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List of works by Wen-Chien Ko

A Continuous Challenge from Gram-negative Bacteria: More Carbapenemases

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

A Simple Scoring Algorithm That Predicts Abscesses in Adults with Community-Onset Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia: Hypermucoviscosity Matters

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

Acrophialophora fusispora brain abscess in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on April 17, 2013

Aeromonas aquariorum septicemia and enterocolitis in a cirrhotic patient

scientific article published on September 17, 2012

Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli and Sequence Type 131 in Fecal Colonization in Dogs in Taiwan

scientific article published on 20 September 2020

Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteremic isolates from cancer patients with or without neutropenia at a medical center in southern Taiwan

scientific article published on January 20, 2011

Assessing the risk of dengue severity using demographic information and laboratory test results with machine learning

scientific article published on 23 December 2020

Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Nucleotide-Binding Domain Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein 1 with Clostridioides difficile Colonization or Infection

scientific article published in 2023

Atypical presentations of dengue disease in the elderly visiting the ED

scientific article published on February 8, 2013

Bacteremia Due to Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Aeromonas spp. at a Medical Center in Southern Taiwan

scientific article published on October 3, 2011

Bloodstream infections caused by IMP-8-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates: the need for clinical laboratory detection of metallo-β-lactamases?

scientific article published on September 23, 2012

Can the rmpA gene predict metastatic meningitis among patients with primary Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess?

scientific article published on April 9, 2013

Candidaemia in patients with dialysis‐dependent acute renal failure: aetiology, predisposing and prognostic factors

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Changing seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-positive patients in Taiwan.

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Characteristics of patients withClostridium difficileinfection in Taiwan

scientific article published on December 6, 2012

Characterization of carbapenem-nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates at a Taiwanese hospital: clinical impacts of lowered breakpoints for carbapenems

scientific article published on January 18, 2012

Clinical Impact of Sequence Type 131 in Adults with Community-Onset Monomicrobial Bacteremia

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus-infected adolescents: Experience from a single medical center

scientific article published on May 9, 2012

Comparative evaluation of intratracheal colistimethate sodium, imipenem, and meropenem in BALB/c mice with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia

scientific article published on November 15, 2011

Comparisons of Clinical Characters in Patients with Pneumococcal and Legionella Pneumonia

scientific article published on June 1, 2010

Complexity of β-lactamases among clinical Aeromonas isolates and its clinical implications

scientific article published on September 29, 2012

Definitive Cefazolin Treatment for Community-Onset Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia Based on the Contemporary CLSI Breakpoint: Clinical Experience of a Medical Center in Southern Taiwan

scientific article published on 10 November 2019

Different impact of the appropriateness of empirical antibiotics for bacteremia among younger adults and the elderly in the ED

scientific article published on September 20, 2012

Disseminated nocardiosis with thyroid involvement: A case report

scientific article published on January 18, 2011

Distribution and phenotypic and genotypic detection of a metallo-β-lactamase, CphA, among bacteraemic Aeromonas isolates

scientific article published on February 9, 2012

Effects of PPARγ and RBP4 Gene Variants on Metabolic Syndrome in HIV-Infected Patients with Anti-Retroviral Therapy

scientific article published on November 7, 2012

Empirical antimicrobial therapy for critically ill patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia: Combination is better

scientific article published on April 28, 2013

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Haemophilus influenzae from nursing home residents in Taiwan: correlation of MICs and mutations in QRDRs

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Impact of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Colonization and Infection among Hospitalized Adults at a District Hospital in Southern Taiwan

scientific article published on August 2, 2012

Impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on outcome of bacteremic adults visiting the ED

scientific article published on December 26, 2011

Improved outcome of Pneumocystis pneumonia by early treatment

scientific article published on March 16, 2012

In Vitro Efficacies and Resistance Profiles of Rifampin-Based Combination Regimens for Biofilm-Embedded Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on August 19, 2013

In Vitro and In Vivo Intracellular Killing Effects of Tigecycline against Clinical Nontyphoid Salmonella Isolates Using Ceftriaxone as a Comparator

scientific article published on March 14, 2011

In situ reconstruction of septic aortic pseudoaneurysm due to Salmonella or Streptococcus microbial aortitis: long-term follow-up

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

In vitro efficacy of antimicrobial agents against high-inoculum or biofilm-embedded meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with vancomycin minimal inhibitory concentrations equal to 2μg/mL (VA2-MRSA)

scientific article published on 06 May 2011

In vitro efficacy of fosfomycin-containing regimens against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in biofilms

scientific article published on January 18, 2012

In vitro synergism between cefotaxime and minocycline against Vibrio vulnificus

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Increasing Cytomegalovirus Detection Rate from Respiratory Tract Specimens by a New Laboratory-Developed Automated Molecular Diagnostic Test

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Infections Due to Non‐O1Vibrio choleraein Southern Taiwan: Predominance in Cirrhotic Patients

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Is 2 weeks of antibiotic therapy enough to treat elderly patients with nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremia? A case report of fatal endovascular infection

scientific article published on May 9, 2012

Is Early Oral Antimicrobial Switch Useful for Less Critically Ill Adults with Community-Onset Bacteraemia in Emergency Departments?

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

Metastatic Complications of Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade as a Result of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Bacteremia Developing during Antimicrobial Therapy

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Minocycline and Cefotaxime in the Treatment of Experimental Murine Vibrio vulnificus Infection

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Neutrophil Ratio of White Blood Cells as a Prognostic Predictor of Clostridioides difficile Infection

scientific article published in 2022

Non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in elderly patients: an increased risk for endovascular infections, osteomyelitis and mortality

scientific article published on January 20, 2012

Non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia among adults: An adverse prognosis in patients with malignancy

scientific article published on December 29, 2011

Nontyphoidal Salmonella bacteremia in patients with connective tissue diseases

scientific article published on May 8, 2012

Outbreak of Infection with Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carrying bla IMP-8 in a University Medical Center in Taiwan

scientific article published on December 1, 2001

Pitfalls in using serum C-reactive protein to predict bacteremia in febrile adults in the ED

scientific article published on April 22, 2011

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in immunocompromised patients: Delayed diagnosis and poor outcomes in non-HIV-infected individuals

scientific article published on October 11, 2012

Pyuria and funguria

scientific article published on August 26, 1995

Resolution of galactomannan antigenemia in a patient receiving oral voriconazole for chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis

scientific article published on June 11, 2011

Risk Factors of Fecal Toxigenic or Non-Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Colonization: Impact of Toll-Like Receptor Polymorphisms and Prior Antibiotic Exposure

scientific article published on July 25, 2013

Scrub Typhus Associated with Multiorgan Failure: a Case Report

scientific article published on January 1, 1997

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): The epidemic and the challenges

scientific article published on 17 February 2020

The Hypotension Period after Initiation of Appropriate Antimicrobial Administration Is Crucial for Survival of Bacteremia Patients Initially Experiencing Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

The impact of appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy in adults with occult bacteraemia

scientific article published on December 14, 2012

The impact of overcrowding on the bacterial contamination of blood cultures in the ED

scientific article published on December 12, 2011

Tigecycline salvage therapy for necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus: Case report in a child

scientific article published on June 14, 2013

Use of Carbapenems against Clinical, Nontyphoid Salmonella Isolates: Results from In Vitro and In Vivo Animal Studies

scientific article published on April 2, 2012