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Comparison of pneumonia severity scores for COVID-19 patients with the Omicron variant
Comparison of pneumonia severity scores for COVID-19 patients with the Omicron variant
IntroductionWe demonstrated that there was a significant relationship between the severity measured using the A-DROP scori...
Melting temperature mapping method in children: Rapid identification of pathogenic microbes
Melting temperature mapping method in children: Rapid identification of pathogenic microbes
Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are severe infections caused by the presence of microbes in blood [1]. For BSIs, the standar...
Seroprevalence for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus among the residents of Miyazaki, Japan: An epidemiological study
Seroprevalence for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus among the residents of Miyazaki, Japan: An epidemiological study
IntroductionSevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne infectious disease caused by the SFTS virus...
BD Chloraprep™ (“2 % chlorhexidine with 70 % isopropyl alcohol”) versus povidone iodine plus alcohol, for prevention of blood culture contamination at children: An investigator-initiated, open-label, single centre, randomized controlled trial
BD Chloraprep™ (“2 % chlorhexidine with 70 % isopropyl alcohol”) versus povidone iodine plus alcohol, for prevention of blood culture contamination at children: An investigator-initiated, open-label, single centre, randomized controlled trial
Blood cultures (BC) remain the gold standard for diagnosis of bacteraemia in infants and children, despite the incredible ...
Assessment of the prognosis, frequency, and isolated bacteria in ventilator-associated pneumonia among patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia: A single-center retrospective observational study
Assessment of the prognosis, frequency, and isolated bacteria in ventilator-associated pneumonia among patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia: A single-center retrospective observational study
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia caused by the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a prof...
Evaluation of the pharmacokinetics of liposomal amphotericin B and analysis of the relationship between pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety in patients with hematological diseases
Evaluation of the pharmacokinetics of liposomal amphotericin B and analysis of the relationship between pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety in patients with hematological diseases
The polyene antifungal amphotericin B (AMPH-B) is considered to be an excellent antifungal option for its broad antifungal...
Cross-sectional surveillance study of long COVID in Toyonaka city, Osaka prefecture, Japan
Cross-sectional surveillance study of long COVID in Toyonaka city, Osaka prefecture, Japan
The COVID-19 epidemic began at the end of 2019, and by June 2023, 760 million people had been affected and 6.9 million had...
Utility of interferon-gamma releasing assay for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Utility of interferon-gamma releasing assay for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important global public health problems and a major cause of morbidity and mortality ...
Poor performance status is a risk factor for higher detection of Gram positive coccus in stone-related pyelonephritis
Poor performance status is a risk factor for higher detection of Gram positive coccus in stone-related pyelonephritis
Stone-related pyelonephritis can result in urinary tract infections (UTI) and is a potential risk of urosepsis. Empiric an...
Novel mutations found in Mycobacterium leprae DNA repair gene nth from central India
Novel mutations found in Mycobacterium leprae DNA repair gene nth from central India
M. leprae does not have a well-characterized DNA repair and damage tolerance machinery that is needed for survival and mai...
Efficacy and safety of ivermectin in patients with mild COVID-19 in Japan and Thailand
Efficacy and safety of ivermectin in patients with mild COVID-19 in Japan and Thailand
KeywordsCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2IvermectinDrug repositioningClinical trialRandomized controlled trialAbbreviationsCOVID-19Corona...
Streptococcus suis meningoencephalitis diagnosed with metagenomic next-generation sequencing: A case report with literature review
Streptococcus suis meningoencephalitis diagnosed with metagenomic next-generation sequencing: A case report with literature review
Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a capsular Gram-positive coccus that often colonizes the upper respiratory tract of pigs, ...
Recurrent cellulitis and bacteremia in a patient with Noonan syndrome: A case report
Recurrent cellulitis and bacteremia in a patient with Noonan syndrome: A case report
Noonan syndrome, an autosomal dominant disease known as a RASopathy, is caused by germline mutations in RAS-MAPK pathway g...
Microbiological findings in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: An analysis using the National Hospital Organization Clinical Data Archives
Microbiological findings in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: An analysis using the National Hospital Organization Clinical Data Archives
Although large-scale administrative databases may be useful for studies of infectious diseases, conventional databases lac...
Antiviral activity of theaflavins against Zika virus in vivo and in vitro
Antiviral activity of theaflavins against Zika virus in vivo and in vitro
The Zika virus (ZIKV) belongs to the flavivirus and is a single stranded positive RNA arbovirus [[1], [3], [2]]. The virus...
