Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal replacement in a Malaysian teaching hospital: findings from an eight-year interval molecular surveillance

• Main Authors: Ismail, Mohd Azrul Hisham, Kamarudin, Norhidayah, Abdul Samat, Muttaqillah Najihan, Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Mohd Fadhil, Saimun, Saberi, Tan, Toh Leong, Neoh, Hui-min
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: RB Pathology; RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/89298/8/89298_MRSA%202017%20MDPI.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89298/7/89298_Scopus%20-%20methicilin-resistant.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89298/; https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/3/320

Periodical surveillance on nosocomial pathogens is important for antimicrobial stewardship and infection control. The first methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) molecular surveillance in Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM), a Malaysian teaching hospital, was performed in 2009. The d...