| first report on the molecular epidemiology of malaysian staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from a university teaching hospital. | staphylococcus epidermidis is a pathogen associated with nosocomial infections whose medical importance has increased due to progressively invasive medical procedures. in this study, we characterized the molecular epidemiology of s. epidermidis strains circulating in our university hospital situated in kuala lumpur, malaysia. | 2014 | 25186825 |
| septicaemia in paediatric cancer patients: a 5-year surveillance study in university hospital, kuala lumpur, malaysia. | infectious complications are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in children with malignancy. empirical antimicrobial therapy in the management of fever of unknown origin should be tailored to local bacteriological data and antibiotic sensitivity patterns. five-hundred-and-fifty-nine cases of culture-proven septicaemia occurring in pediatric cancer patients between 1990 and 1994 were retrospectively analysed and compared with a similar study done in our centre between 1976 and 1979. a wid ... | 1997 | 9364125 |
| six year trend of neonatal septicaemia in a large malaysian maternity hospital. | a study carried out in the maternity hospital, kuala lumpur over a 6 year period from 1986 to 1991, showed that the annual rates of septicaemia ranged from 5.2 to 10.2/100 admissions. septicaemia accounted for between 11.0 to 30.4% of all neonatal deaths. the case fatality ratios ranged from 23.0 to 52.2%, being highest in 1989 when basic facilities were compromised. low birthweight neonates accounted for 55.5% of those with septicaemia. the most common causative organisms were staphylococcus ep ... | 1994 | 8148183 |