Dissemination Pattern of Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant and Community-Acquired MRSA Isolates from Malaysian Hospitals: A Review from a Molecular Perspective.

The global emergence of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) that unsusceptible to a wide selection of antimicrobial agents and any newly introduced antimicrobial over the past decades has triggered more extensive holistic measures to put an end to this situation. Molecular surveillance of MRSA clones is important to understand their evolutionary dynamics for investigating outbreaks, propagating precautionary measures, as well as planning for appropriate treatment. This review includes peer-reviewed reports on the molecular characterisation of clinical isolates within Malaysian hospitals from year 2008 to 2020.