at Gyeonggi province during five years. We retrospectively reviewed the frequency of causative microorganisms and antimicrobial susceptibility results of 5,782 microorganisms isolated from blood culture in a general hospital during the period from January 2008 to December 2012. The most common pathogens were Escherichia coli (14.7%), Staphylococcus aureus (7.5%), Streptococcus viridans group (4.9%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (4.1%). The multiple microorganisms were isolated in 4.3% of bloodstream infection patients. The average contamination rate of blood culture during five years was 3.0%. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae were isolated at 62%, 27% and 11%, respectively. Cefotaxime-resistant E. coli and K. pneumoniae was 20% and 18%, respectively. Imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA) and Acinetobacter baumannii (IRAB) was 25% and 66%, respectively. E. coli and S. aureus were most common pathogens isolated from blood culture for five years. The increase of multidrug-resistant microorganisms, such as MRSA, VRE, ESBL, IRPA and IRAB, requires more strict control of antibiotics and causes the need of the more updated guideline for the treatment of blood stream infection.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2005

목 적 : 화상의 병태 생리에 대한 지식 증가와 효과적인 항균제의 이용 및 상처의 괴사조직을 조기에 제거하는 수술 방법의 도입으로 최근 사망률이 감소하고 있으나, 아직도 세균 감염으로 인한 패혈증과 폐렴 등의 합병증이 사망의 가장 큰 원인이 되고 있다. 최근 내성균주의 증가로 적절하고도 제한적인 항균제 선택의 중요성이 증대되고 있다. 특히 Acinetobacter의 multi-drug resistant 균주는 최근 들어 관심의 대상이다. 중환자실의 MRSA, VRE 등의 균주가 증가되고 있는 우리나라의 실정에서 소아 연령의 화상부위 세균 감염 양상을 파악하고 각 균주에 따른 항균제 내성의 추이를 파악하여 적절한 항균제 선택으로 소아 화상 부위의 치료에 도움이 되고자 한다. 방 법 : 1999년 1월부터 2002년 12월까지 4년간 한림대학교 의료원 한강성심병원 화상 센터에 입원한 만 15세 이하 환아 중, 화상 부위 세균 배양 검사 양성으로 나타난 213명, 406검체를 대상으로, 의무기록의 후향적 고찰을 통하여 감염세균 및 항균제 감수성 양상을 조사, 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 총 213명의 환아 중 남아 127명(59.6%), 여아 86명(40.4%)이었다. 나이별로는 1~5세까지의 학령 전기에서 132명(62.0%)으로 가장 많았고, 1개월~1세의 영아기 45명(21.1%), 6~10세의 학령기 24명(11.3%) 순이었다. 2) 화상의 종류로는 열탕 화상이 167명(78.4%)으로 가장 많았고, 다음으로 화염 화상이 35명(16.4%), 접촉 열화상 6명(2.8%) 순이었다. 3) 총 213명 406검체 중 64검체(15.8%)에서 두 종류 이상의 균주가 분리되었다. P. aeruginosa가 236검체(58.1%)에서 분리되어 가장 흔한 원인균이었다. Enterococcus species가 73검체(18.0%), S. aureus가 51검체(12.6%), S. epidermidis가 48검체(11.8%)에서 분리되었다. 그 다음으로 Streptococcus species, Acinetobacter species, E. coli 순이었다. 4) P. aeruginosa의 경우 항균제에 대한 내성률은 trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 100%, cephalothin 98.1%, ampicillin-sulbactam 96.2%, ampicillin 95.3%, ceftriaxone 95.2%, tobramycin 93.7%, cefoperazone 68.9%, ceftazidime 67.7%이었다. 5) Enterococcus species는 tetracycline 63.9%, streptomycin 45.5%, gentamicin 36.1%, penicillin G 13.7%의 내성을 보였다. 6) S. aureus는 gentamicin 89.7%, tetracycline 86.2%, ciprofloxacin 86.2%, penicillin G 84.3%, oxacillin 78.4%, erythromycin 76.5%의 내성을 보였다. 7) S. epidermidis는 oxacillin 81.2%, erythromycin 79.2%, gentamicin 76.2%, penicillin G 70.8%, fusidic acid 70.3%, tetracycline 61.9%의 내성을 보였다. 8) Acinetobacter species는 ampicillin-sulbactam 100%, gentamicin 85.7%, ampicillin 83.3%, piperacillin 61.5%, aztreonam 53.3%의 내성을 보였다. 결 론 : P. aeruginosa의 선택적 항생제 중 cefoperazone 68.9%, ceftazidime 67.7% 등 높은 내성을 보였고, imipenem 역시 25.9%의 내성을 나타냈다. 현재 P. aeruginosa에 대한 백신이 개발 중이나 효과에 대해선 더 많은 연구가 필요할 것이다. S. aureus는 penicillin G 84.3%, oxacillin 78.4% 등의 높은 내성을 보였으나, vancomycin 0%, teicoplanin 2.2%로 아직 낮은 내성률을 보였다. Acinetobacter species는 최근 계속 증가하는 multi-resistant drug 양상을 보이고 있어 향후 항균제 선택에 있어 신중한 주의가 필요하다.

