Abstracts from the 8th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)

Nantanit Sutthiruk, Mari Botti, Julie Considine, Andrea Driscoll, Ana Hutchinson, Kumthorn Malathum, Cucunawangsih Cucunawangsih, Veronica Wiwing, Vivien Puspitasari, Rathina Kumar Shanmugakani, Yukihiro Akeda, Takuya Kodera, Pitak Santanirand, Kazunori Tomono, Takayuki Yamanaka, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Hiroyuki Kitajima, Yuho Horikoshi, Alyona Lavrinenko, Ilya Azizov, Nurlan Tabriz, Margulan Kozhamuratov, Yekatherine Serbo, Dahae Yang, Woonhyoung Lee, Il Kwon Bae, Jae Hyun Lee, Hyukmin Lee, Jung Ok Kim, Seok Hoon Jeong, Kyungwon Lee, Thiba Peremalo, Priya Madhavan, Sharina Hamzah, Leslie Than, Eng Hwa Wong, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Kee Peng Ng, Marionne Geronimo, Maria Fe Tayzon, Maria Jesusa Maño, Angela Chow, Pei-Yun Hon, Mar-Kyaw Win, Brenda Ang, Yee-Sin Leo, Angela Chow, Pei-Yun Hon, Tina See, Brenda Ang, Rocio Alvarez Marin, Marta Aires de Sousa, Nicolas Kieffer, Patrice Nordmann, Laurent Poirel, Wison Laochareonsuk, Sireekul Petyu, Pawin Wanasitchaiwat, Sutasinee Thana, Chollathip Bunyaphongphan, Woranan Boonsomsuk, Pakpoom Maneepongpermpoon, Silom Jamulitrat, Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Kalyanaraman Supraja, Soundararajan Sharmila, Cucunawangsih Cucunawangsih, Benny Setiawan, Nicolaski Lumbuun, Haruo Nakayama, Toshiko Ota, Naoko Shirane, Chikako Matuoka, Kentaro Kodama, Masanobu Ohtsuka, Silverose Ann Andales Bacolcol, Melecia Velmonte, Allan Alde, Keithleen Chavez, Arlene Joy Esteban, Aisa Jensen Lee, Tai-Chin Hsieh, Shio-ShinJean, Huey-Jen Huang, Shu-Ju Huang, Yu-Huan Huang, Pei-Chen Cheng, Su-Fang Yu, Shih-Ming Tsao, Yuan-Ti Lee, Chien-Feng Li, Min-Chi Lu, Nattapol Pruetpongpun, Thana Khawcharoenporn, Pansachee Damronglerd, Nuntra Suwantarat, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Sasinuch Rutjanawech, Lisa Cushinotto, Patty McBride, Harding Williams, Hans Liu, Phan Thi Hang, Dinh Pham Phuong Anh, Ngai Le, Dung Khu, Lam Nguyen, Roel Beltran Castillo, Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Venkatasubramanian Ramasubramanian, Subramanian Sreevidya, Ranganathan Jayapradha, Atsushi Umetsu, Tetsuhiro Noda, Kenyuu Hashimoto, Akihiro Hayashi, Mikie Kabashima, Ursula Jadczak, Knut Elvelund, Marit Johnsen, Bente Borgen, Egil Lingaas, Chia-Hua Mao, Fu-Chieh Chang, Chang-Pan Liu, Ru-Hui Chao, Fu-chieh Chang, Chang-pan Liu, Junpen Pawapotako, Chadanan Prasertpan, Wantanee Malaihuan, Phisit Uirungroj, Chadanan Prasertpan, Chalermpong Saenjum, Teerapat