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：: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：:Climatic conditions may have affected the incidence of influenza during the pandemic of 2009 as well as at other times. This study evaluated the effects of climatic conditions on influenza incidence in Okinawa, a subtropical region in Japan, during the 2009 pandemic using surveillance data from rapid antigen test (...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Iha Y,Higa F,Sunagawa S,Naka M,Cash HL,Miyagi K,Haranaga S,Tateyama M,Uno T,Fujita J

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:For national regulatory testing in Japan, the Lowry method is used for the determination of total protein content in vaccines. However, many substances are known to interfere with the Lowry method, rendering accurate estimation of protein content difficult. To accurately determine the total protein content in vaccines...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kusunoki H,Okuma K,Hamaguchi I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we examined the prevalence of Providencia spp. strains among children with diarrhea in Japan. We developed a Providencia genus-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, and the specificity and sensitivity was evaluated to be 100% with various bacterial strains including 7 genera and 13 spe...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Shima A,Hinenoya A,Asakura M,Nagita A,Yamasaki S

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:A microbial strain harboring the eae gene, which is known as the virulence gene of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and most enterohemorrhagic E. coli, was isolated from a patient in a gastroenteritis outbreak that occurred in 22 patients in Akita Prefecture, Japan, in November 2011. The biochemical charact...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Konno T,Yatsuyanagi J,Takahashi S,Kumagai Y,Wada E,Chiba M,Saito S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of multidrug resistance, production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), and presence of class 1 and 2 integrons in 150 clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from northwest Iran by performing phenotypic confirmatory tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. Of the...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ahangarzadeh Rezaee M,Langarizadeh N,Aghazadeh M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and morbidities of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in newborn infants. Tissue culture and direct immunofluorescence (DIF) tests were used to detect the presence of nasopharyngeal C. trachomatis infection in 35 preterm and 21 healthy term neonates. All infants wer...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Bekler C,Kultursay N,Ozacar T,Sayiner A,Yalaz M,Akisu M

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:This study examined pathological changes in the lung tissues of young and aged mice infected with influenza virus. Young mice inoculated with influenza virus showed body weight loss at 4 days post-infection (dpi), meanwhile body weight decrease started from 9 dpi in the aged mice. We histopathologically examined th...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Muto NA,Sunden Y,Hattori T,Fujikura D,Nakayama Y,Miyazaki T,Maruyama M,Kimura T,Sawa H

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The aim of the present study was to compare serological tests (Rose Bengal [RB]; standard agglutination test [SAT]; enzyme immunoassay [EIA] for detection of IgM, IgA, and IgG; and 2-mercaptoethanol [2-ME] test) that are routinely used in patients prediagnosed with different clinical types of brucellosis (acute, subac...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Pabuccuoglu O,Ecemis T,El S,Coskun A,Akcali S,Sanlidag T

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a member of the genus Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae, causes a severe disease in humans with high mortality rates. In Turkey, the number of patients with CCHF has increased since 2002. Here, we aimed to treat CCHF patients with CCHFV hyperimmunoglobulin. We prepare...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kubar A,Haciomeroglu M,Ozkul A,Bagriacik U,Akinci E,Sener K,Bodur H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we characterized adverse events related to influenza A (H1N1) vaccination and studied the factors that influence the occurrence of these events. A total of 4,302 personnel in 18 military healthcare units in Korea received 0.5 ml of inactivated H1N1 vaccine. The study questionnaires were answered by 3,93...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Hwang SM,Choe KW,Cho SH,Yoon SJ,Park DE,Kang JS,Kim MJ,Chun BC,Lee SM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:Although necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive infection, recurrent NF is very rare. Herein we report a rare case of recurrent NF due to Streptococcus pyogenes. A 12-year-old female with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) type IV presented with fever and swelling on her left knee. NF was ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kuzdan C,Soysal A,Altinkanat G,Aksu B,Söyletir G,Bakir M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is shown to be a major causative agent in outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) reported in Guangdong (GD) Province of China in 2008. A total of 48,876 HFMD cases (131 severe and 21 fatal) were reported to the GD HFMD web-based surveillance system, which covers 871 clinics. The main c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Sun LM,Zheng HY,Zheng HZ,Guo X,He JF,Guan DW,Kang M,Liu Z,Ke CW,Li JS,Liu L,Guo RN,Yoshida H,Lin JY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the capsular types of Haemophilus influenzae isolated from clinical specimens by slide agglutination serotyping (SAST) and PCR capsule typing methods. All the isolates were biotyped and their antibiotic resistance patterns also determined. Thirteen isolates of serotype b, 2 of se...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Mojgani N,Rahbar M,Taqizadeh M,Ashtiani MP,Mohammadzadeh M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：: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：:This study aimed to determine the genotypes of NSP4 in children with acute rotavirus diarrhea and evaluate serum antibody titers to NSP4 in different age groups in Shanghai, China. A total of 171 stool specimens were collected from hospitalized patients < or =5 years of age who had acute rotavirus diarrhea between Jan...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Xu M,Fu Y,Sun J,Zhang J,Feng M,Cheng X,Xu J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major objective of this study was to deliver vital statistics related to cholera to health authorities so as to aid in their attempt to prioritize communicable diseases in Nepal. A laboratory-based surveillance was conducted from mid-June 2008 to mid-January 2009 at the National Public Health Laboratory, Nepal. Di...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Karki R,Bhatta DR,Malla S,Dumre SP

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:A quick, reliable detection system is necessary to deal with bioterrorism. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a DNA amplification method that can amplify specific DNA fragments in isothermal conditions. We developed a new highly mobile and practical LAMP anthrax detection system that uses a disposable po...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Hatano B,Maki T,Obara T,Fukumoto H,Hagisawa K,Matsushita Y,Okutani A,Bazartseren B,Inoue S,Sata T,Katano H

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a seasonal epidemic disease with a 50-year recorded history in China. Its characteristics can be summarized as follows: (i) it is a seasonal epidemic disease; approximately 90% of cases are recorded in July, August, and September each year. The peak of JE onset is 1 month earlier in South...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Wang H,Li Y,Liang X,Liang G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the linezolid susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from a tertiary care hospital in Izmir. A total of 67 M. tuberculosis strains (33 multidrug-resistant [MDR] and 34 non-MDR) were isolated and identified by the Tuberculosis Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Mi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ermertcan S,Hosgor-Limoncu M,Erac B,Tasli H,Cavusoglu C,Bozkurt H

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Ten of 140 patients (7.1%) showed negative results on a QFT-2G test. The 10 patients consisted of seven males and three females (mean age: 66.0 years old). Three of the 10 patients had no clinical symptoms and no underlying diseases. They showed negative results on the QFT-2G test repeatedly within 1 month and a negat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kobashi Y,Shimizu H,Ohue Y,Mouri K,Obase Y,Miyashita N,Oka M

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:Surveillance is critical for both early detection and a timely public health response to infectious diseases. Electronic information systems have been widely adopted by pharmacies in Japan. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using prescription data for influenza surveillance in Japan to facilitate...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Yoshida M,Matsui T,Ohkusa Y,Kobayashi J,Ohyama T,Sugawara T,Yasui Y,Tachibana T,Okabe N

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seventh round behavioral and serological surveillance found that the HIV epidemic had remarkably increased to 7% among intravenous drug users (IDU) in Central Bangladesh, indicating the urgent need to increase prevention. The main purposes of this study were to find out, by collecting data and the necessary informat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Mondal NI,Takaku H,Ohkusa Y,Sugawara T,Okabe N

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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