Fc gamma receptor IIa polymorphism in patients with brucellosis.

abstract：:The recent increase in gram-negative bacteria coproducing multiple classes of β-lactamases has made it difficult to accurately identify metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) producers. In the present study, six methods for detecting MBL producers were compared using 56 gram-negative bacterial isolates that produce various β-lacta...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Hattori T,Kawamura K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, rapid, and low-cost identification method is required in tuberculosis high-burden countries. We report the applicability of in-house loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) targeting 16S ribosomal RNA for the rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex grown on Lowenstein-Jensen media. E...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Phetsuksiri B,Rudeeaneksin J,Srisungngam S,Bunchoo S,Roienthong D,Mukai T,Nakajima C,Hamada S,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the leading causes of acute respiratory tract infection in children, and clinical manifestations of these virus infections are considered similar. To investigate the differences in clinical characteristics between HMPV and RSV infections in young c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Taniguchi A,Kawada JI,Go K,Fujishiro N,Hosokawa Y,Maki Y,Sugiyama Y,Suzuki M,Tsuji T,Hoshino S,Muramatsu H,Kidokoro H,Kinoshita F,Hirakawa A,Takahashi Y,Sato Y,Natsume J,Nagoya Collaborative Clinical Research Team.

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of polyene macrolides to treat experimental Trichosporon bloodstream infection was evaluated by histopathological examination and viable cell counts in the kidneys of infected mice. Viable cell counts on the 5th day after infection confirmed that liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) is a more effective treatm...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Sasai D,Okubo Y,Ishiwatari T,Sugita T,Kaneko T,Murayama SY,Shimamura T,Shinozaki M,Hasegawa C,Mitsuda A,Tochigi N,Wakayama M,Nemoto T,Shibuya K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the genetic diversity of the complete VP1 region of coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) and enterovirus 71 (EV71) isolated from patients with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Toyama from 1981 to 2007 to evaluate the relationship between epidemics and genetic changes. The predominant genogroups of CA16 changed f...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Iwai M,Masaki A,Hasegawa S,Obara M,Horimoto E,Nakamura K,Tanaka Y,Endo K,Tanaka K,Ueda J,Shiraki K,Kurata T,Takizawa T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine the levels of the macrolides-lincosamides-streptogramins B (MLS(B)) resistance phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) isolates from clinical samples. A total of 521 strains of staphylococci, comprising 230 S. aureus and 291 CNS isolates from various ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Delialioglu N,Aslan G,Ozturk C,Baki V,Sen S,Emekdas G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular epidemiological study of rotavirus (RV) and norovirus (NoV) infections was carried out in Nha Trang city in Vietnam between December 2005 and June 2006. RV and NoV were detected in 87 (47.5%) and 12 (6.6%) of the 183 fecal specimens from children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis, respectively. The m...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Tamura T,Nishikawa M,Anh DD,Suzuki H

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our report highlights a case of intracranial tuberculoma in an elderly woman with chronic discharging sinus. A 77-year-old woman had a mass lesion extending to the scalp through a chronic discharging sinus for 2 years with an intermittent, non-radiating, dull, low-grade headache. Based on our survey of central nervous...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Li L,Cheng C,Shetty R,Li S,Wu T,Zhao N

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriological analysis of 1,551 stool/rectal swabs from all age groups of diarrhea patients of different hospitals of Orissa from January 2004 to December 2006 was carried out using standard procedures. Among all enteropathogens isolated in 886 culture-positive samples, Escherichia coli constituted 75.5%, including ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Samal SK,Khuntia HK,Nanda PK,Satapathy CS,Nayak SR,Sarangi AK,Sahoo N,Pattnaik SK,Chhotray GP,Pal BB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody distribution to a novel swine-origin influenza A (H3N2) variant virus among different age groups in Japan was determined by hemagglutination-inhibition assay. Japanese children in the age group 1-14 years were at a higher risk than those in older age groups. ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kishida N,Imai M,Xu H,Taya K,Fujisaki S,Takashita E,Tashiro M,Odagiri T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong dependency of rubella and measles epidemics on population size was confirmed by 2 types of plots: the cumulative frequency distribution of number of cases per prefecture and the slope of the log-log plots of number of cases per prefecture on the y-axis vs. prefecture population size on the x-axis. These param...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Yoshikura H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei that usually involves the respiratory tract. It may manifest as pneumonia, septicemia, or localized infection. We present here a case of melioidosis initially manifesting as a mass over the supraclavicular area and subsequently progressing to necrotizing ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ma TL,Huang GC,Tang HJ,Chang CM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-SPOT.TB test does not cross-react with Bacille Calmette-Guérin or most non-tuberculosis mycobacterium species, and is based on IFN-gamma responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens. The objective of this study was to compare tuberculin skin test (TST) with T-SPOT.TB results used in the diagnosis of...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Simsek H,Alpar S,Ucar N,Aksu F,Ceyhan I,Gözalan A,Cesur S,Ertek M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins of an Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolate, EC002, by transconjugation, isoelectric-focusing analysis, and cloning experiments. It produced two beta-lactamases with isoelectric point values of 5.4 and 8.7, corresponding to TEM-141, a novel variant of TEM-...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

