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Characterization of host and escherichia coli strains causing recurrent urinary tract infections based on molecular typing by Kao, Cheng-Yen, Zhang, Yen-Zheng, Yang, Deng-Chi, Chen, Pek Kee, Teng, Ching-Hao, Lin, Wei-Hung, Wang, Ming-Cheng

“…Escherichia coli is the leading pathogen responsible for urinary tract infection (UTI) and recurrent UTI (RUTI). Few studies have dealt with the…”
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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 by Chen, Pek Kee, Lee, Yi-Tzu, Liu, Chia-Ying, Thuy, Tran Thi Dieu, Anh, Kieu, Wu, Jiunn-Jong, Liao, Chun-Hsing, Huang, Yu-Tsung, Chen, Yu-Chen, Kao, Cheng-Yen

“…This study aimed to characterize carbapenem-nonsusceptible Acinetobacter (CNSA) isolated from patients with bacteremia from 1997 to 2015. A total of 173 CNSA…”
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A Longitudinal Nine-Year Study of the Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales Isolated From a Regional Hospital in Taiwan: Predominance of Carbapenemase KPC-2 and OXA-48 by Duong, Tran Thi Thuy, Tsai, Ya-Min, Wen, Li-Li, Chiu, Hui-Chuan, Chen, Pek Kee, Thuy, Tran Thi Dieu, Kuo, Pei-Yun, Hidrosollo, Jazon Harl, Wang, Shining, Zhang, Yen-Zhen, Lin, Wei-Hung, Wang, Ming-Cheng, Kao, Cheng-Yen

“…Enterobacterales clinical isolates are now being resistant to clinically achievable concentrations of most commonly used antibiotics that makes treatment of…”
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First report of the chromosomal integration of carbapenemase gene blaIMP-19 in Acinetobacter baumannii AB322: the legacy of integron in phage-plasmid? by Shih, Yung-Luen, Bregente, Carl Jay Ballena, Chen, Pek Kee, Thuy, Tran Thi Dieu, Chen, Yu-Chen, Kuo, Han-Yueh, Lu, Hsu-Feng, Kao, Cheng-Yen

“…Integration of carbapenemase gene blaIMP into the chromosome of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) has not been reported. The aim of this…”
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Emergence of extensively-drug-resistant hypervirulent Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients with bacteraemia: bacterial phenotype and virulence analysis by Chen, Pek Kee, Liu, Chia-Ying, Kuo, Han-Yueh, Lee, Yi-Tzu, Liu, Yu-Han, Zhang, Yen-Zhen, Kao, Cheng-Yen

“…•Sequence type (ST) 2 is dominant in hypervirulent extensively-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB), followed by ST129.•Higher iron acquisition and…”
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First report of the chromosomal integration of carbapenemase gene bla IMP-19 in Acinetobacter baumannii AB322: the legacy of integron in phage-plasmid? by Shih, Yung-Luen, Bregente, Carl Jay Ballena, Chen, Pek Kee, Thuy, Tran Thi Dieu, Chen, Yu-Chen, Kuo, Han-Yueh, Lu, Hsu-Feng, Kao, Cheng-Yen

“…Integration of carbapenemase gene into the chromosome of carbapenem-resistant (CRAB) has not been reported. The aim of this study was to explore the genomic…”
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Emergence of extensively drug-resistant hypervirulent Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients with bacteremia: bacterial phenotype and virulence analysis by Chen, Pek Kee, Liu, Chia-Ying, Kuo, Han-Yueh, Lee, Yi-Tzu, Liu, Yu-Han, Zhang, Yen-Zhen, Kao, Cheng-Yen

“…Individuals infected with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii are difficult to cure and have a high mortality rate. In this study, we…”
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A 24-year longitudinal study of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients with bacteraemia and urinary tract infections reveals the association between capsular serotypes, antibiotic resistance, and virulence gene distribution by Kao, Cheng-Yen, Zhang, Yen-Zhen, Bregente, Carl Jay Ballena, Kuo, Pei-Yun, Chen, Pek Kee, Chao, Jo-Yen, Duong, Tran Thi Thuy, Wang, Ming-Cheng, Thuy, Tran Thi Dieu, Hidrosollo, Jazon Harl, Tsai, Pei-Fang, Li, Ying-Chi, Lin, Wei-Hung

“…Longitudinal studies on the variations of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of K. pneumoniae across two decades are rare. We aimed to determine the…”
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