Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on January 01, 2009
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Candida infections of the genitourinary tract. Clin Microbiol Rev (2010) 1.90
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A risk factor analysis of healthcare-associated fungal infections in an intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 0.87
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Effect of heat and moisture exchangers on the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients. Braz J Med Biol Res (2012) 0.83
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An ABC transporter is required for secretion of peptide sex pheromones in Enterococcus faecalis. MBio (2014) 0.81
The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute care: a systematic review. Drug Healthc Patient Saf (2012) 0.81
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Surveillance on secular trends of incidence and mortality for device-associated infection in the intensive care unit setting at a tertiary medical center in Taiwan, 2000-2008: a retrospective observational study. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 0.78
Estimating incremental costs with skew: a cautionary note. Appl Health Econ Health Policy (2012) 0.76
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Heat and Moisture Exchangers in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients. Anesth Pain Med (2016) 0.75
Central or peripheral systolic or pulse pressure: which best relates to target organs and future mortality? J Hypertens (2009) 3.47
Robust brain extraction across datasets and comparison with publicly available methods. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2011) 2.22
Prevalence of dry eye among an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study. Ophthalmology (2003) 2.10
First identification of a patient colonized with Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaNDM-1 in Taiwan. J Chin Med Assoc (2010) 2.05
Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium and Choleraesuis from pigs to humans, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.94
Completeness and timeliness of tuberculosis notification in Taiwan. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.91
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Risk of stroke in patients hospitalized for isolated vertigo: a four-year follow-up study. Stroke (2010) 1.84
Hepatitis C virus infection and the development of type 2 diabetes in a community-based longitudinal study. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 1.83
Central versus ambulatory blood pressure in the prediction of all-cause and cardiovascular mortalities. J Hypertens (2011) 1.70
Association of clinical symptomatic hypoglycemia with cardiovascular events and total mortality in type 2 diabetes: a nationwide population-based study. Diabetes Care (2012) 1.67
Smoking and alanine aminotransferase levels in hepatitis C virus infection: implications for prevention of hepatitis C virus progression. Arch Intern Med (2002) 1.66
Increased risk of stroke in young head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Oral Oncol (2011) 1.64
Suicides after the 1999 Taiwan earthquake. Int J Epidemiol (2003) 1.63
Clinical features and outcomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome and predictive factors for acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Chin Med Assoc (2005) 1.59
Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study. Ophthalmology (2004) 1.57
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a large health check-up population in Taiwan. J Chin Med Assoc (2004) 1.55
Current status of antimicrobial resistance in Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.55
Diabetes and 15-year cardiovascular mortality in a Chinese population: Differential impact of hypertension and metabolic syndrome. J Chin Med Assoc (2010) 1.52
Increased risk of ischemic stroke in young nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2011) 1.51
Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in diabetic patients: association of glycemic control with the clinical characteristics. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 1.49
Relation of adiponectin and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein to pulse-wave velocity and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in the general population. Am J Cardiol (2009) 1.48
Clinical characteristics, management and prognostic factors in patients with probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a SARS center in Taiwan. J Chin Med Assoc (2005) 1.46
Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taiwan. J Infect (2005) 1.46
Association of weight gain and metabolic syndrome in patients taking clozapine: an 8-year cohort study. J Clin Psychiatry (2010) 1.45
Comparison between replacement at 4 days and 7 days of the infection rate for pulmonary artery catheters in an intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.45
Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2004) 1.45
Associations of serum uric acid levels with arterial wave reflections and central systolic blood pressure. Int J Cardiol (2013) 1.44
Prevalence and associated risk factors of age-related macular degeneration in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2008) 1.43
Pharmacokinetics study for hyperprolactinemia among schizophrenics switched from risperidone to risperidone long-acting injection. J Clin Psychopharmacol (2007) 1.41
Retracted Estimation of progression of multi-state chronic disease using the Markov model and prevalence pool concept. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2007) 1.38
Clinical and microbiological characteristics of Chryseobacterium indologenes bacteremia. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2010) 1.38
Automated hippocampal shape analysis predicts the onset of dementia in mild cognitive impairment. Neuroimage (2011) 1.34
Seroprevalence of antibodies to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus among hospital staff in a medical center in Taiwan. J Chin Med Assoc (2010) 1.32
Refractive errors in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2003) 1.32
Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality among community-dwelling older persons. Eur J Epidemiol (2007) 1.31
Diagnosis and treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients identified using the Taiwan reporting enquiry system, 2002-2006. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.28
Relative role of insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction in the progression to type 2 diabetes--The Kinmen Study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2003) 1.24
Association between a history of periodontitis and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide, population-based, case-control study. Ann Rheum Dis (2012) 1.23
Survey of quality of life and related risk factors for a Taiwanese village population 3 years post-earthquake. Aust N Z J Psychiatry (2006) 1.22
Effect of green tea extract on obese women: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Clin Nutr (2008) 1.22
Epidemiologic study of age-related cataracts among an elderly Chinese population in Shih-Pai, Taiwan. Ophthalmology (2003) 1.21
Clinical correlation of gallstone disease in a Chinese population in Taiwan: experience at Cheng Hsin General Hospital. World J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.20
Pyogenic liver abscess as the initial manifestation of underlying hepatocellular carcinoma. Am J Med (2011) 1.19
Estimated prevalence of osteoporosis from a Nationwide Health Insurance database in Taiwan. Health Policy (2005) 1.19
Impact of nosocomial infection on cost of illness and length of stay in intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 1.18
Risk factors and mortality in patients with nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Am J Infect Control (2008) 1.17
Different progressions of hyperglycemia and diabetes among hyperuricemic men and women in the kinmen study. J Rheumatol (2004) 1.16
Three-year follow-up study of the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms and quality of life among earthquake survivors in Yu-Chi, Taiwan. J Psychiatr Res (2005) 1.16
National survey of invasive pneumococcal diseases in Taiwan under partial PCV7 vaccination in 2007: emergence of serotype 19A with high invasive potential. Vaccine (2009) 1.15
Health-related quality of life among urban, rural, and island community elderly in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc (2004) 1.12
Strong association of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and thrombocytopenia: implications from a survey of a community with hyperendemic HCV infection. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.11
Estimated prevalence of orthopaedic fractures in Taiwan--A cross-sectional study based on nationwide insurance data. Injury (2010) 1.11
Association between visual impairment and depression in the elderly. J Formos Med Assoc (2003) 1.11
Multivariate analyses to assess the effects of surgeon and hospital volume on cancer survival rates: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan. PLoS One (2012) 1.10
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
Epidemiological survey of orthopedic joint dislocations based on nationwide insurance data in Taiwan, 2000-2005. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2011) 1.08
Clinical characteristics of fatal patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome in a medical center in Taipei. J Chin Med Assoc (2003) 1.07
Comparison of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus prevalence and risk factors in a community-based study. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2002) 1.07
Association between symptoms and signs of dry eye among an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2005) 1.07
In vitro activities of tigecycline, ertapenem, isepamicin, and other antimicrobial agents against clinically isolated organisms in Taiwan. Microb Drug Resist (2005) 1.06
Differences in phenotypic and genotypic characteristics among imipenem-non-susceptible Acinetobacter isolates belonging to different genomic species in Taiwan. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2009) 1.05
White coat hypertension is more risky than prehypertension: important role of arterial wave reflections. Hypertension (2013) 1.05
A community-based epidemiologic study on gallstone disease among type 2 diabetics in Kinmen, Taiwan. Dig Dis (2004) 1.05
Impact of influenza vaccination on major cause-specific mortality. Vaccine (2006) 1.04
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
Quality of life and related risk factors in a Taiwanese Village population 21 months after an earthquake. Aust N Z J Psychiatry (2004) 1.04
Presence and progression of abdominal obesity are predictors of future high blood pressure and hypertension. Am J Hypertens (2006) 1.03
Clinical and microbiological analysis of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in adult patients in Taiwan. Scand J Infect Dis (2009) 1.03
Utilization of and direct expenditure for emergency medical care in Taiwan: a population-based descriptive study. J Epidemiol (2009) 1.02
Survey of stress reactions among health care workers involved with the SARS outbreak. Psychiatr Serv (2004) 1.02
Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: sonographic manifestations and sonographically guided aspiration. J Ultrasound Med (2004) 1.01
Incidence of eyelid cancers in Taiwan: a 21-year review. Ophthalmology (2006) 1.01
Does supplementation with green tea extract improve insulin resistance in obese type 2 diabetics? A randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled clinical trial. Altern Med Rev (2011) 1.01
The impact of type 2 diabetes on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in different viral hepatitis statuses. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2009) 1.01
Prevalence and risk factors of insomnia in community-dwelling Chinese elderly: a Taiwanese urban area survey. Aust N Z J Psychiatry (2004) 1.00
Increased risk of vascular events in emergency room patients discharged home with diagnosis of dizziness or vertigo: a 3-year follow-up study. PLoS One (2012) 1.00
The mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill extract normalizes liver function in patients with chronic hepatitis B. J Altern Complement Med (2008) 0.99
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among National Health Insurance enrollees in Taiwan. Psychiatr Serv (2004) 0.98
Clinical characteristics and endoscopic findings associated with Blastocystis hominis in healthy adults. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 0.98
Factors associated with dental caries among institutionalized residents with schizophrenia in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health (2010) 0.98
Reciprocal changes in 12-lead electrocardiography can predict left main coronary artery lesion in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Int Heart J (2006) 0.98
Clinical and bacteriological characteristics of pyogenic liver abscess in non-diabetic patients. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2009) 0.98
Epidemiologic psychiatric studies on post-disaster impact among Chi-Chi earthquake survivors in Yu-Chi, Taiwan. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2007) 0.98
Trends in tuberculosis in Taiwan, 2002-2008. J Formos Med Assoc (2011) 0.98
Characteristics of healthcare-associated and community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in Taiwan. J Infect (2011) 0.98
Body mass index and age-related cataract: the Shihpai Eye Study. Arch Ophthalmol (2005) 0.98
Clinical and microbiological characteristics of tigecycline non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in Taiwan. BMC Infect Dis (2014) 0.97
A community-based epidemiological study of elevated serum alanine aminotransferase levels in Kinmen, Taiwan. World J Gastroenterol (2005) 0.97
Clinical significance of Blastocystis hominis: experience from a medical center in northern Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2008) 0.97
A nine-year follow-up study of sleep patterns and mortality in community-dwelling older adults in Taiwan. Sleep (2013) 0.96
Assessment of changes in knowledge and stigmatization following tuberculosis training workshops in taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc (2009) 0.96
Predictors of incident diabetes, metabolic syndrome in middle-aged adults: a 10-year follow-up study from Kinmen, Taiwan. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2006) 0.96
High-dose daptomycin and fosfomycin treatment of a patient with endocarditis caused by daptomycin-nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus: case report. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 0.95