Satoshi Shimura

Evaluation of five Legionella urinary antigen detection kits including new Ribotest Legionella for simultaneous detection of ribosomal protein L7/L12

Akihiro Nakamura, Saori Fukuda, Mari Kusuki, Hideo Watari et autres

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Antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance of obligate anaerobic bacteria in the Kinki area

Satoshi Shimura, Hideo Watari, Masaru Komatsu, Tomokazu Kuchibiro et autres

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Evaluation of the modified carbapenem inactivation method for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Tomokazu Kuchibiro, Masaru Komatsu, Katsutoshi Yamasaki, Tatsuya Nakamura et autres

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[The annual changes in antimicrobial susceptibility test results of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the Kinki district].

Saori Fukuda, Masaru Komatsu, Tatuya Nakamura, Takumi Jikimoto et autres

A study was conducted of the 1,225 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains that were isolated at 20 medical institutions in the Kinki district between 2011 and 2013 to determine their antimicrobial susceptibility and to characterize the strains of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRP) and the …

Septic Shock Is Associated with Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Ligation of LPS

Yasuhiko Yamamoto, Ai Harashima, Hidehito Saito, Koichi Tsuneyama et autres

Septic shock is a severe systemic response to bacterial infection. Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) plays a role in immune reactions to recognize specific molecular patterns as pathogen recognition receptors. However, the interaction between LPS, the bioactive component of bacterial …

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Antibacterial activity of honey from stingless honeybees (Hymenoptera; Apidae; Meliponinae).

Emi Temaru, Satoshi Shimura, Kazuhiro Amano, Tadahiro Karasawa

The aim of the study was to examine antibacterial activity of the honey of stingless honeybees (Meliponinae). An agar well diffusion assay demonstrated that many honey samples of stingless honeybees inhibited the growth of test strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia …

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Detection of cfxA and cfxA2, the β-lactamase genes of Prevotella spp., in clinical samples from dentoalveolar infection by real-time PCR

Kaori Iwahara, Tomoari Kuriyama, Satoshi Shimura, David W. Williams et autres

Detection of cfxA and cfxA2, the β-lactamase genes of Prevotella spp.

Occurrence of the Fimbria Gene hifA in Clinical Isolates of Nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae

Masahiko Nakamura, Toshiyuki Asaka, Akiko Kirita, Hatsumi Miyazaki et autres

The adherence of Haemophilus influenzae to epithelial cells plays a crucial role in infections. However, little is known about the occurrence of fimbriae. In this study, we examined the distribution of the fimbria gene (hifA) by PCR among 167 H. influenzae strains …

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Detection of cfxA and cfxA2 , the β-Lactamase Genes of Prevotella spp., in Clinical Samples from Dentoalveolar Infection by Real-Time PCR

Kaori Iwahara, Tomoari Kuriyama, Satoshi Shimura, David W. Williams et autres

While most bacteria involved in dentoalveolar infection are highly susceptible to penicillin, some Prevotella strains exhibit resistance to this agent through the production of beta-lactamase. The production of beta-lactamase by Prevotella spp. is in turn associated with the expression of the genes …

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Clostridium tetani Is a Phospholipase (Lecithinase)-Producing Bacterium

Emi Temaru, Satoshi Shimura, Tadahiro Karasawa

Many Clostridium spp. produce phospholipases (lecithinases). The phospholipase of Clostridium perfringens is known as alpha-toxin (Cpa), which is the best characterized of all clostridial phospholipases. C. tetani, the causative organism of tetanus, has been recognized as a phospholipase-negative clostridium. In the course …

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Human Heme Oxygenase (HO)-1 Deficiency and the Oxidative Injury of Vascular Endothelial Cells

Akihiro Yachie, Tomoko Toma, Satoshi Shimura, L. Yue et autres

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Characterization of immune function and analysis of RAG gene mutations in Omenn syndrome and related disorders

Taizo Wada, Kenkichi Takei, Masatoshi Kudo, Satoshi Shimura et autres

Omenn syndrome was recently found to be caused by missense mutations in RAG1 or RAG2 gene that result in partial V(D)J recombination activity. Although the clinical hallmarks of the disease are well defined, there have been several cases with clinical findings similar …

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