[HTML][HTML] National Surveillance Study on Carbapenem Non-Susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan: The Emergence and Rapid Dissemination of KPC-2 …

SK Chiu, TL Wu, YC Chuang, JC Lin, CP Fung, PL Lu… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objectives The global spread and increasing incidence of carbapenem non-susceptible
Klebsiella pneumoniae (CnSKP) has made its treatment difficult, increasing the mortality. To …

Novel dual multiplex real-time RT-PCR assays for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A/B, and respiratory syncytial virus using the BD MAX open system

…, JC Lin, KM Yeh, CW Chen, SK Chiu… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly, causing deaths worldwide. In this study, we evaluated the
performance of the BD MAX Open System module for identifying viral pathogens, including …

[HTML][HTML] Putative role of vitamin D for COVID-19 vaccination

SK Chiu, KW Tsai, CC Wu, CM Zheng… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a new, highly pathogenic virus that has
recently elicited a global pandemic called the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-…

Roles of ramR and tet(A) Mutations in Conferring Tigecycline Resistance in Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates

SK Chiu, LY Huang, H Chen, YK Tsai… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tigecycline is regarded as a last-resort treatment for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella
pneumoniae (CRKP) infections, but increasing numbers of tigecycline-resistant K. pneumoniae …

[HTML][HTML] Resveratrol as an adjunctive therapy for excessive oxidative stress in aging COVID-19 patients

…, MC Lee, WC Hu, KW Tsai, CH Yang, CL Lu, SK Chiu… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to burden healthcare
systems worldwide. COVID-19 symptoms are highly heterogeneous, and the patient may be …

[HTML][HTML] Tigecycline resistance among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae: Clinical characteristics and expression levels of efflux pump genes

SK Chiu, MC Chan, LY Huang, YT Lin, JC Lin, PL Lu… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Tigecycline is a treatment option for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant
Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP). Emerging tigecycline resistance in CRKP represents a …

[HTML][HTML] Carbapenem Nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan: Dissemination and Increasing Resistance of Carbapenemase Producers During 2012–2015

SK Chiu, L Ma, MC Chan, YT Lin, CP Fung, TL Wu… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Before 2011, the prevalence rates of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP)
among carbapenem nonsusceptible K. pneumoniae (CnSKP) isolates were below 10% …

[HTML][HTML] Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infections: A Case-Control Study

MC Chan, SK Chiu, PR Hsueh, NC Wang, CC Wang… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB) is a
serious threat to hospitalized patients. From 2008 to 2010, surveillance detected 25 hospital-…

[HTML][HTML] Impact of vancomycin MIC creep on patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

YC Yeh, KM Yeh, TY Lin, SK Chiu, YS Yang… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: To date, vancomycin is still the standard treatment for methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, but minimum inhibitory concentration (…

[PDF][PDF] Human placental MSC-secreted IL-1β enhances neutrophil bactericidal functions during hypervirulent Klebsiella infection

LT Wang, HH Wang, HC Chiang, LY Huang, SK Chiu… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) causes severe infections even in healthy
individuals by escaping surveillance and killing from polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs), the …