Publications

epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in children: aichi prefecture, japan, 1984-1993.	the details of 328 patients with bacterial meningitis, admitted from 1984 through 1993, were obtained from 46 departments of pediatrics of large hospitals through questionnaires. the incidence rate per 100,000 child-years was 2.32, being higher in children aged 0-4 years (rate, 7.22) than 5-15 years (rate, 0.49). the disease in the 274 (84%) etiologically diagnosed patients was due to haemophilus influenzae (95), streptococcus pneumoniae (56), group b streptococci (gbs) (41), escherichia coli (2 ...	1996	8736410
a retrospective study of health care-associated pneumonia patients at aichi medical university hospital.	health care-associated pneumonia (hcap) was defined in the american thoracic society/infectious disease society of america guidelines on hospital-acquired pneumonia in 2005. however, little is known about the occurrence of hcap in japan. a retrospective review of background characteristics, pathological conditions, causative organisms, initial treatments, and risk factors for hcap was conducted to determine the relationship of hcap to community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia. ...	2011	21597900
[antibacterial susceptibility surveillance of haemophilus influenzae isolated from pediatric patients in gifu and aichi prefectures (2009-2010)].	we investigated the susceptibility to antibacterial agents of 197 strains of haemophilus influenzae isolated from pediatric patients at medical facilities in gifu and aichi prefectures between 2009 and 2010. those strains were also examined for the mutations of ftsi coding for penicillin-binding protein 3, presence of bla tem-1, serotype and beta-lactamase producing ability. among the 197 strains, the most prevalent serotype was non-typeable (89.8%), followed by serotype b (8.1%), e (1.5%) and f ...	2012	23383433