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Microbiology
Taiwan
2025

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Microbiology

D-Index
72
Citations
15303
World Ranking
1784
National Ranking
12

Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
15836
World Ranking
19894
National Ranking
49

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Yee-Chun Chen is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan and has authored a significant body of research within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases. Their work covers multiple subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The primary topics covered in their research include:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Yee-Chun Chen has contributed frequently to prominent publication venues such as:

  • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
  • Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yee-Chun Chen include:

  • Shan-Chwen Chang
  • Jann-Tay Wang
  • Wang-Huei Sheng
  • Yu-Chung Chuang
  • Pao-Yu Chen

Some recent significant papers associated with this research profile are:

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of rare yeast infections: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM, 2024, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Rezafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis (ReSTORE): a multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised phase 3 trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • A Strategy to Treat COVID-19 Disease With Targeted Delivery of Inhalable Liposomal Hydroxychloroquine: A Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Study, 2020, Clinical and Translational Science
  • Collateral consequences of agricultural fungicides on pathogenic yeasts: A One Health perspective to tackle azole resistance, 2021, Mycoses

Best Publications

  • Candida albicans Als1p: an adhesin that is a downstream effector of the EFG1 filamentation pathway

    Yue Fu;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Donald C. Sheppard;Yee-Chun Chen

  • Detection of SARS-associated coronavirus in throat wash and saliva in early diagnosis.

    Wei-Kung Wang;Shey-Ying Chen;I-Jung Liu;Yee-Chun Chen

  • Neuromuscular disorders in severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Li-Kai Tsai;Sung-Tsang Hsieh;Chi-Chao Chao;Yee-Chun Chen

  • Comparison of Both Clinical Features and Mortality Risk Associated with Bacteremia due to Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus

    Jiun-Ling Wang;Shey Ying Chen;Jann Tay Wang;Grace Hui Min Wu

  • Clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and treatment outcomes of SARS patients.

    Jann Tay Wang;Wang Huei Sheng;Chi Tai Fang;Yee Chun Chen

  • Influence of Genospecies of Acinetobacter baumannii Complex on Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Acinetobacter Bacteremia

    Yu-Chung Chuang;Wang-Huei Sheng;Shu-Ying Li;Yu-Chi Lin

  • Infections occurring during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in adult patients.

    Hsin-Yun Sun;Wen-Je Ko;Pi-Ru Tsai;Chun-Chuan Sun

  • SARS in Hospital Emergency Room

    Yee-Chun Chen;Li-Min Huang;Chang-Chuan Chan;Chan-Ping Su

  • Arsenic trioxide sensitivity is associated with low level of glutathione in cancer cells.

    Yang Ch;Kuo Ml;Chen Jc;Chen Yc

  • Modeling the Early Events of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection In Vitro

    Yu-Ting Yen;Fang Liao;Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao;Chuan-Liang Kao

  • Cryptococcal meningitis in non-HIV-infected patients.

    C C Shih;Y C Chen;S C Chang;K T Luh

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of rare yeast infections: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM

    Sharon C-A Chen;John Perfect;Arnaldo L Colombo;Oliver A Cornely

  • Incidence and species distribution of candidaemia in Asia: a laboratory-based surveillance study

    B.H. Tan;A. Chakrabarti;R.Y. Li;A.K. Patel

  • Invasive fungal sinusitis in patients with hematological malignancy: 15 years experience in a single university hospital in Taiwan.

    Chien-Yuan Chen;Wang-Huei Sheng;Aristine Cheng;Yee-Chun Chen

  • Excess Mortality Associated With Colistin-Tigecycline Compared With Colistin-Carbapenem Combination Therapy for Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

    Aristine Cheng;Yu-Chung Chuang;Hsin-Yun Sun;Wang-Huei Sheng

  • Effectiveness of tigecycline-based versus colistin- based therapy for treatment of pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a critical setting: a matched cohort analysis.

    Yu-Chung Chuang;Chien-Yu Cheng;Wang-Huei Sheng;Hsin-Yun Sun

  • Effectiveness and Limitations of Hand Hygiene Promotion on Decreasing Healthcare–Associated Infections

    Yee-Chun Chen;Wang-Huei Sheng;Jann-Tay Wang;Shan-Chwen Chang

  • Cryptococcaemia: clinical features and prognostic factors

    S. S. Jean;C. T. Fang;W. Y. Shau;Y. C. Chen

  • Rezafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis (ReSTORE): a multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised phase 3 trial

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  • Dysphagia screening decreases pneumonia in acute stroke patients admitted to the stroke intensive care unit

    Shin-Joe Yeh;Kuang-Yu Huang;Tyng-Guey Wang;Yee-Chun Chen

  • Comparisons of clinical features and mortality of cryptococcal meningitis between patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Yi-Chien Lee;Jann-Tay Wang;Hsin-Yun Sun;Yee-Chun Chen

  • Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec in MRSA, Taiwan.

    Jann-Tay Wang;Chi-Tai Fang;Yee-Chun Chen;Chia-Ling Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shan-Chwen Chang
Shan-Chwen Chang National Taiwan University
Jann-Tay Wang
Jann-Tay Wang National Taiwan University
Po-Ren Hsueh
Po-Ren Hsueh China Medical University
Kwen-Tay Luh
Kwen-Tay Luh National Taiwan University
Chien-Ching Hung
Chien-Ching Hung National Taiwan University
Pan-Chyr Yang
Pan-Chyr Yang National Taiwan University
Chun-Hsing Liao
Chun-Hsing Liao Memorial Hospital of South Bend
Feipei Lai
Feipei Lai National Taiwan University
Li-Min Huang
Li-Min Huang National Taiwan University
Ih-Jen Su
Ih-Jen Su National Health Research Institutes

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