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Tan Yen Ee

Synonym(s):
 

Title

:   Clinical Assistant Professor

Address  :  Department of Microbiology, Division of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Academia, Diagnostics Tower, Level 7, 20 College Road, Singapore 169856
Email  :  tan.yen.ee@singhealth.com.sg
Current Position

:   Senior Consultant, Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital

Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

 

 

Research interest:

Mycology, Nocardia, Anaerobe

Selected Publications:

  1. Tan YE, Tan AL. Arrival of Candida auris Fungus in Singapore: Report of the First 3 Cases. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2018 Jul;47(7):260-262.
  2. Zhang ZX, Cherng BPZ, Sng LH, Tan YE. Clinical and microbiological characteristics of non-tuberculous mycobacteria diseases in Singapore with a focus on pulmonary disease, 2012-2016. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 May 17;19(1):436. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3909-3.
  3. Tan YE, Chen SC, Halliday CL. Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and species distribution of medically relevant Nocardia species: Results from a large tertiary laboratory in Australia. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Mar;20:110-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.06.018. Epub 2019 Aug 7.
  4. Tan YE, Teo JQ, Rahman NBA, Ng OT, Kalisvar M, Tan AL, Koh TH, Ong RTH. Candida auris in Singapore: Genomic epidemiology, antifungal drug resistance, and identification using the updated 8.01 VITEK2 system. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Dec;54(6):709-715. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.09.016. Epub 2019 Oct 7.
  5. Tan SYL, Chung SJ, Tan TE, Teo L, Tan BH, Tan YE. An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device. Access Microbiol. 2020 Jun 25;2(9):acmi000148. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000148.
  6. Tan TY, Wang YS, Wong XYA, Rajandran P, Tan MG, Tan AL, Tan YE. First reported case of Trichophyton indotineae dermatophytosis in Singapore. Pathology. 2024 Oct;56(6):909-913. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.04.003. Epub 2024 Jun 4.
  7. Tan SYL, Ng DHL, Tan MG, Goh GXQ, Cao DYH, Tan AL, Tan YE. A rare case of coccidioidomycosis in Singapore and challenges faced with laboratory diagnosis in a non-endemic area. Pathology. 2025 Feb;57(1):109-112. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.08.009. Epub 2024 Oct 19.
  8. Huang W, Goh GXQ, Tan MG, Chua JS, Tan SHW, Tan YE. Evaluation of a customised Sensititre YeastOne plate containing isavuconazole for antifungal susceptibility testing in Singapore. Pathology. 2025 Feb;57(1):100-104. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.08.005. Epub 2024 Oct 16.