Search Results - "MAESAKI, SHIGEFUMI"

Evaluation of rapid diagnosis of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using loop-mediated isothermal amplification by Kitagawa, Yutaro, Orihara, Yuta, Kawamura, Rieko, Imai, Kazuo, Sakai, Jun, Tarumoto, Norihito, Matsuoka, Masaru, Takeuchi, Shinichi, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Maeda, Takuya

“…•RT-LAMP test kits have good utility.•Detection sensitivity of 1.0 × 101 copies/μL can be obtained within 35 min.•RT-LAMP can be used as a point-of-care test…”
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Clinical evaluation of an immunochromatographic IgM/IgG antibody assay and chest computed tomography for the diagnosis of COVID-19 by Imai, Kazuo, Tabata, Sakiko, Ikeda, Mayu, Noguchi, Sakiko, Kitagawa, Yutaro, Matuoka, Masaru, Miyoshi, Kazuyasu, Tarumoto, Norihito, Sakai, Jun, Ito, Toshimitsu, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Tamura, Kaku, Maeda, Takuya

“…•We evaluated the immunochromatographic (IC) assay and chest CT scan for COVID-19.•IC assay had 29.7 % sensitivity in symptomatic cases.•The combination of CT…”
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Significance of liver dysfunction associated with decreased hepatic CT attenuation values in Japanese patients with severe COVID-19 by Uchida, Yoshihito, Uemura, Hayato, Yamaba, Shinpei, Hamada, Daisuke, Tarumoto, Norihito, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Mochida, Satoshi

“…Background COVID-19 has emerged as a threat to human health. Liver dysfunction has been reported to occur frequently in patients with COVID-19, although its…”
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Clinical characteristics in blood stream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae: a comparative study, Japan, 2014-2017 by Imai, Kazuo, Ishibashi, Noriomi, Kodana, Masahiro, Tarumoto, Norihito, Sakai, Jun, Kawamura, Toru, Takeuchi, Shinichi, Taji, Yoshitada, Ebihara, Yasuhiro, Ikebuchi, Kenji, Murakami, Takashi, Maeda, Takuya, Mitsutake, Kotaro, Maesaki, Shigefumi

“…Klebsiella variicola and K. quasipneumoniae are new species distinguishable from K. pneumoniae but they are often misidentified as K. pneumoniae in clinical…”
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Public Health Centers' Training Session Programs to Develop Programs on Infection Control Practices for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Hospitals in Kawaguchi City, Japan by Nakayama, Ayako, Yamaguchi, Ichiro, Okamoto, Koji, Maesaki, Shigefumi

“…IntroductionThe Kawaguchi City Public Health Center (PHC) conducted training sessions focusing on infection control practices on multidrug-resistant organisms…”
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Targeted Infection Control Practices in Japanese Hospitals for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Guidance From the Public Health Center by Nakayama, Ayako, Yamaguchi, Ichiro, Okamoto, Koji, Maesaki, Shigefumi

“…Introduction The study conducted by the Kawaguchi City Public Health Center (PHC) in 2023 on hospital infection control (IC) programs revealed that hospitals…”
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SARS-CoV-2 detection in pediatric dental clinic wastewater reflects the number of local COVID-19 cases in children under 10 years old by Kanamori, Dai, Sakai, Jun, Iijima, Takahiro, Oono, Yuka, Malla, Bikash, Haramoto, Eiji, Hayakawa, Satoshi, Komine-Aizawa, Shihoko, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Vorup-Jensen, Thomas, Kilgore, Paul Evan, Kohase, Hikaru, Hoshino, Tomonori, Seki, Mitsuko

“…This was the first longitudinal study to analyze dental clinic wastewater to estimate asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection trends in children. We monitored…”
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Bacterial Meningitis Caused by Bacillus subtilis var. natto by Tokano, Mieko, Tarumoto, Norihito, Imai, Kazuo, Sakai, Jun, Maeda, Takuya, Kawamura, Toru, Seo, Kazuhide, Takahashi, Kazushi, Yamamoto, Toshimasa, Maesaki, Shigefumi

“…A 67-year-old woman with a 2-day history of a fever, headache and disturbed consciousness was admitted to our hospital. Bacillus subtilis was isolated from…”
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Evaluation of a chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay‐based high‐throughput SARS‐CoV‐2 antigen assay for the diagnosis of COVID‐19: The VITROS® SARS‐CoV‐2 Antigen Test by Matsuzaki, Nanako, Orihara, Yuta, Kodana, Masahiro, Kitagawa, Yutaro, Matsuoka, Masaru, Kawamura, Rieko, Takeuchi, Shinichi, Imai, Kazuo, Tarumoto, Norihito, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Maeda, Takuya

“…A high‐throughput, fully automated antigen detection test for SARS‐CoV‐2 is a viable alternative to reverse‐transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR)…”
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Signaling via dopamine and adenosine receptors modulate viral peptide-specific and T-cell IL-8 response in COVID-19 by Tokano, Mieko, Takagi, Rie, Kawano, Masaaki, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Tarumoto, Norihito, Matsushita, Sho

“…B-cell but not T-cell responses have been extensively studied using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) obtained from patients with coronavirus disease…”
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A New Method to Detect Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Using Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Combined with a Bioluminescent Assay in Real Time (RT-LAMP-BART) by Iijima, Takahiro, Sakai, Jun, Kanamori, Dai, Ando, Shinnosuke, Nomura, Tsutomu, Tisi, Laurence, Kilgore, Paul E, Percy, Neil, Kohase, Hikaru, Hayakawa, Satoshi, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Hoshino, Tomonori, Seki, Mitsuko

