Purpose This study investigates the clinical and epidemiological features of
Chryseobacterium indologenes infections and antimicrobial susceptibilities of C …

Background/Purpose BfmR, the response regulator component of the two-component
system BfmRS, has important roles in biofilm formation and cellular morphology of …

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to prevent bloodstream infection and
invasive fungal infection (IFI) by administering prophylactic antibiotic and antifungal agents …

Nosocomial pneumonia (NP; encompassing hospital‐acquired, health care‐associated and
ventilator‐associated pneumonia) is one of the most common nosocomial infections and is …

Background The misuse of antimicrobial agents increases drug resistance in bacteria.
Methods The correlation between antimicrobial agent consumption and related resistance in …

Background Imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (IRAB) poses a great threat to
healthcare systems. Production of carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamases (CHDLs) …

Crystal violet-based assay is widely used to evaluate the early stages of bacterial biofilm
formation. Here, we modified it to study biofilm formation in medical tubing. While cost …

Abstract Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci (MRS), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) have become …

Among the 219 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates collected in 20
Taiwanese hospitals from 2006 to 2010, all were susceptible to linezolid and daptomycin …

Objective. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative (GN) bacteria is
increasing globally and is complicated by patient movement between acute and long-term …