Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between the community and the hospitals in Asian countries: an ANSORP study

JH Song, PR Hsueh, DR Chung, KS Ko… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is highly prevalent
in hospitals in many Asian countries. Recent emergence of community-associated (CA) …

High Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance among Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Asia (an ANSORP Study)

JH Song, SI Jung, KS Ko, NY Kim, JS Son… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A total of 685 clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from patients with
pneumococcal diseases were collected from 14 centers in 11 Asian countries from January …

Changing trends in antimicrobial resistance and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Asian countries: an Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant …

SH Kim, JH Song, DR Chung… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a serious concern
worldwide, particularly in Asian countries, despite the introduction of heptavalent …

High prevalence of multidrug-resistant nonfermenters in hospital-acquired pneumonia in Asia

DR Chung, JH Song, SH Kim… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
remain important causes of morbidity and mortality. Increasing antimicrobial resistance has …

Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in adult patients in Asian countries: a prospective study by the Asian network for surveillance …

JH Song, WS Oh, CI Kang, DR Chung, KR Peck… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Appropriate antimicrobial treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should be
based on the distribution of aetiological pathogens, antimicrobial resistance of major …

Carriage of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci among Asian children: a multinational surveillance by the Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens …

NY Lee, JH Song, S Kim, KR Peck… - Clinical infectious …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
To investigate the nasal carriage of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci by children, anterior
nasal swabs were done for 4963 children< 5 years old in 11 countries in Asia and the …

High Rate of Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin and Ceftriaxone among Nontyphoid Salmonella Clinical Isolates in Asia

HY Lee, LH Su, MH Tsai, SW Kim… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

[HTML][HTML] First COVID-19 infections in the Philippines: a case report

EM Edrada, EB Lopez, JB Villarama… - Tropical medicine and …, 2020 - Springer
Background The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is responsible for more fatalities than the
SARS coronavirus, despite being in the initial stage of a global pandemic. The first …

Comparison of clinical features and hematologic abnormalities between dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever among children in the Philippines.

CC Carlos, K Oishi, MTDD Cinco… - … Journal of Tropical …, 2005 - nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp
To demonstrate the differences of clinical features and hematologic abnormalities between
dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), 359 pediatric patients admitted St …

Spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii global clone 2 in Asia and AbaR-type resistance islands

DH Kim, JY Choi, HW Kim, SH Kim… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this surveillance study, we identified the genotypes, carbapenem resistance determinants,
and structural variations of AbaR-type resistance islands among carbapenem-resistant …