Antimicrobial Resistance
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Antibiotic Stewardship, COMRU, ICU, Laboratory, SepsisMRSA: the superbug risking lives
One-month-old Samnang arrived at AHC with a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection that required intensive and specialised hospital treatment because of the infection’s resistance to several antibiotics, ultimately risking his life. MRSA is a gram-positive bacterium that can cause pneumonia and other serious infections.…
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Antibiotic Stewardship, COMRU, Laboratory, SepsisMelioidosis: The Emerging Tropical Disease
Ary was only two years old when she was admitted to AHC with a serious tropical disease infection, burkholderia pseudomallei melioidosis. It took three months – and the collaboration of multiple hospital units working together daily – to successfully treat this emerging and often…
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Antibiotic StewardshipAn Integrated Approach to Combating Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotics have revolutionised the medical world since their discovery the in 1920’s. Designed to prevent and treat bacterial infections, when used properly, they save lives. Antibiotic resistance is a phenomenon that occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Bacteria,…
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