Chairperson

 

Professor Lee-Jeng Teng

Title

Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine

 

Education

B.S., School of Medical Technology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine
M.S., Department of Microbiology. National Taiwan University College of Medicine

 

(Professor Teng's homepage)

E-mail : ljteng@ntu.edu.tw

 

 

Specialty

Molecular bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance. Research interests include:
1. Development of molecular identification systems for bacteria
2. Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
3. Photodynamic antimicrobial inactivation


Publication(2004~2009)
  1. Lai CC, Teng LJ, Hsueh PR, Yuan A, Tsai KC, Tang JL, and Tien HF. 2004. Clinical and microbiological characteristics of Rhizobium radiobacter infections. Clin Infect Dis 38:149-153. (SCI)
  2. Hsueh PR, Teng LJ, Tseng SP et al. 2004. Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium and Choleraesuis from pigs to humans, Taiwan Emerging Infect Dis 10:60-68. (SCI)
  3. Jean SS, Teng LJ, Hsueh PR, Ho SW, and Luh KT. 2004. Bacteremic Streptococcus bovis infections at a university hospital, 1992-2001. J Formos Med Assoc 103:118-123. (國內SCI)
  4. Teng LJ, Hsueh PR, Huang YH, and Tsai JC*. 2004. Identification of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron on the basis of an unexpected specific amplicon of universal 16S ribosomal DNA PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 42: 1727-1730. (SCI)
  5. Kuo LC, Teng LJ, Yu CJ, Ho SW, and Hsueh PR. 2004. Dissemination of a clone of unusual phenotype of pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii of a university hospital in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol 42: 1759-1763. (SCI)
  6. Chiang WC, Tsai JC, Chen SY, Hsu CY, Wu CT, Teng LJ, and Hsueh PR. 2004. Mycotic aneurysm caused by Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus. J Clin Microbiol 42:1826-1828. (SCI)
  7. Hsueh PR, Teng LJ, Chen WH, Pan HJ, Chen ML, Chang SC, Luh KT, and Lin FY. 2004. Increasing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing nosocomial infections at a university hospital in Taiwan from 1986 to 2001. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 48:1361-1364. (SCI)
  8. Chen CC, Teng LJ, and Chang TC. 2004. Identification of clinically relevant viridans group streptococci by sequence analysis of the 16S-23S ribosomal DNA spacer region. J Clin Microbiol 42:2651-2657. (SCI)
  9. Hsueh PR, Teng LJ, Lin TY, Chen KT, Hsu HM, Twu SJ, Ho SW, and Luh KT. 2004. Re-emergence of meningococcal disease in Taiwan: circulation of domestic clones of Neisseria meningitidis in the 2001 outbreak Epidemiology and Infection 132:637-645. (SCI)
  10. Tsai JC, Teng LJ, and Hsueh PR. 2004. Direct detection of bacterial pathogens in brain abscesses by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of partial 16S ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid fragments. Neurosurgery. 55:1154-1162. (SCI)
  11. Teng LJ, Hsueh PR, Liaw SJ, Ho SW, and Tsai JC. 2004. Genetic detection of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from children with sporadic diarrhea. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 37:327-334.
  12. Tsai JC, Hsueh PR, Lin HM, Chang HJ, Ho SW, and Teng LJ*. 2005. Identification of clinically relevant Enterococcus species by direct sequencing of groES and spacer region. J Clin Microbiol 42: 235-241. (SCI)
  13. Hsueh PR, Tseng, SP, Teng LJ, and Ho SW. 2005. High prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Northern Taiwan. Clin Infect Dis 40:188-192. (SCI)
  14. Chen CC, Teng LJ, Kaiung S, and Chang TC. 2005. Identification of clinically relevant viridans streptococci by an oligonucleotide array. J Clin Microbiol 43:1515-1521. (SCI)
  15. Xiao F, Tseng MY, Teng LJ, Tseng HM, and Tsai JC. 2005. Brain abscess: clinical experience and analysis of prognostic factors. Surgical Neurology 63:442-450. (SCI)
