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Lai C, Chen Y, Lin S, Chung K, Sheng W, Ko W, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2014 Aug; 142(10):2180-5. PMID: 25116133
This multicentre surveillance study was conducted to investigate the trends in incidence and aetiology of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections (HCA-BSIs) in Taiwan. From 2000 to 2011 a total of 56 830...
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Chao C, Lai C, Tsai H, Wu C, Tang H, Ko W, et al.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2013 Mar; 32(8):1069-75. PMID: 23474673
We investigated the clinical characteristics of patients with pneumonia caused by Aeromonas species. Patients with pneumonia caused by Aeromonas species during the period 2004 to 2011 were identified from a...
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Chao C, Lai C, Tang H, Ko W, Hsueh P
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2012 Nov; 32(4):543-7. PMID: 23135756
This study investigated the clinical characteristics of patients with skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) due to Aeromonas species. Patients with SSTIs caused by Aeromonas species during the period from January...
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Yan J, Lee N, Chen H, Wang M, Ko W, Tsai L, et al.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2012 Sep; 32(3):345-52. PMID: 23001510
A retrospective study was conducted at a Taiwanese medical center to characterize bloodstream infections caused by IMP-8 metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates and to assess the need for laboratory detection of...
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Chao C, Lai C, Tang H, Ko W, Hsueh P
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2012 Aug; 32(2):245-51. PMID: 22918516
This study investigated the clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients with Aeromonas infections of the biliary tract. Patients with bile cultures positive for Aeromonas species during the period July 2004...
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Chen P, Li C, Hsieh T, Chang C, Lee H, Lee N, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2012 Feb; 140(12):2256-63. PMID: 22309742
The purpose of this study was to understand the seasonal, geographical and clinical characteristics of Taiwanese patients hospitalized for non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infections and their economic burden. Hospital data obtained...
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Chen P, Lee H, Lee N, Wu C, Lin S, Shih H, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2012 Jan; 140(11):2037-44. PMID: 22261309
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a common pathogen causing foodborne infections, bacteraemia, and extra-intestinal focal infections (EFIs) in humans. The study compares the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with NTS bacteraemia...
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Lee N, Wu J, Lin S, Ko W, Tsai L, Yan J
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2012 Jan; 31(8):1941-50. PMID: 22249422
This study was conducted in order to characterize carbapenem-nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and to evaluate the impacts of recently lowered interpretative breakpoints for carbapenems for Enterobacteriaceae. Among 152 K. pneumoniae...
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Liu W, Lai C, Ko W, Chen Y, Tang H, Huang Y, et al.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2011 Apr; 30(11):1341-7. PMID: 21461846
This multicenter study in Taiwan investigated the clinical presentations of various Nocardia species infections based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Patients with nocardiosis in four large medical centers from 1998...
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Yan J, Wu J, Lee C, Ko W, Yang F
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2010 Aug; 29(11):1417-25. PMID: 20700614
The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of ertapenem-nonsusceptible (ETP-NS) Escherichia coli in a Taiwanese university. A total of 9,722 isolates collected in 1999, 2003, 2005,...