Hong Fang

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Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;42(9):1073-1079

Antimicrobial susceptibilities and genomic epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Stockholm, Sweden.

Vestberg N; Bhattarai KH; Fang H
Article: EUROSURVEILLANCE. 2023;28(10):2300125

Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolate SE690: mosaic penA-60.001 gene causing ceftriaxone resistance internationally has spread to the more antimicrobial-susceptible genomic lineage, Sweden, September 2022.

Golparian D; Vestberg N; Södersten W; Jacobsson S; Ohnishi M; Fang H; Bhattarai KH; Unemo M
Article: JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY. 2022;234:112547

Photo-oxidative stress response and virulence traits are co-regulated in E. faecalis after antimicrobial photodynamic therapy.

Manoil D; Parga A; Hellesen C; Khawaji A; Brundin M; Durual S; Özenci V; Fang H; Belibasakis GN
Article: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. 2021;25:119-123

Epidemiological typing of ST80 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: core genome multilocus sequence typing versus single nucleotide polymorphism-based typing.

Dyrkell F; Giske CG; Fang H
Article: JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION. 2021;107:12-15

Genomic analysis revealed distinct transmission clusters of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST80 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Fang H; Fröding I; Ullberg M; Giske CG
Article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2019;25(10):1289.e5-1289.e8

Transmission events and antimicrobial susceptibilities of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus argenteus in Stockholm.

Giske CG; Dyrkell F; Arnellos D; Vestberg N; Hermansson Panna S; Fröding I; Ullberg M; Fang H
Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(2):e0192782

Introduction of a hydrolysis probe PCR assay for high-throughput screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with the ability to include or exclude detection of Staphylococcus argenteus.

Bogestam K; Vondracek M; Karlsson M; Fang H; Giske CG
Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(11):e0205761

USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Stockholm, Sweden, from 2008 to 2016.

Enström J; Fröding I; Giske CG; Ininbergs K; Bai X; Sandh G; Tollström U-B; Ullberg M; Fang H
Article: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2017;50(4):532-536

Molecular characteristics of Clostridium difficile strains from patients with a first recurrence more than 8 weeks after the primary infection.

Chen Y; Rashid MU; Huang H; Fang H; Nord CE; Wang M; Weintraub A
Article: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. 2016;5:31-35

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Stockholm, Sweden: Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibilities to ceftaroline, linezolid, mupirocin and vancomycin in 2014.

Fang H; Fröding I; Gian B; Hæggman S; Tollström U-B; Ullberg M; Nord CE
Article: ANAEROBE. 2014;30:65-69

Risk factors of Clostridium difficile infections among patients in a university hospital in Shanghai, China.

Huang H; Wu S; Chen R; Xu S; Fang H; Weintraub A; Nord CE
Article: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 2013;77(3):216-219

Comparison of MALDI-TOF MS and VITEK 2 system for laboratory diagnosis of Granulicatella and Abiotrophia species causing invasive infections.

Ratcliffe P; Fang H; Thidholm E; Boräng S; Westling K; Özenci V
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2012;31(11):3073-3077

Evaluation of species-specific PCR, Bruker MS, VITEK MS and the VITEK 2 system for the identification of clinical Enterococcus isolates.

Fang H; Ohlsson A-K; Ullberg M; Ozenci V
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2012;31(3):261-265

Screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci: an efficient and economical laboratory-developed test.

Fang H; Ohlsson A-K; Jiang G-X; Ullberg M
Article: INFECTION. 2011;39(6):571-574

Cellulose and PapG are important for Escherichia coli causing recurrent urinary tract infection in women.

Norinder BS; Lüthje P; Yadav M; Kadas L; Fang H; Nord CE; Brauner A
Article: ANAEROBE. 2010;16(6):633-635

Antimicrobial susceptibility and heteroresistance in Chinese Clostridium difficile strains.

Huang H; Weintraub A; Fang H; Wu S; Zhang Y; Nord CE
Article: APMIS. 2010;118(5):413-417

Screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci: results of a survey in Stockholm.

Fang H; Nord CE; Ullberg M
Article: JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY. 2010;22(1):25-29

Antibiotic resistance patterns in gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria causing septicemia in newborns in León, Nicaragua: correlation with environmental samples.

Amaya E; Caceres M; Fanc H; Torres Ramirez A; Palmgren A-C; Nord CE; Weintraub A
Article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2009;15(12):1170-1173

Distinct ribotypes and rates of antimicrobial drug resistance in Clostridium difficile from Shanghai and Stockholm.

Huang H; Fang H; Weintraub A; Nord CE
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2009;47(11):3729-3731

Comparison of a commercial multiplex real-time PCR to the cell cytotoxicity neutralization assay for diagnosis of clostridium difficile infections.

Huang H; Weintraub A; Fang H; Nord CE
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2009;34(3):268-270

Prevalence of qnr determinants among extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-positive Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates in southern Stockholm, Sweden.

