ST22 and ST239 MRSA duopoly in Singaporean hospitals: 2006-2010

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-157

  Teo, J ^a   Tan, T Y ^b   Hon, P Y ^c   Lee, W ^a   Koh, T H ^a   Krishnan, P ^d   Hsu, L Y ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; bacterial typing; methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA)

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC CLASSIFICATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84870941495     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000337     Document Type: Article

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