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  1. Chimeric crRNA improves CRISPR–Cas12a specificity in the N501Y mutation detection of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Mu variants of SARS-CoV-2

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2021, PLOS

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  2. A Novel Dicationic Boron Dipyrromethene-based Photosensitizer for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, December 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Margaret Ip

  3. Prevalence and risk factors of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in Asia-Pacific region from 2000 to 2016: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Clinical Epidemiology, October 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Margaret Ip, Samuel Wong, Dr Steven Riley, Way Hang Jonathan Wong

  4. In vitro antimicrobial effects of a novel Pentaherbs concoction for atopic dermatitis

    Article • Journal of Dermatological Treatment, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Margaret Ip, Prof. Chun-Kwok WONG

  5. Evaluation on the implementation of respiratory protection measures in old age homes

    Article • Clinical Interventions in Aging, September 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Margaret Ip

  6. Modulatory Effects of a Subinhibitory Concentration of Clindamycin in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains of Sequence Type 30

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor Margaret Ip

  7. Draft Genome Sequences of TwoStreptococcus pneumoniaeSerotype 19F Sequence Type 271 Clinical Isolates with Low- and High-Level Cefotaxime Resistance

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Margaret Ip

  8. Genetic Analyses of Penicillin Binding Protein Determinants in Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 19 CC320/271 Clone with High-Level Resistance to Third-Generation Cephalosporins

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Margaret Ip

  9. Burden of influenza infection in hospitalised children below 6 months of age and above in Hong Kong from 2005 to 2011

    Article • Vaccine, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Paul KS Chan, Professor Margaret Ip

  10. Direct Detection and Prediction of All Pneumococcal Serogroups by Target Enrichment-Based Next-Generation Sequencing

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Margaret Ip

  11. Comparative genomics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239: distinct geographical variants in Beijing and Hong Kong

    Article • BMC Genomics, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Margaret Ip

  12. Typical or atypical pneumonia and severe acute respiratory symptoms in PICU

    Article • The Clinical Respiratory Journal, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  13. Genotypes and virulence in serotype K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae from liver abscess and non-infectious carriers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan

    Article • Gut Pathogens, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Margaret Ip

  14. Prevention of gram-positive infections in peritoneal dialysis patients in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  15. Development and validation of a clinical risk score for predicting drug‐resistant bacterial pneumonia in older Chinese patients

    Article • Respirology, March 2014, Wiley

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Jean Woo

  16. Application of a target enrichment-based next-generation sequencing protocol for identification and sequence-based prediction of pneumococcal serotypes

    Article • BMC Microbiology, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Margaret Ip

  17. Rotavirus incidence in hospitalised Hong Kong children: 1 July 1997 to 31 March 2011

    Article • Vaccine, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  18. Molecular and Clinical Characteristics of Clonal Complex 59 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Mainland China

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2013, PLOS

    Professor Margaret Ip

  19. Increased nasopharyngeal carriage of serotypes 6A, 6C, and 6D Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of childhood pneumococcal vaccination in Hong Kong

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  20. Synergistic effects of diosmetin with erythromycin against ABC transporter over-expressed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) RN4220/pUL5054 and inhibition of MRSA pyruvate kinase

    Article • Phytomedicine, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  21. Role of Atypical Pathogens in Nursing Home–Acquired Pneumonia

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Jean Woo, Professor Paul KS Chan

  22. Active Surveillance and Decolonization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Hong Kong: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Article • Infection Control, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Margaret Ip

  23. Management outcome of NPC-related and non-NPC-related brain abscess in Hong Kong

    Article • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  24. A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of “Test” versus “Treat” Patients Hospitalized with Suspected Influenza in Hong Kong

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2012, PLOS

    Professor Margaret Ip

  25. Megapneumonia Coinfection:pneumococcus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae,andMetapneumovirus

    Article • Case Reports in Medicine, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Margaret Ip

  26. Synergistic effects of baicalein with ciprofloxacin against NorA over-expressed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and inhibition of MRSA pyruvate kinase

    Article • Journal of Ethnopharmacology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  27. New target concentrations for vancomycin in Hong Kong

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  28. Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Hong Kong

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  29. Childhood Pneumococcal Diseases and Serotypes: Can Vaccines Protect?

    Article • The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Margaret Ip

  30. Bacteraemia with extended-spectrum β-lactamases-producing Escherichia coli in Hong Kong

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, December 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  31. Role of ‘atypical pathogens’ among adult hospitalized patients with community‐acquired pneumonia

    Article • Respirology, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  32. CS18-01 Pneumococcal Diseases in the 21st Century

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  33. CS16-02 Elucidating Geographical Spread of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): From Molecular Typing, Multilocus Sequence Typing to Microbial Genomics

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  34. Preventing Healthcare Workers From Acquiring Influenza

    Article • Infection Control, March 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Margaret Ip

  35. Diagnostic utility of CRP to neopterin ratio in patients with acute respiratory tract infections

    Article • Journal of Infection, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  36. Successful Treatment of Multiple Subdural Empyemata Caused by <i>Mycoplasma hominis</i> in a Newborn

    Article • Neonatology, September 2008, Karger Publishers

    Professor Margaret Ip, Dr Hugh Simon Lam

  37. A one-year prospective study of infectious etiology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD and concomitant pneumonia

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, August 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan, Fanny Ko

  38. InfectCheck CRP barcode-style lateral flow assay for semi-quantitative detection of C-reactive protein in distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections

    Article • Journal of Immunological Methods, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  39. The impact of ventricular catheter impregnated with antimicrobial agents on infections in patients with ventricular catheter: interim report

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Margaret Ip

  40. Airflow and droplet spreading around oxygen masks: A simulation model for infection control research

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, December 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  41. Crossing the barrier: Evolution and spread of a major class of mosaic pbp2x in Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. mitis and S. oralis

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  42. Human coronavirus infections in Hong Kong children

    Article • World Allergy Organization Journal, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  43. 50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  44. Streptococcus suis in Hong Kong

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  45. Characterizing 56 complete SARS-CoV S-gene sequences from Hong Kong

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  46. Use of the housekeeping genes, gdh (zwf) and gki, in multilocus sequence typing to differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae from Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  47. Transmission of SARS to healthcare workers. The experience of a Hong Kong ICU

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Margaret Ip

  48. Anti-SARS-CoV IgG response in relation to disease severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  49. Community Case of Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusInfection

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2006, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Margaret Ip, Grace Lui

  50. Biases in human papillomavirus genotype prevalence assessment associatedwith commonly used consensus primers

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, October 2005, Wiley

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  51. A Longitudinal Analysis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Hong Kong Teaching Hospital

    Article • Infection Control, February 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Margaret Ip

  52. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–associated Coronavirus Infection

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2003, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  53. A Hong Kong family with respiratory illness

    Article • The Lancet, July 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  54. Rapid identification of medically important Candida to species level by polymerase chain reaction and single-strand conformational polymorphism

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  55. Presence of human herpesviruses 6, 7, and 8 DNA sequences in normal brain tissue

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, December 1999, Wiley

    Professor Margaret Ip, Professor Paul KS Chan

  56. An infant with encephalitis

    Article • The Lancet, November 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Margaret Ip

  57. Acute Clonorchiasis

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Margaret Ip

  58. Fatal Rickettsial Meningitis in Hong Kong: A Need for Rapid Laboratory Diagnosis

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Margaret Ip