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Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Issue 2/2005

Content (14 Articles)

ANNOUNCEMENT

JIC Award 2004

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Alarming trend of clarithromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Japan (1998–2002)

Intetsu Kobayashi, Miyuki Hasegawa, Akiko Kanayama, Takeshi Saika, Jingoro Shimada

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

In vitro induction of resistance to metronidazole, and analysis of mutations in rdxA and frxA genes from Helicobacter pylori isolates

Luis Perez Aldana, Mototsugu Kato, Takeshi Kondo, Souichi Nakagawa, Rinan Zheng, Toshio Sugiyama, Masahiro Asaka, Dong H. Kwon

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Clinical utility of lipoarabinomannan antibody in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

Toshinobu Yokoyama, Toru Rikimaru, Takashi Kinoshita, Tomoko Kamimura, Yuichi Oshita, Hisamichi Aizawa

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria from patients with pneumoconiosis

Hiroki Morita, Ikuji Usami, Masayoshi Torii, Atsushi Nakamura, Takashi Kato, Takeo Kutsuna, Toshiaki Niwa, Ken Katou, Makoto Itoh

CASE REPORT

Escherichia coli O157 infection mimicking acute appendicitis: usefulness of computed tomography for differential diagnosis

Yoichiro Ito, Katsuhisa Toda, Hiroo Hatakeyama, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Shigeru Kiyama, Yoshifumi Katagiri, Hiromichi Mimoto, Atsuyoshi Onitsuka, Hiroshi Mori

CASE REPORT

Measles encephalitis in early pregnancy and after delivery

Yasuyo Matsumoto, Ippei Morimoto, Takahiro Shibutani, Masaaki Mukubou, Toshiro Shirakawa, Akinobu Gotoh, Masato Kawabata

NOTE

In vitro susceptibility of clinical isolates of Brucella melitensis to fucidic acid

Ilhami Celik, Mustafa Cihangiroglu, Affan Denk, Ayhan Akbulut

NOTE

Investigation of β-lactam antibiotic-induced vancomycin-resistant MRSA (BIVR)

Hideaki Hanaki, Yoshio Yamaguchi, Chie Yanagisawa, Kazuaki Uehara, Hidehito Matsui, Yukie Yamaguchi, Yasuko Hososaka, Kazunari Barada, Fumiko Sakai, Yasuko Itabashi, Shinsuke Ikeda, Koichiro Atsuda, Haruo Tanaka, Takashi Inamatsu, Ariaki Nagayama, Keisuke Sunakawa

NOTE

Comparison of activities of β-lactam antibiotics against Streptococcus pneumoniae with recombinant penicillin-binding protein genes from a penicillin-resistant strain

Kumiko Maeda, Takashi Ida, Yumiko Sanbongi, Takahisa Suzuki, Takayoshi Fukushima, Mizuyo Kurazono, Minoru Yonezawa, Kimiko Ubukata, Matsuhisa Inoue

NOTES

Macrolide resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated during long-term macrolide therapy: difference between erythromycin and clarithromycin

Kei Kasahara, Eiji Kita, Koichi Maeda, Kenji Uno, Mitsuru Konishi, Eiichiro Yoshimoto, Koichi Murakawa, Keiichi Mikasa, Hiroshi Kimura

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.