Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Abbott RealTime PCR assay is useful for evaluating virological response to antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C

Hiroaki Ikezaki, Norihiro Furusyo, Takeshi Ihara, Takeo Hayashi, Eiichi Ogawa, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Hiroaki Taniai, Mosaburo Kainuma, Masayuki Murata, Jun Hayashi

Efficacy and safety of antifungal prophylaxis with oral itraconazole solution among patients receiving corticosteroids: who should be given prophylaxis?

Noriyoshi Iriyama, Yoshihiro Matsukawa, Katsuhiro Miura, Hirotake Inomata, Yukio Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro Hatta, Akira Horikoshi, Jin Takeuchi

Two-way analysis for detecting factors affecting ventilator-associated pneumonia

Takahiro Takuma, Hisashi Shoji, Koichiro Yoshida, Yoshihito Niki

A retrospective study of health care-associated pneumonia patients at Aichi Medical University hospital

Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroshige Mikamo

Usefulness of presepsin (sCD14-ST) measurements as a marker for the diagnosis and severity of sepsis that satisfied diagnostic criteria of systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Tatsuyori Shozushima, Gaku Takahashi, Naoya Matsumoto, Masahiro Kojika, Yoshikazu Okamura, Shigeatsu Endo

Clinical efficacy of carbapenems on hospital-acquired pneumonia in accordance with the Japanese Respiratory Society Guidelines for management of HAP

Masaru Ito, Takeshi Kaneko, Hideto Goto, Nobuhiro Yamaguchi, Shin Fujisawa, Shigeru Ono, Satoshi Morita, Naoki Miyazawa, Heiwa Kanamori, Yuji Watanuki, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo

Classification of acute encephalopathy in respiratory syncytial virus infection

Shinichiro Morichi, Hisashi Kawashima, Hiroaki Ioi, Gaku Yamanaka, Yasuyo Kashiwagi, Akinori Hoshika, Tetsuo Nakayama, Yasuo Watanabe

Degradation of interleukin 8 by the serine protease MucD of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Jun Okuda, Naoki Hayashi, Soichi Tanabe, Shu Minagawa, Naomasa Gotoh

Efficacy and safety of single-dose 2.0 g azithromycin in the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Nobuhiro Asai, Yoshihiro Ohkuni, Takuya Iwasaki, Ryo Matsunuma, Kei Nakashima, Yoshihito Otsuka, Norihiro Kaneko

Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in children in Kamikawa and Soya subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, 2000–2010, before the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Hiroshi Sakata

Clinical implications of interleukin-18 levels in pediatric patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Tomohiro Oishi, Mitsuo Narita, Kou Matsui, Takahiro Shirai, Mai Matsuo, Jun Negishi, Takayuki Kaneko, Shinya Tsukano, Tetsuo Taguchi, Makoto Uchiyama

Evaluation of a simultaneous detection kit for the glutamate dehydrogenase antigen and toxin A/B in feces for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

Miki Kawada, Megumi Annaka, Haru Kato, Sumie Shibasaki, Keiko Hikosaka, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yoshishige Masuda, Takashi Inamatsu

Retrospective study on the effect of tight glucose control in postoperative sepsis patients using an artificial pancreas

Gaku Takahashi, Naoya Matsumoto, Tatsuyori Shozushima, Chiaki Onodera, Shigenori Kan, Shinji Akitomi, Koichi Hoshikawa, Tomohiro Kikkawa, Masahiro Kojika, Yoshihiro Inoue, Kenji Suzuki, Go Wakabayashi, Shigeatsu Endo

In vitro activity of azithromycin against Mycoplasma genitalium and its efficacy in the treatment of male Mycoplasma genitalium-positive nongonococcal urethritis

Noriyasu Hagiwara, Mitsuru Yasuda, Shin-ichi Maeda, Takashi Deguchi

Does antimicrobial homogeneity index influence surgical site infection? A 10-year study in lung, breast, and general surgery

Junichi Yoshida, Mayumi Oyama, Koichi Furugaki, Toshiyuki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Shinohara, Eiji Miyatake, Kenichi Matsuo

Optimal treatment schedule of meropenem for adult patients with febrile neutropenia based on pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic analysis

Yuka Ohata, Yoshiko Tomita, Mitsunobu Nakayama, Kazuo Tamura, Yusuke Tanigawara

Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the tuberculin skin test for detecting previous tuberculosis infection evaluated by chest CT findings in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients

Tomoyo Maeda, Shogo Banno, Shinji Maeda, Taio Naniwa, Yoshihito Hayami, Maiko Watanabe, Shigeki Sato, Ryzo Ueda

Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the tuberculin skin test for the detection of previous tuberculosis infection evaluated by chest CT findings in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients

Tsukasa Ohnishi

Splenic abscess caused by MRSA developing in an infarcted area: case report and literature review

Ferhat Arslan, Ayse Batirel, Fehmi Tabak, Ali Mert

A case of bacteremia caused by Hafnia paralvei

Hanako Osuka, Shigemi Hitomi, Hiroshi Koganemaru, Tsuyoshi Kaneko

Fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia caused by Stenotrophomanas maltophilia in a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Naoto Takahashi, Toshiaki Yoshioka, Yoshihiro Kameoka, Hiroyuki Tagawa, Naohito Fujishima, Hirobumi Saitoh, Makoto Hirokawa, Katsuhiko Enomoto, Kenichi Sawada

Mutations to the probe of Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 ver. 1.0 assay causing undetectable viral load in a patient with acute HIV-1 infection

Mihoko Yotsumoto, Keiko Shinozawa, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Wataru Sugiura, Toshiaki Miura, Katsuyuki Fukutake

Pancytopenia due to pyrimethamine triggered by transplant-associated microangiopathy after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Takehiko Mori, Jun Kato, Shinichiro Okamoto

Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with high-level resistance to mupirocin

Jun Nakajima, Shigemi Hitomi, Yoko Kurihara

Electron microscopic study of the effects of antimicrobial agents on the cellular architecture of Leptospira

Antara Chakraborty, Akemi Takade, Sharon Y. A. M. Villanueva, Shin-ichi Yoshida

Clinical efficacy of arbekacin for Gram-negative bacteria

Yukihiro Hamada, Kazuyoshi Tamura, Ikumi Koyama, Masakazu Kuroyama, Kazuo Yago, Keisuke Sunakawa

Erratum to: Clinical efficacy of arbekacin for Gram-negative bacteria

Yukihiro Hamada, Kazuyoshi Tamura, Ikumi Koyama, Masakazu Kuroyama, Kazuo Yago, Keisuke Sunakawa

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