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Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Issue 3/2008

Content (17 Articles)

Announcement

JIC Award 2007

Review Article

Clinical bacteriology and immunology in acute otitis media in children

Noboru Yamanaka, Muneki Hotomi, Dewan S. Billal

Original Article

Effects of artesunate-cotrimoxazole and amodiaquine-artesunate against asexual and sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nigerian children

Fatai A. Fehintola, Ahmed A. Adedeji, Grace O. Gbotosho, Christian T. Happi, Sulaiman T. Balogun, Onikepe A. Folarin, Abayomi O. Sijuade, Akintunde Sowunmi

Original Article

Analysis of amino acid sequences of penicillin-binding protein 2 in clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with reduced susceptibility to cefixime and ceftriaxone

Kazuyoshi Osaka, Tadakazu Takakura, Kayo Narukawa, Masahiro Takahata, Katsuhisa Endo, Hiroshi Kiyota, Shoichi Onodera

Original Article

Ocular distribution of intravenously administered micafungin in rabbits

Takashi Suzuki, Toshihiko Uno, Guangming Chen, Yuichi Ohashi

Original Article

Five-day oral cefditoren pivoxil versus 10-day oral amoxicillin for pediatric group A streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis

Takao Ozaki, Naoko Nishimura, Michio Suzuki, Atsushi Narita, Naoko Watanabe, Jaekun Ahn, Norio Koyama, Hajime Ushida, Kazumasa Nakane, Naoko Yasuda, Keiji Funahashi

Original Article

The relationship between the daily dosage of the carbapenem meropenem (MEPM) and MEPM-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Shin-ichi Harashima, Hiroko Kondo, Atsuko Nabeshima, Masako Shimoda, Kouzaburo Yamaji, Takahiko Horiuchi, Nobuyuki Shimono, Hideyuki Ikematsu

Original Article

Nosocomial diarrhea caused by Clostridium perfringens in the Tsukuba-Tsuchiura district, Japan

Masahiro Watanabe, Shigemi Hitomi, Tatsuo Sawahata

Original Article

Association of hyperhomocysteinemia and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection with carotid atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease in Japanese patients

Yasunori Sawayama, Masafumi Tatsukawa, Shinji Maeda, Hachiro Ohnishi, Norihiro Furusyo, Jun Hayashi

Original Article

Usefulness of procalcitonin serum level for the discrimination of severe sepsis from sepsis: a multicenter prospective study

Shigeatsu Endo, Naoki Aikawa, Seitaro Fujishima, Isao Sekine, Kazuhiro Kogawa, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Kushimoto, Hidekazu Yukioka, Noboru Kato, Kyoichi Totsuka, Ken Kikuchi, Toshiaki Ikeda, Kazumi Ikeda, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kazuaki Harada, Shinji Satomura

Original Article

Chronic Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with peripheral arterial disease

Yasunori Sawayama, Maki Hamada, Shigeru Otaguro, Shinji Maeda, Hachiro Ohnishi, Yayoi Fujimoto, Yuji Taira, Jun Hayashi

Case Report

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess in a child

Yuichi Yamasaki, Junichiro Nishi, Takuro Nishikawa, Chiho Tatsumoto, Fujihiko Kasano, Nozomi Sano, Yoshifumi Kawano, Kiyoshi Kawakami

Note

Molecular characteristics of serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among community-acquired pneumonia patients in Japan

Rie Isozumi, Yutaka Ito, Tadashi Ishida, Toyohiro Hirai, Isao Ito, Ko Maniwa, Michio Hayashi, Hitoshi Kagioka, Masataka Hirabayashi, Koichi Onaru, Hiromi Tomioka, Keisuke Tomii, Iwao Gohma, Makoto Osawa, Seiichiro Imai, Shunji Takakura, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Kazuo Chin, Satoshi Ichiyama, Michiaki Mishima

Note

Mycobacterium peregrinum: bactericidal activity of antibiotics alone and in combination

Ana Santos, Rosa Cremades, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Eduardo Garcia-Pachon, Montserrat Ruiz, Gloria Royo

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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.