Kwen-Tay Luh

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1 Pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii causing nosocomial infections in a university hospital, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 2.29
2 A prospective study of hepatitis during antituberculous treatment in Taiwanese patients and a review of the literature. J Formos Med Assoc 2009 2.15
3 Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium and Choleraesuis from pigs to humans, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2004 1.94
4 Relationships between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria causing nosocomial infections from 1991-2003 at a university hospital in Taiwan. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005 1.94
5 Extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis during a trend of decreasing drug resistance from 2000 through 2006 at a Medical Center in Taiwan. Clin Infect Dis 2008 1.79
6 High prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in rapidly growing mycobacteria in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003 1.75
7 Performance assessment of a nested-PCR assay (the RAPID BAP-MTB) and the BD ProbeTec ET system for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2004 1.67
8 Aberrant p53 expression correlates with expression of vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA and interleukin-8 mRNA and neoangiogenesis in non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 2002 1.63
9 Current status of antimicrobial resistance in Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 1.55
10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taiwan. J Infect 2005 1.46
11 Fas/Fas ligand pathway is involved in the resolution of type II pneumocyte hyperplasia after acute lung injury: evidence from a rat model. Crit Care Med 2002 1.41
12 The LuxR family protein SpnR functions as a negative regulator of N-acylhomoserine lactone-dependent quorum sensing in Serratia marcescens. Mol Microbiol 2002 1.36
13 Disseminated tuberculosis: a 10-year experience in a medical center. Medicine (Baltimore) 2007 1.31
14 Identification of alpha-enolase as an autoantigen in lung cancer: its overexpression is associated with clinical outcomes. Clin Cancer Res 2006 1.29
15 Diagnosis of tuberculosis by an enzyme-linked immunospot assay for interferon-gamma. Emerg Infect Dis 2007 1.25
16 Stable susceptibility of Candida blood isolates to fluconazole despite increasing use during the past 10 years. J Antimicrob Chemother 2003 1.22
17 Antimicrobial drug resistance in pathogens causing nosocomial infections at a university hospital in Taiwan, 1981-1999. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 1.19
18 Role of RsmA in the regulation of swarming motility and virulence factor expression in Proteus mirabilis. J Med Microbiol 2003 1.16
19 Antituberculosis drug resistance among retreatment tuberculosis patients in a referral center in Taipei. J Formos Med Assoc 2004 1.16
20 Drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a university hospital in Taiwan, 1998-2002. J Formos Med Assoc 2004 1.14
21 Increased prevalence of erythromycin resistance in streptococci: substantial upsurge in erythromycin-resistant M phenotype in Streptococcus pyogenes (1979-1998) but not in Streptococcus pneumoniae (1985-1999) in Taiwan. Microb Drug Resist 2002 1.11
22 Prognosis of tuberculous meningitis in adults in the era of modern antituberculous chemotherapy. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2002 1.10
23 Cardiac troponin I levels are a risk factor for mortality and multiple organ failure in noncardiac critically ill patients and have an additive effect to the APACHE II score in outcome prediction. Shock 2004 1.10
24 Antifungal susceptibilities of clinical isolates of Candida species, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus species from Taiwan: surveillance of multicenter antimicrobial resistance in Taiwan program data from 2003. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005 1.09
25 Antimicrobial susceptibilities among clinical isolates of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in a Taiwanese University Hospital. J Antimicrob Chemother 2002 1.05
26 Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2006 1.05
27 Total cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA levels correlate with vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA levels, tumor angiogenesis and prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Int J Cancer 2005 1.04
28 Increasing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing nosocomial infections at a university hospital in Taiwan from 1986 to 2001. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004 1.04
29 Telithromycin- and fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan with high prevalence of resistance to macrolides and beta-lactams: SMART program 2001 data. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003 1.04
30 Performance assessment of the DR. MTBC Screen assay and the BD ProbeTec ET system for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2006 1.01
31 Mycobacterium tuberculosis inducing disseminated intravascular coagulation. Thromb Haemost 2005 0.99