Ouirungrog, Phisit Uirungroj, Sue Borrell, Pauline Bass, Leon Worth, Zhao Xian-li, Li Xiao-long, Yao Xue-hua, Ren Wei, Zhang Xia Zeng, Man Ying Kong, Christopher Koon Chi Lai, Suet Yi Lee, Ngai Chong Tsang, M. M. O’Donoghue, M. V. Boost, L. K. P. Suen, G. K. Siu, K. W. Mui, C. K. C. Lai, D. N. C. Tsang, Yuka Sato, Mariko Tateishi, Mutsuko Mihashi, Jose Paulo Flor, Marko Bautista, V. Jay De Roxas, Justine Vergara, Nicolo Andrei Añonuevo, Marion Kwek, Jose Acuin, Anna Josea Sanchez, Avel Bathan, Jamilah Binte Jantan, Chua Chor Guek, Eu Chiow Kian, Pampe Anak Pirido, Nur Fadilah Binte Mohd Aron, Leah May Estacio, Francis Alvarez Palana, Michelle Gracia, Nur Syafiqah Binte Shamsuddin, Kersten Timbad Castro, Madonna Baloria, Faezah Binte Adam, Zhang Wei, Poh Bee Fong, Marimuthu Kalisvar, Angela Chow, Brenda Ang, I-Ju Chuang, Yi-ChunCho, Yu-Fen Chiu, Lung-Chih Chen, Yi-Chun Lin, Shao-Xing Dong, Yi-Chieh Lee, Hui-Chen Kuan, Hsin-Hua Lin, Chia-Chun Chi, Chin-Te Lu, Fu-chieh Chang, Chang-pan Liu, Tang Ya-Fen, Su Li-Hsiang, Liu Jien-Wei, Hsuehlan Chao, PinRu ChangChien, WeiFang Chen, ChungHsu Lai, Lutfe Ara, Syed Mohammad Niaz Mowla, Shaikh Mahmud Kamal Vashkar, Wai Fong Chan, Mabel Yin ChunYau, Karen Kam LingChong, Tze OnLi, Rajwinder Kaur, Ng Po Yan, Gloria Chor Shan Chiu, Christina W. Y. Cheung, Patricia T. Y. Ching, Radley H. C. Ching, Conita H. S. Lam, C. H. Kan, Shirley S. Y. Lee, C. P. Chen, Regina F. Y. Chan, Annie F. Y. Leung, Isadora L. C. Wong, S. S. Lam, Queenie W. L. Chan, Cecilia Chan, Rajwinder Kaur, Seyed Sadeq Seyed Nematian, Charles John Palenik, Mehrdad Askarian, Seyed Sadeq Seyed Nematian, Charles John Palenik, Nahid Hatam, Mehrdad Askarian, Itaru Nakamura, Hiroaki Fujita, Ayaka Tsukimori, Takehito Kobayashi, Akihiro Sato, Shinji Fukushima, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Jose Paulo Flor, Nicolo Andrei Añonuevo, Marko Bautista, Justine Vergara, V. James De Roxas, Marion Kwek, Jose Paulo Flor, Marko Bautista, Justine Vergara, V James De Roxas, Nicolo AndreiAñonuevo, Marion Kwek, Yeng May Ho, Jia Qi Kum, Bee Fong Poh, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Brenda Ang, Tzu-Yin Liu, Sin-Man Chu, Hui-Zhu Chen, Tun-chieh Chen, Yichun Chen, Ya-Ching Tsao, Sumawadee Skuntaniyom, Kumthorn Malathum, Pirawadee Tipluy, Sangwan Paengta, Ratchanee wongsaen, Sutthiphun thanomphan, Samettanet Tariyo, Buachan Thongchuea, Pattama Khamfu, Sutthiphan Thanomphan, Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, Suvaporn Anugulruengkit, Rujipat Samransamruajkit, Darintr Sosothikul, Ornanong Tansrijitdee, Anry Nakphunsung, Patchareeyawan Srimuan, Jirachaya Sophonphan, ThanyaweePuthanakit, Kunyanut Payuk, Wilawan Picheansathian, Nongkran Viseskul, Elizabeth DeNardo, Rachel Leslie, Todd Cartner, Luciana Barbosa, Heinz-Peter Werner, Florian H. H. Brill, Julia Yaeko Kawagoe, Elizabeth De Nardo, Sarah Edmonds- Wilson, David Macinga, Patricia Mays-Suko, Collette Duley, Phan Thi Hang, Tran Thi Thuy Hang, Tran Thi My Hanh, Christopher Gordon, Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Roopa Durairaj, Anusha Rohit, Saujanya Saravanakumar, Jothymani Hemalatha, Ryuichi Hirano, Yuichi Sakamoto, Shoji Yamamoto, Naoki Tachibana, Miho Miura, Fumiyo Hieda, Yoshiro Sakai, Hiroshi Watanabe, Melecia Velmonte, Silverose Ann Bacolcol, Allan Alde, Keitleen Chavez, Arlene Joy Esteban, Aisa Jensen Lee, Angela Chow, Jia-Wei Lim, Pei-Yun Hon, Aung-Aung Hein, Grace Tin, Vanessa Lim, Brenda Ang, Angela Chow, Aung-Aung Hein, Jia-Wei Lim, Pei-Yun Hon, Vanessa Lim, Grace Tin, Brenda Ang, Angela Chow, Grace Tin, Aung-Aung Hein, Vanessa Lim, Jia-Wei Lim, Pei-Yun Hon, Brenda Ang, Huwi-chun Chao, Chiu-Yin Yeh, Mei-feng Lo, Huwi-chun Chao, Chonlada Piwpong, Songyos Rajborirug, Ploypailin Preechawetchakul, Yada Pruekrattananapa, Tharntip Sangsuwan, Silom Jamulitrat, Ratchanee Wongsaen, Sungwan Paengta, Napatnun Nilchon, Sutthipun Thanompan, Samattanet Tariyo, Ngai Le, Dung Khu, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Ilya Azizov, Alyona Lavrinenko, Yerbol Tishkambayev, Alyona Lavrinenko, Ilya Azizov, Yerbol Tishkambayev, Asylkhan Alibecov, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Yekaterina Serbo, Youngwon Nam, Jae Hyeon Park, Yun Ji Hong, Taek Soo Kim, Jeong Su Park, Kyoung Un Park, Eui-Chong Kim, Samuel Abumhere Aziegbemhin, Onaiwu Enabulele, Yao-Shen Tung, An-Chi Chen, Shen-Min Huang, Yui-Yein Yang, Li-Hung Wu, Chin-cheng Lin, Fu-chieh Chang, Chang-pan Liu, Tzu Hao Lien, Jia Hao Chang, Yu Shan Huang, Yi Shun Chen, Chalermpong Saenjum, Sasithorn Sirilun, Teerapat Ouirungrog, Phisit Ouirungroj, Suwanna Trakulsomboon, Patcharee Prasajak, Maryanne W. N. Kwok, Lady S. H. Ng, Lindy M. T. Wong, Lenina S. L. Poon, Mary K. L. Lai, Holly H. S. Cheng, S. K. Fong, Cindy F. Y. Leung, Jumpei Hasegawa, Hiroki Shirakawa, Sachiko Wakai, Makiko Mieno, Shuji Hatakeyama, Mariko Tateishi, Mutsuko Mihashi, Yuka Sato, Chalermpong Saenjum, Manu Deeudom, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Teerapat Ouirungrog, Phisit Ouirungroj, Terrence Chinniah, Jackson Tan, Kavitha Prabu, Sartaj Alam, Aung Kyaw Wynn, Rashidah Ahmad, Amalina Sidek, Dg Azizah Samsuddin, Noraini