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Geographic shift of Japanese spotted fever and diagnostic overshadowing by COVID-19 testing: A genetically confirmed northernmost case [PDF]

IDCases
Japanese spotted fever (JSF), caused by Rickettsia japonica, typically presents with fever, rash, and eschar. While endemic to western and southern Japan, recent cases have emerged in urban, non-endemic areas.
Hiroaki Hara, Jiro Kamiyama, Ryoichiro Kondo, Shintaro Furuya, Shigemasa Taguchi, Yasushi Shibue, Motohiko Ogawa, Yuki Hashimoto, Koji Kikuchi, Kazuya Kiyota   +9 more
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Combination of minocycline and ciprofloxacin enhances the inhibitory effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated THP-1 monocytic cells [PDF]

Infectious Medicine
Background: Tetracyclines, such as minocycline (MINO), are widely used in the treatment of infectious diseases. Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is usually treated with MINO.
Ippei Sakamaki, Yukie Tanaka, Hiromichi Iwasaki   +2 more
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Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment of Japanese Spotted Fever with an Atypical Triad of Clinical Symptoms: A Case Report [PDF]

Infection and Drug Resistance
Haoyi Wang,* Zhen Ni,* Yinghao Chang Department of Infectious Disease, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, 610083 People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yinghao Chang ...
Wang H, Ni Z, Chang Y
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Systemic lupus erythematosus mimicking Japanese spotted fever due to Rickettsia japonica detection in an eschar: a case report [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a subset of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) characterized by neurological and psychiatric manifestations.
Kento Izuta, Masashi Nishikubo, Ryohei Nomoto, Shuji Sumitomo, Yoshinori Matsuoka, Ryutaro Seo, Hiroaki Nishioka, Koichi Ariyoshi, Eiichiro Sando   +8 more
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Case report: Multiple organ failure caused by Japanese spotted fever [PDF]

Heliyon
A 71-year-old male had disseminated multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Following treatment with cefotaxime and piperacillin-tazobactam, his symptoms have worsened instead.
Pei Zhou, Yinhui Zhu, Qian Cai, Zhe Li, Yuyang Yu, Yingqun Zhu, Lan Guan   +6 more
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An overview of patients with intertrochanteric femoral fractures treated with proximal femoral nail fixation using important criteria [PDF]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background This study aimed to assess important criteria, including osteoporosis, fracture type, implant position within the bone, fracture reduction, and radiographic union, in patients with intertrochanteric femoral fractures treated with proximal ...
Ümit Aygün, Eyüp Şenocak, Mehmet Fatih Aksay, Ali Can Çiçek, Orkun Halaç, Serdar Toy   +5 more
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Japanese Spotted Fever and Irreversible Renal Dysfunction during Immunosuppressive Therapy after a Living-Donor Kidney Transplant

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Ten years ago, a 56-year-old woman with a history of IgA nephropathy who received a living-donor kidney transplant across ABO barriers was managed with immunosuppressive drugs. The kidney transplant donor was her father who had poor kidney function.
Makoto Kondo, Kohei Nishikawa, Shohei Iida, Takehisa Nakanishi, Koji Habe, Keiichi Yamanaka   +5 more
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Jackfruit seed flour-based waffle ice cream cone: Optimization of ingredient levels using response surface methodology

Heliyon, 2023
The jackfruit seed has excellent nutritional food value which can help to produce healthy and nutritious food products. In this study, wheat flour was partially replaced by jackfruit seed flour (JSF) for the formulation of waffle ice cream cones.
Radha Kushwaha, Ayushi Gupta, Vinti Singh, Seeratpreet Kaur, Vinita Puranik, Devinder Kaur   +5 more
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Japanese spotted fever with post-infectious encephalitis

IDCases, 2023
Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is a rickettsial disease caused by Rickettsia japonica. To the best of our knowledge, there have only been five reported cases of JSF involving the central nervous system.
Takafumi Wada, Hitoshi Mori, Kouji Kida, Katsuro Shindo   +3 more
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Clinical Differentiation of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome from Japanese Spotted Fever

Viruses, 2022
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) and Japanese spotted fever (JSF; a spotted fever group rickettsiosis) are tick-borne zoonoses that are becoming a significant public health threat in Japan and East Asia.
Nana Nakada, Kazuko Yamamoto, Moe Tanaka, Hiroki Ashizawa, Masataka Yoshida, Asuka Umemura, Yuichi Fukuda, Shungo Katoh, Makoto Sumiyoshi, Satoshi Mihara, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Yuya Ito, Nobuyuki Ashizawa, Kazuaki Takeda, Shotaro Ide, Naoki Iwanaga, Takahiro Takazono, Masato Tashiro, Takeshi Tanaka, Seiko Nakamichi, Konosuke Morimoto, Koya Ariyoshi, Kouichi Morita, Shintaro Kurihara, Katsunori Yanagihara, Akitsugu Furumoto, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Mukae   +27 more
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