Ching Chuan Liu

National Cheng Kung University Hospital

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Shih Min Wang

National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Yao Yang

Sun Yat-sen University

Ching Shu Wu

National Cheng Kung University

Jiunn Jong Wu

National Cheng Kung University

Yao Yang

Sun Yat-sen University

Yao Yang

Nanjing Normal University

Tsung Chain Chang

Twin Cities Orthopedics

Yee-Shin Lin

National Cheng Kung University

Fong Ming Chang

Taipei Municipal YangMing Hospital

Ching Hsiang Tsai

Tohoku University

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National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Taipei Medical University

National Taiwan University

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Tainan University of Technology

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Industrial Technology Research Institute

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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome complicating varicella in children.

PubMed (1997)

Yao Yang Ching Chuan Liu Shih Min Wang Chao Huang Jiunn Jong Wu

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Characteristic of Dengue Disease in Taiwan: 2002–2007

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2010)

Chien Chou Lin Yh Hsiung Huang Pei Yun Shu Ho Sheng Wu Yee-Shin Lin

Taiwan's dengue outbreaks have a unique type of transmission: starting by import from abroad in early summer, spreading out locally, and ending in the winter. This pattern repeats every year. Most of the dengue patients are adults, with dengue fever peaking in the 50-54 year age range, and dengue hemorrhagic fever in the 60-64 year age range. Two patterns of dengue infection were found: DENV-2 in 2002 with 74% of secondary infection in contrast to non-DENV-2 (DENV-1 or DENV-3) in 2004-2007 with approximately 70% of primary infection. Secondary dengue virus infection increases disease morbidity, but not mortality in adults. The active serological surveillance shows two-thirds of the dengue-infected adults are symptomatic post infection. The Taiwanese experience of adult dengue should be valuable for countries or areas where, although dengue is not endemic, the Aedes aegypti vector exists and dengue virus can be introduced by travelers.

10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0549

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Invasive fungal infections in pediatric patients with leukemia: emphasis on pulmonary and dermatological manifestations.

PubMed (2005)

Shih Min Wang Yao Yang Jiann Shiuh Chen Hui‐Chen Lin Chia Yu

Patients of hematological malignancies with neutropenia form one of the most susceptible host groups for microbial infection. In this study, we concentrated on the pulmonary and cutaneous manifestations of invasive fungal infections in leukemic children, aiming to make early diagnosis and intervention. Clinical, laboratory, radiological, and histopathological findings concerning 13 leukemic children who had invasive fungal infection between 1997 and 2002 were retrospectively reviewed. Seventy-seven percent (10/13) of diagnoses were made by fungal cultures and/or by histopathological evidence from various specimens, four from cutaneous lesions and six from pulmonary tissues. Candidiasis was the most common infection (69%), followed by mucormycosis (15%), fusariosis (8%), and aspergillosis (8%). Three episodes of fungemia (23%) were identified. Lung (69%) and skin (69%) were the two most common sites of disseminated fungal infections. A premortem diagnosis was documented in 92% of the patients. Pathogens other than Candida albicans (85%) accounted for the great majority of cases. The case-fatality rate was 31% of disseminated fungal infections. A vigilant assessment of any suspicious lesion by physical and radiological examinations, including a biopsy of the lesions for microbiological and histopathological studies, may provide helpful for early diagnosis of disseminated fungal infections in leukemic children.

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Septic arthritis in children: relationship of causative pathogens, complications, and outcome.

PubMed (2003)

Chun Lung Wang Shih Min Wang Yao Yang Ching Hsiang Tsai Ching Chuan Liu

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