Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, launched in 1968, is the official bi-monthly publication of the Taiwan Society of Microbiology, the Chinese Society of Immunology, the Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwanand the Taiwan Society of Parasitology. The journal is an open access journal, committed to disseminating information on the latest trends and advances in microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases and parasitology. Articles on clinical or laboratory investigations of relevance to microbiology, infectious diseases, parasitology, and novel findings in all areas of immunology, encompassing both basic, clinical research and other related fields that are of interest to the medical profession are eligible for consideration. Article types considered include perspectives, review articles, original articles, brief reports and correspondence. The Editorial Board of the Journal comprises a dedicated team of local and international experts in the field of microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases and parasitology. All members of the Editorial Board actively guide and set the direction of the journal. With the aim of promoting effective and accurate scientific information, an expert panel of referees constitutes the backbone of the peer-review process in evaluating the quality and content of manuscripts submitted for publication. JMII is open access and indexed in SCIE, PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, AIDS & Cancer Reseach, CABI, BIOSIS Previews, Biological Abstracts, EBSCOhost, CancerLit, Reactions Weekly (online), Chemical Abstracts, HealthSTAR, Global Health, ProQuest.

Articles

1. Effects of immunomodulatory supplementation with Lactobacillus rhamnosus on airway inflammation in a mouse asthma model
Chia-Ta Wu, Peng-Jung Chen, Yu-Tzu Lee, Jiunn-Liang Ko, Ko-Haung Lue

2. Cholesterol glucosylation by Helicobacter pylori delays internalization and arrests phagosome maturation in macrophages
Shin-Yi Du, Hung-Jung Wang, Hsin-Hung Cheng, Sheng-De Chen, ... Wen-Ching Wang

3. Epidemiology and clinical outcome of pyogenic liver abscess: an analysis from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, 2000–2011
Yung-Chun Chen, Ching-Heng Lin, Shih-Ni Chang, Zhi-Yuan Shi

4. Risk factors for slowly resolving pneumonia in the intensive care unit
Meiling Li, Jialin Liu, Ruoming Tan, Zhaojun Liu, ... Hongping Qu

5. Clinical outcomes of septic patients with diabetic ketoacidosis between 2004 and 2013 in a tertiary hospital in Taiwan
Yu-Chen Cheng, Chung-Hao Huang, Wei-Ru Lin, Po-Liang Lu, ... Yen-Hsu Chen

6. Genetically diverse serotypes III and VI substitute major clonal disseminated serotypes Ib and V as prevalent serotypes of Streptococcus agalactiae from 2007 to 2012
Ying-Hsiang Wang, Chih-Cheng Lu, Cherng-Hsun Chiu, Mei-Hei Wang, ... Chishih Chu

7. Impact of revised susceptibility breakpoints on bacteremia of Klebsiella pneumoniae: Minimum inhibitory concentration of cefazolin and clinical outcomes
Chia-Hui Chuang, Meei-Fang Liu, Chin-Fu Lin, Zhi-Yuan Shi

8. Community-onset bacteremia in kidney transplant recipients: The recipients fare well in terms of mortality and kidney injury
Cong-Tat Cia, Ming-Ji Li, Chia-Wen Li, Nan-Yao Lee, ... Wen-Chien Ko

9. Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. isolates in Mongolia
Cheng-Yen Kao, Uuganbayar Udval, Yi-Ting Huang, Hsiu-Mei Wu, ... Jiunn-Jong Wu

10. Prevalence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogeneous VISA among methicillin-resistant S. aureus with high vancomycin minimal inhibitory concentrations in Taiwan: A multicenter surveillance study, 2012–2013
Sung-Hsi Huang, Yee-Chun Chen, Yin-Ching Chuang, Sheng-Kang Chiu, ... Jann-Tay Wang

11. Changes in the six most common sequence types of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, including ST4378, identified by surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in northern Taiwan from 2006 to 2013
Ching-Wai Cheng, Lan-Hui Li, Chen-Yi Su, Shu-Ying Li, Muh-Yong Yen

12. Treatment of recurrent complicated urinary tract infections in children with vesicoureteral reflux
Tsung-Hua Wu, Fang-Liang Huang, Lin-Shien Fu, Chia-Man Chou, ... Po-Yen Chen