Ajis, Aliyah Ahmad, Susylawathi Magon, Boon Chu, Jiqiu Kuang, Yan Gao, Shoujun Wang, Yunxiao Hao, Rong Liu, Dongmei Li, Hui Wang, Ng Po Yan, Hisanori Nishio, Hitomi Mori, Yoshiko Morokuma, Takaaki Yamada, Makiko Kiyosuke, Sachie Yasunaga, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Nobuyuki Shimono, Dmitriy Babenko, Anar Turmuhambetova, Antonella Cheşcă, Mark A. Toleman, Dmitriy Babenko, Anar Turmuhambetova, Antonella Cheşcă, Mark A. Toleman, Dmitriy Babenko, Anar Turmuhambetova, Ilya Azizov, Antonella Cheşcă, Mark A. Toleman, Lyudmila L. Akhmaltdinova, Anar Turmuhambetova, Antonella Cheşcă, Dmitriy Babenko, Mark Albert Magsakay, Angelo Macatibag, Maria Fe Tayzon, Jeannica Kriselle Lerios, Ilya Azizov, Alyona Lavrineko, Dmitry Babenko, Eugene Sheck, Mikhail Edelstein, Tzu-Yin Liu, Lih-Yue Li, Chiung-Wen Chan, Hui-Chuan Pan, Tun-chieh Chen, Wipa Vanishakije, Warisra Jaikampun, Pei-Chen Cheng, Huey-Jen Huang, Shu-Ju Huang, Yu-Huan Huang, Su-Yin Li, Su-Fang Yu, Jian-Feng Li, Yu-Ping Wu, Yuan-Ti Lee, Chiao-Hui Lin, Ping-Chin Chang, Samatanet Tariyo, Sangwan Paengta, Ratchanee Wongsaen, Suttsiphan Thanompan, Sumawadee Skuntaniyom, Kumthorn Malathum, Suchada Sukkra, Khalequ Zaman, Sheikh Farzana Zaman, Farzana Zaman, Asma Aziz, Sayeed-Bin Faisal, Magali Traskine, Javier Ruiz-Guiñazú, Dorota Borys, Khalequ Zaman, Sheikh Farzana Zaman, Farzana Zaman, Asma Aziz, Sayeed-Bin Faisal, Magali Traskine, Javier Ruiz-Guiñazú, Dorota Borys, Wendy Wai Yee Lam, May Chow, Lucy Choy, Joseph Kam, Sharifah Azura Salleh, Razila Yacob, Siti Rokiah Yusof, Nordiah Awang Jalil, Jose Paulo Flor, Nicolo Andrei Añonuevo, Marko Bautista, V. Jay De Roxas, Justine Vergara, Maria Lourdes Millan, Marion Kwek, Jose Lito Acuin, Aisa Jensen Lee, Melecia A. Velmonte, Silverose Ann A. Bacolcol, Allan Alde, Keitleen Chavez, Arlene Joy Esteban, Ching-I Ting, Sunisa Dissayasriroj, Terrence Rohan Chinniah, Kavitha Prabu, Rashidah Ahmad, Susylawathi Magon, Jauharatud DiniSuhaimi, Aizzuddin Mirasin, Nurul Morni, Boon Chu, Azizah Samsuddin, Aliyah Ahmad, Amalina Sidek, Noraini Ajis, Amalina AbuBakar, Amanie Shafiee, Julaini Safar, Ng Po Yan, Leung Annie, Fung Yuk Ling, Lau Edna, Luk Kristine, Satoshi Shinomiya, Kumiko Yamamoto, Kayoko Kjiwara, Mitsuhiro Yamaguchi, Angela Chow, Grace Tin, Wei Zhang, Pei-Yun Hon, Bee-Fong Poh, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Brenda Ang, Ming-Chin Chan, Chih-Chien Wang, Shu-Ju Huang, Huey-Jen Huang, Su-Fang Yu, Huan-Yu Huang, Pei-Chen Cheng, Jian-Feng Li, Yuan-Ti Lee, Chiung-Ling Lai, Min-Chi Lu, Sajeerat Kosol, Wantana Sakolwirat, Patchanee Paepong, Sawalee Jansanga, Pattarin Jaisamoot, Nuttha Thongnuanual, Chittima Srithong, Somporn Somsakul, Kumthorn Malathum, Sutima Plongpunth, Mukkapon Punpop, Porntip Malathum, Kumthorn Malathum, Sutthiphan Thanomphan, Ratchanee Wongsaen, Kulada Peautiwat, Nattawipa boon kirdram, Wilawan Picheansathian, Pimpaporn Klunklin, Geetha Samethadka, Naoko Suzuki, Hitomi Asada, Masao Katayama, Atsushi Komano, Akihiro Sato, Itaru Nakamura, Hidehiro Watanabe, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Hye Kyung Seo, Joo-Hee Hwang, Myoung Jin Shin, Su Young Kim, Eu Suk Kim, Kyoung-Ho Song, Hong Bin Kim, Lai-Si Un, Choi-Ian Vong, Jose Paulo Flor, Nicolo Andrei Añonuevo, Marko Bautista, V. James De Roxas, Justine Vergara, Marion Kwek, Jocelyn Koh, Sherly Agustinus, Rozita Bte Abu Hassan, Yin Phyu Thinn, Benjamin Ng, Soe Pyae Tun, Su Mon Thi Ha, Xue Xiaoting, Lin Li, Leyland Chuang, Attanayaka Mudiyanselage Chulani Niroshika, Kaluarachchige Anoma Kaluarachchi Perera, Dimingo Kankanamalage Diana Grace Fernando, Bodhipakshage Rohini Hemamala, Chiu-yin Yeh, Huwi-chun Chao, Hui-Chun Yang, Hsiang-Ju Chiu, Ya-Ling Shih, Yu-Shan Chien, Wan-Yi Lin, Chia-Yun Pan, Ying-Yun Chang, Chiu-Yuch Yea, Ming-Hsien Chu, Li-Chu Lee, Hsiang-Ju Chiu, Ya-Ling Shih, Hui-Chun Yang, Lin Yu-Hsiu, Guo Siao-Pei, Leung Pak-On, Sie Mei-Fe, Chen Jyh-Jou, Lin Yu-Hsiu, Chang Yong-Yuan, Shu-Yuan Kuo, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Ji-Sheng Zhang, Pak-On Leung, Mei-Fe Sie, Jyh-Jou Chen, Yan-Ru Chen, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Ying-Ling Chen, Chi-Fen Taou, Hsiao-Shan Chen, Hung-Jen Tang, Shin Yu Chen, Yin Yin Chen, Fu Der Wang, Tzu-Ping Shih, Chin-Yu Chen, Su-Jung Chen, Mei-chi Wu, Wan-ju Yang, Mei-ling Chou, Man-Ling Yu, Li-Chu Li, Cheng-Wei Chu, Wen-Hao Tsou, Wen-Chih Wu, Wen-Chi Cheng, Cho-Ching Sun, Tzu-Ping Shih, Chin-Yu Chen, Shu-Hua Lu, Su-Jung Chen, Hsin-Ling Yang, Cheng-Yu Lu, Man-Ling Yu, Li-Chu Li, Cheng-Wei Chu, Wen-Hao Tsou, Wen-Chih Wu, Wen-Chi Cheng, Cho-Ching Sun, Nitchawan Hirunprapakorn, Kumthorn Malathum, Sirilux Apivanich, Ttipakorn Pornmee, Chonnikarnt Beowsomboon, Songyos Rajborirug, Yada Pruekrattananapa, Tharntip Sangsuwan, Silom Jamulitrat, Itthaporn Kumkoom, Nongyao Kasatpibal, Jittaporn Chitreecheur, Nongyao Kasatpibal, JoAnne D. Whitney, Surasak Saokaew, Kirati Kengkla, Margaret M. Heitkemper, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thanomvong Muntajit, Siriluk Apivanich, Kumthorn Malathum, Somporn Somsakul, Hang Thi Phan, Anh Pham Phuong Dinh, Tuyet Thi Kim Nguyen