Publications by authors named "Ban Hock Tan"

77Publications

Zero healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections amongst solid-organ-transplant (SOT) recipients: infection prevention outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors:
Liang En Wee Jing Yuan Tan Shimin Jasmine Chung Edwin Philip Conceicao Ban Hock Tan Indumathi Venkatachalam

Am J Transplant 2021 Jan 15. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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January 2021

Waitlisted Transplant Candidates' Attitudes and Concerns Toward Transplantation During COVID-19.

Authors:
Ek Khoon Tan Ye Xin Koh Terence Kee Juhainah Binte Juhari Teing Ee Tan David Kheng Leng Sim Aloysius Yew Leng Ho Lalitha Krishnan Ping Sing Tee Thinesh Lee Krishnamoorthy Brian Kim Poh Goh Ban Hock Tan Shimin Jasmine Chung Ghee Chee Phua Prema Raj Jeyaraj

Ann Transplant 2020 Dec 8;25:e926992. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery, SinghealthSingapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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December 2020

Efficacy of β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitors to treat extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales bacteremia secondary to urinary tract infection in kidney transplant recipients (INCREMENT-SOT Project).

Authors:
Ligia C Pierrotti Elena Pérez-Nadales Mario Fernández-Ruiz Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez Ban Hock Tan Jordi Carratalà Isabel Oriol Mical Paul Noa Cohen-Sinai Francisco López-Medrano Rafael San-Juan Miguel Montejo Maristela P Freire Elisa Cordero Miruna D David Esperanza Merino Seema Mehta Steinke Paolo A Grossi Ángela Cano Elena M Seminari Maricela Valerio Filiz Gunseren Meenakshi Rana Alessandra Mularoni Pilar Martín-Dávila Christian van Delden Melike Hamiyet Demirkaya Zeliha Koçak Tufan Belén Loeches Ranganathan N Iyer Fabio Soldani Britt-Marie Eriksson Benoît Pilmis Marco Rizzi Julien Coussement Wanessa T Clemente Emmanuel Roilides Álvaro Pascual Luis Martínez-Martínez Jesús Rodríguez-Baño Julian Torre-Cisneros José María Aguado

Transpl Infect Dis 2020 Nov 22:e13520. Epub 2020 Nov 22.

Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.

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November 2020

An unusual case of fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device.

Authors:
Shireen Yan Ling Tan Shimin Jasmine Chung Teing Ee Tan Louis Teo Ban Hock Tan Yen Ee Tan

Access Microbiol 2020 25;2(9):acmi000148. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Academia, 20 College Road, Singapore 169856, Singapore.

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June 2020

Face Masks in the New COVID-19 Normal: Materials, Testing, and Perspectives.

Authors:
Ming Hui Chua Weiren Cheng Shermin Simin Goh Junhua Kong Bing Li Jason Y C Lim Lu Mao Suxi Wang Kun Xue Le Yang Enyi Ye Kangyi Zhang Wun Chet Davy Cheong Beng Hoon Tan Zibiao Li Ban Hock Tan Xian Jun Loh

Research (Wash D C) 2020 7;2020:7286735. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, Singapore 138634.

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August 2020

Evaluating Potential Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients for Asymptomatic COVID-19.

Authors:
Quan Yao Ho Shimin Jasmine Chung Shoen Choon Seng Low Robert Chun Chen Swee Ping Teh Fu Zi Yvonne Chan Ban Hock Tan Terence Yi Shern Kee

Transplant Direct 2020 Jun 22;6(6):e559. Epub 2020 May 22.

Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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June 2020

Practical Considerations for Solid Organ Transplantation During the COVID-19 Global Outbreak: The Experience from Singapore.

Authors:
Shimin Jasmine Chung Ek Khoon Tan Terence Kee Thinesh Lee Krishnamoorthy Ghee Chee Phua Duu Wen Sewa Boon-Hean Ong Teing Ee Tan Cumaraswamy Sivathasan Huei Li Valerie Gan Brian Kim Poh Goh Prema Raj Jeyaraj Ban Hock Tan

Transplant Direct 2020 Jun 8;6(6):e554. Epub 2020 May 8.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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June 2020

Containing COVID-19 outside the isolation ward: The impact of an infection control bundle on environmental contamination and transmission in a cohorted general ward.

