Affiliations 

  • 1 V K E Lim, MBBS, MSc, MRCPath. Associate ProfessorDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, P O Box 12418, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 HI Zulkifli, MBBS. Registrar, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, P O Box 12418, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Med J, 1987 Apr;28(2):176-9.
PMID: 3629274

Abstract

Methicillin resistant Siaphylococcus aureus Is a common isolate from clinical specimens obtained from babies at the special care nursery of the Kuala Lumpur Maternity Hospital. Major Infections due to this organism were, however uncommon and the organism had in the majority of cases been present as a coloniser or as a cause of superficial infection. Netilmicin is a valuable antibiotic in the treatment of the severe infections.

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