Volume 42, Number 3, June 2009

Original Articles

Inhibiting effects of Enterococcus faecium non-biofilm strain on Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation


Masayuki Kumada, Mizuho Motegi, Ryoma Nakao, Hideo Yonezawa, Hideki Yamamura, Junji Tagami, Hidenobu Senpuku

Genetic fingerprinting and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa hospital isolates in Malaysia


King-Ting Lim, Rohani Md Yasin, Chew-Chieng Yeo, Savithri-Devi Puthucheary, Ganeswrie Balan, Nurahan Maning, Zubaidah Abdul Wahab, Noraini Ismail, Eng-Am Tan, Azizah Mustaffa, Kwai-Lin Thong

Gene cassette arrays, antibiotic susceptibilities, and clinical characteristics of Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremic strains harboring class 1 integrons


Yi-Tzu Lee, Li-Yueh Huang, Te-Li Chen, Leung-Kei Siu, Chang-Phone Fung, Wen-Long Cho, Kwok-Woon Yu, Chen-Yi Liu

Cryptococcal disease in patients with or without human immunodeficiency virus: clinical presentation and monitoring of serum cryptococcal antigen titers


Te-Yu Lin, Kuo-Ming Yeh, Jung-Chung Lin, Ning-Chi Wang, Ming-Yieh Peng, Feng-Yee Chang

Kaposi’s sarcoma in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Taiwan


Chi-Ying Lin, Mao-Yuan Chen, Szu-Min Hsieh, Wang-Huei Sheng, Hsin-Yun Sun, Yi-Chun Lo, Chien-Ching Hung, Shan-Chwen Chang

Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization among patients with human immunodeficiency virus–1 who had received 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine


Yi-Chun Lo, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale, Sui-Yuan Chang, Chin-Fu Hsiao, Chien-Ching Hung, Shan-Chwen Chang

Clinical significance of and outcomes for Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia


Chun-Wen Cheng, Huang-Shen Lin, Jung-Jr Ye, Chien-Chang Yang, Ping-Cherng Chiang, Ting-Shu Wu, Ming-Hsun Lee

Comparison of 2 interferon-γ assays and Roche Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis among patients with suspected tuberculosis in Taiwan


Chien-Hong Chou, Hsiao-Leng Hsu, Li-Na Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh, Kwen-Tay Luh

Characteristics and outcomes of community-onset septic arthritis in adults


Yu-Chung Chuang, Jiun-Ling Wang, Yee-Chun Chen, Shan-Chwen Chang

Epidemiology of diarrhea among young children: a questionnaire-based study in Taiwan


Chun-Wei Chang, Po-Yen Chen, Fang-Liang Huang

Serum immunoglobulin E levels in patients with primary hypogammaglobulinemia — experience from a tertiary hospital in Taiwan


Wen-Ju Tsai, Jeng-Yee Lin, Yao-Hsu Yang, Jyh-Hong Lee, Bor-Luen Chiang

Case Report

Toxic shock syndrome due to group A streptococcal pharyngitis and bacteremia in adults


Zeljko Vucicevic, Ines Jajic-Bencic, Bozo Kruslin, Vesna Degoricija