PCR and serology were effective for identifying Chlamydophila pneumoniae in a lower respiratory infection outbreak among military recruits.

abstract：:We evaluated the seroprevalence of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases among Japanese healthcare students to create immunization guidelines. Between 2007 and 2012, a total of 1746 Japanese medical, nursing, and paramedical students were serologically screened for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kimura T,Tsunekawa K,Ogiwara T,Tokue Y,Nara M,Inoue T,Obuchi T,Suto C,Ohshima K,Murakami M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence continues to emerge implicating the role of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and its oxidant products in the promotion of atherogenesis. A major mechanism by which MPO impacts the arterial wall is through its modification of net cellular cholesterol flux. MPO promotes lipid peroxidation and conversion ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Nicholls SJ,Hazen SL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to characterize the off-seasonal influenza virus A subtype H3N2, which caused an outbreak in an elderly hospital in Niigata, Japan. Virus isolates were subtyped by the hemagglutination-inhibition test and screened for antiviral drug sensitivity by real-time PCR using cycling probe techn...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Dapat C,Suzuki Y,Kon M,Tamura T,Saito R,Dapat IC,Yamazaki O,Odagiri T,Fujisaki S,Suzuki H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the molecular epidemiology of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Okinawa Prefecture, located in a subtropical region of Japan, we performed genetic analysis of the F gene in HMPV from patients with acute respiratory infection from January 2009 to December 2011. HMPV was detected in 18 of 485 throat swabs (3...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Nidaira M,Taira K,Hamabata H,Kawaki T,Gushi K,Mahoe Y,Maeshiro N,Azama Y,Okano S,Kyan H,Kudaka J,Tsukagoshi H,Noda M,Kimura H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported a hospital-based epidemiological study on enterovirus (EV)-D68 infection among children during the autumn of 2015, which indirectly inferred an outbreak in Sendai, Japan. In this study, stocked sera of children (aged 0-6 years; without symptoms of infectious diseases) in the Sendai community col...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kadji FMN,Nishimura H,Okamoto M,Sato K,Ohmiya S,Ito H,Suzuki A,Nagai Y,Oshitani H

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic candidiasis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematologic disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of systemic candidiasis and the efficiency of the polymerase chain reaction-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELIZA) method for the early detection o...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Badiee P,Kordbacheh P,Alborzi A,Zakernia M,Haddadi P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noncirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) has recently been reported as a liver complication in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients and has been found to be associated with exposure to didanosine. Here, we describe the case of an HIV-infected patient with portal hypertension who initially presented w...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Chang HM,Tsai HC,Lee SS,Wann SR,Chen YS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced a case of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) due to infection after maternal antibody conversion with vaccine. The mother was immunized with rubella vaccine at 14 years of age, and was confirmed as having rubella-specific hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody at the 1:16 level both at ages 26 and 30 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ushida M,Katow S,Furukawa S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that certain Fc gamma receptor alleles are genetic risk factors for infectious diseases. In this study, we evaluated Fc gamma RIIa polymorphism in patients with brucellosis. In a case-control study, the frequency of two alleles and three genotypes for Fc gamma RIIa were measured by PCR in 150 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Hashemi SH,Hajilooi M,Mamani M,Jamal-Omidi S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an endemic tick-borne viral disease that affects both animals and humans. This study aims to determine the seroprevalence of CCHF in Turkey's Van province using analysis of blood samples obtained from people living in the region. Blood specimens were taken from healthy subject...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Bayram Y,Parlak M,Özkaçmaz A,Çıkman A,Güdücüoǧlu H,Kılıç S,Berktaş M,Andac CA

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is the most prevalent arboviral disease affecting humans, with tropical and subtropical regions having the highest risk of dengue virus infections. The clinical symptoms often range from mild fever to fever with hemorrhagic manifestations and shock. Since 2010, India has been witnessing a marked increase in the...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Pooja S,Sabeena S,Revti B,Sanjay R,Anjali A,Rajendra K,Aswathyraj S,Giselle D,Hindol M,Arunkumar G

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia. She was admitted to our hospital with ventricular tachycardia and was subsequently diagnosed with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia, with no structural heart disease. However, 12 days after admission, she suddenly developed a high-grad...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Takahashi N,Shimada T,Tanabe K,Sato M,Kitamura J,Sato H,Yoshitomi H,Ishibashi Y,Sakane T

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can involve mixed-species bacterial infection. However, few studies have investigated antimicrobial efficacy in the treatment of mixed species infections. This study aimed to compare the in vivo antimicrobial activity of garenoxacin (GRNX) and levofloxacin (LVFX) against Streptococcu...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kato H,Hagihara M,Yokoyama Y,Suematsu H,Asai N,Koizumi Y,Yamagishi Y,Mikamo H

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 29 isolates of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Schwarzengrund from broiler chickens (n=19) and retail chicken meats (n=10) in Japan for antimicrobial susceptibility and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiling. All isolates exhibited resistance to both bicozamycin and sulfadimethox...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Asai T,Murakami K,Ozawa M,Koike R,Ishikawa H

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are considered the gold standard for the detection of various immunological reactions and can be used for the detection of infectious diseases during outbreaks or in the care of individual patients. To be useful in the timely implementation of prevention and control measures...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Singh H,Morioka K,Shimojima M,Van An L,Nakajima H,Hemmi A,Uchiyama K,Loong SK,AbuBakar S,Yang M,Sugamata M

