Culture Conditions for Stimulating Cholera Toxin Production by <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> O1 El Tor

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Microbiology and Immunology

Multiplex PCR Assay for Identification of Human Diarrheagenic <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Claudia Toma, Yan Lü, Naomi Higa, +5

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Multiplex TechnologyEngineeringPathogen DetectionGastroenterologyPathology +14

Pathogenic <i>Vibrio</i> Activate NLRP3 Inflammasome via Cytotoxins and TLR/Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain-Mediated NF-κB Signaling

Claudia Toma, Naomi Higa, Yukiko Koizumi, +12

The Journal of Immunology

Microbial PathogensInnate Immune SystemImmunologyInnate ImmunityInflammation +16

Antibiotic Resistance Conferred by a Class I Integron and SXT Constin in <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> O1 Strains Isolated in Laos

Masaaki Iwanaga, Claudia Toma, Tomoko Miyazato, +3

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Vibrio Cholerae O1Aada1 Gene CassetteAntibiotic ResistanceBacterial PathogensDrug Resistance +14

Sensitive and rapid detection of<i>Shigella</i>and enteroinvasive<i>Escherichia coli</i>by a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method

Tianyan Song, Claudia Toma, Noboru Nakasone, +1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Lamp MethodPathogen DetectionLoop-mediated Isothermal AmplificationMedicineBacteriology +9

Vibrio parahaemolyticus Effector Proteins Suppress Inflammasome Activation by Interfering with Host Autophagy Signaling

Naomi Higa, Claudia Toma, Yukiko Koizumi, +6

PLoS Pathogens

Sophisticated Secretion SystemsMicrobial PathogensImmunologyInflammationHost Response +17

Etiological Study of Diarrheal Patients in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Tetsu Yamashiro, Noboru Nakasone, Naomi Higa, +10

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Pathogen DetectionGastroenterologyDiarrheal PatientsFood Processing FacilitiesTraveler Diarrhea +18

Aerolysin is activated by metalloprotease in Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria

Tianyan Song, Claudia Toma, Noboru Nakasone, +1

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Medical MicrobiologyBiochemistryMicrobial PathogensMedicineVirulence Factor +11

Comparative chracterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from throats and noses of healthy volunteers.

Emiko Uemura, Shige Kakinohana, Naomi Higa, +2

PubMed

Klebsiella PneumoniaeNasal CloneBacterial PathogensDrug ResistanceHealthcare-associated Infection +14

Pili of an <i>Aeromonas hydrophila</i> Strain as a Possible Colonization Factor

Akira Hokama, Yasuko Honma, Noboru Nakasone

Microbiology and Immunology