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pro vyhledávání: '"Gamini Kumarasinghe"'
Autor:
J. Howe, Ek-Wang Lim, Gamini Kumarasinghe, Carol Chow, Hong-Yin Liew, Narayan P. Ramachandran, Khar-Tiang Thong, Lalitha Mendis, Kumudini Jayawardene, Viqar Zaman
Publikováno v:
Pathology
Summary Labile toxin producing enterotoxic E. coil(ETEC) were the commonest pathogen isolated from diarrheal stools of hospitalized children (21%) and adults (26%) in Singapore. Salmonellas ranked a close second in children (19%), Other bacterial pat
Autor:
Ban Hock Tan, Gamini Kumarasinghe, C.-H. Chuang, Jien-Wei Liu, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Celia C. Carlos, Lin-Hui Su, T. So, Anan Chongthaleong, Jae-Hoon Song, Pham Hung Van, Po-Ren Hsueh, Jennifer Perera
Publikováno v:
Epidemiology and Infection. 137:266-269
SUMMARYTwo hundred and four Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (S. Typhi) isolates were collected from seven Asian countries during 2002–2004. Multidrug-resistant S. Typhi (resistant to ⩾3 antibiotics) was detected in 84 (41·2%) isolates and 142
Autor:
Joshua KX Tay, Tay Bodle, Dale A Fisher, Raymond VTP Lin, Gamini Kumarasinghe, Paul A Tambyah
Publikováno v:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 36:926-929
Introduction: To assess the efficacy of screening stools sent for Clostridium difficile cytotoxin assay (CDTA) for surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Materials and Methods: From April to May 2005, all stools submitted for CDTA we
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 51:805-811
Klebsiella pneumoniae causes common and severe hospital- and community-acquired infections with a high incidence of multidrug resistance. The emergence and spread of β-lactamase-producing K. pneumoniae strains highlight the need to develop new thera
Publikováno v:
Molecular and Cellular Probes. 19:417-421
A PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELISA) was developed for direct identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from positive BACTEC blood culture bottles. PCR primers were designed to target a 249 bp sequence of the oprI gene in P. aeruginosa.
Autor:
Ti Teow Yee, Gamini Kumarasinghe, M. K. Lalitha, Won Sup Oh, Kyong Ran Peck, Ji Yoeun Suh, Yonghong Yang, Anan Chongthaleong, Pham Hung Van, Thomas Man-kit So, Atef M. Shibl, Quan Lu, Parasakthi N, Jae-Hoon Song, Nayoung Kim, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Jun Seong Son, Kwan Soo Ko, Nam Yong Lee, Celia C. Carlos, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Farida Jamal, Hyun-Ha Chang, Jennifer Perera, Sook-In Jung, Tak Keung Ng, Hyun Kyun Ki
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 48:2101-2107
A total of 685 clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from patients with pneumococcal diseases were collected from 14 centers in 11 Asian countries from January 2000 to June 2001. The in vitro susceptibilities of the isolates to 14 antimicrobial
Autor:
Kay-Leong Khoo, Lee Kh, Gamini Kumarasinghe, Tow Keang Lim, See-Meng Khoo, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Annie Gough
Publikováno v:
Chest. 124:902-908
Background: Several nucleic acid amplification (NAA) tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) have been licensed for the rapid diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in respiratory secretions. There is uncertainly however regarding the pr
Publikováno v:
Respirology. 7:351-357
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the most appropriate strategy for the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) using a nucleic acid amplification (NAA) test. Methodology: This was a prospective study of 128 adult patients in
Autor:
Ban Hock Tan, Anan Chongthaleong, Hao-Yuan Lee, Sook-In Jung, Jien-Wei Liu, Gamini Kumarasinghe, Celia C. Carlos, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Kyung-Hwa Park, Lin-Hui Su, Jennifer Perera, Jae-Hoon Song, Shin Woo Kim, Po-Ren Hsueh, Hyun-Ha Chang, Ming-Han Tsai, Thomas Man-kit So
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 53(6)
This multinational study from Asia revealed that reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MIC, 0.125 to 1 μg/ml) in nontyphoid Salmonella isolates was common in Taiwan (48.1%) and Thailand (46.2%) and in S. enterica serotype Choleraesuis (68.8%) and
Autor:
Paul A, Tambyah, Gamini, Kumarasinghe
Publikováno v:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 37(10)
The National University Hospital (NUH) was the first restructured public hospital in Singapore. As the most recently established hospital in Singapore, it has a unique record of alert organisms including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (M