Publication

Publication 2011
  1. Kohno S, Izumikawa K, Kakeya H, Miyazaki Y, Ogawa K, Amitani R, Niki Y, Kurashima A. Clinical efficacy and safety of micafungin in Japanese patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: a prospective observational study. Med Mycol. 49(7): 688-93, 2011
  2. Tashiro T, Izumikawa K, Tashiro M, Takazono T, Morinaga Y, Yamamoto K, Imamura Y, Miyazaki T, Seki M, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Yasuoka A, Kohno S. Diagnostic significance of Aspergillus species isolated from respiratory samples in an adult pneumology ward. Med Mycol. 49(6): 581-7, 2011
  3. Izumikawa K, Kohno Y, Izumikawa K, Hara K, Hayashi H, Maruyama H, Kohno S. Eosinophilic pneumonia due to visceral larva migrans possibly caused by Ascaris suum: a case report and review of recent literatures. Jpn J Infect Dis. 64(5): 428-432, 2011
  4. Izumikawa K, Motoi N, Takaya H, Miyamoto A, Eishi Y, Yoshimura K, Kishi K. A case of concurrent sarcoidosis, aortitis syndrome and Crohn's disease. Intern Med. 50(23): 2915-2917, 2011
  5. Miyazaki T, Izumikawa K, Yamauchi S, Inamine T, Nagayoshi Y, Saijo T, Seki M, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Miyazaki Y, Yasuoka A, Kohno S. The glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked aspartyl protease Yps1 is transcriptionally regulated by the calcineurin-Crz1 and Slt2 MAPK pathways in Candida glabrata. FEMS Yeast Res. 11(5): 449-56, 2011
  6. Miyazaki T, Izumikawa K, Nagayoshi Y, Saijo T, Yamauchi S, Morinaga Y, Seki M, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Miyazaki Y, Kohno S. Functional characterization of the regulators of calcineurin in Candida glabrata. FEMS Yeast Res. 11(8): 621-30, 2011
  7. Takazono T, Izumikawa K, Nagayoshi Y, Tanaka A, Mihara T, Kosai K, Saijo T, Imamura Y, Miyazaki T, Seki M, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Kamihira S, Kohno S. Evaluation of the Cica Fungi Test Candida, a novel serum Candida mannan antigen kit, and its comparison with Cand-Tec in candidemia patients. Jpn J Infect Dis. 64(2): 116-20, 2011
  8. Gyotoku H, Izumikawa K, Ikeda H, Takazono T, Morinaga Y, Nakamura S, Imamura Y, Nishino T, Miyazaki T, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Yasuoka A, Yaguchi T, Ohno H, Miyzaki Y, Kamei K, Kanda T, Kohno S. A case of bronchial aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus udagawae and its mycological features. Med Mycol. 2011 Dec 13.
  9. Tashiro M, Izumikawa K, Minematsu A, Hirano K, Iwanaga N, Ide S, Mihara T, Hosogaya N, Takazono T, Morinaga Y, Nakamura S, Kurihara S, Imamura Y, Miyazaki T, Nishino T, Tsukamoto M, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Yasuoka A, Tashiro T, Kohno S. Antifungal susceptibilities of Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates in Nagasaki, Japan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 56(1): 584-7, 2012
  10. Tashiro M, Kimura S, Tateda K, Saga T, Ohno A, Ishii Y, Izumikawa K, Tashiro T, Kohno S, Yamaguchi K. Pravastatin inhibits farnesol production in Candida albicans and improves survival in a mouse model of systemic candidiasis. Med Mycol. 2011 Sep 28
  11. Tagawa T, Yamasaki N, Tsuchiya T, Miyazaki T, Hara A, Amenomori M, Fujita H, Sakamoto N, Izumikawa K, Yamamoto Y, Kohno S, Hayashi T, Nagayasu T. Immediate single lobar retransplantation for primary graft dysfunction after living-donor lobar lung transplantation: Report of a case. Surg Today. 41(10): 1447-9, 2011
  12. Morinaga Y, Yanagihara K, Araki N, Harada Y, Yamada K, Akamatsu N, Matsuda J, Nishino T, Hasegawa H, Izumikawa K, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yasuoka A, Kohno S, Kamihira S. Clinical characteristics of seven patients with Aeromonas septicemia in a Japanese hospital. Tohoku J Exp Med. 225(2): 81-4, 2011
  13. Yamada K, Yanagihara K, Araki N, Harada Y, Morinaga Y, Izumikawa K, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Hasegawa H, Kohno S, Kamihira S. In vivo efficacy of KRP-109, a novel elastase inhibitor, in a murine model of severe pneumococcal pneumonia. Pulm Pharmacol Ther. Epub ahead, 2011