13. Analysis of clinical outcomes in pediatric bacterial meningitis focusing on patients without cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis
Wen-Li Lin, Hsin Chi, Fu-Yuan Huang, Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, Nan-Chang Chiu

14. Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in persons with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection using two interferon-gamma release assays and tuberculin skin test in a low human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, intermediate tuberculosis-burden country
Wei-Cheng Lin, Hsi-Hsun Lin, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Cheng-Len Sy, ... Yao-Shen Chen

15. Risk factors associated with death in patients with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection
Yen-I Lee, Chun-Chih Peng, Nan-Chang Chiu, Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, ... Hsin Chi

16. Hepatitis A virus seroepidemiology of elementary school children in New Taipei City in Taiwan
Shih-Lun Tseng, Yu-Chia Hsieh, Ya-Ling Huang, Yu-Chiau Huang, ... Yhu-Chering Huang

17. Identification of subclinical transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus within an intensive care unit in Taiwan
Sai-Cheong Lee, Chao-Wei Lee, Tsai-Chien Shih, Lai-Chu See, ... Yu-Chih Liu

18. Risk of recurrent nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with short-term secondary prophylaxis in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy
Yu-Ju Chou, Hui-Wen Lin, Chia-Jui Yang, Mao-Yuan Chen, ... Shan-Chwen Chang

19. The impact of revised CLSI cefazolin breakpoints on the clinical outcomes of Escherichia coli bacteremia
Kung-Ching Wang, Meei-Fang Liu, Chin-Fu Lin, Zhi-Yuan Shi

20. Quantitative analysis of tissue inflammation and responses to treatment in immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome, and review of literature
Chih-An Chen, Wan-Chen Chung, Yuan-Yow Chiou, Yao-Jong Yang, ... Chi-Chang Shieh

21. VDR and VDBP genes polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis in a Han Taiwanese population
Shih-Wei Lee, Tzu-Yi Chuang, Hsiu-Han Huang, Chi-Wei Liu, ... Lawrence Shih-Hsin Wu

22. Myeloperoxidase genetic polymorphisms and susceptibility to Kawasaki disease in Taiwanese children
Ken-Pen Weng, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Shih-Hui Huang, Huang-Wei Wu, ... Luo-Ping Ger

Case Reports

>> Bilateral adrenal histoplasmosis in a man with chronic alcoholism
Gulisa Turashvili, Kristopher S. Cunningham

>> A cluster of endophthalmitis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus after cataract surgery
Jia-Horung Hung, Yi-Hsun Huang, Tsung-Chain Chang, Sung-Huei Tseng, ... Fu-Chin Huang

>> Epidural abscess caused by Veillonella parvula: Case report and review of the literature
Yen-Chun Chen, Ping-Hung Ko, Chang-Jen Yang, Yu-Chuan Chen, ... Min-Hong Hsieh

>> Diagnosis of Leishmania infection in a nonendemic area of South America
Diego Esteban Cargnelutti, Carlos Guillermo Borremans, Rosa Lydia Tonelli, Liliana Carmen Carrizo, María Cristina Salomón

>> Cytokine profiles in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Motoko Yasutomi, Shintaro Okazaki, Ikue Hata, Akihiko Tanizawa, ... Yusei Ohshima


Correspondences

1. Diagnostic role of an oligonucleotide array in a heart transplantation patient with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Ming-Chi Li, Tsung-Chain Chang, Chi-Jung Wu, Chwan-Yau Luo, Wen-Chien Ko

2. Bacillus licheniformis as a cause of a deep skin abscess in a 5-year-old girl: An exceptional case following a plant thorn injury
José Ramón Yuste, Sally Edita Franco, Carlos Sanders, Sebastián Cruz, ... Gonzalo Mora

3. Isolation of Escherichia coli harboring blaNDM-5 from fresh fish in India
Asem Sanjit Singh, Manjusha Lekshmi, Binaya Bhusan Nayak, Sanath Hirekudel Kumar

4. First case report of Nocardia brasiliensis infection causing necrotizing fasciitis in an immunocompetent patient
Yung-Cheng Lin, Zheng-Yi Huang, Jun-Ren Sun, Ching-Mei Yu, Ching-Hsun Wang

5. Septic pulmonary and cerebral embolism caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a healthy child
Kao-Hsian Hsieh, Ya-Ling Chou, Wen-Tsung Lo, Shyi-Jou Chen, Chih-Chien Wang