Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals

Hsu, Li-Yang; Tan, Thean-Yen; Jureen, Roland; Koh, Tse-Hsien; Krishnan, Prabha; Lin, Raymond Tzer-Pin; Tee, Nancy Wen-Sin; Tambyah, Paul Ananth

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Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals

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Dec 2007
By Hsu, Li-Yang ; Tan, Thean-Yen ; Jureen, Roland ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Hsu, Li-Yang ; Tan, Thean-Yen ; Jureen, Roland ; Koh, Tse-Hsien ; Krishnan, Prabha ; Lin, Raymond Tzer-Pin ; Tee, Nancy Wen-Sin ; Tambyah, Paul Ananth
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.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteria Dispatch Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Hospitals Humans Microbial Drug Resistance Nosocomial Infections Singapore Surveillance
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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(12):1944-1947.
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Journal Article
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13
Issue:

12
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:97cf8452bca29778bc7cf2b9f84ee7457d063232df356ab4f72f4a2573e4c2c2
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