Authors:
Liang En Ian Wee Xiang Ying Jean Sim Edwin Philip Conceicao May Kyawt Aung Kwee Yuen Tan Kwan Ki Karrie Ko Hei Man Wong Limin Wijaya Ban Hock Tan Indumathi Venkatachalam Moi Lin Ling

Am J Infect Control 2020 09 26;48(9):1056-1061. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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September 2020

Containment of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers: The role of surveillance, early detection, and outbreak management.

Authors:
Liang En Wee Xiang Ying Jean Sim Edwin Philip Conceicao May Kyawt Aung Jia Qing Goh Dennis Wu Ting Yeo Wee Hoe Gan Ying Ying Chua Limin Wijaya Thuan Tong Tan Ban Hock Tan Moi Lin Ling Indumathi Venkatachalam

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020 07 11;41(7):765-771. Epub 2020 May 11.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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July 2020

Respiratory surveillance wards as a strategy to reduce nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 through early detection: The experience of a tertiary-care hospital in Singapore.

Authors:
Liang En Wee Jenny Yi Chen Hsieh Ghee Chee Phua Yuyang Tan Edwin Philip Conceicao Limin Wijaya Thuan Tong Tan Ban Hock Tan

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020 Jul 8;41(7):820-825. Epub 2020 May 8.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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July 2020

High-immunological risk living donor renal transplant during the COVID-19 outbreak: Uncertainties and ethical dilemmas.

Authors:
Quan Yao Ho Shimin J Chung Valerie H L Gan Lay Guat Ng Ban Hock Tan Terence Y S Kee

Am J Transplant 2020 Jul 8;20(7):1949-1951. Epub 2020 May 8.

Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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July 2020

Déjà Vu or Jamais Vu? How the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Experience Influenced a Singapore Radiology Department's Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic.

Authors:
Lionel Tim-Ee Cheng Lai Peng Chan Ban Hock Tan Robert Chun Chen Kiang Hiong Tay Moi Lin Ling Bien Soo Tan

AJR Am J Roentgenol 2020 06 4;214(6):1206-1210. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

Division of Radiological Sciences, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.

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June 2020

Old Threat, New Enemy: Is Your Interventional Radiology Service Ready for the Coronavirus Disease 2019?

Authors:
Kun Da Zhuang Bien Soo Tan Ban Hock Tan Chow Wei Too Kiang Hiong Tay

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2020 05 26;43(5):665-666. Epub 2020 Feb 26.

Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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May 2020

Clinicians' challenges in managing patients with invasive fungal diseases in seven Asian countries: An Asia Fungal Working Group (AFWG) Survey.

Authors:
Ban Hock Tan Arunaloke Chakrabarti Atul Patel Mitzi Marie M Chua Pei-Lun Sun Zhengyin Liu Porpon Rotjanapan Ruoyu Li Retno Wahyuningsih Methee Chayakulkeeree Yee-Chun Chen

Int J Infect Dis 2020 Jun 13;95:471-480. Epub 2020 Jan 13.

Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan. Electronic address:

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June 2020

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by in a renal transplant recipient.

Authors:
Louis Y Tee Ban Hock Tan Ai-Ling Tan Inny Busmanis Choon Chiat Oh

JAAD Case Rep 2020 Jan 27;6(1):66-68. Epub 2019 Dec 27.

Department of Dermatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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January 2020

Predictors of mortality in solid organ transplant recipients with bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales: The impact of cytomegalovirus disease and lymphopenia.

