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：:Autoantibodies to myeloperoxidase (MPO) are associated with small vessel systemic vasculitis. Interactions of these autoantibodies with MPO target antigen, Fcgamma receptors and Beta2 integrins at the neutrophil surface, can set in train a sequence of intracellular signal transduction events that culminate with functi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Williams J,Hewins P,Savage C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is an uncommon pathogen causing adult bacterial meningitis. Herein, we report the case history of one 21-year-old woman with this uncommon central nervous system infection. A diagnosis of adult C. meningosepticum meningitis can only be confirmed by a positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Lu CH,Huang CR,Tsai NW,Chang CS,Chuang YC,Lee PY,Lei CB,Wang HC,Wang KW,Chang WN

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), known as a nosocomial pathogen, has been isolated from community-acquired infections since the 1980s. It has been reported that there are carriers of MRSA in the community although the rate of carriers is low and the most important risk factor of community-acquired c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Erdenizmenli M,Yapar N,Senger SS,Ozdemir S,Yuce A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feral raccoons captured in Hokkaido, Japan were examined for the presence of rabies virus neutralizing antibody (VNA). Between 2000 to 2002, 741 serum samples were collected and then subjected to VNA titer determination by rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT). Sera showing RFFIT titers of > or =1:25 have be...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Inoue S,Asano M,Motoi Y,Makino T,Yamada A

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:The aim of this study was to assess immunity levels against tetanus in the areas of 26 health centers in Samsun, Antalya, and Diyarbakir in Turkey in 2000 - 2001. The study group consisted of 2,465 healthy subjects aged 6 months old or above, randomly selected from each age group in the area. Of these, a total of 2,09...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kurtoglu D,Gozalan A,Coplu N,Miyamura K,Morita M,Esen B,Akin L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of an automated ribotyping system (RiboPrinter) was evaluated for characterizing and identifying clinical isolates of 37 verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains and 16 non-VTEC strains. All strains were successfully ribotyped with satisfactory reproducibility and stability and characteri...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ito Y,Iinuma Y,Baba H,Sugino Y,Hasegawa Y,Shimokata K,Ichiyama S,Hasegawa T,Ohta M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in serologic assays for tuberculosis (TB) have made serology an attractive surveillance tool. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of these new assays have been well established. We employed an immunochromatographic serodiagnostic test for detecting antibodies (immunoglobulin [Ig] G, IgA, and Ig...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Adjei AA,Armah H,Duah OA,Adiku T,Hesse IF

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:We investigated the relationship of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) to p53 mutation in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) from six countries, including Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Spain, and the Unites States. For this purpose, we used formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded liver tissues o...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ding X,Park YN,Taltavull TC,Thung SN,Jin X,Jin Y,Trung NS,Edamoto Y,Sata T,Abe K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrogen test or the endotoxin test has been playing a crucial role in detecting endotoxin in parenteral drugs. The current test methods, however, have disadvantages such as requiring a relatively high number of animals or an inadequacy in direct evaluation of in vivo activity. We made an attempt to establish a new...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ochiai M,Kataoka M,Toyoizumi H,Yamamoto A,Horiuchi Y

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and intensity of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans were studied in three villages of the Ijebu north area in Ogun State, western Nigeria. Blood samples were collected by finger-pricking from 373 (181 males, 192 females) subjects with an age range of 4 to 55 years. The blood samples were examined microscop...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Agbolade M,Akinboye DO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amebiasis is epidemic in two major populations in Japan: male homosexuals and institutionalized people. Currently available diagnostic, chemotherapeutic, and prophylactic measures and their problems are discussed. Recent advances in basic research on amebiasis are also described with new findings of unique metabolisms...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Nozaki T

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:A previously developed Russell's viper venom toxoid in Myanmar is in a liquid form that shows reversion in the form of a reduced number of formaldehyde linkages and toxicity during storage at 37 degrees C and at room temperature. In order to have a safe, potent and stable toxoid, a lyophilized form was prepared in the...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Aung W,Hlaing KK,Kyaw KP,Win MM,Kyaw A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with a wide spectrum of clinical entities ranging from asymptomatic carriage to severe forms of chronic hepatitis. In Egypt, HCV infection has been shown to be highly prevalent. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and significance of anti-HCV IgM in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： el-Gohary A,Hosny AM,Fawaz N,Heiba A,Abdalla E,Kawano F,Kiyokawa T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00