Clinical characteristics in blood stream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae: a comparative study, Japan, 2014–2017

Kazuo Imai, Noriomi Ishibashi, Masahiro Kodana, +11

BMC Infectious Diseases

Antibody response patterns in COVID‐19 patients with different levels of disease severity in Japan

Kazuo Imai, Yutaro Kitagawa, Sakiko Tabata, +12

Journal of Medical Virology

Virus EpidemiologyViral DiagnosticsImmunologyAntibody ResponseCovid-19 Epidemiology +15

Molecular Characteristics of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Clinical Isolates from Escherichia coli at a Japanese Tertiary Hospital

Hisakazu Yano, Mina Uemura, Shiro Endo, +15

PLoS ONE

Escherichia ColiAntibiotic ResistanceBacterial PathogensEsbl-producing IsolatesDrug Resistance +17

Characteristics of Infectious Diseases in Hospitalized Patients During the Early Phase After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Tetsuji Aoyagi, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Hiroyuki Kunishima, +11

CHEST Journal

Healthcare-associated InfectionPatient SafetyDisease OutbreakEarly PhaseInfection Control +5

The effect of gut microbiota and probiotic organisms on the properties of extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing and carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae including growth, beta-lactamase activity and gene transmissibility

Hiroyuki Kunishima, Noriomi Ishibashi, Kaoruko Wada, +7

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

ProbioticDysbiosisAntimicrobial Resistance GeneHealth SciencesGene Transmissibility +13

First confirmed case of spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess caused by Parvimonas micra

Shiro Endo, Tadanobu Nemoto, Hisakazu Yano, +8

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Epidural AbscessEmergency MedicineParvimonas Micra

A survey conducted immediately after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: Evaluation of infectious risks associated with sanitary conditions in evacuation centers

Koichi Tokuda, Hiroyuki Kunishima, Yoshiaki Gu, +8

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Infectious RisksEmergency ManagementSanitary ConditionsEnvironmental HealthDisaster Response +5

Clinical evaluation of the antibody response in patients with COVID-19 using automated high-throughput immunoassays

Katsumi Kubota, Yutaro Kitagawa, Masaru Matsuoka, +9

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

High-throughput ImmunoassaysCovid-19 PandemicImmunologySerologic TestingAntibody Response +5

Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011

Hajime Kanamori, Noboru Aso, Satoko Tadano, +16

Emerging infectious diseases

Pulmonary TuberculosisGlobal HealthTuberculosis PreventionDisaster ManagementNatural Disasters +10

Antibody response patterns in COVID-19 patients with different levels of disease severity—Japan

Kazuo Imai, Yutaro Kitagawa, Sakiko Tabata, +12