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Yi-Wei Tang
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Open AccessReal-time, random-access organ screening for carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO) reduces CRO-associated, donor-derived infection mortality in lung transplant recipients
Donor-derived infection (DDI) has become an important factor affecting the prognosis of lung transplantation patients. The risks versus benefits of using donor organs infected with multidrug-resistant organism...
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Open AccessA comprehensive update on CIDO: the community-based coronavirus infectious disease ontology
The current COVID-19 pandemic and the previous SARS/MERS outbreaks of 2003 and 2012 have resulted in a series of major global public health crises. We argue that in the interest of develo** effective and saf...
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Open AccessCase control study comparing the HPV genome in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma to normal patients using metagenomic shotgun sequencing
The aim of this study was to carry out a case control study comparing the HPV genome in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OC-SCC) to normal patients using metagenomic shotgun sequencing. We re...
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Open AccessEffects of parental genetic divergence on gene expression patterns in interspecific hybrids of Camellia
The merging of two divergent genomes during hybridization can result in the remodeling of parental gene expression in hybrids. A molecular basis underling expression change in hybrid is regulatory divergence, ...
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Fecal calprotectin concentrations in cancer patients with Clostridium difficile infection
Fecal calprotectin (fCPT) has been used as a surrogate marker for assessment of intestinal inflammation. We explore the utility of fCPT values as a diagnostic aid in cancer patients with suspected Clostridium dif...
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Simultaneous detection and characterization of toxigenic Clostridium difficile directly from clinical stool specimens
We employed a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) coupled with capillary electrophoresis (mPCR-CE) targeting six Clostridium difficile genes, including tpi, tcdA, tcdB, cdtA, cdtB, and a deletion in tcdC fo...
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Detection of mycobacterial and viral DNA in Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: an analysis of 153 Chinese pediatric cases
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infection
Central nervous system (CNS) infections are potentially life threatening if not diagnosed and treated early. The initial clinical presentations of many CNS infections are non-specific, making a definitive etio...
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Nasal vestibulitis due to targeted therapies in cancer patients
Cancer patients treated with targeted therapies (e.g., epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors) are susceptible to dermatologic adverse events (AEs) including secondary skin infections. Whereas infections ...
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Respiratory virus multiplex RT-PCR assay sensitivities and influence factors in hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infections
Multiplex RT-PCR assays have been widely used tools for detection and differentiation of a panel of respiratory viral pathogens. In this study, we evaluated the Qiagen ResPlex II V2.0 kit and explored factors ...
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Open AccessImmune Mediators of protective and pathogenic immune responses in patients with mild and fatal human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis
Ehrlichia chaffeens is is a bacterial pathogen that causes fatal human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) that mimic toxic shock-like syndrome. Murine studies indicate that over activation of cellular immunity followed...
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in a Japanese University Hospital between 1987 and 2004
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have been the most common cause of nosocomial infections in Japan, but their genetic characteristics related to bloodstream infections have not been w...
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Covalent imprinted polymer for selective and rapid enrichment of ractopamine by a noncovalent approach
A novel molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for the separation and concentration of ractopamine (RAC) was prepared by a covalent imprinting approach and the template was removed successfully by hydrolysis, so ...
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Molecular Diagnosis of Viral Respiratory Infections
In clinical practice, a rapid and accurate identification of pathogens causing viral respiratory tract infections can be problematic because of nonspecific clinical presentations, lack of rapid and sensitive t...
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Immunoprophylaxis and Immunotherapy of Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Infected Mice with Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Specific Immune Serum
ABSTRACT: The effects of passive respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immune serum given as preinoculation prophylaxis, postinoculation prophylaxis, and as therapy on d 5 after inoculation were evaluated in an il...