Authors:
Elena Pérez-Nadales Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez Alejandra M Natera Edson Abdala Maira Reina Magalhães Alessandra Mularoni Francesco Monaco Ligia Camera Pierrotti Maristela Pinheiro Freire Ranganathan N Iyer Seema Mehta Steinke Elisa Grazia Calvi Mario Tumbarello Marco Falcone Mario Fernández-Ruiz José María Costa-Mateo Meenakshi M Rana Tania Mara Varejão Strabelli Mical Paul María Carmen Fariñas Wanessa Trindade Clemente Emmanuel Roilides Patricia Muñoz Laurent Dewispelaere Belén Loeches Warren Lowman Ban Hock Tan Rosa Escudero-Sánchez Marta Bodro Paolo Antonio Grossi Fabio Soldani Filiz Gunseren Nina Nestorova Álvaro Pascual Luis Martínez-Martínez José María Aguado Jesús Rodríguez-Baño Julián Torre-Cisneros

Am J Transplant 2019 12 31. Epub 2019 Dec 31.

Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI), ISCIII, Spain.

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December 2019

Timeliness of Infectious Diseases Referral and Inappropriate Antibiotic Usage Post-Referral in an Asian Tertiary Hospital.

Authors:
Liang En Wee Aidan Lyanzhiang Tan Limin Wijaya Maciej Piotr Chlebicki Julian Thumboo Ban Hock Tan

Trop Med Infect Dis 2019 Nov 18;4(4). Epub 2019 Nov 18.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore.

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November 2019

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium.

Authors:
Oliver A Cornely Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo Dorothee Arenz Sharon C A Chen Eric Dannaoui Bruno Hochhegger Martin Hoenigl Henrik E Jensen Katrien Lagrou Russell E Lewis Sibylle C Mellinghoff Mervyn Mer Zoi D Pana Danila Seidel Donald C Sheppard Roger Wahba Murat Akova Alexandre Alanio Abdullah M S Al-Hatmi Sevtap Arikan-Akdagli Hamid Badali Ronen Ben-Ami Alexandro Bonifaz Stéphane Bretagne Elio Castagnola Methee Chayakulkeeree Arnaldo L Colombo Dora E Corzo-León Lubos Drgona Andreas H Groll Jesus Guinea Claus-Peter Heussel Ashraf S Ibrahim Souha S Kanj Nikolay Klimko Michaela Lackner Frederic Lamoth Fanny Lanternier Cornelia Lass-Floerl Dong-Gun Lee Thomas Lehrnbecher Badre E Lmimouni Mihai Mares Georg Maschmeyer Jacques F Meis Joseph Meletiadis C Orla Morrissey Marcio Nucci Rita Oladele Livio Pagano Alessandro Pasqualotto Atul Patel Zdenek Racil Malcolm Richardson Emmanuel Roilides Markus Ruhnke Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi Neeraj Sidharthan Nina Singh János Sinko Anna Skiada Monica Slavin Rajeev Soman Brad Spellberg William Steinbach Ban Hock Tan Andrew J Ullmann Jörg J Vehreschild Maria J G T Vehreschild Thomas J Walsh P Lewis White Nathan P Wiederhold Theoklis Zaoutis Arunaloke Chakrabarti

Lancet Infect Dis 2019 12 5;19(12):e405-e421. Epub 2019 Nov 5.

Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.

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December 2019

Risk factor profiles and clinical outcomes for children and adults with pneumococcal infections in Singapore: A need to expand vaccination policy?

Authors:
Rosario Martinez-Vega Elita Jauneikaite Koh Cheng Thoon Hui Ying Chua Amanda Huishi Chua Wei Xin Khong Ban Hock Tan Jenny Low Guek Hong Indumathi Venkatachalam Paul Anantharajah Tambyah Martin L Hibberd Stuart C Clarke Oon Tek Ng

PLoS One 2019 16;14(10):e0220951. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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March 2020

Risk-stratified approach to anti-viral prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus disease in glomerulonephritis and renal vasculitis treated with potent immunosuppressants.

Authors:
Cynthia Ciwei Lim Ban Hock Tan Yu Tzu Tung Huijun Huang Ying Hao Irene Y J Mok Puay Hoon Lee Jason C J Choo

Infect Dis (Lond) 2019 10 13;51(10):745-752. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital , Singapore.

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October 2019

Megatrends in Infectious Diseases: The Next 10 to 15 Years.

Authors:
Sin Yew Wong Ban Hock Tan

Ann Acad Med Singap 2019 Jun;48(6):188-194

Infectious Disease Partners Pte Ltd, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore.

