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 Klebsiella pneumoniae (35.9%) hospital isolates in 2006. Antimicrobial drug resistance is a major problem in Singapore.
Hsu
Li-Yang
LY
Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. liyang_hsu@yahoo.com
Tan
Thean-Yen
TY
Jureen
Roland
R
Koh
Tse-Hsien
TH
Krishnan
Prabha
P
Tzer-Pin Lin
Raymond
R
Wen-Sin Tee
Nancy
N
Tambyah
Paul Ananth
PA
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents