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pro vyhledávání: '"Cynthia B.E. Chee"'
Autor:
Rick Twee-Hee Ong, Vernon J. Lee, Yee Tang Wang, Leo Kang Yang Lim, Li Yang Hsu, Cynthia B.E. Chee, Li Hwei Sng
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 40:1079-1083
There were 290 multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB cases diagnosed in Singapore from 2006 to 2018. Eighty-one percent were foreign-born. Spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR methods identified 108 patients in 24 clusters. The Beijing spoligotype accounted for 22 clu
Autor:
Yee Tang Wang, Suay Hong Gan, Cynthia B.E. Chee, Li Hwei Sng, Kyi Win KhinMar, Leo Kang Yang Lim, Li Wei Ang
Publikováno v:
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background Previously treated (ie, recurrent) tuberculosis (TB) cases account for approximately 7%–8% of incident TB globally and in Singapore. Molecular fingerprinting has enabled the differentiation of these patients into relapsed or reinfection
Autor:
John J. Totman, Tow Keang Lim, Yee Tang Wang, Nicholas I. Paton, David W. Townsend, James Thomas Patrick Decourcy Hallinan, Lih Kin Khor, Yan Pang, James S. Molton, Claire M. Naftalin, Benjamin A. Thomas, Cynthia B.E. Chee
Publikováno v:
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The understanding of early events following TB exposure is limited by traditional tests that rely on detection of an immune response to infection, which is delayed, or on imaging tests with low sensitivity for early disease. We investigate
Autor:
Linda Wei Lin Tan, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Yee Tang Wang, Wei-Yen Lim, Kristin Hui Xian Tan, Peiling Yap, Cynthia B.E. Chee, Timothy Barkham
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 72, Iss, Pp 55-62 (2018)
Objectives: This first cross-sectional survey on latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in Singapore was performed by utilizing the QuantiFERON Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) assay to collect data on the prevalence of LTBI and to identify potential risk factor
Publikováno v:
Respirology. 23:893-900
Diagnosing and treating latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) is recognized by the World Health Organization as an important strategy to accelerate the decline in global TB and achieve TB elimination. Even among low-TB burden countries that have
Autor:
Rick Twee-Hee Ong, Woei Ling Justine Peh, Vernon J. Lee, Han Fang Koh, Yee Tang Wang, Alex R. Cook, Li Yang Hsu, Zheng Jie Marc Ho, Li Hwei Sng, Cynthia B.E. Chee
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 67, Iss C, Pp 46-51 (2018)
Objective Between February 2012 and May 2016, six residents of an 11-storey apartment block were diagnosed with MDR-TB. Based on initial tests, all isolates had similar genotypic profiles, although there were no identifiable epidemiological transmiss
Publikováno v:
Respirology. 23:1114-1116
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Epidemiology. 186:491-500
Antioxidants may protect against oxidative stress, which is associated with tuberculosis (TB) disease. However, direct evidence for a protective association between dietary antioxidants and TB incidence in humans has been lacking. The relationship be
Publikováno v:
Respirology. 23:356-358
Autor:
Li Yang Hsu, Yii Jen Lew, Yee Tang Sonny Wang, Choon Seng Lim, Raghuram Jagadesan, Kuo Fan Mark Lu, Ting Ting Jayne Lim, Koh Cheng Thoon, Gregory Kaw, Peng Lim Ooi, Po Marn Kong, Li-Hwei Sng, Cynthia B.E. Chee
Publikováno v:
Singapore Medical Journal. 57:118-125
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed the clinical practice guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for tuberculosis. This article reproduces t