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Anti-Mycobacterial Drug Resistance in Japan: How to Approach This Problem?

Antibiotics, 2021
Mycobacteriosis is mainly caused by two groups of species: Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM). The pathogens cause not only respiratory infections, but also general diseases.
Keisuke Kamada, Satoshi Mitarai
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Potential Cross-Transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus among Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Japan

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a highly antimicrobial-resistant pathogen that causes refractory pulmonary disease. Recently, the possibility of M. abscessus cross-transmission among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients has been reported.
Keiji Fujiwara, Mitsunori Yoshida, Yoshiro Murase, Akio Aono, Koji Furuuchi, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Ken Ohta, Manabu Ato, Satoshi Mitarai, Kozo Morimoto   +9 more
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Causative antigens of humidifier lung in vapor from a humidifier: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2023
A 68-year-old man exhibited fever and cough three weeks prior to hospital admission after three months of ultrasonic humidifier usage. Chest computed tomography showed bilateral ground-glass opacities, lymphocyte levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage ...
Masafumi Shimoda, Kozo Morimoto, Makiko Hosoya, Asami Osugi, Satoshi Mitarai, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Keiji Fujiwara, Kozo Yoshimori, Ken Ohta   +8 more
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Multiple mutations of Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera causing false-negative reaction to the transcription-reverse transcription concerted method for pathogen detection

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objectives: To report an isolate of Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera with multiple mutations in 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene, resulting in the false-negative reaction to the transcription-reverse transcription concerted (TRC) method for ...
Atsushi Togawa, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Akiko Takaki, Yuki Matsumoto, Michinobu Yoshimura, Shigeo Tsuchiya, Shota Nakamura, Satoshi Mitarai   +7 more
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Isolation of Mycobacterium talmoniae from a patient with diffuse panbronchiolitis: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Mycobacterium (M) talmoniae isolated from a patient with cystic fibrosis was first described in 2017, and cases of M. talmoniae remain exceedingly rare. Case presentation A 51-year-old woman had respiratory symptoms for 10 years.
Tomoko Suzuki, Miwako Saitou, Yuriko Igarashi, Satoshi Mitarai, Katsunao Niitsuma   +4 more
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Molecular Epidemiological Characteristics of Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Derived from Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Japan and Taiwan

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) is a group of emerging, highly antimicrobial-resistant non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Specific MABC clones are spreading globally in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF); however, associated genomic epidemiology is ...
Mitsunori Yoshida, Jung-Yien Chien, Kozo Morimoto, Takeshi Kinjo, Akio Aono, Yoshiro Murase, Keiji Fujiwara, Yuta Morishige, Hiroaki Nagano, Ruwen Jou, Naoki Hasegawa, Manabu Ato, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Po-Ren Hsueh, Satoshi Mitarai   +14 more
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Aortic endograft infection by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense with acquired clarithromycin resistance: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense (MMA) comprises a group of non-tuberculous, rapidly growing mycobacteria. Although MMA can cause pulmonary diseases, surgical site infections, and disseminated diseases, aortic endograft infection has
Yutaro Akiyama, Noriko Iwamoto, Keisuke Kamada, Atsushi Yoshida, Asami Osugi, Satoshi Mitarai, Tetsuya Suzuki, Kei Yamamoto, Maki Nagashima, Tetsuya Horai, Norio Ohmagari   +10 more
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Fundamental Cell Morphologies Examined With Cryo-TEM of the Species in the Novel Five Genera Robustly Correlate With New Classification in Family Mycobacteriaceae

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
A recent study proposed the novel classification of the family Mycobacteriaceae based on the genome analysis of core proteins in 150 Mycobacterium species.
Hiroyuki Yamada, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Akio Aono, Kazuyoshi Murata, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Yoko Kayama, Apoorva Bhatt, Nagatoshi Fujiwara, Shinji Maeda, Satoshi Mitarai, Satoshi Mitarai   +11 more
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Mycolicibacterium smegmatis, Basonym Mycobacterium smegmatis, Expresses Morphological Phenotypes Much More Similar to Escherichia coli Than Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quantitative Structome Analysis and CryoTEM Examination

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
A series of structome analyses, that is, quantitative and three-dimensional structural analysis of a whole cell at the electron microscopic level, have already been achieved individually in Exophiala dermatitidis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mycobacterium ...
Hiroyuki Yamada, Masashi Yamaguchi, Yuriko Igarashi, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Akio Aono, Yoshiro Murase, Yuta Morishige, Akiko Takaki, Hiroji Chibana, Satoshi Mitarai, Satoshi Mitarai   +10 more
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Polymorphism in the EREG gene confers susceptibility to tuberculosis

BMC Medical Genetics, 2019
Background Host genetic factors affect the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection as well as the progression of the disease. Epiregulin (EREG) belongs to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, which binds to the epidermal growth
Wen Cao, Liu-lin Luo, Wei-wei Chen, Li Liang, Ran-ran Zhang, Yan-lin Zhao, Jin Chen, Jun Yue   +7 more
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