Background National responses to healthcare-associated infections vary between high-
income countries, but, when analysed for contextual comparability, interventions can be …

Summary Background Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been
entrenched in Singapore hospitals since the 1980s, with an excess of 600 non-duplicate …

Singapore has a sophisticated healthcare system and is an important referral centre for Asia.
Like much of the world, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is now endemic …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common cause of disease across
Europe, except for Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands. Recently, MRSA incidence …

Background Restriction of antibiotic consumption to below predefined total use thresholds
might remove the selection pressure that maintains antimicrobial resistance within …

The public health and economic impacts of healthcareassociated infection caused by
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are well recognized by the mass media …

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of healthcare-
associated infections in Europe. Many examples have demonstrated that the spread of …

We performed a prospective matched case–control study, with six-month follow-up for
discharged subjects, to evaluate the direct clinical and financial impact of nosocomial …

Objectives Very few infectious disease physicians exist in Japan. A concerted infection
control intervention program involving an antimicrobial stewardship team and multiple …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), first described in 1961, 1 has become
endemic in health care facilities worldwide. MRSA is a leading cause of skin and soft tissue …