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. Risk-stratified management strategies for HBV reactivation in RA patients receiving biological and targeted therapy: A narrative review
Yi-Ming Chen, Sheng-Shun Yang, Der-Yuan Chen

2. Update on fosfomycin-modified genes in Enterobacteriaceae
Tsung-Ying Yang, Po-Liang Lu, Sung-Pin Tseng

3. Influenza vaccination and risk of respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide population-based case-cohort study
Hsin-Hui Huang, Su-Jung Chen, Tze-Fan Chao, Chia-Jen Liu, ... Fu-Der Wang

4. Hypermucoviscosity, rmpA, and aerobactin are associated with community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremic isolates causing liver abscess in Singapore
Thean Yen Tan, Melissa Ong, Yvonne Cheng, Lily Siew Yong Ng

5. Safety and efficacy of oral nemonoxacin versus levofloxacin in treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: A phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, active-controlled, non-inferiority trial
Jinyi Yuan, Biwen Mo, Zhuang Ma, Yuan Lv, ... Wei-Juin Su

6. Prevalence of and risk factors for nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among children in central Taiwan
Hui-Hsien Pan, Yhu-Chering Huang, Chih-Jung Chen, Fang-Liang Huang, ... Po-Yen Chen

7. Characteristics of scrub typhus, murine typhus, and Q fever among elderly patients: Prolonged prothrombin time as a predictor for severity
Ko Chang, Nan-Yao Lee, Wen-Chien Ko, Wei-Ru Lin, ... Po-Liang Lu

8. Predominance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the residents and environments of long-term care facilities in Taiwan
Chia-Ying Liu, Chih-Cheng Lai, Hsiu-Tzy Chiang, Min-Chi Lu, ... Po-Ren Hsueh

9. Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae in otitis media in Taiwanese children
Ying-Chun Cho, Nan-Chang Chiu, Fu-Yuan Huang, Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, ... Hsin Chi

10. Identification of a proteomic biomarker associated with invasive ST1, serotype VI Group B Streptococcus by MALDI-TOF MS
Hsiao-Chuan Lin, Jang-Jih Lu, Lee-Chung Lin, Cheng-Mao Ho, ... Chao-Jung Chen

11. Deep sequencing profiles MicroRNAs related to Aspergillus fumigatus infection in lung tissues of mice
Fei Chen, Xiao-yong Xu, Ming Zhang, Chen Chen, ... Yi Shi

12. Treatment of larva migrans syndrome with long-term administration of albendazole
Amy Hombu, Ayako Yoshida, Taisei Kikuchi, Eiji Nagayasu, ... Haruhiko Maruyama

13. Intestinal parasitic infections: Current status and associated risk factors among school aged children in an archetypal African urban slum in Nigeria
Vincent P. Gyang, Ting-Wu Chuang, Chien-Wei Liao, Yueh-Lun Lee, ... Chia-Kwung Fan

14. The clinical features and mortality risk factors of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
MingLi Hung, Deh-Feng Huang, Wei-Sheng Chen, Chien-Chih Lai, ... Chang-Youh Tsai

15. Clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients with bacteremia caused by Campylobacter species with an emphasis on the subspecies of C. fetus
Yen-Hung Liu, Wataru Yamazaki, Yu-Tsung Huang, Chun-Hsing Liao, ... Po-Ren Hsueh

16. The influence of breastfeeding in breast-fed infants with atopic dermatitis
Hao-Pai Lin, Bor-Luen Chiang, Hsin-Hui Yu, Jyh-Hong Lee, ... Li-Chieh Wang

17. Safety and effectiveness of tocilizumab in treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis – A three-year study in Taiwan
Ching-Tsai Lin, Wen-Nan Huang, Chia-Wei Hsieh, Yi-Ming Chen, ... Yi-Hsing Chen

18. Semaphorin 3A in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Hsien-Tzung Liao, Yuh-Feng Lin, Chung-Tei Chou, Chang-Youh Tsai



Brief Communication

Three months of rifapentine and isoniazid for latent tuberculosis infection in hemodialysis patients: High rates of adverse events
Shang-Yi Lin, Yi-Wen Chiu, Po-Liang Lu, Shang-Jyh Hwang, ... Yen-Hsu Chen


Correspondences

>> Community-acquired bacteremic pneumonia due to Pasteurella multocida subspecies multocida in a patient with poor-control diabetes mellitus
Wen-Sen Lee, Fu-Lun Chen, Cheng-Hui Wang, Tsong-Yih Ou, ... Shio-Shin Jean

>> Subdural effusion and ischemic stroke complicating meningococcal meningitis in an adult
Chun-Yu Chang, Tsung-Lang Chiu, Pau-Yuan Chang, Chih-Ming Hu, Lih-Shinn Wang

>> Early prosthetic joint infection due to Ureaplasma urealyticum: Benefit of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis for diagnosis
Caroline Rouard, Sabine Pereyre, Sophie Abgrall, Christelle Guillet-Caruba, ... Florence Doucet-Populaire

>> Endophthalmitis caused by Purpureocillium lilacinum
Li-Na Guo, He Wang, Po-Ren Hsueh, Jacques F. Meis, ... Ying-Chun Xu

>> Recommendations and guidelines for the treatment of pneumonia in Taiwan
Chih-Chen Chou, Ching-Fen Shen, Su-Jung Chen, Hsien-Meng Chen, ... Meng-Chih Lin