Issue 2/2013
Content (30 Articles)
JIC Award 2012
Varicella vaccination in Japan: necessity of implementing a routine vaccination program
Takao Ozaki
Comparative analysis of MRSA strains isolated from cases of mupirocin ointment treatment in which eradication was successful and in which eradication failed
Masamichi Ogura, Hisako Yano, Mikinori Sato, Atsushi Nakamura, Yukio Wakimoto, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Takayuki Ezaki
Elevation of serum C-reactive protein predicts failure of the initial antimicrobial treatment for febrile neutropenia with lung cancer
Takemasa Matsumoto, Masaki Fujita, Takako Hirota, Satoshi Takeda, Ryousuke Hirano, Junji Uchino, Taishi Harada, Kentaro Watanabe
In Japanese patients with type A gastritis with pernicious anemia the condition is very poorly associated with Helicobacter pylori infection
Makoto Saito, Masanobu Morioka, Kentaro Wakasa, Koh Izumiyama, Akio Mori, Tatsuro Irie, Masanori Tanaka, Shinya Tanaka
Risk factors for refractory febrile neutropenia in urological chemotherapy
Tomihiko Yasufuku, Katsumi Shigemura, Kazushi Tanaka, Soichi Arakawa, Hideaki Miyake, Masato Fujisawa
Diagnostic performance of interferon-gamma release assays in elderly populations in comparison with younger populations
Hiroyuki Kamiya, Soichiro Ikushima, Keisuke Kondo, Kota Satake, Minoru Inomata, Atsuko Moriya, Tsunehiro Ando
Clinical efficacy of long-acting neuraminidase inhibitor laninamivir octanoate hydrate in postmarketing surveillance
Seizaburo Kashiwagi, Sanae Yoshida, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Noriko Mitsui, Masatoshi Tanigawa, Kazuhito Shiosakai, Naoki Yamanouchi, Tomoo Shiozawa, Fumie Yamaguchi
Changes in genetic lineages, resistance, and virulence in clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Spanish hospital
Carmen Lozano, Nerea Porres-Osante, Julien Crettaz, Beatriz Rojo-Bezares, Daniel Benito, Inés Olarte, Myriam Zarazaga, Yolanda Sáenz, Carmen Torres
Frequency of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) among re-treatment cases in NIDCH, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rashed Noor, Safia Akhter, Farjana Rahman, Saurab Kishore Munshi, S. M. Mostofa Kamal, Farahnaaz Feroz
Evaluation of serological tests for diagnosis of Chlamydophila pneumoniae pneumonia in patients with nursing and healthcare-associated pneumonia
Naoyuki Miyashita, Hiroto Akaike, Hideto Teranishi, Yasuhiro Kawai, Kazunobu Ouchi, Tadashi Kato, Toshikiyo Hayashi, Niro Okimoto
Chlamydophila pneumoniae serology: cross-reaction with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Naoyuki Miyashita, Hiroto Akaike, Hideto Teranishi, Yasuhiro Kawai, Kazunobu Ouchi, Tadashi Kato, Toshikiyo Hayashi, Niro Okimoto
Impaired capsular polysaccharide is relevant to enhanced biofilm formation and lower virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Liang Qin, Yutaka Kida, Yoshihiro Imamura, Koichi Kuwano, Hiroshi Watanabe
Differences in cytokine stimulation between methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an experimental endocarditis model
Thomas Tsaganos, Aimilia Pelekanou, Ioannis Skiadas, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
PCR-based detection of resistance genes in anaerobic bacteria isolated from intra-abdominal infections
Chau Minh Tran, Kaori Tanaka, Kunitomo Watanabe
Prospective randomized comparison study of piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem for healthcare-associated pneumonia in Japan
Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Koichi Izumikawa, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Shigeki Nakamura, Shintaro Kurihara, Yoshifumi Imamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Misuzu Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Kakeya, Katsunori Yanagihara, Akira Yasuoka, Shigeru Kohno