Invasive fungal infection caused by Blastobotrys mokoenaii in an immunocompromised patient with acute myeloid leukemia: A case report
Invasive fungal infection caused by Blastobotrys mokoenaii in an immunocompromised patient with acute myeloid leukemia: A case report
Rare yeasts (non-Candida, non-Cryptococcus) are increasingly recognized as the cause of invasive fungal infections (IFI) [...
Acute pancreatitis as a rare complication of leptospirosis: A case report and literature review
Acute pancreatitis as a rare complication of leptospirosis: A case report and literature review
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that occurs worldwide, with an increased incidence in tropical and subtropical regions...
Influence of the coronavirus infectious disease 2019 pandemic on infectious disease practice and infection control in Japan: A web questionnaire survey
Influence of the coronavirus infectious disease 2019 pandemic on infectious disease practice and infection control in Japan: A web questionnaire survey
Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 1-6Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , AbstractIntroductionInfection and mo...
Utility of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection kit to diagnose chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Utility of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection kit to diagnose chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosisDiagnosisLoop-mediated isothermal amplification test© 2023 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy...
Comparing ceftolozane/tazobactam versus piperacillin/tazobactam for the initial empiric therapy of urinary tract infections: A retrospective comparative study
Comparing ceftolozane/tazobactam versus piperacillin/tazobactam for the initial empiric therapy of urinary tract infections: A retrospective comparative study
Ceftolozane/tazobactamPiperacillin/tazobactamUrinary tract infectionsExtended-spectrum β-lactamase© 2023 Japanese Society ...
Differences in COVID-19 treatment across Japan: Analysis of the COVID-19 Registry Japan (COVIREGI-JP)
Differences in COVID-19 treatment across Japan: Analysis of the COVID-19 Registry Japan (COVIREGI-JP)
KeywordsCOVID-19Inpatients/hospitalized patientsJapanMetropolitan areasTreatmentAbbreviationsCOVID-19coronavirus disease 2...
Efficient implementation of hepatitis B surface antigen confirmatory neutralization tests
Efficient implementation of hepatitis B surface antigen confirmatory neutralization tests
KeywordsHepatitis B virusHepatitis B surface antigenConfirmatory neutralization testHigh-sensitivity hepatitis B surface a...
In vivo efficacy and PK/PD analyses of zifanocycline (KBP-7072), an aminomethylcycline antibiotic, against Acinetobacter baumannii in a neutropenic murine thigh infection model
In vivo efficacy and PK/PD analyses of zifanocycline (KBP-7072), an aminomethylcycline antibiotic, against Acinetobacter baumannii in a neutropenic murine thigh infection model
Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 34-39Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , , AbstractIntroductionZifanocyclin...
Pediatric hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis after concomitant administration of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and influenza vaccine
Pediatric hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis after concomitant administration of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and influenza vaccine
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosisSARS-CoV-2InfluenzaVaccinationChild© 2023 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, Japanese Ass...
Invasive Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) infection with toxic shock-like syndrome: A report of a fatal non-pregnant case and a review of the literature
Invasive Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) infection with toxic shock-like syndrome: A report of a fatal non-pregnant case and a review of the literature
Invasive streptococcal infectionStreptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (STSS)Whole-genome sequencing (WGS)© 2023 Japanese...
Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir-induced elevation of blood tacrolimus levels in a patient in the maintenance phase post liver transplantation
Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir-induced elevation of blood tacrolimus levels in a patient in the maintenance phase post liver transplantation
Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 77-80Author links open overlay panel, , , , , AbstractNirmatrelvir is an orally ad...
Association between rubella vaccination response and long-term immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 after BNT162b2 vaccination
Association between rubella vaccination response and long-term immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 after BNT162b2 vaccination
Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 81-83Author links open overlay panel, , AbstractIn a previous study, we demonstrat...
Risk factors for cefmetazole-non-susceptible bacteremia in acute cholangitis
Risk factors for cefmetazole-non-susceptible bacteremia in acute cholangitis
Acute cholangitis (AC) is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection commonly encountered in clinical practice. Mo...
The humoral and cellular immune responses following booster vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 mRNA in people living with human immunodeficiency virus
The humoral and cellular immune responses following booster vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 mRNA in people living with human immunodeficiency virus
While the severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has subdued, it remains a threat to older and immun...
Epidemiology of endemic human coronavirus infection during the COVID-19 pandemic
Epidemiology of endemic human coronavirus infection during the COVID-19 pandemic
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes serious morbidity and mortality in humans (coronavirus...
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