Differences in antibiotic exposures and antibiotic exposure risks for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between patients in an acute-care hospital and residents in its closely affiliated intermediate- and long-term care facilities

• Wei Zhang,
• Kala Kanagasabai,
• Jocelyn Koh,
• Brenda Ang,
• Angela Chow

Affiliations

Wei Zhang

Infection Prevention and Control Office, Woodlands Health, Singapore; Corresponding author. Infection Prevention and Control Office, Woodlands Health, 17 Woodlands Drive 17, Singapore 737628.

Kala Kanagasabai

Ren Ci Hospital, Singapore

Jocelyn Koh

Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kwan Hospital, Singapore

Brenda Ang

Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Preventive and Population Medicine, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Angela Chow

Department of Preventive and Population Medicine, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Alternative corresponding author. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore.