Naozumi Fujishiro

Macrolide resistance rate and antimicrobial selection in pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection during 2024

Shiho Iwase, Taichiro Muto, Tomoki Yamamoto, Shoko Ozeki et autres

INTRODUCTION: A Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection outbreak occurred in Japan in 2024. Macrolides (MLs) are first-line antibiotics for MP infections; however, ML resistance rates vary by region and time of year. In recent years, point-of-care Quenching Probe PCR (QP-PCR) assays have enabled …

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Incidence and Clinical Significance of Retropharyngeal Edema in Node-first Presentation of Kawasaki Disease

Tomoki Yamamoto, Taichiro Muto, Miki Yamada, Shoko Ozeki et autres

BACKGROUND: Diagnosing node-first Kawasaki disease (NFKD), which initially presents with fever and cervical lymphadenopathy, is challenging, particularly during the early stages of the disease. Although case reports have described retropharyngeal edema (RPE) on contrast-enhanced neck computed tomography (CT) in NFKD, its prevalence …

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Development and validation of a prediction model for bronchopulmonary dysplasia using respiratory severity score

Takahiro Kanzawa, Fumie Kinoshita, Fumihiko Namba, Taihei Tanaka et autres

BACKGROUND: To develop and validate a prediction model for severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) that integrates the respiratory severity (RS) score with early postnatal risk factors. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included preterm infants born at less than 32 weeks gestation or with …

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Total Hydrocortisone Dosage in the Neonatal Period May Be Related to Low Developmental Quotient in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Akinobu Taniguchi, Kazuki Nishida, Toshihiko Suzuki, Erina Kataoka et autres

INTRODUCTION: The effects of hydrocortisone (HDC) administration to extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants on later development remain unclear. This study examined the association between HDC dosage during neonatal period and neurodevelopmental outcomes in ELBW infants. METHODS: This study was a retrospective …

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Relationship between Neonatal MRI Findings and Emotional/Behavioral Evaluation in Early Childhood for Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Akinobu Taniguchi, Masahiro Hayakawa, Erina Kataoka, Naozumi Fujishiro et autres

The aim of this study is to investigate whether it is possible to detect future behavioral and emotional problems in extremely low-birth-weight infants by evaluating the neonatal head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a scoring system. This study included 62 extremely low-birth-weight …

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Association between distributions of pulse oximetry during acute phase and neurodevelopmental outcome at 3 years of age among extremely preterm infants

Makoto Oshiro, Mamiya Norika, Naozumi Fujishiro, Ochiai Kanayo et autres