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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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2007-12, Vol.13 (12), p.1944-1947
Hauptverfasser:	HSU, L.Y, TAN, T.Y, JUREEN, R, KOH, T.H, KRISHNAN, P, TZER-PIN LIN, R, TEE, N, TAMBYAH, P.A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acinetobacter Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Bacteria - drug effects Biological and medical sciences Dispatch Drug resistance in microorganisms Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial - drug effects Health aspects Hospital patients Hospitals Humans Klebsiella pneumoniae Medical sciences microbial drug resistance Miscellaneous nosocomial infections Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Singapore Staphylococcus aureus surveillance Surveys
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1312.070299