Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and the molecular characteristics of MRSA bacteraemia over a two-year period in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia

Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an established pathogen that causes hospital- and community-acquired infections worldwide. The prevalence rate of MRSA infections were reported to be the highest in Asia. As there is limited epidemiological study being done in Malay...

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Main Authors:	Sit, P.S., Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju, Idris, N., Sam, I.C., Omar, S.F.S., Sulaiman, H., Thong, Kwai Lin, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Ponnampalavanar, S.
Format:	Article
Language:	en
Published:	BMC 2017
Subjects:	Q Science (General) R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/18385/2/Prevalence_of_methicillin-resistant.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/18385/ https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2384-y
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