Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Vol. 58 No. 5, P. 263-333, 2005
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
PFGE-Based Epidemiological Study of an Outbreak of Candida tropicalis Candiduria: The Importance of Medical Waste as a Reservoir of Nosocomial Infection
Sook-Jin Jang, Hu-Lin Han, Sung-Hyun Lee, So-Yeon Ryu, Bidur Prasad Chaulagain, Young-Lae Moon, Dong-Hui Kim, Ok-Yeon Jeong, Jong-Hee Shin, Dae-Soo Moon and Young-Jin Park
pages 263-267 [Summary] [PDF]
Microsatellite Polymorphism in the Heme Oxygenase-1 Gene Promoter Is Associated with Susceptibility to Cerebral Malaria in Myanmar
Masato Takeda, Mihoko Kikuchi, Ratawan Ubalee, Kesara Na-Bangchang, Ronnatrai Ruangweerayut, Shigeki Shibahara, So-ichi Imai and Kenji Hirayama
pages 268-271 [Summary] [PDF]
Increased Expression of the ska Gene in emm49-Genotyped Streptococcus pyogenes Strains Isolated from Patients with Severe Invasive Streptococcal Infections
Tadayoshi Ikebe, Miyoko Endoh and Haruo Watanabe
pages 272-275 [Summary] [PDF]
Is Aerobic Preputial Flora Age Dependent?
Canan Aldirmaz Agartan, Demet A. Kaya, C. Elif Ozturk and Aynur Gulcan
pages 276-278 [Summary] [PDF]
Prevalence of Tetanus Immunity in the Kocaeli Region, Turkey
Volkan Dundar, Zeki Yumuk, Devrim Ozturk-Dundar, Sarper Erdogan and Gulcin Gacar
pages 279-282 [Summary] [PDF]
Performance of Strand Displacement Amplification Assay in the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Carla Fontana, Marco Favaro, Oriana Cicchetti, Silvia Minelli, Enrico Salvatore Pistoia and Cartesio Favalli
pages 283-288 [Summary] [PDF]
Comparison of Genomic Structures in the Serovar 1/2a Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Meats and Listeriosis Patients in Japan
Fukiko Ueda, Kyoko Yugami, Mariko Mochizuki, Fumiya Yamada, Kunitoshi Ogasawara, Akikazu Fujima, Hiroshi Shoji and Ryo Hondo
pages 289-292 [Summary] [PDF]
Detection of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Virus-Specific IgM in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum Samples from JE Patients
Sumalee Chanama, Walailuk Sukprasert, Areerat Sa-ngasang, Atchareeya-A-nuegoonpipat, Somchai Sangkitporn, Ichiro Kurane and Surapee Anantapreecha
pages 294-296 [Summary] [PDF]
Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Infections: Incidence, Risk Factors and Associated Mortality in a Turkish University Hospital
Meliha Meric, Ayse Willke, Cigdem Caglayan and Kamil Toker
pages 297-302 [Summary] [PDF]
Pathogen Occurrence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Urinary Tract Infection Cases during a 20-Year Period (1983-2002) at a Single Institution in Japan
Katsumi Shigemura, Kazushi Tanaka, Hiroshi Okada, Yuzo Nakano, Shohiro Kinoshita, Akinobu Gotoh, Soichi Arakawa and Masato Fujisawa
pages 303-308 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Molecular Analysis of Isoniazid, Rifampin and Streptomycin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Patients with Tuberculosis in Duzce, Turkey
C. Elif Ozturk, Ahmet Sanic, Demet Kaya and Ismail Ceyhan
pages 309-312 [Summary] [PDF]
Genotoxic Effect of Ribavirin in Patinets with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Abdulgani Tatar, Zulal Ozkurt and Ilhami Kiki
pages 313-315 [Summary] [PDF]
Detection of Ehrlichial DNA in Small Rodents Captured in a Woodland Area of Hokkaido, the Northernmost Island of Japan, Where Lyme Disease Is Endemic
Yasukazu Muramatsu, Emiko Ikeda, Chiharu Morita and Yutaka Tamura
pages 316-319 [Summary] [PDF]
Analysis of the Molecular Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes Isoalted from Japanese Meats and Environment
Fukiko Ueda, Kunitoshi Ogasawara and Ryo Hondo
pages 320-322 [Summary] [PDF]
Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis with Splenic Abscess in a Pregnant Woman
Zulal Ozkurt, Bilgehan Erkut, Ayten Kadanali, Azman Ates and Ibrahim Yekeler
pages 323-325 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Comparison of the Incidence of Norovirus Infection in Homes for the Elderly
Mika Akizuki, Kazue Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kato, Tsuyoshi Ogata and Yoshikazu Nakamura
page 326 [Title page] [PDF]
A Coprological Survey of the Potential Definitive Hosts of Echinococcus multilocularis in Aomori Prefecture
Yasuyuki Morishima, Hiromu Sugiyama, Kyoko Arakawa, Joji Ohno, Atsushi Waguri, Koichi Abe and Masanori Kawanaka
pages 327-328 [Title page] [PDF]
An Outbreak of Mixed Infection of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11 and Norovirus Genogroup II at a Kindergarten in Shimane, Japan
Setsuko Iizuka, Yoshie Tsunomori, Kenji Tabara, Kazuo Tsuda and Tsuneo Fukuma
pages 329-330 [Title page] [PDF]
Epidemic of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Kawasaki City, Japan
Hideaki Shimizu, Keiko Okuyama and Yoshie Hirai
pages 330-331 [Title page] [PDF]
Cryptosporidium Outbreak in a Sports Center
Hajime Yokoi, Miyoshi Tsuruta, Toshimitsu, Tanaka, Mami Tsutake, Yoko Akiba, Tomoko Kimura, Yoko Tokita, Toru Akimoto, Yoshio Mitsui, Yoshihiro Ogasawara and Hiroshi Ikegami
pages 331-332 [Title page] [PDF]
Outbreak of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111 among High School Participants in Excursion to Korea
Kazue Kato, Ryoko Shimoura, Kinuyo Nashimura, Kayo Yoshifuzi, Ken Shiroshita, Noboru Sakurai, Hiroe Kodama and Sanae Kuramoto
pages 332-333 [Title page] [PDF]