A 19-year longitudinal study to characterize carbapenem-nonsusceptible Acinetobacter isolated from patients with bloodstream infections and the contribution of conjugative plasmids to carbapenem resistance and virulence

Autor: Pek Kee Chen, Yi-Tzu Lee, Chia-Ying Liu, Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Kieu Anh, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Chun-Hsing Liao, Yu-Tsung Huang, Yu-Chen Chen, Cheng-Yen Kao

Publikováno v: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, Vol 57, Iss 2, Pp 288-299 (2024)

Background: This study aimed to characterize carbapenem-nonsusceptible Acinetobacter (CNSA) isolated from patients with bacteremia from 1997 to 2015. Methods: A total of 173 CNSA (12.3%) was recovered from 1403 Acinetobacter isolates. The presence of

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/8044492d5c974fb6b85ecbb03341fc07

Predicting the next pandemic: VACCELERATE ranking of the World Health Organization's Blueprint for Action to Prevent Epidemics

Autor: Jon Salmanton-García, Pauline Wipfler, Janina Leckler, Pontus Nauclér, Patrick W. Mallon, Patricia C.J.L. Bruijning-Verhagen, Heinz-Joseph Schmitt, Ullrich Bethe, Ole F. Olesen, Fiona A. Stewart, Kerstin Albus, Oliver A. Cornely, Martin Busch, Ulrike Seifert, Andreas Widmer, Miki Nagao, Jordi Rello, Tatina Todorova, Sabina Cviljević, Christopher H. Heath, Ligita Jančorienė, Thea Koelsen Fischer, Hans Martin Orth, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Mehmet Doymaz, Athanasios Tragiannidis, Thomas Löscher, Jin-Fu Xu, Petr Husa, José Antonio Oteo, Mohammad I. Issack, Markus Zeitlinger, Roger Le Grand, Przemysław Zdziarski, Fatih Demirkan, Paloma Merino Amador, Tomás García-Lozano, Qing Cao, Lourdes Vázquez, Juan Pablo Caeiro, Peter Hermans, Shahroch Nahrwar, Korkut Avsar, Deepak Kumar, Norma Fernández, Masoud Mardani, Esther Segal, Angelo Pan, Despoina Gkentzi, Georgia Gioula, Jorge Alberto Cortés, Joaquim Oliveira, Pierre van Damme, Mohd Zaki Bin Mohd Zaili, Spinello Antinori, Birutė Zablockienė, Georgios Papazisis, Chioma Inyang Aneke, Maricela Valerio, Samuel McConkey, Avinash Aujayeb, Anna Maria Azzini, Jelena Roganović, Kristin Greve-Isdahl Mohn, Peter Kremsner, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Dora Corzo, Nina Khanna, Tomasz Smiatacz, Simone Scheithauer, Maria Merelli, Boris Klempa, Radovan Vrḫovac, Antonio Ruggiero, Pankaj Chaudhary, Julio Maquera-Afaray, Miquel Ekkelenkamp, Pavel Jindra, Nikola Pantić, Gemma Jiménez Guerra, Guenter Weiss, Behrad Roohi, Christos D. Argyropoulos, Sven Aprne Silfverdal, Jens van Praet, Zumrut Sahbudak Bal, Souha Kanj, Barnaby Young, Zoi Dorothea Pana, Emmanuel Roilides, Stephen C. Stearns, Joost Wauters, Jesús Rodríguez Baño, Mathias W. Pletz, Maja Travar, Steven Kühn, Fernando Riera, Daniel Cornely, Vlad Jeni Laura, Philipp Koehler, Brian Eley, Pravin K. Nair, Sandra Ciesek, Ioana Diana Olaru, Laura Marques, Emanuele Pontali, Alexandra Naunheim, Adrian Lieb, Markus Gerhard, Joveria Qais Farooqi, Lance Turtle, Gustavo Adolfo Méndez, Rebecca Jane Cox, Nigel Goodman, Billie Caceca, Javier Pemán, Halima Dawood, Helena Hervius Askling, Anders Fomsgaard, Alejandra Calderón Hernández, Cornelia Staehelin, Chia-Ying Liu, Giancarlo Icardi, Elio Castagnola, Helmut J.F. Salzer, Jens Lundgren, Samir Javadli, Fabio Forghieri

Publikováno v: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 57, Iss , Pp 102676- (2024)

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Research and Development (R&D) Blueprint for Action to Prevent Epidemics, a plan of action, highlighted several infectious diseases as crucial targets for prevention. These infections were selected

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/ef09014bf9ba45e6b6461ba190f3d42b

Effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination among people living with HIV in Taiwan: Is one dose enough?

Autor: Pei-Hsuan Tsai, Mao-Song Tsai, Ying-Hsuan Chiang, Chung-Yu Shih, Chia-Ying Liu, Yu-Chung Chuang, Chia-Jui Yang

Publikováno v: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, Vol 55, Iss 1, Pp 18-25 (2022)

Background: Single dose hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccine had been proven its efficacy in immunocompetent but not immunocompromised hosts. We aim to investigate the effectiveness of one dose versus 2 doses HAV vaccine among people living with HIV (PLHI

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/ea192d84cf2e4f6a8c0013b312357b45

Predominance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the residents and environments of long-term care facilities in Taiwan

Autor: Chia-Ying Liu, Chih-Cheng Lai, Hsiu-Tzy Chiang, Min-Chi Lu, Ling-Fang Wang, Tsai-Ling Tsai, Mei-Yu Kang, Yi-Ni Jan, Yi-Ting Lo, Wen-Chien Ko, Shu-Hui Tseng, Chun-Ming Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh

Publikováno v: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 62-74 (2019)

Background/purpose: This study investigated the distribution and persistence of multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), carbapenem-resistant Ps

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/11eb9e3e590c402c9864a36bc6e24fbe

Evaluation of liver T1 using MOLLI gradient echo readout under the influence of fat

Autor: Chia Ying Liu, Chikara Noda, Joao A.C. Lima, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, David A. Bluemke, Yoshimori Kassai

Publikováno v: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 85:57-63

The effect of hepatic steatosis on the gradient-echo (GRE) based Modified Look-Locker Inversion Recovery (MOLLI) technique for T1 mapping has not been evaluated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a GRE based MOLLI technique for hepatic T1 map

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2021.10.020