Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals

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...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Li-Yang, Tan, Thean-Yen, Jureen, Roland, Koh, Tse-Hsien, Krishnan, Prabha, Lin, Raymond Tzer-Pin, Tee, Nancy Wen-Sin, Tambyah, Paul Ananth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18258055
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1312.070299
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Sumario: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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