B.Sc. , Ph.D. (Calgary)
 
Chairman
Professor
e-mail: chiuychan@cuhk.edu.hk
Telephone Number: (852)2632-3339
FAX Number: (852)2647-3227
 
1. Mycobacteriology
2. Pharmacokinetics of Antimicrobials
 
  1. Ho I I Y, C Y Chan and A F B Cheng. 2000. Aminoglycoside resistance in Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, and Mycobacterium fortuitum : Are aminoglycoside modifying enzymes responsible? Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy 44 :39-42.

  2. Hui, M, S W Cheung, C Y Chan and A F B Cheng. 2001. Rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from Bactec 12B broth cultures originating from non-respiratory secretion specimens – comparison between Accuprobe and in-house PCR. Pathology 33 :61-65.

  3. Leung J W C, Y Liu, S W Cheung, C Y Chan , J F Inciardi and A F Cheng. 2001. Effect of antibiotic loaded hydrophilic stent in the prevention of bacterial adherence – a study of the charge, discharge and recharge concept using ciprofloxacin. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 53 :431-437.

  4. Leung J W, Y L Liu, P S C Leung, R C Y Chan , J F Inciardi & A F. Cheng. 2001. Expression of bacterial b-glucuronidase in human bile--- in vitro study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 54 :346-350.

  5. Chan C Y , C K W Au Yeang, W W Yew and A F B Cheng. 2001. Postantibiotic effects of antituberculosis drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv alone and in combination. Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy 45 :3631-3634.

  6. Kwok, A K H, M Hui, C P Pang, R C Y Chan , S W Cheung, C M S Yip, D S C Lam and A F B Cheng. 2002. Ceftazidime precipitation in a combination of intravitreal vancomycin and ceftazidime regimen for the treatment of endophthalmitis. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 43 :1182-1188.

  7. Yew W W, E Chan , C Y Chan and A F B Cheng. 2002. Genotypic and phenotypic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifamycins and fluoroquinolones. International Journal of Tubercle and Lungs Diseases 6 :936-937.

  8.   Wong C F, W W Yew, S K F Leung, C Y Chan , M Hui, C Au Yeang and A F B Cheng. 2003. Measurement of pleural fluid interleukin-6, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma in the diagnosis and outcome correlation of tuberculous effusion. Respiratory Medicine , 97 :1289-1295.

  9. Chan C Y , C AuYeang, W W Yew, C C Leung and A F B Cheng. 2004. In-vitro postantibiotic effects of rifapentine, isoniazid and moxifloxacin against Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy , 48 :340-343

  10.   Hui M, A Kwok, C P Pang, SW Cheung, CY Chan , D Lam & A F Cheng. 2004. An in-vitro study on the compatibility and precipitation of a combination of ciprofloxacin and vancomycin in human vitreous. British Journal of Ophthalmology 88: 218-222

  11. Cheng A F B, W W Yew, E W C Chan, M L Chin, M M M Hui and R C Y Chan . 2004. Application of a multiplex-PCR-amplimers conformation analysis technique (MPAC) for rapid detection of gyrase A mutations-based fluoroquinolone resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy , 48: 596-601