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

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate blood and biochemical laboratory findings in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to develop a joint predictor for predicting the likelihood of severe COVID-19 and its adverse clinical outcomes and to provide more information for treatment. We collected the data o...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Liu X,Shi S,Xiao J,Wang H,Chen L,Li J,Han K

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a child with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) presumably infected with CCHF virus from her 27-year-old mother is described. The mother with CCHF was treated with ribavirin and did not present with any symptoms of obvious hemorrhage. The child developed fever on the 5th day after the mother's onset. T...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Saijo M,Tang Q,Shimayi B,Han L,Zhang Y,Asiguma M,Tianshu D,Maeda A,Kurane I,Morikawa S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus types 1, 2, and 3 can usually be isolated in only a short time, although occasionally it may take longer. This phenomenon has been explained empirically as being due to the viral load in the sample, although to date there has been no experimental confirmation of this. In this study we therefore tried to est...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Enomoto M,Fujimoto T,Konagaya M,Hanaoka N,Chikahira M,Taniguchi K,Okabe N

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:A total of 46 carbapenem- and multidrug-resistant (CR- and MDR-)Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremic isolates from a Taiwanese medical center were investigated over the period 2000 to 2006 using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiling and by analysing the genetic organization of their integrons. The results ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Chen YS,Lin HH,Wu CH,Hsiao YS,Hsu NS,Chen YL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five antiretroviral-naive HIV-1 infected patients and 14 healthy controls in North China were enrolled in this study. The frequency of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) and levels of expression of CD95, HLA-DR and CD38 in T cells were detected by flow cytometry. We found that the frequency of Tregs was ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Zhang Z,Jiang Y,Zhang M,Shi W,Liu J,Han X,Wang Y,Jin X,Shang H

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), which determines the genomic relatedness of isolates, is currently used for the epidemiological investigation of infectious agents such as bacteria. In particular, this method has been used for the epidemiological investigation of Legionella outbreaks. However, it takes 4 days ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Chang B,Amemura-Maekawa J,Watanabe H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global polio eradication program is under way with the target year of 2000. We reviewed the program progress, in perspective, from the experience of the global smallpox eradication, which is at present a sole disease ever eradicated by orchestrated global efforts. We concluded that despite substantial efforts bein...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Arita I,Nakane M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at determining the molecular epidemiology of rabies virus (RABV) circulating in Vietnam. Intra vitam samples (saliva and cerebrospinal fluid) were collected from 31 patients who were believed to have rabies and were admitted to hospitals in northern provinces of Vietnam. Brain samples were collect...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Nguyen AK,Nguyen DV,Ngo GC,Nguyen TT,Inoue S,Yamada A,Dinh XK,Nguyen DV,Phan TX,Pham BQ,Nguyen HT,Nguyen HT

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) from 3 tertiary-care Korean university hospitals between 2017 and 2018. Non-duplicated clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae showing resistance to any carbapenem agents were collected prospect...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kim SH,Kim GR,Jeong J,Kim S,Shin JH

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up serological study was conducted involving 47 subjects who received 4 doses of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, combined with the acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP) together with Salk-type inactivated polio vaccine (DTaP-wIPV), until 6 years of age. All antibody levels declined more rapidly than expected wit...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Nakayama T,Suga S,Okada K,Okabe N

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A matched case-control study was conducted in Beijing to identify the relative importance of major environmental risk factors for outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). A case was defined as a kindergarten class with at least 1 HFMD outbreak. As a control, a kindergarten class that did not experience an HF...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Wu X,Sun Y,Lin C,Jia L,Wu Q,Li X,Wang Q

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases, including mycobacterial disease such as tuberculosis (TB) and diseases due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), is a very important element of global health. The gold standard in diagnosis of mycobacterial diseases remains clinical examination, combined with direct...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kobayashi K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes is a problem on a worldwide level because it is a serious food-borne pathogen. Although 3 evolutionary divisions have been reported for L. monocytogenes, the evolution of Japanese isolates has not yet been clarified. Thus, in order to determine the lineage of these Japanese ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ueda F,Ogasawara K,Hondo R

更新日期：2005-10-01 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