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June 2019

Staphylococcal driveline infections are the predominant type of left ventricular assist device associated infections in Singapore.

Authors:
Yii Ean Teh Choon Pin Lim Louis Loon Yee Teo Jia Lin Soon Victor Tar Toong Chao Chia Lee Neo Joycelyn Li Li Tan Ka Lee Kerk David Kheng Leng Sim Teing Ee Tan Ban Hock Tan Sivathasan Cumaraswamy Thuan Tong Tan

Infect Dis (Lond) 2019 06 15;51(6):417-424. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

a Department of Infectious Diseases , Singapore General Hospital , Singapore.

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June 2019

Outcomes of salvage liver transplant for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: A comparison with primary liver transplant.

Authors:
Yuxin Guo Ek-Khoon Tan Thinesh-Lee Krishnamoorthy Chee-Kiat Tan Ban-Hock Tan Thuan-Tong Tan Ser-Yee Lee Chung-Yip Chan Peng-Chung Cheow Alexander Y F Chung Prema Raj Jeyaraj Brian K P Goh

Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2019 Feb 28;23(1):1-7. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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February 2019

Subtherapeutic posaconazole troughs despite high-dose posaconazole tablets in a patient with terminal ileum resection.

Authors:
Peijun Yvonne Zhou Tze Peng Lim Si Lin Sarah Tang Hui Ling Winnie Lee Thuan Tong Tan Ban Hock Tan Si Yun Melinda Tan Gee Chuan Wong Lay Hoon Andrea Kwa

J Infect 2019 05 27;78(5):409-421. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore; Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore; Singhealth Duke-NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, Singapore. Electronic address:

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May 2019

Increased Mortality Among Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Carriers Who Developed Clinical Isolates of Another Genotype.

Authors:
Wen Kai Chen Yong Yang Ban Hock Tan

Open Forum Infect Dis 2019 Feb 1;6(2):ofz006. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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February 2019

Survey of Respiratory Virus in Patients Hospitalised for Acute Exacerbations of Heart Failure - A Prospective Observational Study.

Authors:
Candice Yy Chan Jenny Gh Low Wyiki Wyone Lynette LE Oon Ban Hock Tan

Ann Acad Med Singap 2018 Nov;47(11):445-450

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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November 2018

Impact of an alternating first-line antibiotics strategy in febrile neutropenia.

Authors:
Ban Hock Tan Marvin Raden Torres De Guzman Lara Kristina Sioco Donato Shirin Kalimuddin Winnie Hui Ling Lee Ai Ling Tan Gee Chuan Wong

PLoS One 2018 28;13(11):e0208039. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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May 2019

The epidemiology of non-Candida yeast isolated from blood: The Asia Surveillance Study.

Authors:
Shang-Yi Lin Po-Liang Lu Ban Hock Tan Arunaloke Chakrabarti Un-In Wu Jui-Hsuan Yang Atul K Patel Ruo Yu Li Siriorn P Watcharananan Zhengyin Liu Ariya Chindamporn Ai Ling Tan Pei-Lun Sun Li-Yin Hsu Yee-Chun Chen

Mycoses 2019 Feb 17;62(2):112-120. Epub 2018 Oct 17.

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

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February 2019

Antimicrobial stewardship for acute-care hospitals: An Asian perspective.

Authors:
Anucha Apisarnthanarak Andrea Lay-Hoon Kwa Cheng-Hsun Chiu Suresh Kumar Le Thi Anh Thu Ban Hock Tan Zhiyong Zong Yin Ching Chuang Anis Karuniawati Maria Fe Tayzon Thomas Man-Kit So Lance R Peterson

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018 10 19;39(10):1237-1245. Epub 2018 Sep 19.

17NorthShore University Health System,Evanston,Illinois,United States.

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October 2018

Survey of laboratory practices for diagnosis of fungal infection in seven Asian countries: An Asia Fungal Working Group (AFWG) initiative.

Authors:
Ariya Chindamporn Arunaloke Chakrabarti Ruoyu Li Pei-Lun Sun Ban-Hock Tan Mitzi Chua Retno Wahyuningsih Atul Patel Zhengyin Liu Yee-Chun Chen Methee Chayakulkeeree

Med Mycol 2018 Jun;56(4):416-425

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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June 2018

A Report of Adult Human Adenovirus Infections in a Tertiary Hospital.

