| enterococci highly resistant to penicillin: characterizing isolates from singapore hospitals. | | 1991 | 1788591 |
| prevalence in singapore of enterococci with high-level resistance to aminoglycosides and comparison of three methods for their detection. | the first study of the prevalence in singapore of enterococci with high-level resistance to aminoglycosides has been made in the national university hospital. from march to june 1992, 225 isolates were studied by means of three methods: (1) use of brain-heart infusion (bhi) agar incorporating the antibiotic; (2) microdilution of the antibiotic in broth; and (3) use of high content antibiotic discs. the bhi agar was the reference method. of the total, 49 (22%) isolates were resistant to gentamici ... | 1993 | 8228292 |
| comparison of three methods for the molecular typing of singapore isolates of enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside resistances. | enterococci are frequently isolated as nosocomial pathogens and have often acquired intrinsic drug resistances. molecular typing techniques have been developed to assist in epidemological and infection control measures. this study investigates enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside resistance (hlar) from the national university hospital (nuh) of singapore, and evaluates and compares three methods for typing: restriction enzyme analysis by conventional gel electrophoresis [restriction fragmen ... | 1998 | 9561474 |
| gastrointestinal colonisation of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in a singapore teaching hospital. | vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (vre) has become an important nosocomial pathogen in many countries but is still rare in singapore. a study was conducted from january to march 1997 at a 900-bed teaching hospital to determine the prevalence of intestinal colonisation of vre in the patient population. a total of 299 consecutive stool specimens received by the microbiology laboratory for routine testing were plated onto two different selective media for comparison. vre isolated were phenotypicall ... | 2001 | 11358057 |
| vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a singapore teaching hospital prior to 2005. | | 2005 | 15902362 |
| predictors of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (vre) carriage in the first major vre outbreak in singapore. | until recently, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (vre) infection or colonisation was a rare occurrence in singapore. the first major vre outbreak involving a 1500-bed tertiary care institution in march 2005 presented major challenges in infection control and came at high costs. this study evaluates the predictors of vre carriage based on patients' clinical and demographic profiles. | 2007 | 17597959 |
| screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci using stools sent for clostridium difficile cytotoxin assay is effective: results of a survey of 300 patients in a large singapore teaching hospital. | to assess the efficacy of screening stools sent for clostridium difficile cytotoxin assay (cdta) for surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre). | 2007 | 18071603 |
| molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in singapore. | to characterise the mechanism of glycopeptide resistance, genetic relatedness, and pathogenicity factors in isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) in singapore. | 2009 | 19670074 |