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Comparison of the sensitivity and specificity of two whole blood interferon-gamma assays for M. tuberculosis infection by Harada, Nobuyuki, Higuchi, Kazue, Yoshiyama, Takashi, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Fujita, Akira, Sasaki, Yuka, Horiba, Masahide, Mitarai, Satoshi, Yonemaru, Makoto, Ogata, Hideo, Ariga, Haruhiko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Wada, Akihiko, Takamori, Mikio, Yamagishi, Fumio, Suzuki, Kiminori, Mori, Toru, Ishikawa, Nobukatsu

“…Summary Objectives To compare the sensitivity and the specificity of the QuantiFERON® -TB Gold (QFT-G) and QuantiFERON® -TB Gold In Tube (QFT-GIT) diagnostic…”
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Biological and Molecular Characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates with Low-Level Resistance to Isoniazid in Japan by Abe, Chiyoji, Kobayashi, Ikuo, Mitarai, Satoshi, Wada, Masako, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Takashima, Tetsuya, Suzuki, Katsuhiro, Sng, Li-Hwei, Wang, Suxing, Htay, Hla Hla, Ogata, Hideo

“…We reevaluated the BACTEC MGIT 960 antimicrobial susceptibility testing system (MGIT 960 AST) by using 1,112 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When the…”
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Mycobacterium shinjukuense sp. nov., a slowly growing, non-chromogenic species isolated from human clinical specimens by SAITO, Hajime, IWAMOTO, Tomotada, EZAKI, Takayuki, BUTLER, Ray, OHKUSU, Kiyofumi, OTSUKA, Yoshihito, AKIYAMA, Yasushi, SATO, Shigeki, TAGUCHI, Osamu, SUEYASU, Yoshiko, KAWABE, Yoshiko, FUJIMOTO, Hisao

“…Seven isolates of a slowly growing, non-chromogenic Mycobacterium species were obtained from sputum and bronchial lavage fluid samples from elderly patients in…”
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Diagnosis of Active Tuberculous Serositis by Antigen-Specific Interferon-γ Response of Cavity Fluid Cells by Ariga, Haruyuki, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Nagai, Hideaki, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Masuda, Kimihiko, Matsui, Hirotoshi, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagayama, Naohiro, Akagawa, Shinobu, Machida, Kazuko, Hebisawa, Akira, Nakajima, Yutsuki, Yotsumoto, Hideki, Mori, Toru

“…Background.To develop a more accurate methodology for diagnosing active tuberculous pleurisy, as well as peritonitis and pericardits of tuberculous origin, we…”
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Comparison of performance in two diagnostic methods for tuberculosis infection by Higuchi, Kazue, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Mitarai, Satoshi, Yoshiyama, Takashi, Harada, Nobuyuki, Mori, Toru

“…Performance of two diagnoses, T-SPOT ® . TB (T-SPOT) and QuantiFERON-TB ® Gold (QFT-G), was compared in Japanese subjects. Forty-seven confirmed tuberculosis…”
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Application and problems of quantiFERON TB-2G for tuberculosis control programs--(2) clinical use of quantiFERON TB-2G by Kawabe, Yoshiko

“…QuantiFERON TB-2nd Generation (QFT) is an accurate tool for detecting tuberculosis infection regardless of past history of BCG vaccination. In Japan, QFT test…”
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Social course patterns of urban dwellers with tuberculosis under fragile living conditions in Tokyo, Japan by Kizuki, Masashi, Takano, Takehito, Nakamura, Keiko, Fukuda, Yoshiharu, Watanabe, Masafumi, Inose, Tomoko, Seino, Kaoruko, Kawabe, Yoshiko

“…People under fragile-living conditions show a high rate of interruption of tuberculosis treatment. We examined the social courses of fragile-living urban…”
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Clinical research on multi-drug resistant and extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis in Japan by Toyota, Emiko, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Yotsumoto, Hideki, Sakatani, Mitsunori, Tsuyuguchi, Kazunari, Maekura, Ryouji, Fujikawa, Kenya, Takashima, Tetsuya, Ogawa, Kenji, Yoshiyama, Takashi, Sugie, Takumi

“…To know the number of patients with MDR-TB and XDR-TB newly diagnosed annually and the number of those with continuously culture-positive in spite of continued…”
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Evaluation of tuberculosis treatment including levofloxacin (LVFX) in cases who could not continue standard regimen by Kunogi, Makiko, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Suzuki, Junko, Shimada, Masahiro, Kaneko, Yugo, Matsui, Yoshinori, Kawashima, Masahiro, Ohshima, Nobuharu, Ariga, Haruyuki, Masuda, Kimihiko, Matsui, Hironori, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagai, Hideaki, Akagawa, Shinobu, Nagayama, Naohiro, Toyota, Emiko, Machida, Kazuko, Nakajima, Yutsuki

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate tuberculosis treatment including levofloxacin (LVFX) and to investigate the effectiveness of changing drug regimens…”
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Specific detection of tuberculosis infection: An interferon-γ-based assay using new antigens by MORI, Toru, SAKATANI, Mitsunori, SUZUKI, Katsuhiro, INOUE, Yoshikazu, TSUYUGUCHI, Kazunari, SASAKI, Yuka, MAZUREK, Gerald H, TSUYUGUCHI, Izuo, YAMAGISHI, Fumio, TAKASHIMA, Tetsuya, KAWABE, Yoshiko, NAGAO, Keiji, SHIGETO, Eriko, HARADA, Nobuyuki, MITARAI, Satoshi, OKADA, Masaji