Evaluation of an endotoxin-specific limulus amebocyte lysate assay using leukocyte-rich plasma for the diagnosis of gram-negative bacterial infection
Shigenori Kan, Gaku Takahashi, Chiaki Onodera, Tatsuyori Shouzushima, Naoya Matsumoto, Katsuya Inada, Shigeatsu Endo
Interplay of flagellar motility and mucin degradation stimulates the association of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with human epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells
Naoki Hayashi, Mariko Matsukawa, Yuta Horinishi, Katsuya Nakai, Ai Shoji, Yoshiki Yoneko, Naomi Yoshida, Shu Minagawa, Naomasa Gotoh
Long-term control of CMV retinitis in a patient with idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia
Shigeko Yashiro, Yujiro Fujino, Natsuo Tachikawa, Kazuya Inamochi, Shinichi Oka
Infective endocarditis caused by multidrug-resistant Streptococcus mitis in a combined immunocompromised patient: an autopsy case report
Natsuko Matsui, Makoto Ito, Hitoshi Kuramae, Tomomi Inukai, Akiyoshi Sakai, Masaru Okugawa
Case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae with magA and rmpA genes in an immunocompetent patient
Akira Sawada, Shinya Komori, Kazunari Udo, Shinsuke Suemori, Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Mitsuru Yasuda, Kiyofumi Ohkusu
A case of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii transferred from India to Japan
Yasushi Nakazawa, Ryoko Ii, Taku Tamura, Tokio Hoshina, Kumiko Tamura, Shinji Kawano, Tetsuro Kato, Fumiya Sato, Tetsuya Horino, Masaki Yoshida, Seiji Hori, Masamitsu Sanui, Yoshikazu Ishii, Kazuhiro Tateda
Bloodstream infection caused by Campylobacter lari
Shota Morishita, Hiromitsu Fujiwara, Hiromi Murota, Yumi Maeda, Ayako Hara, Toshinobu Horii
Delftia acidovorans bacteremia caused by bacterial translocation after organophosphorus poisoning in an immunocompetent adult patient
Hideharu Hagiya, Tomoko Murase, Junichi Sugiyama, Yasutoshi Kuroe, Hiroyoshi Nojima, Hiromichi Naito, Shingo Hagioka, Naoki Morimoto
Co-infection with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia after corticosteroid therapy
Hideharu Hagiya, Takayoshi Miyake, Yusuke Kokumai, Tomoko Murase, Yasutoshi Kuroe, Hiroyoshi Nojima, Junichi Sugiyama, Hiromichi Naito, Shingo Hagioka, Naoki Morimoto
Evaluation in vitro of the efficacy of colistin methanesulfonate against biofilm-forming multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRP)
Kenji Marumo, Daisuke Komukai, Makoto Hirose, Hisako Nakamura, Hironori Tanaka, Kazuhisa Ugajin, Goro Nagashima, Ashio Yoshimura
Pharmacokinetics of glycopeptide antibiotics in children
Hidekazu Ito, Nobuaki Shime, Tadashi Kosaka
Molecular characterization of quinolone-insensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Japanese patients
Nobuko Araki, Katsunori Yanagihara, Yoko Matsukawa, Yosuke Harada, Yohei Migiyama, Kentaro Nagaoka, Koichi Yamada, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Hiroo Hasegawa, Shigeru Kohno, Shimeru Kamihira
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Clostridium difficile isolated in Japan
Hiroyuki Kunishima, Junichi Chiba, Michiko Saito, Yoshihiro Honda, Mitsuo Kaku
Erratum to: Genotyping of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI)-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains among outpatients in a teaching hospital in Japan: application of a phage-open reading frame typing (POT) kit
Tadashi Maeda, Tomoo Saga, Taito Miyazaki, Yuichi Kouyama, Sohei Harada, Morihiro Iwata, Sadako Yoshizawa, Soichiro Kimura, Yoshikazu Ishii, Yoshihisa Urita, Motonobu Sugimoto, Keizo Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Tateda