Pub Date : 2026-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.015
Hong-Xia Chu, Qian Zhang, Hua Cong
{"title":"Letter to the editor: Ceramic vs. metal heads in hip hemiarthroplasty-unraveling the disconnect between perceived durability and clinical outcomes.","authors":"Hong-Xia Chu, Qian Zhang, Hua Cong","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145952464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.013
Yueping Xu, Qingqing Ding
{"title":"Letter to the editor: Unraveling the limitation of anti-HAV IgG in distinguishing natural infection from vaccine-induced immunity.","authors":"Yueping Xu, Qingqing Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145949052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.004
Yanting Liu, Shentao Wang, Kai Wang, Pengnuo Sui, Jing Yu
{"title":"Comment on \"Long-term survival of patients who received atezolizumab plus bevacizumab treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma\".","authors":"Yanting Liu, Shentao Wang, Kai Wang, Pengnuo Sui, Jing Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145949037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.014
Lianzhen Huang
{"title":"Advancing predictive precision: Multidimensional strategies to enhance the nomogram for plastic bronchitis in pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.","authors":"Lianzhen Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145948988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal disease occurring almost exclusively on the American continent. Until 2021, only sporadic imported cases were observed in Taiwan. However, a dramatic surge in the number of cases over the past 3 years has been observed. Hence, we conducted a retrospective case series study between January 1, 2000, and May 31, 2025, at the National Taiwan University Hospital. Thirteen patients were included in the study. Most were workers or businessmen related to the Taiwan semiconductor factory expansion in Arizona, United States of America since 2020. All patients were surgically diagnosed in the chronic or latent phase using video-assisted thoracic surgery. Given the recent dramatic surge in imported cases of coccidioidomycosis, probably linked to the rapid expansion of Taiwan's semiconductor industry in the United States, we addressed the importance of obtaining travel and occupational histories and an urgent need of rapid diagnostic testing for coccidioidomycosis among healthcare providers in Taiwan.
{"title":"Coccidioidomycosis: an emerging disease in Taiwan.","authors":"Yan-Chien Li, Mong-Wei Lin, Un-In Wu, Chao-Wen Lu, Pei-Hsing Chen, Tung-Ming Tsai, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Min-Shu Hsieh, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Jin-Shing Chen, Chong-Jen Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal disease occurring almost exclusively on the American continent. Until 2021, only sporadic imported cases were observed in Taiwan. However, a dramatic surge in the number of cases over the past 3 years has been observed. Hence, we conducted a retrospective case series study between January 1, 2000, and May 31, 2025, at the National Taiwan University Hospital. Thirteen patients were included in the study. Most were workers or businessmen related to the Taiwan semiconductor factory expansion in Arizona, United States of America since 2020. All patients were surgically diagnosed in the chronic or latent phase using video-assisted thoracic surgery. Given the recent dramatic surge in imported cases of coccidioidomycosis, probably linked to the rapid expansion of Taiwan's semiconductor industry in the United States, we addressed the importance of obtaining travel and occupational histories and an urgent need of rapid diagnostic testing for coccidioidomycosis among healthcare providers in Taiwan.</p>","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145944794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.006
Ningcan Han, Shiting Hong, Bo Wu
{"title":"Comment on \"Application of Robotic Stereotactic Assistance (ROSA) for spontaneous intracerebral hematoma aspiration and thrombolytic catheter placement\".","authors":"Ningcan Han, Shiting Hong, Bo Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145944786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.008
Yonggui Xu, Lu Yu
{"title":"Comment on \"Airway pressure as a predictor of cardiac output reduction in prone position spine surgery: A prospective observational study\".","authors":"Yonggui Xu, Lu Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145944764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.007
Yan Zong
{"title":"Letter to \"Clinical implications of fibrosis marker dynamics after hepatitis C cure: Insights from paired biopsies\".","authors":"Yan Zong","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145934203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.001
Hou-Ting Kuo, Hsin Tseng, Yu-Chuen Huang, Yu-Te Huang, Hui-Ju Lin
{"title":"Response to the letter to the editor regarding \"Effects of atropine, orthokeratology lenses, defocus contact lenses, and defocus incorporated multiple segments spectacle lenses on choroidal thickness\".","authors":"Hou-Ting Kuo, Hsin Tseng, Yu-Chuen Huang, Yu-Te Huang, Hui-Ju Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145934240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.003
Yisong Huang
{"title":"Why persistent high-risk sexual behaviors (evidenced by high bacterial STI rates) do not translate to incident HCV infections in Taiwan's MSM PrEP cohort?","authors":"Yisong Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2026.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17305,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145917860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}