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  1. 2015 Epidemic of Severe Streptococcus agalactiae Sequence Type 283 Infections in Singapore Associated With the Consumption of Raw Freshwater Fish: A Detailed Analysis of Clinical, Epidemiological, and Bacterial Sequencing Data
  2. Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Among Adult Inpatients in Singapore
  3. MRSA Transmission Dynamics Among Interconnected Acute, Intermediate-Term, and Long-Term Healthcare Facilities in Singapore
  4. Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use Among Adult Inpatients in Singapore Acute-Care Hospitals: Results From the First National Point Prevalence Survey
  5. ST3268: a geographically widespread primate MRSA clone
  6. Spatial dynamics of TB within a highly urbanised Asian metropolis using point patterns
  7. Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterobacteriaceae in South and Southeast Asia
  8. In VitroActivity of Polymyxin B in Combination with Various Antibiotics against Extensively Drug-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae with Decreased Susceptibility to Polymyxin B
  9. Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis
  10. Sugar-Grafted Cyclodextrin Nanocarrier as a “Trojan Horse” for Potentiating Antibiotic Activity
  11. Erratum for Mehershahi et al., Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype III, Multilocus Sequence Type 283 Strain SG-M1
  12. Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype III, Multilocus Sequence Type 283 Strain SG-M1
  13. Using an Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminescent Assay to Determine Effective Antibiotic Combinations against Carbapenem-Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria within 24 Hours
  14. Multiple Genetic Mutations Associated with Polymyxin Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
  15. Risk factors for febrile respiratory illness and mono-viral infections in a semi-closed military environment: a case-control study
  16. Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae , an urgent threat to public health
  17. Current knowledge, attitude and behaviour of hand and food hygiene in a developed residential community of Singapore: a cross-sectional survey
  18. Epidemiology of invasive fungal diseases among patients with haematological disorders in the Asia-Pacific: a prospective observational study
  19. Evolutionary dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within a healthcare system
  20. Antiseptic Body Washes for Reducing the Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Cluster Crossover Study
  21. Extensive Capsule Locus Variation and Large-Scale Genomic Recombination within the Klebsiella pneumoniae Clonal Group 258
  22. Rapidly growing mycobacteria in Singapore, 2006–2011
  23. In VitroPharmacodynamics of Various Antibiotics in Combination against Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
  24. Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Outbreak in Gaming Centers, Singapore, 2012
  25. Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Thai hospital: a molecular epidemiologic analysis and identification of bactericidal Polymyxin B-based combinations
  26. World alliance against antibiotic resistance: The WAAAR declaration against antibiotic resistance
  27. Economic Burden of Febrile Neutropenia in Solid Tumor and Lymphoma Patients: An Observational Study in Singapore
  28. Mechanisms of β-lactam antimicrobial resistance and epidemiology of major community- and healthcare-associated multidrug-resistant bacteria
  29. Time series analysis of demographic and temporal trends of tuberculosis in Singapore
  30. Costs associated with febrile neutropenia in solid tumor and lymphoma patients – an observational study in Singapore
  31. Brush-Like Polycarbonates Containing Dopamine, Cations, and PEG Providing a Broad-Spectrum, Antibacterial, and Antifouling Surface via One-Step Coating
  32. Geographic factors are associated with increased risk for out-of hospital cardiac arrests and provision of bystander cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in Singapore
  33. The Role of International Travel in the Spread of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  34. Respiratory precautions for MERS-CoV: acceptable risk-benefit determination
  35. Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccinations against laboratory‐confirmed influenza‐associated infections among Singapore military personnel in 2010–2013
  36. Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections among Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities
  37. Changing molecular epidemiology and high rates of mupirocin resistance among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Singaporean hospitals
  38. Increase in Chlorhexidine Minimal Inhibitory Concentration of Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates after Implementation of Advanced Source Control
  39. Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Singapore, 2006-2012
  40. Clinical efficacy of adjunctive G-CSF on solid tumor and lymphoma patients with established febrile neutropenia
  41. Direct costs associated with febrile neutropenia in inpatients with hematological diseases in Singapore
  42. Acquired carbapenemases in Enterobactericeae in Singapore, 1996-2012
  43. Sustained meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control in a hyper-endemic tertiary acute care hospital with infrastructure challenges in Singapore
  44. Spread of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Global Clone 2 in Asia and AbaR-Type Resistance Islands
  45. MDR TB Transmission, Singapore
  46. Real-world experience with posaconazole prophylaxis in high-risk hematological patients in Singapore: A prospective audit
  47. Antimicrobial stewardship
  48. Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: how to prioritize infection prevention and control interventions in resource-limited settings?