“…The tuberculin skin test for immunologic diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection has many limitations, including being confounded by bacillus…”
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Drug-induced hepatotoxicity caused by anti-tuberculosis drugs in tuberculosis patients complicated with chronic hepatitis by Kaneko, Yugo, Nagayama, Naohiro, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Shimada, Masahiro, Suzuki, Junichi, Kunogi, Makiko, Matsui, Yoshinori, Kawashima, Masahiro, Suzuki, Junko, Ariga, Haruyuki, Oshima, Nobuharu, Masuda, Kimihiko, Matsui, Hirotoshi, Nagai, Hideaki, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Akagawa, Shinobu, Toyoda, Emiko, Machida, Kazuko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Yotsumoto, Hideki

“…To investigate retrospectively the incidence of drug-induced hepatitis (DIH) caused by antituberculosis drugs including isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RFP), with…”
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Effects of Various Absorption Enhancers on the Intestinal Absorption of Water Soluble Drugs by in Vitro Ussing Chamber Method : Correlation with an in Situ Absorption Experiment by SUGIYAMA, Tetsuo, YAMAMOTO, Akira, KAWABE, Yoshiko, UCHIYAMA, Tomomi, QUAN, Ying-Shu, MURANISHI, Shozo

“…The effect of absorption enhancers on the small and large intestinal absorption of drug in rats was examined using an in vitro modified Ussing chamber method,…”
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Examination of administrative dosage of cyclosporine during anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy including rifampicin by Matsui, Yoshinori, Akagawa, Shinobu, Kawashima, Masahiro, Suzuki, Junko, Masuda, Kimihiko, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagai, Hideaki, Nagayama, Naohiro, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Machida, Kazuko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Yotsumoto, Hideki

“…In the treatment of tuberculosis with rifampicin in patients treated with prednisolone and cyclosporine, we have to increase the dosage of these drugs…”
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Interferon-gamma release assays in patients with Mycobacterium kansasii pulmonary infection: A retrospective survey by Sato, Ryota, Nagai, Hideaki, Matsui, Hirotoshi, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Takeda, Keita, Kawashima, Masahiro, Suzuki, Junko, Ohshima, Nobuharu, Masuda, Kimihiko, Yamane, Akira, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Akagawa, Shinobu, Ohta, Ken

“…Summary Objectives Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) can be positive in patients infected with Mycobacterium kansasii (M. kansasii) , which carries some…”
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Coexistence of lung cancer and active pulmonary mycobacteriosis by Tamura, Atsuhisa, Hebisawa, Akira, Sagara, Yuzo, Suzuki, Junko, Masuda, Kimihiko, Nagai, Hideaki, Akagawa, Ishinobu, Nagayama, Naohiro, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Machida, Kazuko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Komatsu, Hikotaro, Yotsumoto, Hideki

“…The aim of this study is to clarify the clinical and pathological anatomical picture of cases in which lung cancer and active pulmonary mycobacteriosis are…”
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Case of pulmonary mycobacterium avium complex disease, showing hypersensitivity pneumonitis-like diffuse shadow by Ohashi, Rina, Akagawa, Shinobu, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Tsuchiya, Kayoko, Miyamoto, Maki, Masuda, Kimihiko, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagai, Hideaki, Nagayama, Naohiro, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Machida, Kazuko, Yotsumoto, Hideki, Hebisawa, Akira

“…A 59-year-old man who had just completed therapy for tuberculosis, fell down in sauna and was admitted to a hospital. As acid-fast bacilli were positive…”
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Bone and joint tuberculosis concurrent with tuberculosis of other organs by Yagi, Osamitsu, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Nagayama, Naohiro, Shimada, Masahiro, Kawashima, Masahiro, Kaneko, Yugo, Ariga, Haruyuki, Ohshima, Nobuharu, Matsui, Yoshinori, Suzuki, Junko, Masuda, Kimihiko, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagai, Hideaki, Akagawa, Shinobu, Machida, Kazuko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Nakajima, Yoshinori, Yotsumoto, Hideki

“…To study the characteristics of bone or joint tuberculosis (TB) accompanied by TB in other organs (especially the lung), and to study patients' and doctors'…”
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Tuberculosis complicated with liver cirrhosis by Saito, Akira, Nagayama, Naohiro, Yagi, Osamitsu, Ohshima, Nobuharu, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagai, Hideaki, Akagawa, Shinobu, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Machida, Kazuko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Yotsumoto, Hideki

“…The aim of this study is to examine the clinical characteristics of tuberculous patients complicated with liver cirrhosis. 44 patients (39 males and 5 females)…”
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Usefulness of a whole blood interferon gamma assay (QuantiFERON-TB-2G) for detecting tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected persons by Nagai, Hideaki, Kawabe, Yoshiko, Ariga, Haruyuki, Shigiyama, Fumiko, Shimada, Masahiro, Kunogi, Makiko, Matsui, Yoshinori, Kawashima, Masahiro, Suzuki, Junko, Ooshima, Nobuharu, Masuda, Kimihiko, Matsui, Hirotoshi, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagayama, Naohiro, Akagawa, Shinobu, Machida, Kazuko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Yotsumoto, Hideki

“…New blood test (QuantiFERON-TB-2G: QFT-2G), based on detection of IFN-gamma released by T cells in response to M. tuberculosis specific antigens, has the high…”
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Evaluation of quantitative fit-testing of N95 filtering facepiece respirators using Mask-Fitting Tester and improvement of mask fitting by instruction by Kawabe, Yoshiko, Tanaka, Shigeru, Nagai, Hideaki, Suzuki, Junko, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Nagayama, Naohiro, Akagawa, Shinobu, Machida, Kazuko, Kurashima, Atsuyuki, Yotsumoto, Hideki

“…To evaluate quantitative fitness of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (N95 Mask) using Mask Fitting Tester and improvement of fitness by instruction. One…”
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