title: Antimicrobial drug resistance in Singapore hospitals.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. liyang_hsu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Li-Yang
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Thean-Yen
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jureen
authors.forename: Tse-Hsien
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Prabha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tzer-Pin Lin
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wen-Sin Tee
authors.forename: Paul Ananth
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Tambyah
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D012846:Singapore
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents