Comparative evaluation of nasopharyngeal swab and saliva specimens for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Japanese patients with COVID-19

Daisuke Sakanashi, Nobuhiro Asai, Akiko Nakamura, +17

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Diagnostic VirologyMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesViral DiagnosticsCovid-19 PandemicPathology +7

Combination of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) could predict the severity and prognosis of candidemia more accurately than the Acute Physiology, Age, Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score

Nobuhiro Asai, Wataru Ohashi, Daisuke Sakanashi, +8

BMC Infectious Diseases

Internet survey on the actual situation of constipation in the Japanese population under 70 years old: focus on functional constipation and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

Yurika Kawamura, Sayuri Yamamoto, Yasushi Funaki, +11

Journal of Gastroenterology

Efficacy and validity of automated quantitative chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay for SARS-CoV-2 antigen test from saliva specimen in the diagnosis of COVID-19

Nobuhiro Asai, Daisuke Sakanashi, Wataru Ohashi, +15

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Viral DiagnosticsDiagnostic TestCovid-19 PandemicImmunologySerologic Testing +5

Independent predictors of discordance between the resting full-cycle ratio and fractional flow reserve

Reiji Goto, Hiroaki Takashima, Hirofumi Ohashi, +10

Heart and Vessels

Full-cycle RatioFractional Flow ReservePhysiologyBiostatisticsIndependent Predictors

Anti-M Antibody Induced Prolonged Anemia Following Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Due to Erythropoietic Suppression in 2 Siblings

Atsushi Ishida, Hitoshi Ohto, Hiroyasu Yasuda, +8

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Hemolytic DiseaseErythropoietic SuppressionImmunologyBlood CellPathology +16

Proton pump inhibitor use increases the risk of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients

Sayaka Maeda, Makoto Yamaguchi, Kunihiro Maeda, +8

PLoS ONE

Internet Survey of Japanese Patients With Chronic Constipation: Focus on Correlations Between Sleep Quality, Symptom Severity, and Quality of Life

Sayuri Yamamoto, Yurika Kawamura, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, +13

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

The SOFA score could predict the severity and prognosis of infective endocarditis

Nobuhiro Asai, Arufumi Shiota, Wataru Ohashi, +9

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Sofa ScoreClinical EpidemiologyDiagnosisInfective EndocarditisConstrictive Pericarditis +5

Could threshold cycle value correctly reflect the severity of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?

Nobuhiro Asai, Daisuke Sakanashi, Wataru Ohashi, +14

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Virus EpidemiologyDisease ProgressionDiagnostic TestCovid-19 PandemicVirology +6