Issue 4/2013
Content (39 Articles)
The role of invariant natural killer T cells in microbial immunity
Yuki Kinjo, Naoki Kitano, Mitchell Kronenberg
Nationwide surveillance of the antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from male urethritis in Japan
Ryoichi Hamasuna, Mitsuru Yasuda, Kiyohito Ishikawa, Shinya Uehara, Satoshi Takahashi, Hiroshi Hayami, Shingo Yamamoto, Tetsuro Matsumoto, Shinichi Minamitani, Akira Watanabe, Aikichi Iwamoto, Kyoichi Totsuka, Junichi Kadota, Keisuke Sunakawa, Junko Sato, Hideaki Hanaki, Taiji Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Kiyota, Shin Egawa, Kazushi Tanaka, Soichi Arakawa, Masato Fujisawa, Hiromi Kumon, Kanao Kobayashi, Akio Matsubara, Seiji Naito, Katsunori Tatsugami, Shin Ito, Harunori Narita, Mototsugu Kanokogi, Toru Sumii, Kenji Ito, Takahide Hosobe, Shuichi Kawai, Hiromi Kawano, Kazuo Takayama, Takamasa Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa Endo, Takamine Yamauchi, Shinichi Maeda, Mutsumasa Yoh, Masanobu Horie, Masayasu Ito, Hirofumi Chokyu, Hideari Ihara, Kikuo Akiyama, Satoshi Uno, Koichi Monden, Shinichi Kaji, Hirofumi Nishimura, Motoshi Kawahara, Takashi Sato, Takatoshi Konishi, Shohei Nishi, Satoshi Ishihara, Masaru Yoshioka
Reevaluation of the Japanese guideline for healthcare-associated pneumonia in a medium-sized community hospital in Japan
Yohei Oshitani, Hideaki Nagai, Hirotoshi Matsui, Masahiro Aoshima
Clinical characteristics and prevalence of pneumothorax in patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease
Eri Hagiwara, Shigeru Komatsu, Ryuichi Nishihira, Takeshi Shinohara, Tomohisa Baba, Takashi Ogura
Therapeutic effect of meropenem on an experimental guinea pig model of meningitis with type b β-lactamase-nonproducing ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae
Koichi Fujimoto, Katsunori Kanazawa, Koji Takemoto, Kokichi Urasaki, Yutaka Ueda, Kimiko Ubukata, Keisuke Sunakawa
Effects of adherence to ventilator-associated pneumonia treatment guidelines on clinical outcomes
Masahiro Sakaguchi, Nobuaki Shime, Naoya Iguchi, Atsuko Kobayashi, Koji Takada, Lee E. Morrow
A retrospective cohort study of panipenem/betamipron for adult pneumococcal bacteremia at three teaching hospitals in Japan
Hiromichi Suzuki, Yasuharu Tokuda, Daisuke Shichi, Shigemi Hitomi, Hiroichi Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro Maeno, Hidenori Nakamura
The occurrence of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains among children with diarrhea in Iran
Bita Bakhshi, Soheil Fallahzad, Mohammad R. Pourshafie
Incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum isolated in Brescia, Italy, over 7 years
Maria Antonia De Francesco, Sonia Caracciolo, Carlo Bonfanti, Nino Manca
Early diagnosis of Japan spotted fever by PCR using skin samples
Ichiro Kurokawa, Makoto Kondo, Shigehiro Akachi
Evaluation of a new immunochromatographic assay for rapid identification of influenza A, B, and A(H1N1)2009 viruses
Keiko Mitamura, Chiharu Kawakami, Hideaki Shimizu, Takashi Abe, Yasushi Konomi, Yuki Yasumi, Masahiko Yamazaki, Masataka Ichikawa, Norio Sugaya
Residual amount of vancomycin hydrochloride in vials after use
Hirofumi Yamasaki, Shigeharu Oie, Naoyuki Miyano, Hiroyuki Furukawa
Molecular epidemiology of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates identify a prevalent sequence type, ST505, and a distinct clonal group of clinical isolates in Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Jun-ichi Kanatani, Junko Isobe, Keiko Kimata, Tomoko Shima, Miwako Shimizu, Fumiaki Kura, Tetsutaro Sata, Masanori Watahiki
Type IV pilus protein PilA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa modulates calcium signaling through binding the calcium-modulating cyclophilin ligand
Jun Okuda, Naoki Hayashi, Munenori Arakawa, Shu Minagawa, Naomasa Gotoh
Evaluation of factors affecting variations in influenza A/H1N1 history in university students, Japan
Mitsuo Uchida, Teruomi Tsukahara, Minoru Kaneko, Shinsuke Washizuka, Shigeyuki Kawa
Use of culture-independent analysis to reveal alteration of intestinal microflora by heat-killed Lactobacillus pentosus in a mouse model of endogenous sepsis
Yasuyuki Sugasawa, Tomoo Saga, Soichiro Kimura, Yoshikazu Ishii, Keizo Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Tateda
Nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa caused by damaged transesophageal echocardiogram probe used in cardiovascular surgical operations
Masafumi Seki, Naoko Machida, Yoshiaki Yamagishi, Hisao Yoshida, Kazunori Tomono
Erratum to: Nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa caused by damaged transesophageal echocardiogram probe used in cardiovascular surgical operations
Masafumi Seki, Hisako Machida, Yoshiaki Yamagishi, Hisao Yoshida, Kazunori Tomono