  49. Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Clonal Group ST239-MRSA-III Isolates in Singapore: Implications for PCR-Based Screening Tests
  50. A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic
  51. Medical Microbiology
  52. Antimicrobial stewardship auditing of patients reviewed by infectious diseases physicians in a tertiary university hospital
  53. Outcomes of Appropriate Empiric Combination versus Monotherapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia
  54. Antibacterial and antifouling catheter coatings using surface grafted PEG-b-cationic polycarbonate diblock copolymers
  55. bla OXA-181 –positive Klebsiella pneumoniae , Singapore
  56. Termination of an Extreme-Drug Resistant-Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak in a Hospital After Flooding: Lessons Learned
  57. Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing for Investigation of a Neonatal MRSA Outbreak
  58. Tropical Fungal Infections
  59. Review of tandem repeat search tools: a systematic approach to evaluating algorithmic performance
  60. The impact of multidrug resistance in healthcare-associated and nosocomial Gram-negative bacteraemia on mortality and length of stay: cohort study
  61. ST22 and ST239 MRSA duopoly in Singaporean hospitals: 2006–2010
  62. Health Care-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Children Attending Day Care Centers in Singapore
  63. Specialist trainees on rotation cannot replace dedicated consultant clinicians for antimicrobial stewardship of specialty disciplines
  64. High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Nonfermenters in Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Asia
  65. Surveillance of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prescription in Singaporean Hospitals: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study
  66. Effective Antibiotics in Combination against Extreme Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Decreased Susceptibility to Polymyxin B
  67. Increasing antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing children attending day-care centres in Singapore
  68. Prospective audit and feedback on antibiotic prescription in an adult hematology-oncology unit in Singapore
  69. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–Acinetobacter baumannii complex species in clinical specimens in Singapore
  70. Economic and clinical impact of nosocomial meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Singapore: a matched case–control study
  71. Recent advances in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
  72. In-Vitro Activity of Polymyxin B, Rifampicin, Tigecycline Alone and in Combination against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Singapore
  73. High prevalence of mupirocin-resistant staphylococci in a dialysis unit where mupirocin and chlorhexidine are routinely used for prevention of catheter-related infections
  74. Use of procalcitonin (PCT) to guide discontinuation of antibiotic use in an unspecified sepsis is an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP)
  75. The staged roll-out of an MRSA intervention bundle in Signapore featuring universal active surveillance
  76. A targeted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control program did not affect total nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bloodstream infections (BSI) despite reducing MRSA BSI
  77. Inappropriate carbapenem use in Singapore public hospitals: opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship
  78. Decline in Clostridium difficile-associated disease rates in Singapore public hospitals, 2006 to 2008
  79. Prevalence of invasive fungal disease in hematological patients at a tertiary university hospital in Singapore
  80. In VitroAntibiotic Synergy in Extensively Drug-ResistantAcinetobacter baumannii: the Effect of Testing by Time-Kill, Checkerboard, and Etest Methods
  81. Audit of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis against chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in a hospital with highly prevalent fluoroquinolone resistance
  82. Common and Emerging Fungal Pulmonary Infections
  83. Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  84. Fluoroquinolone Prophylaxis Against Febrile Neutropenia in Areas With High Fluoroquinolone Resistance—An Asian Perspective
  85. Teaching hand hygiene to medical students using a hands-on approach
  86. Six cases of daptomycin-non-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Singapore
  87. Pneumococcal carriage and resistance in children attending day care centers in Singapore in an early era of PCV-7 uptake
  88. Multilocus Sequence Types of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Singapore Carrying Metallo- -Lactamase Genes, Including the Novel blaIMP-26 Gene
  89. Galactomannan testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is useful for diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in hematology patients
  90. Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Clinical Specimens by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Immunochromatographic Tests
  91. CTX-M and ampC β-lactamases contributing to increased prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistant Escherichia coli in Changi General Hospital, Singapore
  92. Surveillance and Correlation of Antibiotic Prescription and Resistance of Gram-Negative Bacteria in Singaporean Hospitals
  93. INVERTER: INtegrated Variable numbER Tandem rEpeat findeR
  94. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Hospital Infection Control Response to an Epidemic Respiratory Virus Threat
  95. Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin–resistant enterococci in Singapore
  96. In vitro activity of various combinations of antimicrobials against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in Singapore
  97. Reacting to the emergence of swine-origin influenza A H1N1
  98. Prevalence and molecular characteristics ofStaphylococcus aureusisolates colonizing patients with atopic dermatitis and their close contacts in Singapore
  99. Adult invasive pneumococcal disease pre- and peri-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in a tertiary hospital in Singapore
  100. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Throat Colonization Among Healthcare Workers During an Outbreak in Singapore General Hospital
  101. Evaluation of Screening Methods To Detect Plasmid-Mediated AmpC in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis
  102. A Clinical Trial of a Whole-Virus H5N1 Vaccine Derived from Cell Culture
  103. System for real-time monitoring of mutation-in-progress
  104. Corticosteroids for Bacterial Meningitis
  105. Long-term tracking of microbial survivability and growth in a controlled environment
  106. Epidemiology and outcomes of community-onset methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusbacteraemia in a university hospital in Singapore
  107. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals
  108. Carbapenemase and efflux pump genes in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Acinetobacter baumannii complex strains from Singapore
  109. Emerging problems with plasmid-mediated DHA and CMY AmpC β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae in Singapore
  110. Investigation of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs used for research
  111. Evolving EMRSA-15 epidemic in Singapore hospitals
  112. IMP-4 and OXA  -lactamases in Acinetobacter baumannii from Singapore
  113. First Outbreak of Colonization and Infection With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Singapore
  114. Emergence of epidemic clones of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Singapore
  115. Optic nerve toxoplasmosis and orbital inflammation as initial presentation of AIDS
  116. Establishment of ST30 as the Predominant Clonal Type among Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Singapore
  117. Japanese Encephalitis, Singapore
  118. Management of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus
  119. Health Care-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus Is Evolving
  120. Dissemination of Multisusceptible Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Singapore
  121. Severe conidiobolomycosis complicating induction chemotherapy in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
  122. Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , Singapore
  123. Heterogeneous vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (hetero-VISA) in Singapore
  124. High Incidence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Producing Staphylococcus aureus in a Tertiary Care Public Hospital in Singapore
  125. Characterization of Mutations in CRF01_AE Virus Isolates From Antiretroviral Treatment-Naive and -Experienced Patients in Singapore
  126. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–positive Staphylococcus aureus , Singapore
  127. Future outbreaks will be less dramatic
  128. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Lessons from Singapore
  129. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts