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Scaling up of latent tuberculosis infection treatment for close contacts of tuberculosis in Taiwan
23 December 2011
In 2008, Taiwan started a national tuberculosis (TB) program to implement latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment for TB contacts. Child contacts aged younger than 13 years were the first prior...
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Pei-Chun Chan,
Chin-Hui Yang,
Feng-Yee Chang
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733-736
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Clinical perspectives of childhood tuberculosis in Taiwan
29 December 2011
Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health issue in Taiwan and worldwide. Taiwan has made major progress in combating TB in the past 40 years. However, childhood TB still constitutes a significan...
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Tzong-Shiann Ho,
Shih-Min Wang,
Ching-Fen Shen,
Kuan-Hsien Lee,
Ching-Chuan Liu
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737-743
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Computed tomography of children with pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
26 December 2011
Surveillance and control of tuberculous infection in pediatric patients, especially in those with a contact history, is important to prevent tuberculous infection in the general population. Totally 26...
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Steven Shinn-Forng Peng,
Pei-Chun Chan,
Yeun-Chung Chang,
Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih
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744-749
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Immune defects in active mycobacterial diseases in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs)
26 December 2011
Natural human immunity to the mycobacteria group, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) or nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), and/or Salmonella species, relies on the fun...
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Wen-I Lee,
Jing-Long Huang,
Kuo-Wei Yeh,
Tang-Her Jaing,
Tzou-Yien Lin,
Yhu-Chering Huang,
Cheng-Hsun Chiu
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750-758
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| Mini-Review |
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Molecular diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and infection with Bacilli Calmette-Guerin in Taiwan
26 December 2011
Molecular techniques along with clinical evaluation have been demonstrated to be effective for differentiating childhood tuberculosis (TB), and for establishing an enhanced survey of adverse reactions...
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Ruwen Jou,
Wei-Lun Huang
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759-761
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Detection of hepatitis C virus subtypes 6a, 6n, 6w and mixed infections using a modified multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction protocol
26 December 2011
Background/Purpose: In the past few years, many new subtypes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 6 have been identified. The aim of this study was to modify the multiplex real-time polymerase chain re...
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Yuan-Ming Lee,
Yen-Ju Chen,
Cheng-Ming Lee,
Lou-Hui Kuo,
Wing-Wai Wong,
Yi-Ming Arthur Chen
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762-767
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Assessment of reasons for not intensifying antihypertensive treatment in the Taiwanese population
Background/Purpose: Despite availability of effective antihypertensives, blood pressure (BP) control is usually inadequate. The Reasons for not Intensifying Antihypertensive Treatment (RIAT) registry ...
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Chiung-Jen Wu,
Kwo-Chuan Lin,
Sien-Tsong Chen,
Wen-Ter Lai,
Chun-Peng Liu,
Shou-Shan Chiang,
Yu-Yao Huang,
Paolo Ferrari
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768-774
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Occupational hand dermatitis among cement workers in Taiwan
26 December 2011
Background/Purpose: Occupational dermatitis among cement workers is a major occupational health concern. The two most important occupational hazards for cement workers are irritant and allergic cement...
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Bour-Jr Wang,
Jyun-De Wu,
Shiann-Cherng Sheu,
Tung-Sheng Shih,
Ho-Yuan Chang,
Yue-Liang Guo,
Ying-Jan Wang,
Tzu-Chieh Chou
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775-779
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Immunogenicity and safety of an AS03A-adjuvanted H5N1 influenza vaccine in a Taiwanese population
26 December 2011
Background/Purpose: A multicenter study (NCT00449670) conducted across Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand evaluated the safety and manufacturing consistency of four formulations of an AS03A-adj...
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Shinn-Jang Hwang,
Shan-Chwen Chang,
Chong-Jen Yu,
Yu-Jiun Chan,
Tzeng-Ji Chen,
Shie-Liang Hsieh,
Hsiu-Yun Lai,
Ming-Hsien Lin,
Jui-Yao Liu,
Gary Ong,
Francois Roman,
Mamadou Dramé,
Hans L. Bock,
Pan-Chyr Yang
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780-786
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Ketamine-snorting associated cystitis
29 December 2011
Ketamine hydrochloride, commonly used as a pediatric anesthetic agent, is an N-methyl-d-aspartic (NMDA) acid receptor antagonist with rapid onset and short duration of action. It produces a cataleptic...
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Chung-Hsien Chen,
Ming-Huei Lee,
Yi-Chang Chen,
Ming-Fong Lin
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787-791
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Primary laryngeal tuberculosis
26 December 2011
A 43-year-old female presented with a 3-week history of hoarseness. She denied cough, fever, weight loss, chills, night sweats, hemoptysis, or any other chest symptoms. Indirect laryngoscopy revealed ...
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Leh-Kiong Huon,
Te-Yung Fang
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792-793
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Response to “Medical leaders in Taiwan during Japanese colonization”
19 December 2011
We compliment Professor Wang on the study of “Medical leaders in Taiwan during Japanese colonization.” However, because some data were not available in the study, we would like to add additional data ...
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Tzyy-Chang Ho,
Fung-Rong Hu,
Ping-Kang Hou,
Muh-Shy Chen
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794-795
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Adiponectin beyond cardiometabolic disorders
26 December 2011
Adiponectin is an adipose tissue-derived plasma protein that has been implicated to play a role in obesity-induced insulin resistance and related metabolic disorders. Many human studies also suggest i...
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Juen-Haur Hwang,
Chuan-Jen Hsu,
Tien-Chen Liu,
Wei-Shiung Yang
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796-797
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Uncovered issues in the overview of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
26 December 2011
We read with great interest the article by Shifflet and colleagues. Although this interesting review article summarized the pathogenic mechanisms, advances in diagnosis and current treatments for nona...
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Chia-Chi Wang,
Jia-Horng Kao
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798
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End-of-life care for cancer patients in Taiwan
22 December 2011
Two papers published recently in Journal of the Formosan Medical Association highlight the increased recognition of the importance of end-of-life care for cancer patients in Taiwan. According to a pop...
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Chiun Hsu
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799
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Using atosiban in uterine contractions of early pregnancies after assisted reproduction
22 December 2011
We are interested in a randomized trial of oxytocin antagonist atosiban versus β-adrenergic agonists in the treatment of spontaneous preterm labor in Taiwanese women reported by Lin et al in the June ...
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Ming-Yih Wu,
Shee-Uan Chen,
Yu-Shih Yang
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800
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Hepatitis during antituberculosis treatment
26 December 2011
We read with great interest the article by Sun et al. They prospectively investigated 261 adult patients who underwent antituberculosis treatment with different co-morbidities. By using multivariate a...
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Li-Wei Wu,
Jia-Horng Kao
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801
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The unaffordable cost of socioeconomic growth in disease prevention
26 December 2011
Throughout history, socioeconomic development has always been accompanied by inevitable environmental and health risks. Evaluating voluntarily risk behaviors in patients from the viewpoint of disease ...
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Chin-Chi Kuo
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802-803
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