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), of which there are several variants. The three…”
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National Trends in the Distribution of Candida Species Causing Candidemia in Japan from 2003 to 2014: A Report by the Epidemiological Investigation Committee for Human Mycoses in Japan by Kakeya, Hiroshi, Yamada, Koichi, Kaneko, Yukihiro, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Tateda, Kazuhiro, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Takesue, Yoshio, Tomono, Kazunori, Kadota, Jun-ichi, Kaku, Mitsuo, Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu, Kamei, Katsuhiko, Shibuya, Kazutoshi, Niki, Yoshitiho, Yoshida, Minoru, Sei, Yoshihiro

“…The Epidemiological Investigation Committee for Human Mycoses in Japan performed a retrospective epidemiological survey of candidemia and causative Candida…”
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Clinical features of pulmonary cryptococcosis in non-HIV patients in Japan by Kohno, Shigeru, Kakeya, Hiroshi, Izumikawa, Koichi, Miyazaki, Taiga, Yamamoto, Yoshihiro, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Mitsutake, Kotaro, Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Yasuoka, Akira, Tashiro, Takayoshi, Mine, Mariko, Uetani, Masataka, Ashizawa, Kazuto

“…Abstract Objective To clarify the clinical features of pulmonary cryptococcosis in Japanese non-HIV population. Methods Retrospective investigation of 151…”
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Whole Genome Sequencing of Influenza A and B Viruses With the MinION Sequencer in the Clinical Setting: A Pilot Study by Imai, Kazuo, Tamura, Kaku, Tanigaki, Tomomi, Takizawa, Mari, Nakayama, Eiko, Taniguchi, Takahiko, Okamoto, Misako, Nishiyama, Yasumasa, Tarumoto, Norihito, Mitsutake, Kotaro, Murakami, Takashi, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Maeda, Takuya

“…Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of influenza viruses is important for preparing vaccines and coping with newly emerging viruses. However, WGS is difficult to…”
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A novel diagnostic method for malaria using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and MinION™ nanopore sequencer by Imai, Kazuo, Tarumoto, Norihito, Misawa, Kazuhisa, Runtuwene, Lucky Ronald, Sakai, Jun, Hayashida, Kyoko, Eshita, Yuki, Maeda, Ryuichiro, Tuda, Josef, Murakami, Takashi, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Yamagishi, Junya, Maeda, Takuya

“…A simple and accurate molecular diagnostic method for malaria is urgently needed due to the limitations of conventional microscopic examination. In this study,…”
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Non-invasive diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by the direct boil loop-mediated isothermal amplification method and MinION™ nanopore sequencing by Imai, Kazuo, Tarumoto, Norihito, Amo, Kiyoko, Takahashi, Makoto, Sakamoto, Naoya, Kosaka, Atsushi, Kato, Yasuyuki, Mikita, Kei, Sakai, Jun, Murakami, Takashi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Maeda, Takuya

“…Abstract Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is gaining attention as a public health problem. We present two cases of CL imported from Syria and Venezuela in Japan…”
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An identification protocol for ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria bloodstream infections using a MinION nanopore sequencer by Sakai, Jun, Tarumoto, Norihito, Kodana, Masahiro, Ashikawa, Sae, Imai, Kazuo, Kawamura, Toru, Ikebuchi, Kenji, Murakami, Takashi, Mitsutake, Kotaro, Maeda, Takuya, Maesaki, Shigefumi

“…The new third-generation sequencing platform MinION is an attractive maintenance-free and disposable portable tool that can perform long-read and real-time…”
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A nationwide questionnaire survey of clinic doctors on antimicrobial stewardship in Japan by Gu, Yoshiaki, Fujitomo, Yumiko, Soeda, Hiroshi, Nakahama, Chikara, Hasegawa, Naoki, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Maeda, Masayuki, Matsumoto, Tetsuya, Miyairi, Isao, Ohmagari, Norio

“…Clinics are high prescribers of antimicrobials in Japan, but the present situation and the attitude of clinic doctors toward prescribing them remain unclear…”
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An innovative diagnostic technology for the codon mutation C580Y in kelch13 of Plasmodium falciparum with MinION nanopore sequencer by Imai, Kazuo, Tarumoto, Norihito, Runtuwene, Lucky Ronald, Sakai, Jun, Hayashida, Kyoko, Eshita, Yuki, Maeda, Ryuichiro, Tuda, Josef, Ohno, Hideaki, Murakami, Takashi, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Yamagishi, Junya, Maeda, Takuya

“…The recent spread of artemisinin (ART)-resistant Plasmodium falciparum represents an emerging global threat to public health. In Southeast Asia, the C580Y…”
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Clinical evaluation of anterior nasal cavity swab specimens by a rapid antigen test using a GLINE-2019-nCoV Ag Kit to diagnose COVID-19 by Ogane, Kana, Imai, Kazuo, Orihara, Yuta, Kodana, Masahiro, Tezuka, Mariko, Matsuzaki, Nanako, Takahashi, Rina, Ichimura, Shintaro, Tokano, Mieko, Sakai, Jun, Tarumoto, Norihito, Maesaki, Shigefumi, Takuya, Maeda

“…The promising diagnostic performance of rapid antigen tests (RATs) using non-invasive anterior nasal (AN) swab specimens to diagnose COVID-19 has been…”
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