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Mycoplasma pneumoniaeis a major pathogen for community-acquired pneumonia and frequently causes outbreaks in children. M. pneumoniae-specific antibody response is detected upon acute infection and the serology is widely used in the clinical setting. Nevertheless, the cellular basis for antigen-specific antibody response to acute M. pneumoniaeinfection is largely undetermined in children.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)causes diseases ranging from mild skin infections to invasive diseases. Carriage of S. aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus(MRSA), is a significant risk factor for subsequent staphylococcal infection. Several studies discussed MRSA colonization in Taiwan, but mostly in northern Taiwan. This is the first study that estimates the prevalence of MRSA nasal colonization in healthy children and identifies the potential risk factors in central Taiwan.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(CA-MRSA) infections have been increasingly reported worldwide and are associated with nasal colonization. In Taiwan, available data disclosed a similar trend. We conducted a study for the updated childhood nasal MRSA carriage.

Of 259 college students in northern Taiwan surveyed, nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureusand methicillin-resistant S. aureus(MRSA) was 22.4% and 1.54%, respectively and no significant difference was found between athlete students and non-athlete students. Three of four MRSA isolates belonged to sequence type 59, the endemic community clone.

A surge of encephalitis was reported in children during the early wave of the omicron epidemic in Taiwan. Information on the COVID-19-associated encephalitis, including epidemiologic features and factors of unfavorable outcomes, remained unclear.

We conducted a longitudinal survey for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) carriage in nursing homes and long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in northern Taiwan.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) has been an important nosocomial pathogen in our neonatal units since 1990s. To understand the longitudinal changing molecular epidemiology of these MRSA isolates, we conducted this study.

Superspreading events (SSEs) are pivotal in the spread of SARS-CoV-2. This study aimed to investigate an SSE of COVID-19 in a hospital and explore the transmission dynamics and heterogeneity of SSE.

Bacillus cereusis a well-known pathogen for self-limited foodborne illness, and rarely an opportunistic pathogen associated with invasive infections among immunocompromised patients. Nosocomial outbreaks have been rarely reported.