  14. Kobayashi T, Kakeya H, Miyazaki T, Izumikawa K, Yanagihara K, Ohno H, Yamamoto Y, Tashiro T, Kohno S. Synergistic antifungal effect of lactoferrin with azole antifungals against Candida albicans and a proposal for a new treatment method for invasive candidiasis. Jpn J Infect Dis. 64(4): 292-6, 2011
  15. Yamada K, Yanagihara K, Hara Y, Araki N, Harada Y, Morinaga Y, Matsuda J, Izumikawa K, Seki M, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Kohno S, Kamihira S. Clinical features of bacteremia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary hospital. Tohoku J Exp Med 224(1): 61-7, 2011
  16. Nakamura S, Yanagihara K, Araki N, Yamada K, Morinaga Y, Izumikawa K, Seki M, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Kamihira S, Kohno S. High-dose tobramycin inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced MUC5AC production in human lung epithelial cells. Eur J Pharmacol. Epub ahead, 2011
  17. Kosai K, Seki M, Tanaka A, Morinaga Y, Imamura Y, Izumikawa K, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Tomono K, Kohno S. Increase of apoptosis in a murine model for severe pneumococcal pneumonia during Influenza A virus infection. Jpn J Infect Dis. 64(6): 451-7, 2011
  18. Tanaka A, Seki M, Yamahira S, Noguchi H, Kosai K, Toba M, Morinaga Y, Miyazaki T, Izumikawa K, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Tashiro T, Kohda N, Kohno S. Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 suppresses pneumonia induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae in mice. Lett Appl Microbiol. 53(1): 35-43, 2011
  19. Seki M, Hashiguchi K, Tanaka A, Kosai K, Kakugawa T, Awaya Y, Kurihara S, Izumikawa K, Kakeya H, Yamamoto Y, Yanagihara K, Tashiro T, Kohno S. Characteristics and disease severity of healthcare-associated pneumonia among patients in a hospital in Kitakyushu, Japan._J Infect Chemother. 17(3): 363-9, 2011
  20. Nakamura S, Davis KM, Weiser JN. Synergistic stimulation of type I interferons during influenza virus coinfection promotes Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in mice. J Clin Invest. 121(9): 3657-65, 2011
  21. Davis KM, Nakamura S, Weiser JN. Nod2 sensing of lysozyme-digested peptidoglycan promotes macrophage recruitment and clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in mice. J Clin Invest. 121(9): 3666-76, 2011
  22. Nakamura S, Shchepetov M, Dalia AB, Clark SE, Murphy TF, Sethi S, Gilsdorf JR, Smith AL, Weiser JN. Molecular basis of increased serum resistance among pulmonary isolates of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. PLoS Pathog. 7(1): e1001247, 2011
  23. Xu J, Manosuthi W, Banerjee U, Zhu L, Chen J, Kohno S, Izumikawa K, Chen Y, Sungkanuparph S, Harrison TS, Fisher M. Cryptococcosis in Asia, (Heitman J, Koze TR, Kwon-Chung KJ, Perfect JR, Casadevall A. eds: Cryptococcus: from human pathogen to model yeast, ASM Press, Washington D.C., pp. 287-299, 2011

(Presentations)

  1. International Union of Microbiological Societies 2011 Congress Izumikawa K: Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis ~new treatment evidence and emergence of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in Japan~
  2. Joint Congress of The 5th Meeting of the Asian Organization for Mycoplasmology (AOM) and The 38th Meeting of the Japanese Society of Mycoplasmology(JSM) Izumikawa K: Clinical analysis of fulminant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia with hypoxia
  3. ‌The 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy Miyazaki T. Functional Characterization of Endogenous Regulators of Calcineurin in Candida glabrata.
  4. The 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy Tashiro M: Antifungal susceptibilities of Aspergillus fumigatus and sequence of cyp51A gene of azole-resistant isolates in Nagasaki, Japan