Search Results - "Shiota, Arufumi"
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Efficacy and accuracy of qSOFA and SOFA scores as prognostic tools for community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-07-2019)“…•The Japanese Respiratory Society recently updated the prognostic guidelines for pneumonia in 2017.•The new guidelines recommend that pneumonia severity be…”
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Comparative evaluation of nasopharyngeal swab and saliva specimens for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Japanese patients with COVID-19
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-01-2021)“…Considering the issues of shortage of medical resources and the invasiveness and infection risk involved in the collection of nasopharyngeal swab specimens,…”
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Efficacy and validity of automated quantitative chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay for SARS-CoV-2 antigen test from saliva specimen in the diagnosis of COVID-19
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-07-2021)“…The pandemic of a novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been problematic…”
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Combination of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) could predict the severity and prognosis of candidemia more accurately than the Acute Physiology, Age, Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score
Published in BMC infectious diseases (15-01-2021)“…Candidemia has emerged as an important nosocomial infection, with a mortality rate of 30-50%. It is the fourth most common nosocomial bloodstream infection…”
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Risk factors of first recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection
Published in Anaerobe (01-06-2022)“…Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) often recurs. Approximately 25% of patients have recurrences after the initial treatment, and patients who have…”
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Empyema and bacteremia caused by Aeromonas hydrophila: Case report and review of the literature
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-05-2022)“…Despite the advance in antibiotics and widespread chest tube drainage, acute empyema still shows a high mortality rate, accounting for 10–25%. We experienced a…”
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Brevibacterium paucivorans bacteremia: case report and review of the literature
Published in BMC infectious diseases (25-04-2019)“…Brevibacteria are obligate aerobic gram-positive rods that are associated with milk products and are also found on human skin. Brevibacterium has been reported…”
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Clinical manifestations and radiological features by chest computed tomographic findings of a novel coronavirus disease-19 pneumonia among 92 patients in Japan
Published in Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection (01-08-2021)“…The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could cause a severe acute respiratory infectious disease, showing a high mortality rate of 12–45% among cases who…”
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Plasma procalcitonin levels remain low at the onset of gram-positive bacteremia regardless of severity or the presence of shock: A retrospective analysis of patients with detailed clinical characteristics
Published in Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection (01-12-2021)“…Procalcitonin (PCT) is an early diagnosis marker of sepsis/bacteremia. However, some reports refer to its lower responsiveness to gram-positive bacteremia. We…”
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To what degree could clinical trials in evidence based medicine reflect reality in the treatment of candidemia?
Published in Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection (01-02-2022)“…Evidenced based medicine (EBM) is necessary to standardize or treatment for infection since EBM is established based on the results of clinical trials. Entry…”
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Clinical characteristics and relevance of coagulase-negative Staphylococci other than S. epidermidis by positive blood culture
Published in Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection (01-08-2021)“…Staphylococci is the most commonly isolated bacteria in blood cultures (BC), and is mostly regarded as contamination. However, the clinical relevance and…”
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Could threshold cycle value correctly reflect the severity of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-01-2021)“…The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is diagnosed by positive result of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the novel…”
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The Role Pharmacists Should Play in the AST, as Well as the Education Needed to Enable Them to Fulfill That Role
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Usefulness of serum procalcitonin for necrotizing fasciitis as an early diagnostic tool
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-06-2021)“…While the early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is crucial and could lead to a favorable outcome, it is difficult to differentiate NF from cellulitis,…”
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Ceftriaxone versus tazobactam/piperacillin and carbapenems in the treatment of aspiration pneumonia: A propensity score matching analysis
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-10-2021)“…Aspiration pneumonia (AP) accounts for 5.0–53.2% of hospitalized pneumonia and the treatment commonly used is by broad-spectrum antibiotics to cover anaerobes…”
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A Retrospective Study to Compare the Incidence of Hyponatremia after Administration between Linezolid and Tedizolid
Published in Antibiotics (Basel) (01-02-2023)“…Linezolid (LZD) and Tedizolid (TZD) are oxazolidinone antibiotic for meticillin-resistant (MRSA). Severe hyponatremia after LZD administration have been…”
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Could qSOFA and SOFA score be correctly estimating the severity of healthcare-associated pneumonia?
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-03-2018)“…The Japanese Respiratory Society newly updated the prognostic guidelines for pneumonia in 2017. Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) and…”
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Observational study in a single institute in Japan: How many community-onset pneumonia patients would have Clostridioides difficile infections after treatment?
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-10-2020)“…While community-onset pneumonia patients such as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) have several risk factors of…”
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The SOFA score could predict the severity and prognosis of infective endocarditis
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-12-2019)“…Although infectious endocarditis (IE) is a potentially severe infectious disease, there are no prognostic tools for in-hospital mortality for IE patients. This…”
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Comparative study of SmartAmp assay and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction by saliva specimen for the diagnosing COVID-19
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-01-2022)“…The pandemic of a novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been problematic…”
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