Authors:
Shirin Kalimuddin Yvonne F Z Chan Ian Q Wu Qiao Li Tan Kavitha G Murthee Ban Hock Tan Lynette L E Oon Yong Yang Raymond T P Lin Udayan Joseph October M Sessions Gavin J D Smith Eng Eong Ooi Jenny G H Low

Open Forum Infect Dis 2017 25;4(2):ofx053. Epub 2017 Mar 25.

Departments of Infectious Diseases.

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March 2017

Epidemiology and risk factors for cytomegalovirus infection in glomerular diseases treated with immunosuppressive therapy.

Authors:
Cynthia C Lim Yu Tzu Tung Ban Hock Tan Puay Hoon Lee Irene Mok Lynette Oon Kwai Peng Chan Jason Cj Choo

Nephrology (Carlton) 2018 Jul;23(7):676-681

Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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July 2018

Respiratory virus infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant in a tropical center: Predictive value of the immunodeficiency scoring index.

Authors:
Lin Wang John Allen Colin Diong Yeow-Tee Goh Sathish Gopalakrishnan Aloysius Ho William Hwang Francesca Lim Lynette Oon Thuan-Tong Tan Yeh-Ching Linn Ban Hock Tan

Transpl Infect Dis 2017 Jun 27;19(3). Epub 2017 Apr 27.

Infectious Disease, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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June 2017

The risk of tuberculosis in SLE patients from an Asian tertiary hospital.

Authors:
Yong Yang Julian Thumboo Ban Hock Tan Thuan Tong Tan Chern Hui Jeffrey Fong Han Seong Ng Kok Yong Fong

Rheumatol Int 2017 Jun 12;37(6):1027-1033. Epub 2017 Mar 12.

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.

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June 2017

High risk of invasive fungal infections in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients receiving induction and salvage chemotherapy.

Authors:
Ming-Hsun Bryan Keng Hui-Lin Clara Keng Ban-Hock Tan Gee-Chuan Wong

Leuk Lymphoma 2017 08 8;58(8):2017-2018. Epub 2016 Dec 8.

d Department of Hematology , Singapore General Hospital , Singapore , Singapore.

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August 2017

A dedicated fungal culture medium is useful in the diagnosis of fungemia: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Authors:
Shuwei Zheng Tong Yong Ng Huihua Li Ai Ling Tan Thuan Tong Tan Ban Hock Tan

PLoS One 2016 13;11(10):e0164668. Epub 2016 Oct 13.

Department Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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May 2017

What We Learned From Plasma BK-Virus Monitoring in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Transplant Recipients.

Authors:
Aditi Ghosh Thuan Tong Tan Yeh Ching Linn Sathish Gopalakrishnan Yeow Tee Goh William Hwang Ban Hock Tan Aloysius Ho Colin Phipps

Transplantation 2016 Apr;100(4):e17-8

1 Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. 3 DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.

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April 2016

Network Meta-analysis and Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation of Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Posaconazole, and Voriconazole in Invasive Fungal Infection Prophylaxis.

Authors:
Ying Jiao Zhao Ai Leng Khoo Gloria Tan Monica Teng Caroline Tee Ban Hock Tan Benjamin Ong Boon Peng Lim Louis Yi Ann Chai

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016 01 2;60(1):376-86. Epub 2015 Nov 2.

Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.

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January 2016

Antifungal Prophylaxis With Posaconazole Is Effective in Preventing Invasive Fungal Infections in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients During Induction and Salvage Chemotherapy.

Authors:
Gee-Chuan Wong Nurul Aidah Abdul Halim Ban-Hock Tan

Clin Infect Dis 2015 Oct 2;61(8):1351-2. Epub 2015 Jul 2.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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October 2015

Multidrug resistant, blaVEB positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing high mortality among haematology patients.

Authors:
Thuan Tong Tan Moi Lin Ling Ban Hock Tan Tse Hsien Koh

Pathology 2014 Dec;46(7):650-2

1Department of Infectious Diseases 2Director of Infection Control 3Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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December 2014

A retrospective review of a tertiary Hospital's isolation and de-isolation policy for suspected pulmonary tuberculosis.

