Clinical and economic burden of community-acquired pneumonia amongst adults in the Asia-Pacific region

JH Song, V Thamlikitkul, PR Hsueh - International journal of antimicrobial …, 2011 - Elsevier
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity
amongst adults in the Asia-Pacific region. Literature published between 1990 and May 2010 …

Regional trends in β-lactam, macrolide, fluoroquinolone and telithromycin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates 2001–2004

D Felmingham, R Cantón, SG Jenkins - Journal of Infection, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To determine global antibacterial resistance rates among community-
acquired isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. METHODS: Between 2001 and 2004 …

[HTML][HTML] Regional epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Asian adults: epidemiology, disease burden, serotype distribution, and antimicrobial resistance …

IFN Hung, T Tantawichien, YH Tsai, S Patil… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To summarize published data on the clinical and economic burden,
epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance levels, serotype prevalence, and prevention …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term surveillance of antibiotic prescriptions and the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli

CH Chou, YR Lai, CY Chi, MW Ho, CL Chen, WC Liao… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria has been recognized as a
public health threat worldwide. Hospitalized patients and outpatients are commonly infected …

Impact of pneumococcal vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in Taiwan

WH Liao, SH Lin, CC Lai, CK Tan, CH Liao… - European journal of …, 2010 - Springer
In Taiwan, the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) and the 7-valent
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) have been available since January 2001 and …

[HTML][HTML] Changing trends in antimicrobial resistance of major bacterial pathogens, 1985–2005: a study from a medical center in northern Taiwan

WT Lo, WJ Lin, TS Chiueh, SY Lee, CC Wang… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is a major health problem worldwide. We
evaluated the antimicrobial resistance trends of 16 major bacterial pathogens at a tertiary …

Pneumonia in children

MC Scotta, PJC Marostica, RT Stein - … Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a major health problem, accounting for
approximately 20% of all deaths in children younger than 5 years. Viruses are, by far, the …

[HTML][HTML] Macrolide susceptibility and serotype specific macrolide resistance of invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Germany from 1992 to 2008

M Imöhl, RR Reinert, C Mutscher, M van der Linden - BMC microbiology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background Macrolide resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae has been on a gradual
increase in Germany for over a decade. The current study was undertaken against the …

[HTML][HTML] Change in antimicrobial susceptibility of skin-colonizing Staphylococcus aureus in Korean patients with atopic dermatitis during ten-year period

JM Park, JH Jo, H Jin, HC Ko, MB Kim… - Annals of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background A small subset of adolescents atopic dermatitis (AD) tends to persist. This also
leads to get more antibiotics exposure with advancing years. Antibiotic resistance has been …

Antimicrobial drug resistance in Taiwan

YT Huang, PR Hsueh - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2008 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance is a major health problem worldwide, but marked variations in the
resistance profiles of bacterial pathogens are found between countries and in different …