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- Title
Antimicrobial drug resistance in Singapore hospitals.
- Authors
Li-Yang Hsu; Thean-Yen Tan; Jureen, Roland; Tse-Hsien Koh; Krishnan, Prabha; Tzer-Pin Lin, Raymond; Wen-Sin Tee, Nancy; Tambyah, Paul Ananth; Hsu, Li-Yang; Tan, Thean-Yen; Koh, Tse-Hsien
- Abstract
A new national antimicrobial resistance surveillance program in Singapore public hospitals that uses WHONET detected high levels of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus (35.3%), carbapenem resistance among Acinetobacter spp. (49.6%), and third-generation cephalosporin resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae (35.9%) hospital isolates in 2006. Antimicrobial drug resistance is a major problem in Singapore.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; ANTI-infective agents; METHICILLIN resistance; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; ACINETOBACTER; KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae; HOSPITALS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; COMPARATIVE studies; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 12, p1944
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1312.070299