• Journal of Korean Medical Science
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• 제33권48호
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• pp.295.1-295.7
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• 2018

Background: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections have become a major healthcare-associated pathogen problem worldwide. Nosocomial VRE infections could be effectively controlled by screening patients at high risk of harboring VRE and thereby lowering the influx of VRE into healthcare centers. In this study, we evaluated factors associated with VRE colonization in patients transferred to emergency departments, to detect patients at risk for VRE carriage. Methods: This study was conducted in the emergency department of a medical college-affiliated hospital in Korea. Every patient transferred to the emergency department and admitted to the hospital from January to December 2016 was screened for VRE using rectal cultures. In this cross-sectional study, the dependent variable was VRE colonization and the independent variables were demographic and clinical factors of the patients and factors related to the transferring hospital. Patients were divided into two groups, VRE and non-VRE, and previously collected patient data were analyzed. Then we performed logistic regression analyses of characteristics that differed significantly between groups. Results: Out of 650 patients, 106 (16.3%) had positive VRE culture results. Significant variables in the logistic analysis were transfer from geriatric long-term care hospital (adjusted odds ration [aOR]: 8.017; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.378-46.651), hospital days (4-7 days; aOR: 7.246; 95% CI: 3.229-16.261), duration of antimicrobial exposure (1-3 days; aOR: 1.976; 95% CI: 1.137-3.436), and age (aOR: 1.025; 95% CI: 1.007-1.043). Conclusion: VRE colonization in patients transferred to the emergency department is associated primarily with factors related to the transferred hospitals rather than demographic and clinical characteristics.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.247-256
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• 2023

Objectives: Enterococcus faecalis is a gram positive diplococci, highly versatile and a normal commensal of the gut microbiome. Resistance to vancomycin is a serious issue in various health-care setting exhibited by vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE) due to the alteration in the peptidoglycan synthesis pathway. This study is thus aimed to detect the VRE from the patients with root caries from the clinical isolates of E. faecalis and to evaluate the in-silico interactions between vanA and the Aegles marmelos bio-compounds. Methods: E. faecalis was phenotypically characterized from 20 root caries samples and the frequency of vanA and vanB genes was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Further crude methanolic extracts from the dried leaves of A. marmelos was assessed for its antimicrobial activity. This is followed by the selection of five A. marmelos bio-compounds for the computational approach towards the drug ligand interactions. Results: 12 strains (60%) of E. faecalis was identified from the root caries samples and vanA was detected from two strains (16%). Both the stains showed the presence of vanA and none of the strains possessed vanB. Crude extract of A. marmelos showed promising antibacterial activity against the VRE strains. In-silico analysis of the A. marmelos biocompounds revealed Imperatonin as the best compound with high docking energy (-8.11) and hydrogen bonds with < 140 TPSA (Topological polar surface area) and zero violations. Conclusion: The present study records the VRE strains among the root caries with imperatorin from A. marmelos as a promising drug candidate. However the study requires further experimentation and validation.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.228-233
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• 2014

This study was performed to examine antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus spp. strains from retail raw meat and fish products purchased in 2012. 43 Enterococcus spp. strains were isolated from a total of 207 samples (beef, pork, chicken, fish) with contamination rate of 20.8%. The isolated strains were identified as E. faecalis (22 strains), E. gallinarum, E. hirae (5 strains), E. avium (4 strains), E. faecium (3 strains), E. duram, E. casseliflavus (2 strains). Susceptibility to 10 antibiotics was tested, and the highest resistance was observed to tetracycline. And antimicrobial resistance rates were presented below 20% with most of the other antimicrobial agents. The isolated Enterococci from chicken showed higher resistance also to ciprofloxacin and erythromycin, not only to tetracycline, compared to the isolated Enterococci from beef, pork and fish. Sixteen isolates (37.2%) were sensitive to all antibiotics. Four isolates (9.3%) were resistant to 3 or more antibiotics. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) was not identified. According to the results of genetic similarity pattern analysis via PFGE and rep-PCR, Enterococci strains showed different patterns from these collected in 2011. This indicates that there is no genetic similarity among all the strains.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.1191-1199
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• 2020

