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Chang-Phone Fung is affiliated with Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan and works primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Pollution, and Ecology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to antibiotic resistance and infectious diseases, with notable focus areas being:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Chang-Phone Fung has published research in several academic venues, most frequently in:

  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Gut Pathogens
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Cells
  • Vaccine

Some recent papers include:

  • Virulence among different types of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae with multi-locus sequence type (MLST)-11, Serotype K1 or K2 strains, 2021, Gut Pathogens
  • Effects of different resistance mechanisms on antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: a strategic system for screening and activity testing of new antibiotics, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • A 20-Year Study of Capsular Polysaccharide Seroepidemiology, Susceptibility Profiles, and Virulence Determinants of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Bacteremia Patients in Taiwan, 2023, Microbiology Spectrum
  • Truncated Pneumolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae as a TLR4-Antagonizing New Drug for Chronic Inflammatory Conditions, 2020, Cells
  • Cross-protection induced by highly conserved outer membrane proteins (Omps) in mice immunized with OmpC of Salmonella Typhi or OmpK36 of Klebsiella pneumoniae, 2022, Vaccine

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Jung-Chung Lin, L. Kristopher Siu, Ching-Hsun Wang, Feng-Yee Chang, and Jen-Chang Chang. These collaborations have contributed to their body of work in various aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases, and antibiotic resistance.

Best Publications

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: a new invasive syndrome.

    L Kristopher Siu;L Kristopher Siu;Kuo-Ming Yeh;Jung-Chung Lin;Chang-Phone Fung

  • A global emerging disease of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: is serotype K1 an important factor for complicated endophthalmitis?

    C.-P. Fung;F.-Y. Chang;S.-C. Lee;B.-S. Hu

  • Association between rmpA and magA Genes and Clinical Syndromes Caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan

    Wen Liang Yu;Wen Chien Ko;Kuo Chen Cheng;Hsin Chun Lee

  • Genome Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae NTUH-K2044, a Strain Causing Liver Abscess and Meningitis

    Keh-Ming Wu;Ling-Hui Li;Jing-Jou Yan;Nina Tsao;Nina Tsao

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae outer membrane porins OmpK35 and OmpK36 play roles in both antimicrobial resistance and virulence

    Yu-Kuo Tsai;Chang-Phone Fung;Jung-Chung Lin;Jiun-Han Chen

  • Capsular serotype K1 or K2, rather than magA and rmpA, is a major virulence determinant for Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in Singapore and Taiwan

    Kuo-Ming Yeh;A. Kurup;L. K. Siu;Y. L. Koh

  • Characteristics of bacteremia between community-acquired and nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae infection: risk factor for mortality and the impact of capsular serotypes as a herald for community-acquired infection

    Ren Wen Tsay;L. K. Siu;Chang Phone Fung;Feng Yee Chang

  • Clinical and microbiological characteristics of tigecycline non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in Taiwan

    Yi Tsung Lin;Yi Tsung Lin;Fu Der Wang;Fu Der Wang;Yu Jiun Chan;Yu Jiun Chan;Yung Chieh Fu

  • Impaired phagocytosis of capsular serotypes K1 or K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with poor glycemic control.

    Jung-Chung Lin;L. K. Siu;Chang-Phone Fung;Hsiao-Hui Tsou

  • Molecular Typing and Virulence Analysis of Serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from Liver Abscess Patients and Stool Samples from Noninfectious Subjects in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan

    L. Kristopher Siu;Chang-Phone Fung;Feng-Yee Chang;Nelson Lee

  • High prevalence of phagocytic-resistant capsular serotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae in liver abscess.

    Jung-Chung Lin;Feng-Yee Chang;Chang-Phone Fung;Jin-Zhen Xu

  • Anti–IFN-γ autoantibodies in adults with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are associated with HLA-DRB1*16:02 and HLA-DQB1*05:02 and the reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus infection

    Chih Yu Chi;Chen Chung Chu;Chen Chung Chu;Jing Pei Liu;Chia Hao Lin

  • Seroepidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae colonizing the intestinal tract of healthy Chinese and overseas Chinese adults in Asian countries.

    Yi-Tsung Lin;Yi-Tsung Lin;L Kristopher Siu;Jung-Chung Lin;Te-Li Chen;Te-Li Chen

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gastrointestinal Tract and Pyogenic Liver Abscess

    Chang Phone Fung;Yi Tsung Lin;Jung Chung Lin;Te Li Chen

  • Bacteremic community-acquired pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae: Clinical and microbiological characteristics in Taiwan, 2001-2008

    Yi Tsung Lin;Yi Tsung Lin;Yuan Yu Jeng;Te Li Chen;Te Li Chen;Chang Phone Fung;Chang Phone Fung

  • Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia

    Chung-Hsu Lai;Chih-Yu Chi;Hsin-Pai Chen;Te-Li Chen

  • Emergence and Distribution of Plasmids Bearing the blaOXA-51-like gene with an upstream ISAba1 in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Taiwan.

    Te-Li Chen;Yi-Tzu Lee;Shu-Chen Kuo;Po-Ren Hsueh

  • National Surveillance Study on Carbapenem Non-Susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan: The Emergence and Rapid Dissemination of KPC-2 Carbapenemase

    Sheng-Kang Chiu;Tsu-Lan Wu;Yin-Ching Chuang;Jung-Chung Lin

  • An OXA-66/OXA-51-Like Carbapenemase and Possibly an Efflux Pump Are Associated with Resistance to Imipenem in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Wensi S. Hu;Shu-Man Yao;Chang-Phone Fung;Yi-Ping Hsieh

  • Impact of Appropriate Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality Associated With Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia: Relation to Severity of Infection

    Yi Tzu Lee;Shu Chen Kuo;Su Pen Yang;Yi Tsung Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jann-Tay Wang
Jann-Tay Wang National Taiwan University
Tzeng-Ji Chen
Tzeng-Ji Chen Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Chun-Yu Liu
Chun-Yu Liu Boston University
Shou-Dong Lee
Shou-Dong Lee Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Po-Ren Hsueh
Po-Ren Hsueh China Medical University
Ih-Jen Su
Ih-Jen Su National Health Research Institutes
Shih-Feng Tsai
Shih-Feng Tsai National Health Research Institutes
Shan-Chwen Chang
Shan-Chwen Chang National Taiwan University
Wen Chien Ko
Wen Chien Ko National Cheng Kung University
Nelson Lee
Nelson Lee University of Alberta

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