Fang H; Huang H; Shi Y; Hedin G; Nord CE; Ullberg M
Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2009;33:s47

126 RELAPSING ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS

Özenci V; Salaj D; Fang H; Westling K
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2009;33(4):339-342

Clostridium difficile infections in a Shanghai hospital: antimicrobial resistance, toxin profiles and ribotypes.

Huang H; Wu S; Wang M; Zhang Y; Fang H; Palmgren A-C; Weintraub A; Nord CE
Article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2008;14(4):370-376

Genetic diversity of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in southern Stockholm, 2000-2005.

Fang H; Hedin G; Li G; Nord CE
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2008;46(2):707-712

Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Escherichia coli isolates collected in a Swedish hospital and its associated health care facilities from 2001 to 2006.

Fang H; Ataker F; Hedin G; Dornbusch K
Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2007;29:s271

P1014 Characterisation of Escherichia coli isolates producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases from a hospital and its surrounding healthcare centres in Stockholm

Fang H; Ataker F; Dornbusch K
Article: MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE. 2007;13(4):241-250

Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Southern Stockholm, 2000-2003.

Hedin G; Fang H
Article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2007;13(1):106-108

Emergence of VanD-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Stockholm, Sweden.

Fang H; Hedin G; Telander B; Li G; Nord CE
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2006;28(6):497-502

Examination of cfiA-mediated carbapenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis strains from a European antibiotic susceptibility survey.

Sóki J; Edwards R; Hedberg M; Fang H; Nagy E; Nord CE; ESCMID Study Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2006;44(2):592-594

Use of cefoxitin-based selective broth for improved detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Fang H; Hedin G
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2005;43(8):4242-4244

Evaluation of two new chromogenic media, CHROMagar MRSA and S. aureus ID, for identifying Staphylococcus aureus and screening methicillin-resistant S. aureus.

Hedin G; Fang H
Article: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. 2005;49(3):1253-1256

Inducible metronidazole resistance and nim genes in clinical Bacteroides fragilis group isolates.

Löfmark S; Fang H; Hedberg M; Edlund C
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2004;42(12):5917-5920

Molecular epidemiological analysis of Escherichia coli isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases for identification of nosocomial outbreaks in Stockholm, Sweden.

Fang H; Lundberg C; Olsson-Liljequist B; Hedin G; Lindbäck E; Rosenberg A; Struwe J
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2003;41(7):2894-2899

Rapid screening and identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical samples by selective-broth and real-time PCR assay.

Fang H; Hedin G
Article: ANAEROBE. 2002;8(2):55-61

Effects of cefoxitin on the growth and morphology of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron strains with different cefoxitin susceptibility

Fang H; Edlund C; Hultenby K; Hedberg M
Journal article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 1999;5(12):753-758

Detection of imipenem-resistant and metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides fragilis group strains in fecal samples

Fang H; Edlund C; Zhang G; Hedberg M
Article: ANAEROBE. 1999;5(3-4):431-434

Identification of the metallo-β-lactamase gene from clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis

Fang H; Hedberg M; Edlund C; Nord CE
Article: ANAEROBE. 1999;5(1):11-18

Characterization of beta-lactam-resistant Bacteroides fragilis isolates by use of PCR fingerprinting.

Fang H; Hedberg M; Edlund C; Jarstrand C; Fodor E; Nord CE
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Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2009;34(6):516-522

Antimicrobial resistance in Clostridium difficile.

Huang H; Weintraub A; Fang H; Nord CE
Letter: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2009;33(4):386-387

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit in León, Nicaragua.

Amaya E; Caceres M; Fang H; Ramirez AT; Palmgren AC; Nord CE; Weintraub A
Letter: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2009;41(2):158-159

Community acquired Clostridium difficile infection due to a moxifloxacin susceptible ribotype 027 strain.

Huang H; Weintraub A; Fang H; Nord CE
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2009;33:S47

RELAPSING ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS

Ozenci V; Salaj D; Fang H; Westling K
Letter: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2008;47(12):1606-1608

Molecular and clinical characteristics of Clostridium difficile infection in a University Hospital in Shanghai, China.

Huang H; Wu S; Wang M; Zhang Y; Fang H; Palmgren A-C; Weintraub A; Nord CE
Meeting abstract: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2008;12:E451

Epidemiological Characterization of Clostridium difficile Strains in Shanghai, China

Huang H; Wu S; Wang M; Zhang Y; Fang H; Palmgren AC; Weintraub A; Nord CE
Letter: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2006;10(6):482-483

Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene in Shanghai, China.

Li G-H; Zhang Y-Y; Wang F; Chen Y-J; Nord CE; Fang H
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2006;44(2):675

Rapid screening and identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical samples by selective-broth and real-time PCR assay (vol 41, pg 2894, 2003)

Fang H; Hedin G
Published conference paper: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2002;35(Suppl 1):S47-S53

Selection of cefoxitin-resistant bacteroides thetaiotaomicron mutants and mechanisms involved in beta-lactam resistance.

Fang H; Edlund C; Nord CE; Hedberg M
Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2002;19(5):361-370

New findings in beta-lactam and metronidazole resistant Bacteroides fragilis group.

Fang H; Edlund C; Hedberg M; Nord CE

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024

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Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2019
Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2001

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