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Chihiro Katsukawa

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Koide K, Yamaguchi T, Katsukawa C, Otsuka N, Kenri T, Kamachi K
Microbiol Resour Announc . 2022 Sep; 11(10):e0071822. PMID: 36129277
We report the complete genome sequence of macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis BP616, which was first isolated in 2018 in Japan. The BP616 genome can serve as a valuable specific reference for...
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Sekizuka T, Katsukawa C, Kuroda M, Shibayama K, Otsuji K, Saito M, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2020 Sep; 26(10):2457-2459. PMID: 32946740
We conducted molecular typing of a Corynebacterium ulcerans isolate from a woman who died in Japan in 2016. Genomic DNA modification might have affected the isolate's ribotyping profile. Multilocus sequence...
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Kenri T, Suzuki M, Sekizuka T, Ohya H, Oda Y, Yamazaki T, et al.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol . 2020 Aug; 10:385. PMID: 32850484
Nationwide increases in pneumonia cases in Japan were reported in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2016. In this study, we isolated 554 strains in 4 areas in Japan (Kanagawa, Okayama, Osaka,...
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Yamaguchi T, Kawasaki Y, Katsukawa C, Kawahara R, Kawatsu K
Jpn J Infect Dis . 2020 May; 73(5):361-362. PMID: 32350216
We report the first detection of a macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis strain in Japan. The isolate was highly resistant to the macrolides (minimum inhibitory concentrations for erythromycin and clarithromycin: > 256...
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Yamaguchi T, Kawahara R, Katsukawa C, Kanki M, Harada T, Yonogi S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2019 Mar; 57(4). PMID: 30923076
No abstract available.
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Katsukawa C, Kenri T, Shibayama K, Takahashi K
PLoS One . 2019 Jan; 14(1):e0209938. PMID: 30682029
We characterized 419 Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolates collected between 2011 and 2017 in Osaka prefecture of Japan. This analysis revealed high prevalence of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae (MRMP) in Osaka during 2011...
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Yamaguchi T, Kawahara R, Katsukawa C, Kanki M, Harada T, Yonogi S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2018 Mar; 56(5). PMID: 29491014
In September 2016, 140 patients with primary symptoms of sore throat and fever were identified in a school dormitory in Osaka, Japan. Epidemiological and laboratory investigations determined that these symptomatic...
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Katsukawa C, Asai S, Mizutani K, Arai K, Kohdera U, Kushibiki C, et al.
Jpn J Infect Dis . 2016 Jul; 69(5):450-1. PMID: 27357995
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Katsukawa C, Umeda K, Inamori I, Kosono Y, Tanigawa T, Komiya T, et al.
BMC Res Notes . 2016 Mar; 9:181. PMID: 27000873
Background: Corynebacterium ulcerans is a pathogen causing diphtheria-like illness to humans. In contrast to diphtheria by Corynebacterium diphtheriae circulating mostly among humans, C. ulcerans infection is zoonotic. The present study...
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Katsukawa C, Komiya T, Umeda K, Goto M, Yanai T, Takahashi M, et al.
Microbiol Immunol . 2016 Feb; 60(3):177-86. PMID: 26853714
Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans is a zoonotic pathogen that produces diphtheria toxin and causes a diphtheria-like illness in humans. The organism is known to infect and circulate among dogs, which can...