Evaluation of a novel urinary antigen test kit for diagnosing Legionella pneumonia

Autor: Akihiro Ito, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Ishii, Akihito Okazaki, Yoshihisa Ishiura, Yukio Kawagishi, Yasuo Takiguchi, Kazuma Kishi, Yoshio Taguchi, Takashi Shinzato, Yasumi Okochi, Ryuji Hayashi, Yoshitaka Nakamori, Yoshiko Kichikawa, Kengo Murata, Hiroaki Takeda, Futoshi Higa, Takayuki Miyara, Keisuke Saito, Takeo Ishikawa, Tadashi Ishida, Kazuhiro Tateda

Publikováno v: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 103, Iss , Pp 42-47 (2021)

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of a novel test kit that could theoretically detect all serogroups of Legionella pneumophila for diagnosing Legionella pneumonia, in comparison with existing kits. Methods: This

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Diagnostic performance of serum interferon gamma, matrix metalloproteinases, and periostin measurements for pulmonary tuberculosis in Japanese patients with pneumonia.

Autor: Momoko Yamauchi, Takeshi Kinjo, Gretchen Parrott, Kazuya Miyagi, Shusaku Haranaga, Yuko Nakayama, Kenji Chibana, Kaori Fujita, Atsushi Nakamoto, Futoshi Higa, Isoko Owan, Koji Yonemoto, Jiro Fujita

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 1, p e0227636 (2020)

Serum markers that differentiate between tuberculous and non-tuberculous pneumonia would be clinically useful. However, few serum markers have been investigated for their association with either disease. In this study, serum levels of interferon gamm

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Comparative epidemiology of influenza A and B viral infection in a subtropical region: a 7-year surveillance in Okinawa, Japan

Autor: Yoshikazu Iha, Takeshi Kinjo, Gretchen Parrott, Futoshi Higa, Hideaki Mori, Jiro Fujita

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2016)

Abstract Background The epidemic patterns of influenza B infection and their association with climate conditions are not well understood. Influenza surveillance in Okinawa is important for clarifying transmission patterns in both temperate and tropic

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Human immunodeficiency virus‐associated pulmonary sarcoidosis in a Japanese man as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Autor: Shusaku Haranaga, Jiro Fujita, Naoki Yoshimi, Hideta Nakamura, Futoshi Higa, Akiko Matsuzaki, Masao Tateyama, Daisuke Tasato

Publikováno v: Clinical Case Reports, Vol 8, Iss 12, Pp 3439-3443 (2020)
Clinical Case Reports

Asymptomatic pulmonary sarcoidosis can develop after starting antiretroviral therapy. The decision on whether to treat sarcoidosis with corticosteroids should be based on the disease severity.

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3438

Nationwide surveillance of bacterial respiratory pathogens conducted by the surveillance committee of Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, and the Japanese Society for clinical microbiology in 2014: General view of the pathogens' antibacterial susceptibility

Autor: Rika Inose, Naoki Miyazawa, Katsunori Yanagihara, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Junko Sato, Mutsuko Utagawa, Sakura Aso, Yuka Yamagishi, Yuji Fujikura, Shigeto Hamaguchi, Yuichi Katanami, Masao Doi, Takayuki Miyara, Masafumi Seki, Michio Hayasi, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Satomi Simizu, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Yasunao Wada, Hiroshige Mikamo, Atsushi Kawabata, Satoshi Iwata, Kenichi Takeuchi, Akihiko Kawana, Yosuke Aoki, Hiroshi Kiyota, Nobuyoshi Korohasi, Satoshi Hino, Yasuhiro Katouno, Shingo Masunaga, Yoshinobu Ohsaki, Kazuhiro Yatera, Nobuki Aoki, Noriko Mitsuno, Moritaka Suga, Yoshio Takesue, Minoru Ohashi, Yoshiko Sugaki, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yutaka Yosimura, Jiro Fujita, Jun-ichi Kadota, Hiroki Magarifuchi, Akira Koizumi, Jin Takasaki, Megumi Oho, Yasunori Fujikawa, Hideaki Hanaki, Masao Tateyama, Atsushi Nakamura, Kei Kasahara, Makoto Kudo, Hajime Nishiya, Kazuhiro Tateda, Yuji Akiba, Manabu Takahashi, Nobuyuki Kobayasi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kiyoshi Negayama, Keiichi Mikasa, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Sayoko Kawakami, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Masaki Fujita, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Tomotaro Wakamura, Masao Kuwabara, Masaki Yamamoto, Takashi Matumoto, Makoto Miki, Yoshihito Niki, Toshinori Kawanami, Hirokazu Tokuyasu, Satoru Fujiuchi, Toshio Kumagai, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Keisuke Sugimoto, Shinobu Ishigaki, Futoshi Higa, Tomo Hirano, Hiroki Tsukada, Akira Ukimura, Hiroshi Mukae, Masahiro Toyokawa, Hiroaki Takeda

Publikováno v: Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 25:657-668

The nationwide surveillance on antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial respiratory pathogens from the patients in Japan was conducted by Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, and the Japanese Society fo

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2019.05.006