Volume 38, Number 4, August 2005

Review Article

Influenza in Taiwan: seasonality and vaccine strain match


Yu-Chia Hsieh, Hour-Young Chen, Jer-Jea Yen, Ding-Ping Liu, Luan-Yin Chang, Chun-Yi Lu, Pei-Lan Shao, Chin-Yun Lee, Li-Min Huang

Original Articles

Host inflammatory response and development of complications of Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection in CCR5-deficient mice and subfertile women with the CCR5delta32 gene deletion


Erika L. Barr, Sander Ouburg, Joseph U. Igietseme, Servaas A. Morré, Edith Okwandu, Francis O. Eko, Godwin Ifere, Tesfaye Belay, Qing He, Deborah Lyn, Gift Nwankwo, James Lillard, Carolyn M. Black, Godwin A. Ananaba

Epstein-Barr virus-associated infectious mononucleosis and risk factor analysis for complications in hospitalized children


Ming-Han Tsai, Chih-Yi Hsu, Meng-Hsiu Yen, Dah-Chin Yan, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Yhu-Chering Huang, Syh-Jae Lin, Tzou-Yien Lin

Effectiveness of lamivudine and interferon-α combination therapy versus interferon-α monotherapy for the treatment of HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients: a randomized clinical trial


Oguz Karabay, Ali Tamer, Mustafa Tahtaci, Seref Vardi, Harika Celebi

Seroprevalence of melioidosis in diabetic patients in Taiwan


Wen-Tsair Chen, Yao-Shen Chen, Soi-Moi Chye, Tsu-Rong Wu, Wen-Gui Hong, Yun-Nan Lin, Hong-Twn Bair, Shu-Chi Yang, Ya-Lei Chen

Clinical characteristics of invasive Haemophilus aphrophilus infections


Shao-Tsung Huang, Hsin-Chun Lee, Nan-Yao Lee, Kung-Hung Liu, Wen-Chien Ko

Characteristics of Achromobacter xylosoxidans bacteremia in northern Taiwan


Shian-Sen Shie, Ching-Tai Huang, Hsieh-Shong Leu

Epidemiologic trends in nosocomial bacteremia in a neonatal intensive care unit


Sung-Hsi Wei, Hsiu-Hui Chiu, Kuo-Chen Hung, Jen-Hsian Wang, Bai-Horng Su, Hung-Chih Lin, Tsung-Wen Lin, Hsiao-Chuan Lin

Case Report

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome complicated by an atypical lymphoproliferative disorder: a case report


Yi-Chun Ma, Shyh-Dar Shyur, Tzu-Yuan Ho, Li-Hsin Huang, Jiunn-Yi Wu, Der-Cherng Liang, Yin-Hsiu Chien

Pseudomonas putida bacteremia due to soft tissue infection contracted in a flooded area of central Taiwan: a case report


Chang-Hua Chen, Ru-Hua Hsiu, Chun-Eng Liu, Tzuu-Guang Young

Second-degree atrioventricular block as an early manifestation of adult systemic lupus erythematosus


An-Ping Huo, Kang-Cheng Su, Hsien-Tzung Liao, Chung-Tei Chou, Hsiao-Ning Chang

Obituary

In memory of Professor John David Williams


David Livermore