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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2018

Nationwide surveillance of ribotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities of toxigenic

Yuan-Pin Hung, Pei-Jane Tsai, Yuan-Ti Lee, Hung-Jen Tang, Hsiao-Ju Lin, Hsiu-Chuan Liu, Jen-Chieh Lee, Bo-Yang Tsai, Po-Ren Hsueh, Wen-Chien Ko

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Yuan-Pin HungDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan.
Pei-Jane TsaiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yuan-Ti LeeInstitute of Medicine and School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Hung-Jen TangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chi-Mei Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsiao-Ju LinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsiu-Chuan LiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan.
Jen-Chieh LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, winston3415@gmail.com.
Bo-Yang TsaiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Po-Ren HsuehDepartments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, hsporen@ntu.edu.tw.
Wen-Chien KoDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, winston3415@gmail.com.
National Cheng Kung University · TWChest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWChi Mei Medical Center · TWChung Shan Medical University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe information of antimicrobial susceptibility, toxin gene, and ribotype distribution of toxigenic PATIENTS AND

methodsThe study was conducted from January 2015 to December 2016 in 5 hospitals in Taiwan. Adults aged ≥20 years with a hospital stay for >5 days were included, and those with colectomy or intestinal infection due to other enteropathogens were excluded. Multiplex PCR was used to detect

resultsOf 1112

conclusionIn Taiwan, toxigenic

Indexed as

metronidazoleMICRT126RT127vancomycin

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PMCPMC6101014
OpenAlexW2887727443

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