Original Article
Hepatitis B Virus Infection and the Risk of Coronary Atherosclerosis
Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease, is the leading cause of death for both men and women. CAD is usually caused...
Right Atrial Isomerism – Preponderance in Asian Fetuses. Using the Stomach-distance ratio as a...
Atrial isomerism is a disorder of lateralisation characterised by symmetric development of normally asymmetric cardiac atria and organ systems. The synonyms for these defects...
In vitro Activities of Antifungal Drugs Against Yeasts Isolated from Blood Cultures and Moulds...
Fungaemia carries with it high mortality rates and appropriate as well as timely antifungal therapy has been shown to be life saving. Amphotericin B...
A Retrospective Analysis of Antifungal Susceptibilities of Candida Bloodstream Isolates From Singapore Hospitals
Nosocomial infection with Candida species is increasing in significance worldwide. A recent review of positive blood cultures noted the relative increase in importance of...
Ertapenem for Treatment of Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase-producing and Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Bacteraemia
Extended-spectrum beta-lacatamase (ESBL)-producing gram-negative bacteraemia is optimally treated with carbapenem. In our institution, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae are the most common and third...
Independent Predictors for Mortality in Patients with Positive Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Cultures
Stenotrophomonas (formally Pseudomonas or Xanthomonas) maltophilia is a gram-negative bacillus emerging as an opportunistic, nosocomial pathogen associated with a high mortality rate. Although it...
Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-negative Bacilli: A Singapore Perspective
In contrast to recent media reviews on gram-positive pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Clostridium difficile, the increasing complexity and multiplicity...
Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) for Undergraduate Medical Students
The practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM), which integrates individual clinical expertise with the best available evidence from systematic research, demands a set of skills....
Transudates in Malignancy: Still a Role for Pleural Fluid
According to Light’s criteria, an exudate is defined by at least one of the following: a total protein pleural fluid to serum ratio greater...
Diabetic Retinopathy in Diabetics Referred to a Tertiary Centre from a Nationwide Screening Programme
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of vision loss in Asia. Singapore has one of the highest prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus (DM)...