| surveillance of antibiotic resistance in south east asia. | antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria, particularly salmonella and shigella, requires surveillance worldwide. this study describes results of surveys in hong kong, bangkok and kuala lumpur. all strains were isolated in hospitals which have large community catchment areas in addition to specialised hospital units. the prevalence of resistant strains was high in all areas. gram-negative bacteria such as enterobacter associated with hospital infections were resistant to penicillins and ce ... | 1989 | 2504618 |
| chronic diarrhoea in infants and young children: causes, clinical features and outcome. | to review the causes, clinical features and outcomes of malaysian children who had chronic diarrhoea. | 1999 | 10404446 |
| isolations of enteric pathogens from synanthropic flies trapped in downtown kuala lumpur. | four species of synanthropic flies were trapped in downtown kuala lumpur: chrysomya megacephala, chrysomya rufifacies, musca domestica, and musca sorbens. burkholderia pseudomallei, the organism causing melioidosis, was the dominant bacteria isolated from chrysomya megacephala. klebsiella oxytoca, commonly associated with nosocomial infections, was commonly isolated from chrysomya megacephala, musca domestica, and musca sorbens. aeromonas hydrophila, the bacteria causing gastroenteritis, was pre ... | 2000 | 10925800 |
| bacterial enteropathogens isolated in childhood diarrhoea in kuala lumpur--the changing trend. | a retrospective review of all stool samples obtained from children aged < 16 years with diarrhoea from university of malaya medical centre (ummc), kuala lumpur, from 1978 to 1997 was undertaken to ascertain the pattern of bacterial pathogens causing diarrhoea in children in an urban area in malaysia. of 26444 stool samples processed, 2989 (11%) were positive. the five most common bacterial pathogens isolated were non-typhoidal salmonella (57%), enteropathogenic e. coli (epec) (14%), shigella spp ... | 2002 | 14569714 |
| detection of protozoan and bacterial pathogens of public health importance in faeces of corvus spp. (large-billed crow). | parasites and bacteria are reported in the faeces of birds in the current study. fresh faecal samples of the large-billed crow (corvus spp.) were collected from the study site at bangsar, an urban setting in kuala lumpur, malaysia. these samples were transported to laboratory and analysed for parasites and bacteria. pre-prepared xld agar plates were used for culturing the bacteria in the laboratory. using the api 20etm test strips, 9 different species of bacteria were identified belonging to the ... | 2008 | 18948884 |
| antimicrobial susceptibility and distribution of non-typhoidal salmonella serovars isolated in malaysian children. | there is widespread resistance of salmonella species to commonly prescribed antimicrobials the world over. we aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility and serovar distribution of non-typhoidal salmonella (nts) isolated from blood cultures of malaysian children. positive isolates of nts from blood cultures obtained from children admitted to the pediatric wards of university of malaya medical center (ummc), a large urban hospital from kuala lumpur (1991-2001), and hospital kota bharu (h ... | 2003 | 12630719 |
| application of ribosomal rna gene restriction patterns analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in distinguishing salmonella weltevreden isolates in malaysia. | a representative sample of 20 isolates of salmonella weltevreden strains from stool cultures of patients admitted at the university hospital, kuala lumpur, malaysia were analyzed. all the strains were susceptible to ampicillin, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, trimethoprim, gentamicin and co-trimoxazole. ribosomal rna gene restriction pattern analysis of psti-digested dna gave three ribotypes while pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) analysis of xbai-digested dna ga ... | 2000 | 11414415 |
| salmonella meningitis and its complications in infants. | to review the presenting features, complications and outcome of infants with salmonella meningitis. | 1999 | 10457297 |
| non-typhoid salmonella gastroenteritis. | to study the clinical features of non-typhoid salmonella gastroenteritis and the incidence, risk factors and outcome of invasive complications in urban malaysian children. to describe the serotypes of salmonella species isolated and the pattern of antibiotic susceptibility. | 1998 | 9727185 |
| molecular analysis of salmonella enteritidis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping. | a total of 61 isolates of salmonella enteritidis were analyzed by the techniques of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) and ribotyping. twenty-three of the isolates were from zurich, switzerland, and 38 isolates were from the university hospital, kuala lumpur, malaysia. five of the malaysian isolates were hospital-related outbreak strains and were shown to be indistinguishable by pfge analysis following digestion with three different restriction endonucleases, xbai (5'-tctaga-3'), spei (5'-a ... | 1995 | 7615707 |
| macrorestriction analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility profiling of salmonella enterica at a university teaching hospital, kuala lumpur. | the genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance rates of clinical salmonella isolates (2007-2008) at the university of malaya medical centre, kuala lumpur, were investigated and the genetic diversity of the isolates was determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) and repetitive extragenic palindromic (rep)-pcr. xbai-pfge analysis generated 57 profiles (dice coefficient, f=0.08-1.00), whereas rep-pcr using the rep primer generated only 35 (f=0.34-1.00). pfge was therefore the more di ... | 2010 | 20858996 |