Authors:
Shirin Kalimuddin Jeanne M M Tan Ban Hock Tan Jenny G H Low

BMC Infect Dis 2014 Oct 14;14:547. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Singapore 169856, Singapore.

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October 2014

Subcutaneous abscess due to Pyrenochaeta romeroi in a renal transplant recipient.

Authors:
Yuen Yue Candice Chan Ai Ling Tan Ban Hock Tan

Singapore Med J 2014 Apr;55(4):e64-6

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608.

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April 2014

Case report: Enteral nutritional supplement as a likely cause of false-positive galactomannan testing.

Authors:
Tong-Yong Ng Mei-Ling Kang Ban-Hock Tan Cecilia Cheng-Lai Ngan

Med Mycol Case Rep 2014 Jan 16;3:11-3. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.

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January 2014

Cytomegalovirus Treatment.

Authors:
Ban Hock Tan

Curr Treat Options Infect Dis 2014;6(3):256-270

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital The Academia, 20 College Road, Singapore, 169856 Singapore ; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.

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January 2014

Procalcitonin in febrile neutropenia--timing is important.

Authors:
Ban Hock Tan May Ee Png Chin Pin Yeo Gee Chuan Wong

Support Care Cancer 2014 Mar 4;22(3):583-4. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, The Academia, 20 College Road, Singapore, 169856, Singapore,

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March 2014

Severe falciparum malaria with dengue coinfection complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury: an unusual case with myoglobinemia, myoglobinuria but normal serum creatine kinase.

Authors:
Kok Pin Yong Ban Hock Tan Chian Yong Low

BMC Infect Dis 2012 Dec 20;12:364. Epub 2012 Dec 20.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore.

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December 2012

From penicillin-streptomycin to amikacin-vancomycin: antibiotic decontamination of cardiovascular homografts in Singapore.

Authors:
Wee Ling Heng Chong Hee Lim Ban Hock Tan Maciej Piotr Chlebicki Winnie Hui Ling Lee Tracy Seck Yeong Phang Lim

PLoS One 2012 12;7(12):e51605. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

National Cardiovascular Homograft Bank, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

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June 2013

Selection of resistant fungi in liver transplant recipients during use of newer antifungal agents -- a report of two cases.

Authors:
Pushpalatha B Lingegowda Chee Kiat Tan Ai Ling Tan Ban Hock Tan

Ann Acad Med Singap 2011 Jun;40(6):287-90

Department of Infectious Disease, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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June 2011

Galactomannan-guided preemptive vs. empirical antifungals in the persistently febrile neutropenic patient: a prospective randomized study.

Authors:
Ban Hock Tan Jenny Guek Hong Low Nidhi L Chlebicka Asok Kurup Foong Koon Cheah Raymond Tzer Pin Lin Yeow Tee Goh Gee Chuan Wong

Int J Infect Dis 2011 May 11;15(5):e350-6. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608.

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May 2011

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in adult solid organ transplant recipients in Singapore.

Authors:
Chian Yong Low Terence Kee Kwai Peng Chan Lynette L E Oon Chee Kiat Tan Nancy W S Tee Ban Hock Tan

Transplantation 2010 Nov;90(9):1016-21

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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November 2010

Severe infection with H1N1 requiring intensive care--lessons for preparedness programmes.

Authors:
Jaime M F Chien Ban Hock Tan Kok Soong Yang Thuan Tong Tan Chian Yong Low Asok Kurup Hoe Nam Leong Jenny G H Low Mei Ling Kang Maciej Piotr Chlebicki Yin Ling Koh

Ann Acad Med Singap 2010 Apr;39(4):328-5

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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April 2010

Attitudes of patients, visitors and healthcare workers at a tertiary hospital towards influenza A (H1N1) response measures.

Authors:
Wu Meng Tan Nidhi Loomba Chlebicka Ban Hock Tan

Ann Acad Med Singap 2010 Apr;39(4):303-4

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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April 2010

Comparison of prevalence of dengue maculopathy during two epidemics with differing predominant serotypes.

