F Higa
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Higa F, Koide M, Haroon A, Haranaga S, Yamashiro T, Tateyama M, et al.
J Hosp Infect
. 2012 Jan;
80(3):259-61.
PMID: 22266131
For prevention of nosocomial legionellosis, environmental investigation to identify possible infectious sources is essential. An environmental study in a ward of our hospital revealed that a steam towel warmer was...
2.
Guilherme L, Postol E, de Barros S, Higa F, Alencar R, Lastre M, et al.
Methods
. 2009 May;
49(4):316-21.
PMID: 19409999
Streptococcus pyogenes causes severe invasive infections: the post-streptococcal sequelae of acute rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), acute glomerulonephritis, and uncomplicated pharyngitis and pyoderma. Efforts to produce a...
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Guilherme L, Fae K, Higa F, Chaves L, Oshiro S, de Barros S, et al.
Clin Dev Immunol
. 2006 Dec;
13(2-4):125-32.
PMID: 17162355
Rheumatic fever (RF) is an autoimmune disease which affects more than 20 million children in developing countries. It is triggered by Streptococcus pyogenes throat infection in untreated susceptible individuals. Carditis,...
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Koide M, Higa F, Tateyama M, Nakasone I, Yamane N, Fujita J
Infection
. 2006 Oct;
34(5):264-8.
PMID: 17033750
Background: Recently, two excellent methods have been used for the diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease: urinary antigen detection and PCR. The purpose of the present study is to analyze and evaluate...
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Fujita J, Bandoh S, Kubo A, Ishii T, Kanaji N, Nakamura H, et al.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
. 2006 Feb;
10(2):222-6.
PMID: 16499265
Objective: To examine patterns of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of lungs of adults with disseminated tuberculosis (TB). Design: Disseminated TB was defined as radiological involvement of all lung lobes....
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Koide M, Higa F, Tateyama M, Sakugawa H, Saito A
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
. 2004 Feb;
23(3):221-3.
PMID: 14760539
No abstract available.
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Higa F, Saito A
Jpn J Antibiot
. 2003 Feb;
53 Suppl B:125-35.
PMID: 12572096
The safety of azithromycin has been assessed in the clinical trial in Japan. Among the patients treated with azithromycin, side effects were recorded in 82(4.35%) of 1,886 adults and in...
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Edelstein P, Higa F, Edelstein M
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
. 2001 Sep;
45(10):2685-90.
PMID: 11557455
The activity of ABT-773 was studied against extracellular and intracellular Legionella pneumophila and for the treatment of guinea pigs with L. pneumophila pneumonia. The ABT-773 MIC at which 50% of...
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Nakasone H, Sugama R, Sakugawa H, Matayoshi R, Miyagi T, Maeshiro T, et al.
J Gastroenterol
. 2001 Aug;
36(8):564-8.
PMID: 11519837
A 36-year-old man with severe alcoholic hepatitis was treated with plasma exchange combined with hemodiafiltration to remove endotoxins and inflammatory cytokines. During the treatment, he had critical arrhythmia (torsade de...
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Kanamori S, Shinzato T, Toyoda K, Tohyama M, Hirata T, Nakasone H, et al.
Kansenshogaku Zasshi
. 2001 Aug;
75(6):464-8.
PMID: 11494562
We described the clinical and bacteriological features of 12 cases of liver abscess caused by Streptococcus milleri group (SMG) during a 6-year period from 1993 to 1998. The gender was...