Hirokazu Isobe

Novel Characteristics of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains Belonging to Multilocus Sequence Type 59 in Taiwan

Tomomi Takano, Wataru Higuchi, Taketo Otsuka et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2007 · 169 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +14

The emerging ST8 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in the community in Japan: associated infections, genetic diversity, and comparative genomics

Yasuhisa Iwao, Tomomi Takano, Wei‐Chun Hung et al. · Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy · 2012 · 85 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +16

Super-sticky familial infections caused by Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive ST22 community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan

Tatsuo Yamamoto, Tomomi Takano, Shizuka Yabe et al. · Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy · 2011 · 28 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +11

Molecular characteristics of the Taiwanese multiple drug-resistant ST59 clone of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pediatric cellulitis

Wataru Higuchi, Tomomi Takano, Yasuhisa Iwao et al. · Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy · 2010 · 28 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +13

Reduction of Overall<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>Colonization Levels in the Stomach of Mongolian Gerbil by<i>Lactobacillus johnsonii</i>La1 (LC1) and Its<i>in Vitro</i>Activities against<i>H. pylori</i>Motility and Adherence

Hirokazu Isobe, Akihito Nishiyama, Tomomi Takano et al. · Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry · 2012 · 26 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Bacteriology +13