We studied the effect of Korean medicine treatment on the clearance of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) colonization and on improvement in symptoms in a stroke patient. The patient was continuously followed up with stool VRE cultures while being treated with herbal medicine, Chunglijagam-tang, acupuncture, and oxygen therapy. We also checked the coccygeal pressure sore condition and the oxygen levels during therapy. No VRE colonization was found after treatment and the oxygen levels and pressure sores had improved. This study proved that Korean medicine treatment could be effective for the clearance of VRE colonization and improvement of symptoms.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2015

To provide guidelines for the empirical treatment of urinary tract infections, we observed annual changes in the occurrence frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary isolates in a university hospital in the Chungbuk province, South Korea, over a period of 10 years (2004~2013). Escherichia coli (38.2%), Enterococcus faecalis (11.7%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (7.3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.3%), E. faecium (4.3%), and Staphylococcus aureus (4.1%) were commonly isolated urinary pathogens. The prevalence of E. coli, E. faecium and Streptococcus agalactiae were significantly higher in females (P < 0.001), whereas E. faecalis, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus were significantly more common in male patients (P < 0.001). E. coli mostly frequently showed resistance to ampicillin (67.94%), followed by trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (36.06%) and ciprofloxacin (26.84%). Over the studied time period, resistance rates of E. coli to ciprofloxacin significantly increased (20.44% to 33.55%). Moreover, extended-spectrum $\beta$-lactamase (ESBL) producing isolates also significantly increased in E. coli (4.2% to 18.3%) and K. pneumoniae (9.6% to 26.9%). In addition, the proportion of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus facium (VRE) also increased (15.7% to 25.0%). In conclusion, over the last 10 years, the proportions of ciprofloxacin resistant E. coli and multidrug-resistant bacteria, such as ESBL and VRE have significantly increased. This trend must be strictly controlled and demonstrates the need for more updated guidelines for the treatment of urinary tract infections.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) knowledge and awareness with VRE infection control in compliance with VRE infection control among nurses in intensive care units. Method: Participants (N=154) were recruited in B city from August 2007 to October 2007. Data were analyzed with SPSS PC+. Result: The degree of VRE knowledge of the participants was 12.41 out of the total score, 17; that of awareness with VRE infection control was 3.87 out of the total score, 4; that of compliance with VRE infection control 3.75 out of the perfect score, 4. A significantly positive relationship between awareness of VRE infection control and compliance with VRE infection control has been observed. Awareness with VRE infection control and type of intensive care unitpredicted 21.1% of the variance in compliance with VRE infection control. Conclusion: The study indicated that awareness with VRE infection control has the most important impact on the compliance with VRE infection control for the participants. Based on the finding, a suggestion is made to continue the research on VRE knowledge and nosocomical infection on the subject of nurse and nurse managers who are responsible for infection control in a medical institution.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1635-1645
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• 2020

In this study would like to find extending or increasing the efficacy of the antibiotic substance for the strains with resistance to antibiotics or persister cells by inhibition of the resistance. This study was used different species of 'legal high' plants leaves from Leonotis leonurus, Mitragyna speciosa, and seeds from Ipomoea murucoides with antibiotics which are Amoxicillin, Chloramphenicol, Ciprofloxacin, Kanamycin, Oxacillin, and Vancomycin. Legal highs were extracted with methanol. Minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC) testing for a range of antibiotics with extracts of plant was fulfilled by broth dilution methods. In this essay, it was determined in a microdilution assay utilizing suspended in ISB up to a final concentration of 512㎍/ml in 96 wells microtitre plates, threefold and serial dilutions. After that, the microplates were kept in incubator between 35℃ and 37℃ for overnight. Leonotis leonurus, Mitragyna speciosa, and Ipomoea murucoides of Legal highs (512㎍/ml) investigated small activity to inhibit against pathogens which are susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, resistant Staphylococcus aureus, susceptible Enterococcus faecalis, resistant Escherichia coli.