  16. Hung WC, Tsai JC, Hsueh PR, Chia JS, and Teng LJ*. 2005. Species identification of mutans streptococci by groESL gene sequence. J Med Microbiol 54:857-862. (SCI)
  17. Hsueh PR, Chen WH, Teng LJ, and Luh KT. 2005. Nosocomial infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a university in Taiwan from 1991 to 2003: resistance trends, antibiotic usage and in vitro activities of newer antimicrobial agents. International J Antimicrob Agents 26:43-49. (SCI)
  18. Hsueh PR, Tseng, SP, Teng LJ, and Ho SW. 2005. Pan-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing nosocomial infection at a university hospital in Taiwan. Clin Microbiol Infect 11:670-673. (SCI)
  19. Tsai JC, Hsueh PR, Chen HJ, Tseng SP, Chen PY, and Teng LJ*. 2005. The erm(T) gene is flanked by IS1216V in inducible erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49: 4347-4350. (SCI)
  20. Cheng NC, Hsueh, Liu YC, Shyr JM, Huang WK, Teng LJ, and Liu CY. 2005. In vitro activities of tigecycline, ertapenem, isepamicin, and other antimicrobial agents against clinically isolated organisms in Taiwan. Microb Drug Resist 11:330-341. (SCI)
  21. Wang JL, Kao JH, Tseng SP, Teng LJ, Ho SW, and Hsueh PR. 2005. Typhoid fever and typhoid hepatitis in Taiwan. Epidemiol Infect 133:1073-1079. (SCI)
  22. Liu LC, Tsai JC, Hsueh PR, and Teng LJ*. 2006. Rapid differentiation between members of the anginosus group and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis within beta-hemolytic group C and group G streptococci by PCR. J Clin Microbiol 44:1836-1838. (SCI)
  23. Lau YJ, Hsueh PR, Liu YC, Shyr JM, Huang WK, Teng LJ, Liu CY, and Luh KT. 2006. Comparison of in vitro activities of tigecycline with other antimicrobial agents against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in Taiwan. Microb Drug Resist 12:130-135. (SCI)
  24. Wang CY, Chuang YM, Teng LJ, Lee LN, Yang PC, Kuo SH, and Hsueh PR. 2006. Bacteraemic pneumoniae caused by Neisseria lactamica with reduced susceptibility to penicillin and ciprofloxacin in an adult with liver cirrhosis. J Med Microbiol 55:1151-1152. (SCI)
  25. Chuang YM, Tseng SP, Teng LJ, Ho YC, and Hsueh PR. 2006. Emergence of cefotaxime resistance in Citrobacter freundii causing necrotizing fasciitis and osteomyelitis. J Infect 53:e161-3. (SCI)
  26. Tung SK, Teng LJ, Vaneechoutte, Chen HM, and Chang TC. 2006. Array-based identification of species of the genera Abiotrophia, Enterococcus, Granulicatella, and Streptococcus. J Clin Microbiol 44:4414-4424. (SCI)
  27. Huang YH, Tseng SP, Hu JM, Tsai JC, Hsueh PR, and Teng LJ*. 2007. Clonal spread of SCCmec type IV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between community and hospital. Clin Microbiol Infect 13:717-724. (SCI)
  28. Wang HK, Chen YC, Teng LJ, Hung CC, Chen ML, Du SH, Pan HJ, Hsueh PR, and Chang SC. 2007. Brain abscess associated with multidrug-resistant Capnocytophaga ochracea infection. J Clin Microbiol 45:645-647. (SCI)
  29. Tung SK, Teng LJ, Vaneechoutte, Chen HM and Chang TC. 2007. Identification of species of Abiotrophia, Enterococcus, Granulicatella, and Streptococcus by sequence analysis of the ribosomal 16S-23S intergenic spacer region. J Med Microbiol 56:504-513. (SCI)
  30. Takano T, Saito K, Teng LJ, and Yamamoto T. 2007. Spread of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals in Taipei, Taiwan in 2005, and comparison of its drug resistance with previous hospital-acquired MRSA. Microbiol Immunol 51:627-632. (SCI)
  31. Huang YT, Liao CH, Teng LJ, and Hsueh PR. 2007. Daptomycin susceptibility of unusual gram-positive bacteria: comparison of results obtained by the Etest and the broth microdilution method. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51: 1570-1572. (SCI)
  32. Tseng SP, Hsueh PR, Tsai JC, and Teng LJ*. 2007. Tn6001, a transposon-like element containing the blaVIM-3-harboring Integron In450. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51: 4187-4190. (SCI)
