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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Hsu, Li-Yang; Tan, Thean-Yen; Jureen, Roland; Koh, Tse-Hsien; Krishnan, Prabha; ... More +
Hsu, Li-Yang; Tan, Thean-Yen; Jureen, Roland; Koh, Tse-Hsien; Krishnan, Prabha; Lin, Raymond Tzer-Pin; Tee, Nancy Wen-Sin; Tambyah, Paul Ananth; Less -
Description:
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.
Subject:
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteria
Dispatch
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Hospitals
Humans
Microbial Drug Resistance
Nosocomial Infections
Singapore
Surveillance

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(12):1944-1947.;
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:97cf8452bca29778bc7cf2b9f84ee7457d063232df356ab4f72f4a2573e4c2c2
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