Antimicrobial drug resistance in Singapore hospitals
Li-Yang Hsu, Thean-Yen Tan, Roland Jureen, Tse-Hsien Koh, Prabha Krishnan, Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin, Nancy Wen-Sin Tee, Paul Ananth Tambyah, Li-Yang Hsu, Thean-Yen Tan, Roland Jureen, Tse-Hsien Koh, Prabha Krishnan, Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin, Nancy Wen-Sin Tee, Paul Ananth Tambyah
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.
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