32 High incidence of cefoxitin and clindamycin resistance among anaerobes in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002 0.98
33 Trends and antimicrobial resistance of pathogens causing bloodstream infections among febrile neutropenic adults with hematological malignancy. J Formos Med Assoc 2004 0.98
34 Emergence of nosocomial candidemia at a teaching hospital in Taiwan from 1981 to 2000: increased susceptibility of Candida species to fluconazole. Microb Drug Resist 2002 0.96
35 Emerging fluoroquinolone-resistance for common clinically important gram-negative bacteria in Taiwan. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2002 0.92
36 Bacteremic Streptococcus bovis infections at a university hospital, 1992-2001. J Formos Med Assoc 2004 0.91
37 Primary liver abscess caused by one clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two colonial morphotypes and resistotypes. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 0.89
38 Nosocomial infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a university hospital in Taiwan from 1991 to 2003: resistance trends, antibiotic usage and in vitro activities of newer antimicrobial agents. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005 0.88
39 Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 0.86
40 Quality of sputum smear microscopy in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc 2005 0.86
41 Telithromycin and quinupristin-dalfopristin resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes: SMART Program 2001 Data. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003 0.85
42 Comparison of in vitro activities of tigecycline with other antimicrobial agents against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in Taiwan. Microb Drug Resist 2006 0.83
43 Catheter-related sepsis due to Rhodotorula glutinis. J Clin Microbiol 2003 0.82
44 Analysis of host versus tumor interaction in cancer patients: opposing role of transforming growth factor-beta1 and interleukin-6 in the development of in situ tumor immunity. Immunobiology 2005 0.81
45 Safety of fluoroquinolone use in patients with hepatotoxicity induced by anti-tuberculosis regimens. Clin Infect Dis 2009 0.80
46 In vitro activities of antimicrobial combinations against clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. J Formos Med Assoc 2002 0.80
47 Sero-diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease using serum immunoglobulin A antibody against glycopeptidolipid antigen in Taiwan. PLoS One 2013 0.80
48 Diagnostic role of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines and effector molecules of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in tuberculous pleural effusion. Respirology 2014 0.79
49 Double-blind randomized parallel group study comparing the efficacy and safety of tiotropium and ipratropium in the treatment of COPD patients in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc 2006 0.78
50 Comparison of bone marrow studies with blood culture for etiological diagnosis of disseminated mycobacterial and fungal infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2002 0.77
51 Comparison of 2 interferon-gamma assays and Roche Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis among patients with suspected tuberculosis in Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2009 0.77
52 The role of bronchoscopic assessment in esophageal cancer - clinical and survival analysis in 153 patients. J Formos Med Assoc 2005 0.76
53 Hantavirus infection with marked sinus bradycardia, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 0.75
54 Antibody responses to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Taiwanese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Formos Med Assoc 2007 0.75
55 Recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces: a rare complication of miliary tuberculosis. J Formos Med Assoc 2008 0.75
56 Epidemiologic surveillance to detect false-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2012 0.75
57 Effects of PNPG on cell growth cycle, motility machinery and quorum sensing in Serratia marcescens. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2004 0.75
58 Bilateral alveolar infiltrates in a 29-year-old man with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Chest 2002 0.75
59 Paratyphoid hepatitis: an emerging clinical entity. Am J Med 2002 0.75
60 In vitro activities of various piperacillin and sulbactam combinations against bacterial pathogens isolated from Intensive Care Units in Taiwan: SMART 2004 programme data. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2006 0.75
61 Characterization of a 411-bp fragment of the rpoB gene in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a university hospital in northern Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc 2005 0.75
62 Is it appropriate to routinely use a nucleic acid amplification test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis? Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2011 0.75
63 Multicenter surveillance of antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis to 14 oral antibiotics. J Formos Med Assoc 2004 0.75