Authors:
Elaine Chee Joanne Lesley Sims Aliza Jap Ban Hock Tan Helen Oh Soon-Phaik Chee

Am J Ophthalmol 2009 Dec 2;148(6):910-3. Epub 2009 Oct 2.

Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.

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December 2009

High rate of reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone among nontyphoid Salmonella clinical isolates in Asia.

Authors:
Hao-Yuan Lee Lin-Hui Su Ming-Han Tsai Shin-Woo Kim Hyun-Ha Chang Sook-In Jung Kyung-Hwa Park Jennifer Perera Celia Carlos Ban Hock Tan Gamini Kumarasinghe Thomas So Anan Chongthaleong Po-Ren Hsueh Jien-Wei Liu Jae-Hoon Song Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 Jun 30;53(6):2696-9. Epub 2009 Mar 30.

Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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June 2009

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella isolates in eight Asian countries, 2001-2004.

Authors:
Chen-Yen Kuo Lin-Hui Su Jennifer Perera Celia Carlos Ban Hock Tan Gamini Kumarasinghe Thomas So Pham Hung Van Anan Chongthaleong Jae-Hoon Song Cheng-Hsun Chiu

J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2008 Apr;41(2):107-11

Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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April 2008

Use of antibiotics in a haematology ward--an audit.

Authors:
Gee Chuan Wong Ban Hock Tan

Ann Acad Med Singap 2008 Jan;37(1):21-6

Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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January 2008

Clinical features of cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis in immunocompetent patients.

Authors:
Soon-Phaik Chee Kristine Bacsal Aliza Jap Su-Yun Se-Thoe Ching Li Cheng Ban Hock Tan

Am J Ophthalmol 2008 May 6;145(5):834-40. Epub 2008 Feb 6.

Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.

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May 2008

Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in adult patients in Asian countries: a prospective study by the Asian network for surveillance of resistant pathogens.

Authors:
Jae-Hoon Song Won Sup Oh Cheol-In Kang Doo Ryeon Chung Kyong Ran Peck Kwan Soo Ko Joon Sup Yeom Choon Kwan Kim Shin Woo Kim Hyun-Ha Chang Yeon-Sook Kim Sook-In Jung Zhaohui Tong Qingtao Wang Shao-Guang Huang Jien-Wei Liu M K Lalitha Ban-Hock Tan Pham Hung Van Celia C Carlos Thomas So

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2008 Feb 26;31(2):107-14. Epub 2007 Dec 26.

Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, South Korea.

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February 2008

Five-year review of infections in a burn intensive care unit: High incidence of Acinetobacter baumannii in a tropical climate.

Authors:
Harvey Chim Ban Hock Tan Colin Song

Burns 2007 Dec;33(8):1008-14

Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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December 2007

EMRSA-15 Bacteremia is not Associated with a Worse Outcome Compared with Bacteremia Caused by Multidrug-Resistant MRSA.

Authors:
Li-Yang Hsu Nidhi Loomba-Chlebicka Tse-Hsien Koh Mei-Ling Kang Ban-Hock Tan Paul Ananth Tambyah

Int J Biomed Sci 2007 Jun;3(2):97-103

Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore;

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June 2007

Corneal endotheliitis associated with evidence of cytomegalovirus infection.

Authors:
Soon-Phaik Chee Kristine Bacsal Aliza Jap Su-Yun Se-Thoe Ching Li Cheng Ban Hock Tan

Ophthalmology 2007 Apr 3;114(4):798-803. Epub 2007 Jan 3.

Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.

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April 2007

First outbreak of colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a tertiary care hospital in Singapore.

Authors:
Maciej Piotr Chlebicki Moi Lin Ling Tse Hsien Koh Li Yang Hsu Ban Hock Tan Kue Bien How Li-Hwei Sng Grace Chee Yeng Wang Asok Kurup Mei Ling Kang Jenny Guek Hong Low

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006 Sep 22;27(9):991-3. Epub 2006 Aug 22.

Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore.

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September 2006

Lessons from the SARS crisis--more relevant than ever.

Authors:
Ban-Hock Tan Yee-Sin Leo Suok-Kai Chew

Ann Acad Med Singap 2006 May;35(5):299-300

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May 2006

CMV prophylaxis--to do or not to do, that is the question.

Authors:
Ban Hock Tan

Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006 Jul 20;21(7):1757-61. Epub 2006 Apr 20.

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July 2006

Six cases of suppurative lymphadenitis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei infection.

Authors:
Maciej Piotr Chlebicki Ban Hock Tan

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2006 Aug 15;100(8):798-801. Epub 2006 Mar 15.

Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore.

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August 2006

Management of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Authors:
Li-Yang Hsu Limin Wijaya Ban-Hock Tan

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2005 Dec;3(6):893-905

Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, S169608, Singapore.

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December 2005

Melioidosis of the spleen diagnosed by 16S rDNA amplification and sequencing.

Authors:
Maciej Piotr Chlebicki Ban Hock Tan Tse Hsien Koh

Scand J Infect Dis 2005 ;37(6-7):517-20

Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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September 2005

Risk perception and impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) on work and personal lives of healthcare workers in Singapore: what can we learn?

Authors:
David Koh Meng Kin Lim Sin Eng Chia Soo Meng Ko Feng Qian Vivian Ng Ban Hock Tan Kok Seng Wong Wuen Ming Chew Hui Kheng Tang Winston Ng Zainal Muttakin Shanta Emmanuel Ngan Phoon Fong Gerald Koh Chong Teck Kwa Keson Beng-Choon Tan Calvin Fones

Med Care 2005 Jul;43(7):676-82

Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine (MD3), Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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July 2005

Dissemination of multisusceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Singapore.

Authors:
Li-Yang Hsu Tse-Hsien Koh Kamaljit Singh Mei-Ling Kang Asok Kurup Ban-Hock Tan

J Clin Microbiol 2005 Jun;43(6):2923-5

Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road S169608, Singapore.

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June 2005

Health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is evolving.

Authors:
Li-Yang Hsu Tse-Hsien Koh Ban-Hock Tan

Clin Infect Dis 2005 Jun;40(12):1860-1

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June 2005

Community associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Singapore.

Authors:
Li-Yang Hsu Anne Tristan Tse-Hsien Koh Michéle Bes Jerome Etienne Asok Kurup Thuan-Tong Tan Ban-Hock Tan

Emerg Infect Dis 2005 Feb;11(2):341-2

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February 2005

High incidence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care public hospital in Singapore.

Authors:
Li-Yang Hsu Tse-Hsien Koh Asok Kurup Jenny Low Maciej Piotr Chlebicki Ban-Hock Tan

Clin Infect Dis 2005 Feb 3;40(3):486-9. Epub 2005 Jan 3.

Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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February 2005

Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus, Singapore.

Authors:
Li-Yang Hsu Tse-Hsien Koh Devanand Anantham Asok Kurup Kenneth Ping Wah Chan Ban-Hock Tan

Emerg Infect Dis 2004 Aug;10(8):1509-10

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August 2004

Strongyloides colitis in a patient with Cushing's syndrome.

Authors:
Seo-Kiat Goh Pierce K H Chow Alexander Y F Chung Ban-Hock Tan Puay-Hoon Tan

Gastrointest Endosc 2004 May;59(6):738-41

Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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May 2004

Atypical SARS and Escherichia coli bacteremia.

Authors:
Thuan Tong Tan Ban Hock Tan Asok Kurup Lynette Lin Ean Oon Derrick Heng Su Yun Se Thoe Xin Lai Bai Kwai Peng Chan Ai Ee Ling

Emerg Infect Dis 2004 Feb;10(2):349-52

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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February 2004

Community-acquired bacteremia with an ESBL-producing Escherichia coli strain--a case report.

Authors:
Ban-Hock Tan Ai-Ling Tan

Int J Infect Dis 2002 Dec;6(4):318-9

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December 2002

Multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on a burns unit--clinical risk factors and prognosis.

Authors:
Ting Hway Wong Ban Hock Tan Moi Lin Ling Colin Song

Burns 2002 Jun;28(4):349-57

Department of Plastic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

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June 2002