  33. Chung HS, Teng LJ, and Hsueh PR. 2007. Liver abscess due to Neisseria sicca after repeated transcatheter arterial embolization. J Med Microbiol 56:1561-1562. (SCI) (case report)
  34. Huang WC, Chen YM, Teng LJ, Lien HT, Chen JY, and Chia JS. 2008. Chromosomal inversion between rrn operons among Streptococcus mutans serotype c oral and blood isolates. J Med Microbiol 57: 198-206.
  35. Tan CK, Liaw SJ, Yu CJ, Teng LJ, and Hsueh PR. 2008. Extensively drug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a tertiary care hospital in Taiwan: microbiologic characteristics, clinical features and outcomes. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis 60(2): 205-210. (SCI)
  36. Huang YT, Liao CH, Teng LJ, and Hsueh PR. 2008. Comparative bactericidal activities of daptomycin, glycopeptides, linezolid and tigecycline against blood isolates of Gram-positive bacteria in Taiwan. Clin Microbiol Infect 14(2): 124-129. (SCI)
  37. Liu LC, Tsai JC, Hsueh PR, Tseng SP, Hung, WC, Chen HJ, and Teng LJ*. 2008. Identification of tet(S) gene area in tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis clinical isolates. J Antimicrob Chemother 61(2): 453-455. (SCI)
  38. Chen HJ, Tsai JC, Chang TC, Hung, WC, Tseng SP, Hsueh PR, and Teng LJ*. 2008. PCR-RFLP assay for species and subspecies differentiation among human Streptococcus bovis group based on groESL sequences. J Med Microbiol 57:432-438. (SCI)
  39. Takano T, Higuchi W, Otsuka T, Baranovich T, Enany S, Saito K, Isobe H, Dohmae S, Ozaki K, Takano M, Iwao Y, Shibuya M, Okubo T, Yabe S, Shi D, Reva I, Teng LJ, and Yamamoto T. 2008. Novel characteristics of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to multilocus sequence type 59 in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:837-845. (SCI)
  40. Liao CH, Liu LC, Huang YT, Teng LJ, and Hsueh PR. 2008. Bacteremia caused by group G streptococci, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 14: 837-840. (SCI)
  41. Higuchi W, Takano T, Teng LJ, and Yamamoto T. 2008. Structure and specific detection of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type VII. Biochem Biophy Research Commun 377:752-756. (SCI)
  42. Jean SS, Hsueh PR, Lee WS, Chang HT, Chou MY, Chen IS, Wang JH, Lin CF, Shyr JM, Ko WC, Wu JJ, Liu YC, Huang WK, Teng LJ, Liu CY. 2009. Nationwide surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceae in intensive care units in Taiwan. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (28:215-220) (SCI)
  43. Hong TM, Teng LJ, Shun CT, Peng MC, and Tsai JC. 2009. Induced interleukin-8 expression in gliomas by tumor-associated macrophages. J Neurooncology (93:289-301) (SCI)
  44. Jean SS, Hsueh PR, Lee WS, Chang HT, Chou MY, hen IS, Wang JH, Lin CF, Shyr JM, Ko WC, Wu JJ, Liu YC, Huang WK, Teng LJ, Liu CY. 2009. Nationwide surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among non-fermentative gram-negative bacteria in intensive care units in Taiwan: SMART programme data 2005. Int J Antimicrob Agents 33:266-271. (SCI)
  45. Tseng SP, Teng LJ*, Chen CT, Lo TH, Hung WC, Chen HJ, Hsueh PR, and Tsai JC*. 2009. Toluidine blue O photodynamic inactivation on multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 41:391-397. (SCI)
  46. Jean SS, Hsueh PR, Lee WS, Chang HT, Chou MY, Chen IS, Wang JH, Lin CF, Shyr JM, Ko WC, Wu JJ, Liu YC, Huang WK, Teng LJ, Liu CY. 2009. Nationwide surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in intensive care units in Taiwan. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 28:1013-1017. (SCI)
  47. Tseng SP, Tsai JC, Teng LJ*, and Hsueh PR*. 2009. Dissemination of Transposon Tn6001 in carbapenem-non-susceptible and extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Taiwan. J Antimicrobial Chemother (Sep. Epub ahead of print) (SCI)