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

• 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: English
• 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

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...