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.

Article

1. Updates on k13 mutant alleles for artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum
Myo Thura Zaw, Nor Amalina Emran, Zaw Lin

2. Toll-like receptor 7 agonist induces hypoplasia of the biliary system in a neonatal mouse model
Ying-Hsien Huang, Hsiang-Hung Shih, Mao-Meng Tiao, Chao-Cheng Huang, ... Jiin-Haur Chuang

3. Phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system components positively regulate Klebsiella biofilm formation
Yu-Tze Horng, Chi-Jen Wang, Wen-Ting Chung, Huei-Jen Chao, ... Po-Chi Soo

4. Characteristics of children with Kawasaki disease requiring intensive care: 10 years' experience at a tertiary pediatric hospital
Ching-Chia Kuo, Yu-Shin Lee, Ming-Ru Lin, Shao-Hsuan Hsia, ... Yhu-Chering Huang

5. Thermostabilization of indigenous multiplex polymerase chain reaction reagents for detection of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus
Sowmya Nagaraj, Shylaja Ramlal, Joseph Kingston, Harsh Vardhan Batra

6. Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia caused by 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine types in children with different schedules
Hong-Yi Lee, Yu-Chia Hsieh, Ching-Chuan Liu, Yi-Chuan Huang, ... Li-Min Huang

7. The impact of inoculum size on the activity of cefoperazone-sulbactam against multidrug resistant organisms
Ping-Chin Chang, Chi-Chung Chen, Ying Chen Lu, Chih-Cheng Lai, ... Hung-Jen Tang

8. Laboratory investigation of a suspected outbreak caused by Providencia stuartii with intermediate resistance to imipenem at a long-term care facility
Yuan-Chih Mao, Chin-Lu Chang, Yhu-Chering Huang, Lin-Hui Su, Chao-Tai Lee

9. Prevalence of cervical colonization by Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis and Mycoplasma genitalium in childbearing age women by a commercially available multiplex real-time PCR: An Italian observational multicentre study
Christian Leli, Antonella Mencacci, Maria Agnese Latino, Pierangelo Clerici, ... Alessandra Sensini

10. Subgingival microbiota in individuals with severe chronic periodontitis
Chi-Ying Tsai, Chuan Yi Tang, Te-Sheng Tan, Kuan-Hsueh Chen, ... Ming-Li Liou

11. Clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of hematogenous pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis, 12-year experience from a tertiary hospital in central Taiwan
Wei-Shuo Chang, Mao-Wang Ho, Po-Chang Lin, Cheng-Mao Ho, ... Chih-Yu Chi

12. Community-onset Clostridium difficile infection at a tertiary medical center in southern Taiwan, 2007–2015
Chin-Shiang Tsai, Yuan-Pin Hung, Jen-Chieh Lee, Nan-Yao Lee, ... Wen-Chien Ko

13. Clinical characteristics and outcome of invasive fungal infections in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia patients in a medical center in Taiwan
Gu-Lung Lin, Hsiu-Hao Chang, Chun-Yi Lu, Chung-Ming Chen, ... Luan-Yin Chang

14. Prophylactic administration of voriconazole with two different doses for invasive fungal infection in children and adolescents with acute myeloid leukemia
Hirozumi Sano, Ryoji Kobayashi, Daiki Hori, Kenji Kishimoto, ... Kunihiko Kobayashi

15. The clinical and microbiological characteristics of infections in burn patients from the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion
Tzu-Chao Lin, Rui-Xin Wu, Chih-Chien Chiu, Ya-Sung Yang, ... Feng-Yee Chang

16. Prevalence and comparative analysis of the type IV secretion system in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitan
Chih-Chin Liu, Chang-Hua Chen, Chuan Yi Tang, Kuan-Hsueh Chen, ... Ming-Li Liou


Corrigendum

>> Corrigendum to “Comparison of commonly used antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods for evaluating susceptibilities of clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermentative Gram-negative bacilli to cefoperazone-sulbactam” [J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2017) 50: 454–463]
Shio-Shin Jean, Chun-Hsing Liao, Wang-Huei Sheng, Wen-Sen Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh