Published in J Formos Med Assoc on April 01, 2008
Activities of moxifloxacin in combination with macrolides against clinical isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 0.93
Comparative drug resistance of Mycobacterium abscessus and M. chelonae isolates from patients with and without cystic fibrosis in the United Kingdom. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.91
Carbapenem susceptibility patterns for clinical isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus determined by the Etest method. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 0.89
Multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. J Clin Microbiol (2014) 0.85
Facial skin and soft tissue infection caused by Mycobacterium wolinskyi associated with cosmetic procedures. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 0.85
In vitro drug susceptibility of 40 international reference rapidly growing mycobacteria to 20 antimicrobial agents. Int J Clin Exp Med (2015) 0.81
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
Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: a new invasive syndrome. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 5.49
International prospective study of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: implications of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production in nosocomial Infections. Ann Intern Med (2004) 4.75
Antibiotic therapy for Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: implications of production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 3.75
Association between rmpA and magA genes and clinical syndromes caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 3.10
Consensus review of the epidemiology and appropriate antimicrobial therapy of complicated urinary tract infections in Asia-Pacific region. J Infect (2011) 3.10
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
Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae NTUH-K2044, a strain causing liver abscess and meningitis. J Bacteriol (2009) 2.64
Change of major genotype of enterovirus 71 in outbreaks of hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Taiwan between 1998 and 2000. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 2.64
Candida albicans versus non-albicans bloodstream infections: the comparison of risk factors and outcome. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2011) 2.40
Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between the community and the hospitals in Asian countries: an ANSORP study. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 2.30
Capsular serotype K1 or K2, rather than magA and rmpA, is a major virulence determinant for Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in Singapore and Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.19
Characteristics of bacteremia between community-acquired and nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae infection: risk factor for mortality and the impact of capsular serotypes as a herald for community-acquired infection. Arch Intern Med (2002) 2.19
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
A mouse-adapted enterovirus 71 strain causes neurological disease in mice after oral infection. J Virol (2004) 2.10
Revisiting the importance of virulence determinant magA and its surrounding genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae causing pyogenic liver abscesses: exact role in serotype K1 capsule formation. J Infect Dis (2010) 2.10
Effects of maternal screening and universal immunization to prevent mother-to-infant transmission of HBV. Gastroenterology (2011) 2.07
Clinical and economic impact of multidrug resistance in nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2007) 2.06
Klebsiella pneumoniae outer membrane porins OmpK35 and OmpK36 play roles in both antimicrobial resistance and virulence. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 2.04
Clinical significance of isolation of Mycobacterium avium complex from respiratory specimens. J Formos Med Assoc (2010) 2.03
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
Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants QnrA, QnrB, and QnrS among clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae in a Taiwanese hospital. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.97
Occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in adult emergency department patients: rare but important. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.97
Comparison of prevalence of virulence factors for Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses between isolates with capsular K1/K2 and non-K1/K2 serotypes. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 1.96
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
Estimating the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic techniques. PLoS One (2013) 1.84
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: associated genetic mutations and relationship to antimicrobial exposure. J Antimicrob Chemother (2007) 1.84
Comparison of pyogenic liver abscess caused by non-Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2004) 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
Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual behaviors among men visiting gay bathhouses in taiwan. Sex Transm Dis (2006) 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 levels of plasma dengue viral load during defervescence in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever: implications for pathogenesis. Virology (2003) 1.79
Complete nucleotide sequence of pK245, a 98-kilobase plasmid conferring quinolone resistance and extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase activity in a clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.76
A simple scoring algorithm predicting vascular infections in adults with nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.75
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
Histopathologic findings of retrieved specimens of vertebroplasty with polymethylmethacrylate cement: case control study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 1.73
Predictors of septic metastatic infection and mortality among patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.72
Impaired phagocytosis of capsular serotypes K1 or K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with poor glycemic control. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2006) 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
Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis associated with eating raw snails: correlation of brain magnetic resonance imaging scans with clinical findings. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.65
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
Spinal tuberculosis in non-HIV-infected patients: 10 year experience of a medical center in central Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2010) 1.62
Molecular typing and virulence analysis of serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from liver abscess patients and stool samples from noninfectious subjects in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.60
Identical twin brothers concordant for Langerhans' cell histiocytosis and discordant for Epstein-Barr virus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome. Eur J Pediatr (2004) 1.59
High prevalence of phagocytic-resistant capsular serotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae in liver abscess. Microbes Infect (2004) 1.59
Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taipei. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 1.59
Bacteremia caused by antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter species at a medical center in Taiwan, 1998-2008. J Infect (2012) 1.57
Evaluation of a vancomycin dosing nomogram in achieving high target trough concentrations in Taiwanese patients. Int J Infect Dis (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
Role of genotype and precore/basal core promoter mutations of hepatitis B virus in patients with chronic hepatitis B with acute exacerbation. Scand J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.55
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
Nationwide surveillance of influenza during the pandemic (2009-10) and post-pandemic (2010-11) periods in Taiwan. PLoS One (2012) 1.53
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
Atypical presentations of dengue disease in the elderly visiting the ED. Am J Emerg Med (2013) 1.50
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
Outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis associated with drinking raw vegetable juice in southern Taiwan. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.48
Clinical characteristics of invasive Haemophilus aphrophilus infections. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2005) 1.47
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
Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taiwan. J Infect (2005) 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
Klebsiella pneumoniae in gastrointestinal tract and pyogenic liver abscess. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.44