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    Relationship between clinical efficacy for pulmonary MAC and drug-sensitivity test for isolated MAC in a recent 6-year period

    There are a few recent reports about the relationship between the clinical effect and drug-sensitivity test. We investigated the relationship between the clinical efficacy of treatment for pulmonary Mycobacterium...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Masaaki Abe, Keiji Mouri… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2012)

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    Community-acquired macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in patients more than 18 years of age

    A macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae strain was isolated from two patients with community-acquired pneumonia. The pneumonia severity score of both patients was mild, and rapid clinical improvement was seen...

    Naoyuki Miyashita, Takaya Maruyama… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2011)

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    Clinical evaluation of QuantiFERON TB-2G test in patients with healed pulmonary tuberculosis

    We evaluated the response to the QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-2G) test in patients with healed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) compared to the response in those with active pulmonary TB. The subjects were 208 patients w...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Hiroki Shimizu, Keiji Mouri… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2009)

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    An asymptomatic case of pulmonary cryptococcosis with endobronchial polypoid lesions and bilateral infiltrative shadow

    A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis with focal endobronchial polypoid lesions is described. A 64-year-old woman consulted our hospital for further evaluation of an abnormal shadow on a chest radiograph. She had...

    Hiroki Shimizu, Naoyuki Miyashita, Yasushi Obase… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2008)

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    Evaluation of clinical dosage of gatifloxacin for respiratory tract infections in elderly patients based on pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD)

    The efficacy and safety of gatifloxacin (GFLX) was evaluated for elderly patients with respiratory infections. Each patient received one-half (100 mg b.i.d.) or one-quarter (100 mg q.d.) of the conventional do...

    Yoshihito Niki, Koichiro Yoshida… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2008)

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    Clinical features of immunocompromised and nonimmunocompromised patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

    Although patients with risk factors for tuberculosis have increased with the increased use of immunosuppressive therapy, there have been few reports about differences in clinical findings between immunocomprom...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Keiji Mouri, Shinichi Yagi… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2007)

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    An indeterminate QuantiFERON TB-2G response for miliary tuberculosis, due to severe pancytopenia

    We report the case of a 56-year-old man with miliary tuberculosis whose response to the QuantiFERON (QFT) TB-2G (Cellestis; South Melbourne, Australia) test was indeterminate due to pancytopenia (lymphocytopen...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Minoru Fukuda… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2007)

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    Evaluation of the diagnostic usefulness of real-time PCR for detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in acute respiratory infections

    We investigated whether a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is a useful diagnostic tool for identifying individuals with acute respiratory Chlamydophila pneumoniae infections. Nasopharyngeal swab spe...

    Naoyuki Miyashita, Yasushi Obase, Minoru Fukuda… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2007)

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    Sibling cases of Mycobacterium avium complex disease associated with hematological disease

    A 22-year-old man who was admitted to our respiratory division complaining of fever and cough of 1 month's duration had been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome 5 years earlier. On admission, radiological ...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Kouichiro Yoshida… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2006)

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    Pulmonary Mycobacterium intracellulare disease with a solitary pulmonary nodule detected at the onset of pneumothorax

    A 61-year-old man with a past history of pulmonary emphysema 6 years earlier was admitted to the emergency department at our hospital because of cough and dyspnea. Left pneumothorax was recognized on a chest r...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Minoru Fukuda… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2006)

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    Relationship between clinical efficacy of treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease and drug-sensitivity testing of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates

    We prospectively investigated the relationship between the clinical efficacy of treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease and drug-sensitivity testing of MAC isolates for antituberculous dr...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Kouichiro Yoshida… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2006)

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    Infectious bulla of the lung caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare

    A healthy 24-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital was suspected of having an infectious bulla of the lung because an intrabullous effusion was seen on a chest radiograph. A bulla of the right lung had...

    Yoshihiro Kobashi, Kouichiro Yoshida… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2005)

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    High-risk populations for nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    To determine the population at high risk of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on hospital patients admission, a nasal swab was taken from the following patients: (1) those aged ...

    Minoru Fukuda, Hironori Tanaka, Yoshifumi Kajiwara… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2004)