Simple indictor of increased blood culture contamination rate by detection of coagulase-negative staphylococci

by Kei Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Norio Ohmagari
Published 2021-09-01

Evaluation of an automated rapid diagnostic test for detection of Clostridium difficile.

by Masayoshi Tojo, Maki Nagamatsu, Kayoko Hayakawa, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Teruo Kirikae, Norio Ohmagari
Published 2014-01-01

Comparison of the clinical and microbiological characteristics of Campylobacter and Helicobacter bacteremia: the importance of time to blood culture positivity using the BACTEC blo...

by Kei Yamamoto, Kayoko Hayakawa, Maki Nagashima, Kayo Shimada, Satoshi Kutsuna, Nozomi Takeshita, Yasuyuki Kato, Shuzo Kanagawa, Koji Yamada, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Teruo Kirikae, Norio Ohmagari
Published 2017-11-01

Impact of rapid identification of positive blood cultures using the Verigene system on antibiotic prescriptions: A prospective study of community-onset bacteremia in a tertiary hos...

by Kayoko Hayakawa, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Masao Kobayakawa, Kei Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Mutoh, Motoyuki Tsuboi, Takehiro Hasimoto, Maki Nagamatsu, Satoshi Kutsuna, Nozomi Takeshita, Yuichi Katanami, Masahiro Ishikane, Norio Ohmagari
Published 2017-01-01

Evaluation of an automated rapid diagnostic assay for detection of Gram-negative bacteria and their drug-resistance genes in positive blood cultures.

by Masayoshi Tojo, Takahiro Fujita, Yusuke Ainoda, Maki Nagamatsu, Kayoko Hayakawa, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Aki Sakurai, Yoshinori Masui, Hirohisa Yazaki, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, Kyoichi Totsuka, Teruo Kirikae, Norio Ohmagari
Published 2014-01-01

IMP-68, a Novel IMP-Type Metallo-β-Lactamase in Imipenem-Susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae

by Hiroaki Kubota, Yasunori Suzuki, Rumi Okuno, Yumi Uchitani, Tsukasa Ariyoshi, Nobuyuki Takemura, Fuminori Mihara, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Norio Ohmagari, Mari Matsui, Satowa Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Makoto Kuroda, Keiko Yokoyama, Kenji Sadamasu
Published 2019-10-01