Published in Clin Infect Dis on March 15, 2005
Epidemiology and molecular characterization of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.92
Group A streptococcal infection caused by emm1 strains among children in southern Taiwan. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 0.76
Klebsiella pneumoniae genotype K1: an emerging pathogen that causes septic ocular or central nervous system complications from pyogenic liver abscess. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 6.20
Excess Mortality Associated With Colistin-Tigecycline Compared With Colistin-Carbapenem Combination Therapy for Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study. Crit Care Med (2015) 2.91
Adult-onset immunodeficiency in Thailand and Taiwan. N Engl J Med (2012) 2.87
Changing bacteriology of adult community-acquired lung abscess in Taiwan: Klebsiella pneumoniae versus anaerobes. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.84
The geographic diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary samples: an NTM-NET collaborative study. Eur Respir J (2013) 2.80
Changing trends in antimicrobial resistance and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Asian countries: an Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP) study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 2.65
Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between the community and the hospitals in Asian countries: an ANSORP study. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 2.30
Plasmid-mediated 16S rRNA methylases conferring high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from two Taiwanese hospitals. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 2.12
Metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates in a university hospital in Taiwan: prevalence of IMP-8 in Enterobacter cloacae and first identification of VIM-2 in Citrobacter freundii. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 2.03
Occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in adult emergency department patients: rare but important. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.97
Cefepime therapy for monomicrobial bacteremia caused by cefepime-susceptible extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: MIC matters. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.96
Invasive trichosporonosis caused by Trichosporon asahii and other unusual Trichosporon species at a medical center in Taiwan. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.96
Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium and Choleraesuis from pigs to humans, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.94
Prediction of the tuberculosis reinfection proportion from the local incidence. J Infect Dis (2007) 1.91
High burden of antimicrobial resistance in Asia. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2011) 1.90
Nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory tract infections, eastern Asia. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.85
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: associated genetic mutations and relationship to antimicrobial exposure. J Antimicrob Chemother (2007) 1.84
The autophagic induction in Helicobacter pylori-infected macrophage. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) (2008) 1.83
High frequency of linezolid-associated thrombocytopenia and anemia among patients with end-stage renal disease. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.81
High prevalence of multidrug-resistant nonfermenters in hospital-acquired pneumonia in Asia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.80
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
High prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in rapidly growing mycobacteria in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2003) 1.75
In vitro susceptibilities of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients with intra-abdominal infections worldwide: 2004 results from SMART (Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends). J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 1.74
Therapeutic options for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections beyond co-trimoxazole: a systematic review. J Antimicrob Chemother (2008) 1.73
Comparison of the double-disk, combined disk, and Etest methods for detecting metallo-beta-lactamases in gram-negative bacilli. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2004) 1.71
Resistance to metronidazole, clarithromycin and levofloxacin of Helicobacter pylori before and after clarithromycin-based therapy in Taiwan. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2009) 1.71
Recent trend of necrotizing fasciitis in Taiwan: focus on monomicrobial Klebsiella pneumoniae necrotizing fasciitis. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.68
Comparison of both clinical features and mortality risk associated with bacteremia due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.67
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
Emergence of high levels of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing gram-negative bacilli in the Asia-Pacific region: data from the Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) program, 2007. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.64
Bacteremia caused by antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter species at a medical center in Taiwan, 1998-2008. J Infect (2012) 1.57
Does empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia with fluoroquinolones delay tuberculosis treatment and result in fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Controversies and solutions. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2012) 1.56
Lower gastrointestinal tract tuberculosis: an important but neglected disease. Int J Colorectal Dis (2009) 1.55
In vitro susceptibilities of aerobic and facultative Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients with intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the 2003 Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART). J Antimicrob Chemother (2005) 1.55
Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Gram-negative bacteria causing urinary tract infections in the Asia-Pacific region: 2009-2010 results from the Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART). Int J Antimicrob Agents (2012) 1.54
Meningitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a returned traveler with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Formos Med Assoc (2005) 1.51
Streptococcus suis infection. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2005) 1.51
Establishment of a young mouse model and identification of an allelic variation of zmpB in complicated pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.50
Host and bacterial virulence factors predisposing to emphysematous pyelonephritis. Am J Kidney Dis (2005) 1.46
Risk factors for nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients with end-stage renal disease in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc (2012) 1.46
groESL sequence determination, phylogenetic analysis, and species differentiation for viridans group streptococci. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.45
Vibrio cholerae O1 infection in Taiwan. J Infect (2010) 1.45
Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter genospecies 13TU and 3 bacteraemia: comparison of clinical features, prognostic factors and outcomes. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 1.44
New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase-1 (NDM-1): an emerging threat among Enterobacteriaceae. J Formos Med Assoc (2010) 1.44
Hypoglycemia associated with bacteremic pneumococcal infections. Int J Infect Dis (2008) 1.43
Diagnostic performance of whole-blood interferon-γ assay and enzyme-linked immunospot assay for active tuberculosis'. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2011) 1.40