Effects of slow-releasing colistin microspheres on endotoxin-induced sepsis
Yuta Nanjo, Yoshikazu Ishii, Soichiro Kimura, Toshiro Fukami, Masahiro Mizoguchi, Toyofumi Suzuki, Kazuo Tomono, Yoshikiyo Akasaka, Toshiharu Ishii, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Kazuhiro Tateda, Keizo Yamaguchi
Efficacy and safety of liposomal amphotericin B for deep mycosis in patients with connective tissue disease
Takuya Kotani, Tohru Takeuchi, Shigeki Makino, Kenichiro Hata, Shuzo Yoshida, Koji Nagai, Daisuke Wakura, Kentaro Isoda, Toshiaki Hanafusa
Treatment of Gram-positive left-sided infective endocarditis with daptomycin
Selçuk Kaya, Gürdal Yilmaz, Ahmet Kalkan, Barış Ertunç, İftihar Köksal
Impact of the initiation time of colistin treatment for Acinetobacter infections
Elif Tukenmez Tigen, E. Nursen Koltka, Arzu Dogru, Zeynep Nur Orhon, Melek Gura, Haluk Vahaboglu
Preferable timing of therapeutic drug monitoring in patients with impaired renal function treated with once-daily administration of vancomycin
Yoshiko Takahashi, Yoshio Takesue, Shingo Takubo, Mika Ishihara, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Toshie Tsuchida, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Motoi Uchino
Erratum to: Preferable timing of therapeutic drug monitoring in patients with impaired renal function treated with once-daily administration of vancomycin
Yoshiko Takahashi, Yoshio Takesue, Shingo Takubo, Mika Ishihara, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Toshie Tsuchida, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Motoi Uchino
A prospective comparison of nursing- and healthcare-associated pneumonia (NHCAP) with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
Hajime Fukuyama, Shin Yamashiro, Hitoshi Tamaki, Tomoo Kishaba
Risk factors for recurrent cystitis following acute cystitis in female patients
Byung Il Yoon, Sun Wook Kim, U-Syn Ha, Dong Wan Sohn, Yong-Hyun Cho
Variability of pharmacokinetic parameters in patients receiving different dosages of daptomycin: is therapeutic drug monitoring necessary?
Marco Falcone, Alessandro Russo, Maria Iris Cassetta, Angela Lappa, Luigi Tritapepe, Gabriella d’Ettorre, Stefania Fallani, Andrea Novelli, Mario Venditti
Laninamivir octanoate for post-exposure prophylaxis of influenza in household contacts: a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial
Seizaburo Kashiwagi, Akira Watanabe, Hideyuki Ikematsu, Shinichiro Awamura, Takako Okamoto, Mitsutoshi Uemori, Katsuyasu Ishida
Coadministration of tenofovir decreased atazanavir plasma concentration after unilateral nephrectomy
Yusuke Kunimoto, Hiroshi Yasui, Norifumi Touda, Masako Okazaki, Hiromasa Nakata, Norimasa Noda, Hiroshi Ikeda, Toshiaki Hayashi, Satoshi Takahashi, Yasuhisa Shinomura, Tadao Ishida, Atsushi Miyamoto
Native-valve endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium chelonae, misidentified as polymicrobial gram-positive bacillus infection
Daisuke Takekoshi, Omar Al-Heeti, Patrick Belvitch, Dean E. Schraufnagel
Two cases of partial dominant interferon-γ receptor 1 deficiency that presented with different clinical courses of bacille Calmette–Guérin multiple osteomyelitis
Kaoru Obinata, Tsubasa Lee, Takahiro Niizuma, Keiji Kinoshita, Toshiaki Shimizu, Takayuki Hoshina, Yuka Sasaki, Toshiro Hara
A rare case of ecthyma gangrenosum associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
Patompong Ungprasert, Nitipong Permpalung, Pongsathorn Kue-A-Pai, Nischala Ammannagari, Daych Chongnarungsin
Isolation of an X-factor-dependent but porphyrin-positive Escherichia coli from urine of a patient with hemorrhagic cystitis
Takehisa Matsumoto, Yoshiyuki Kawakami, Akane Sueki, Eriko Kasuga, Kozue Oana, Kazuki Horiuchi, Miyuki Kato, Takayuki Honda
Testicular tuberculosis in multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
Joo Wan Seo, Chang Jun Park, Tae Kyun Kim, Jeong Ha Mok, Mi Hyun Kim, Kwangha Lee, Ki Uk Kim, Hye-Kyung Park, Min Ki Lee
Complete response of esophageal small cell carcinoma amrubicin treatment
Eijiro Nagasaki, Masami Yuda, Yuichiro Tanishima, Yasuhiro Arakawa, Kazuma Kobayashi, Toshikazu Sakuyama, Daisuke Inoue, Katsunori Nishikawa, Masao Kobayashi, Nobuo Omura, Tadashi Kobayashi, Keisuke Aiba
In vitro antifungal drug susceptibilities of Penicillium marneffei from China
Donghua Liu, Ling Liang, Jimin Chen
The virucidal effect against murine norovirus and feline calicivirus as surrogates for human norovirus by ethanol-based sanitizers
Yuko Shimizu-Onda, Tempei Akasaka, Fumihiro Yagyu, Shihoko Komine-Aizawa, Yukinobu Tohya, Satoshi Hayakawa, Hiroshi Ushijima
Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children in Taiwan
Han-Meng Wu, Kin-Sun Wong, Yhu-Chering Huang, Shen-Hao Lai, Kuo-Chien Tsao, Ya-Jhu Lin, Tzou-Yien Lin