Volume 40, Number 6, December 2007

Original Articles

Application of thermotolerant microorganisms for biofertilizer preparation


Kuo-Shu Chen, Yann-Shying Lin, Shang-Shyng Yang

Clinical characteristics of non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae isolates and polymerase chain reaction analysis of their virulence factors


Ya-Ling Lee, Po-Pin Hung, Che-An Tsai, Yu-Hui Lin, Chun-Eng Liu, Zi-Yuan Shi

In vitro activity of isepamicin and other aminoglycosides against clinical isolates of Gram-negative bacteria causing nosocomial bloodstream infections


Tung-Yuan Tsai, Shan-Chwen Chang, Po-Ren Hsueh, Nan-Hsiung Feng, Jann-Tay Wang

Clinical manifestations of actinomycosis in Southern Taiwan


Yung-Hsing Wang, Hung-Chin Tsai, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Ming-Hsin Mai, Shue-Ren Wann, Yao-Shen Chen, Yung-Ching Liu

Tuberculous arthritis — a fourteen-year experience at a tertiary teaching hospital in Taiwan


Tsung-Yu Huang, Ting-Shu Wu, Chien-Chang Yang, Ping-Cherng Chiang, Kuang-Hui Yu, Ming-Hsun Lee

Fournier’s gangrene: ten-year experience in a medical center in northern Taiwan


Chen-Feng Kuo, Wei-Sheng Wang, Chun-Ming Lee, Chang-Pan Liu, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng

Rapid diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children by polymerase chain reaction


Fang-Ching Liu, Po-Yen Chen, Fang-Liang Huang, Chi-Ren Tsai, Chun-Yi Lee, Li-Chung Wang

Clinical differentiation of acute pyelonephritis from lower urinary tract infection in children


Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, Fu-Yuan Huang, Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai, Jeng-Daw Tsai, Nan-Chang Chiu, Chun-Chen Lin

Clinical analysis of computed tomography-staged orbital cellulitis in children


Chen-Fang Ho, Yhu-Chering Huang, Chao-Jen Wang, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Tzou-Yien Lin

Cardiopulmonary involvement in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: a twenty-year retrospective analysis


Tze-Tien Yeh, Yao-Hsu Yang, Yu-Tsan Lin, Chia-Shun Lu, Bor-Luen Chiang

Physicians’ adherence to guidelines for empirical treatment of urinary tract infection in Taiwan


I-Shiow Jan, Shou-Hsia Cheng, Hui-Chun Hsu, Po-Ren Hsueh

Case Report

Successful treatment of meningitis caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with intravenous and intrathecal colistin


Yu-Huai Ho, Lih-Shinn Wang, Hui-Jen Chao, Kia-Chich Chang, Chain-Fa Su