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 59 clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae from a teaching hospital in Sichuan, China, 18 isolates were shown to be resistant to oxyimino cephalosporins and aztreonam. Enterobacterial repetitive consensus PCR revealed that these isolates comprised 7 distinct genotypes. The presence of plasmids in the 18 clinical ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Liu G,Ling BD,Zeng Y,Lin L,Xie YE,Lei J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a refractory disorder that needs long-term antifungal treatment and occasionally results in fatal respiratory failure and hemoptysis. However, the pathological features of the disorder have not been thoroughly delineated. Thirty cases were therefore analyzed clinically and hist...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ando T,Tochigi N,Gocho K,Moriya A,Ikushima S,Kumasaka T,Takemura T,Shibuya K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the results of susceptibility tests conducted on the sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in India. Adult P. argentipes insects were collected from 42 villages in 6 districts of the state of Bihar, India, as follows: Patna, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Sheohar, and Sita...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Singh R,Kumar P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kudoa septempunctata, a myxosporean parasite, was recently identified as the causative agent of food poisoning resulting from the consumption of raw olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). A single blind inter-laboratory study, involving 5 laboratories, was conducted to validate a quantitative real-time PCR assay for...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Iijima Y,Nakanishi N,Furusawa H,Ohnishi T,Sugita-Konishi Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease severities following dengue virus (DV) infection are the result of increased vascular permeability leading to hypovolemic shock. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to play a key role in promoting such severities. A previous study reported that supernatants of DV-infected dendritic cells (DCs), which...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Seanpong P,Srisaowakarn C,Thammaporn A,Leardkamolkarn V,Kumkate S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis G virus/GB virus-C (HGV/GBV-C) is a newly identified Flavivirus. Its clinical significance in chronic hepatitis B and C remains controversial. Infection with HGV/GBV-C was surveyed in 500 blood donors, 130 patients with chronic hepatitis B and 173 with hepatitis C, with chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and/...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Yang JF,Dai CY,Chuang WL,Lin WY,Lin ZY,Chen SC,Hsieh MY,Wang LY,Tsai JF,Chang WY,Yu ML

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The previously identified Shiga toxin (Stx) 2f-producing Escherichia coli O115:HNM strain F08/101-31, isolated from a symptomatic human, was confirmed to be E. albertii in the present study by whole genome DNA-DNA hybridizations, by sequencing (cpn60, dnaJ, and 16S rRNA genes), and by multi-locus sequence typing. The ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Murakami K,Etoh Y,Tanaka E,Ichihara S,Horikawa K,Kawano K,Ooka T,Kawamura Y,Ito K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is caused by a group of enteroviruses, most commonly coxsackievirus A 16 (CA16) and enterovirus 71 (EV71). In general, the disease is mild and self-limited except in the case of EV71 infections, which may incur serious complications. This research focused on virus characterization of...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Chatproedprai S,Theanboonlers A,Korkong S,Thongmee C,Wananukul S,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new case of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis identified during an acute coronary syndrome. The positivity of the blood cultures was confirmed rapidly (50 h) as a result of improvements to the automated detection system, whereby it is no longer necessary to incubate the vials for long periods of time wh...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Wallet F,Loïez C,Decoene C,Courcol R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meropenem-susceptible and -resistant Aeromonas dhakensis isolates from blood cultures of a fatal case of septicemia were analyzed. The two isolates were homologous and gene expression of metallo-β-lactamase in the resistant strain was upregulated. Physicians should be aware of the possibility of the induction of carba...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Murata M,Morinaga Y,Akamatsu N,Matsuda J,Uno N,Kosai K,Hasegawa H,Okada M,Moriuchi H,Yanagihara K

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:"Immunological discordance," i.e., immunological failure despite complete viral suppression in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), is associated with increased risk of AIDS or death. To evaluate risk factors for immunological discordance in a resource-limited se...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Mingbunjerdsuk P,Asdamongkol N,Sungkanuparph S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After national case-based surveillance for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) ceased on July 23, 2009, a daily case-based surveillance system was implemented in Maebashi City, Japan. All medical facilities in the city reported all patients who had positive rapid antigen tests for influenza A. When the epidemic exploded in...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Tsukui S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we analyzed the epidemiology of measles cases from January 2004 to December 2011 and measles immunity levels among a healthy population from January to June 2012, in Baoji, Shaanxi Province. This study aimed to identify susceptible populations to measles and to establish methods of measles prevention an...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Zhang X,Kou G,Du H,Ju Z,Zhong L,Cui X,Ling H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and is a major public health concern in India. The trend of syphilis infection was studied in attendees aged 15-49 years in an STD clinic in West Bengal from 2004 to 2008. Blood samples were collected from 250 consecutive patients per year (a total of 1,250 samples o...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Maity S,Bhunia SC,Biswas S,Saha MK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we examine 2 case reports for different reptile-related Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotypes. In case 1, a 5-year-old boy presented with gastroenteritis caused by S. enterica subspecies enterica serovar Poona. The suspected source of infection was a turtle kept at the patient's home. In cas...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kuroki T,Ito K,Ishihara T,Furukawa I,Kaneko A,Suzuki Y,Seto J,Kamiyama T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00