Issue 3/2012
Content (24 Articles)
Enhancement of interleukin-8-induced chemotactic response and reactive oxygen species production in HL-60 cells expressing CXCR1
Takane Kikuchi-Ueda, Shigeru Tansho, Yasuo Ono
Apoptosis of bladder cancer by sodium butyrate and cisplatin
Takuo Maruyama, Shingo Yamamoto, Jun Qiu, Yasuo Ueda, Toru Suzuki, Michio Nojima, Hiroki Shima
Evaluation of teicoplanin dosing designs to achieve a new target trough concentration
Takashi Ueda, Yoshio Takesue, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Kaoru Ichki, Yasunao Wada, Toshie Tsuchida, Yoshiko Takahashi, Mika Ishihara, Sumiyo Tatsumi, Takeshi Kimura, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Motoi Uchino
Vigorous cleaning and adequate ventilation are necessary to control an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit
Nobuyuki Shimono, Jun Hayashi, Hiroko Matsumoto, Noriko Miyake, Yujiro Uchida, Shinji Shimoda, Norihiro Furusyo, Koichi Akashi
The validity of the criteria for primary infection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in children by measuring ELISA IgM antibodies
Ayako Kamata, Kaoru Obinata, Takahiro Niizuma, Keiji Kinoshita, Toshiaki Shimizu
Antimicrobial efficacies of several antibiotics against uterine cervicitis caused by Mycoplasma genitalium
Michinori Terada, Koji Izumi, Emiko Ohki, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroshige Mikamo
Comparative molecular and microbiological diagnosis of 19 infective endocarditis cases in which causative microbes were identified by PCR-based DNA sequencing from the excised heart valves
Akiko Miyazato, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Mimiko Tabata, Kazuhiko Uwabe, Toru Kawamura, Yoshimi Tachi, Takayuki Ezaki, Hiroshi Niinami, Kotaro Mitsutake
Severe pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia admitted to medical Tunisian ICU
Khairallah Belkhouja, Kaïs Ben Romdhane, Asma Ghariani, Afef Hammami, Emna M’hiri, Leila Slim-Saidi, Jalila Ben Khelil, Mohamed Besbes
Complementation of the exoS gene in the pvdE pyoverdine synthesis gene-deficient mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa results in recovery of the pvdE gene-mediated penetration through the intestinal epithelial cell barrier but not the pvdE-mediated virulence in silkworms
Jun Okuda, Masashi Okamoto, Naoki Hayashi, Shinji Sawada, Shu Minagawa, Naomasa Gotoh
A case study of measles vaccination for university students during the measles outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Ryuichi Fujisaki, Mariko Yamamura, Shigeru Abe, Kousuke Shimogawara, Michihiro Kasahara, Hajime Nishiya, Miho Makimura, Koichi Makimura
Bactericidal effects of antimicrobial agents on epithelial cell-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Yoichi Hirakata, Hisakazu Yano, Kazuaki Arai, Miho Kitagawa, Masumitsu Hatta, Hiroyuki Kunishima, Mitsuo Kaku
Clinical characteristics of healthcare-associated pneumonia in a public hospital in a metropolitan area of Japan
Midori Sugisaki, Tatsuji Enomoto, Yasuhiro Shibuya, Aki Matsumoto, Hitoshi Saitoh, Akiko Shingu, Ritsuko Narato, Koichiro Nomura
Performance evaluation of detecting adenovirus by using rapid diagnostic kits among Japanese people
Eita Goto
Experimental application of a synthetic luminescent substrate assay using endotoxin-specific limulus amebocyte lysate to human blood
Chiaki Onodera, Gaku Takahashi, Shigenori Kan, Tatsuyori Shozushima, Naoya Matsumoto, Katsuya Inada, Shigeatsu Endo
Efficacy and safety of short- and long-term treatment of itraconazole on chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis in multicenter study
Koichiro Yoshida, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Katsuhiko Kamei, Masaru Oritsu, Tsunehiro Ando, Toshinori Yamamoto, Yoshihito Niki
Nocardia elegans infection involving purulent arthritis in humans
Takayuki Masaki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Takayuki Ezaki, Hiroshi Miyamoto
Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection in a patient with myasthenia gravis successfully treated by linezolid: a case report and literature review
Kosuke Tanioka, Miki Nagao, Masaki Yamamoto, Yasufumi Matsumura, Hayato Tabu, Aki Matsushima, Kengo Uemura, Riki Matsumoto, Yutaka Ito, Shunji Takakura, Ryosuke Takahashi, Satoshi Ichiyama
Disseminated mucormycosis infection after the first course of dose-modified R-EPOCH for advanced-stage lymphoma
Masahito Itoh, Masayuki Oki, Hidetaka Yanagi, Akiko Oka, Sakurako Tajiri, Ryuki Fukuda, Hideki Ozawa, Atsushi Takagi
Tuberculous hilar lymphadenopathy progressing after isoniazid administration
Shuichi Yano
Tuberculous meningitis together with systemic brucellosis
Abdullah Ozkok, Omer Celal Elcioglu, Timur Selcuk Akpinar, Erdal Kara, Fatih Tufan, Atahan Cagatay
Heterogeneously vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) emerged before the clinical introduction of vancomycin in Japan: a retrospective study
Jun Yamakawa, Mayumi Aminaka, Katsuko Okuzumi, Hiroyoshi Kobayashi, Yuki Katayama, Shigemi Kondo, Ayako Nakamura, Toyoko Oguri, Satoshi Hori, Longzhu Cui, Teruyo Ito, Jingxun Jin, Hisashi Kurosawa, Kazuo Kaneko, Keiichi Hiramatsu
Should urologists care for the pharyngeal infection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis when we treat male urethritis?
Ryoichi Hamasuna, Satoshi Takahashi, Shinya Uehara, Tetsuro Matsumoto
Clinical and microbiological outcomes in treatment of men with non-gonococcal urethritis with a 100-mg twice-daily dose regimen of sitafloxacin
Shin Ito, Mitsuru Yasuda, Kensaku Seike, Takashi Sugawara, Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Shigeaki Yokoi, Masahiro Nakano, Takashi Deguchi
Erratum to: Association between the number of blood cultures and appropriateness of care for suspected bacteremic urinary tract infection in the elderly
Yumiko Hosaka, Seiji Bito, Keita Matsubara, Yasuko Aoki, Satoshi Iwata