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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007-12-01
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| author | Li-Yang Hsu Thean-Yen Tan Roland Jureen Tse-Hsien Koh Prabha Krishnan Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin Nancy Wen-Sin Tee Paul Ananth Tambyah |
| author_facet | Li-Yang Hsu Thean-Yen Tan Roland Jureen Tse-Hsien Koh Prabha Krishnan Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin Nancy Wen-Sin Tee Paul Ananth Tambyah |
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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-6f9cb748fa9c4c26b4000f8fa706b1a52022-12-22T02:24:45ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592007-12-0113121944194710.3201/eid1312.070299Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore HospitalsLi-Yang HsuThean-Yen TanRoland JureenTse-Hsien KohPrabha KrishnanRaymond Tzer-Pin LinNancy Wen-Sin TeePaul Ananth TambyahA 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/12/07-0299_articlemicrobial drug resistancesurveillanceSingaporenosocomial infectionsdispatch |
| spellingShingle | Li-Yang Hsu Thean-Yen Tan Roland Jureen Tse-Hsien Koh Prabha Krishnan Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin Nancy Wen-Sin Tee Paul Ananth Tambyah Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals Emerging Infectious Diseases microbial drug resistance surveillance Singapore nosocomial infections dispatch |
| title | Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals |
| title_full | Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals |
| title_fullStr | Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals |
| title_short | Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals |
| title_sort | antimicrobial drug resistance in singapore hospitals |
| topic | microbial drug resistance surveillance Singapore nosocomial infections dispatch |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/12/07-0299_article |
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