Emergence and Distribution of Plasmids Bearing the blaOXA-51-like gene with an upstream ISAba1 in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.39
Comparative in vitro activities of nemonoxacin, doripenem, tigecycline and 16 other antimicrobials against Nocardia brasiliensis, Nocardia asteroides and unusual Nocardia species. J Antimicrob Chemother (2009) 1.39
Current challenges in the management of invasive fungal infections. J Infect Chemother (2008) 1.38
Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing inducible DHA-1 beta-lactamase in a university hospital in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.37
Disseminated tuberculosis: a 10-year experience in a medical center. Medicine (Baltimore) (2007) 1.31
Performance assessment of the Capilia TB assay and the BD ProbeTec ET system for rapid culture confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2007) 1.31
Subcutaneous abscess caused by Mycobacterium conceptionense in an immunocompetent patient. J Infect (2009) 1.30
Tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium arupense in a patient with diabetes mellitus. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.27
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children in northern Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2004) 1.26
Emergence of ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella isolates and rapid spread of plasmid-encoded CMY-2-like cephalosporinase, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.25
Diagnosis of tuberculosis by an enzyme-linked immunospot assay for interferon-gamma. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.25
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of commonly encountered bacterial isolates to fosfomycin determined by agar dilution and disk diffusion methods. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.25
Characterization of acquired beta-lactamases and their genetic support in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Taiwan: the prevalence of unusual integrons. J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 1.23
Distribution of extended-spectrum β-lactamases, AmpC β-lactamases, and carbapenemases among Enterobacteriaceae isolates causing intra-abdominal infections in the Asia-Pacific region: results of the study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART). Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.22
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases and plasmid-mediated AmpC enzymes among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from seven medical centers in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.22
Host TNF-alpha-1031 and -863 promoter single nucleotide polymorphisms determine the risk of benign ulceration after H. pylori infection. Am J Gastroenterol (2005) 1.21
Arrival of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-2 in Taiwan. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 1.20
Multicenter study in Taiwan of the in vitro activities of nemonoxacin, tigecycline, doripenem, and other antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates of various Nocardia species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.19
In vitro activity of nemonoxacin (TG-873870), a novel non-fluorinated quinolone, against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, enterococci and Streptococcus pneumoniae with various resistance phenotypes in Taiwan. J Antimicrob Chemother (2009) 1.19
Increasing trends in antimicrobial resistance among clinically important anaerobes and Bacteroides fragilis isolates causing nosocomial infections: emerging resistance to carbapenems. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.19
The erm(T) gene is flanked by IS1216V in inducible erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.18
Bacteremia caused by non-faecalis and non-faecium enterococcus species at a Medical center in Taiwan, 2000 to 2008. J Infect (2010) 1.18
Infections due to Candida haemulonii: species identification, antifungal susceptibility and outcomes. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2009) 1.17
High frequency of linezolid-associated thrombocytopenia among patients with renal insufficiency. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2006) 1.16
Prevalence of primary fluoroquinolone resistance among clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori at a University Hospital in Southern Taiwan. Helicobacter (2009) 1.16
Dissemination of blaCMY-2 among Escherichia coli isolates from food animals, retail ground meats, and humans in southern Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.16
Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. J Infect (2010) 1.15
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry can accurately differentiate between Mycobacterium masilliense (M. abscessus subspecies bolletti) and M. abscessus (sensu stricto). J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.15
Clinical and economic burden of community-acquired pneumonia amongst adults in the Asia-Pacific region. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2011) 1.15
Drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a university hospital in Taiwan, 1998-2002. J Formos Med Assoc (2004) 1.14
Antimicrobial-resistant nocardia isolates, Taiwan, 1998-2009. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.14
High rate of reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone among nontyphoid Salmonella clinical isolates in Asia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.14
Pulmonary infection and colonization with nontuberculous mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000-2012. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 1.13
Complexity of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates resistant to both cephamycins and extended-spectrum cephalosporins at a teaching hospital in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.12
Detection of SARS-associated coronavirus in throat wash and saliva in early diagnosis. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.12
Time to positivity in blood cultures of staphylococci: clinical significance in bacteremia. J Infect (2011) 1.12
Presence of iceA1 but not cagA, cagC, cagE, cagF, cagN, cagT, or orf13 genes of Helicobacter pylori is associated with more severe gastric inflammation in Taiwanese. J Formos Med Assoc (2002) 1.12
Bacteremia caused by group G Streptococci, taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.11
Effects of oligopeptide permease in group a streptococcal infection. Infect Immun (2005) 1.11
An Asian study on the prevalence of atypical respiratory pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia. Int J Infect Dis (2004) 1.11
Clinical and microbiological characteristics of Rhizobium radiobacter infections. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 1.11
Clinical significance and distribution of putative virulence markers of 116 consecutive clinical Aeromonas isolates in southern Taiwan. J Infect (2006) 1.10
Antimicrobial susceptibilities and molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile in taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.10
BactQuant: an enhanced broad-coverage bacterial quantitative real-time PCR assay. BMC Microbiol (2012) 1.10
Comparison of CPS ID 3 and CHROMagar Orientation chromogenic agars with standard biplate technique for culture of clinical urine samples. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2008) 1.10
Catheter-related bacteremia caused by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius refractory to antibiotic-lock therapy in a hemophilic child with dog exposure. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.10
Evaluation of antibody responses against SARS coronaviral nucleocapsid or spike proteins by immunoblotting or ELISA. J Med Virol (2004) 1.09