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Osaka Hilary, Tagashira Yasuaki, Takeuchi Hiroaki, Tanaka Yukie, Tanimoto Kousuke, Gu Yoshiaki: Nosocomial Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a Hospital Ward during the Omicron Variant-Dominant Wave with a Review of the Relevant Literature(タイトル和訳中) Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024.09; 77 (5): 253-259. ( ichushi )
Yoshiaki Iwashita, Shizue Takeuchi, Yoshiro Hadano, Taira Kawamura, Yuichiro Tanaka, Rie Sato, Nobuhiro Kodani, Noriaki Yamada, Ryoichi Saito: A case of community-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection causing intussusception, severe pneumonia, and severe hypokalemia. BMC Infect Dis. 2024.07; 24 (1): 744. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kayo Yamada, Alafate Ayibieke, Akari Ikeda, Kageto Yamada, Shinji Ogihara, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito: Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream isolates from two hospitals in Tokyo. Laboratory Medicine International. 2024.06; 3 (2): 33-41. ( DOI )
Osaka H, Tagashira Y, Takeuchi H, Tanaka Y, Tanimoto K, Gu Y: Nosocomial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital ward during the Omicron variant-dominant wave with a review of the relevant literature. Japanese journal of infectious diseases. 2024.05; 77 (5): 253-259. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Kanno, Shuzo Masui, Yusuke Ota, Ryoichi Saito, Takasi Nisisako: Electrochemical sensing strategies for on-site testing ofpathogenic nucleic acids Electrochemical Science Advances. 2024.04; 1-10. ( DOI )
Yusuke Kanno, Shuzo Masui, Yusuke Ota, Ryoichi Saito, Takasi Nisisako: Electrochemical sensing strategies for on-site testing of pathogenic nucleic acids. Electrochemical Science Advance. 2024.04; 1-10. ( DOI )
Ota Y, Yasunaga K, Mahazu S, Prah I, Nagai S, Hayashi T, Suzuki M, Yoshida M, Hoshino Y, Akeda Y, Suzuki T, Gu Y, Saito R: Comparative evaluation of analytical pipelines for illumina short- and nanopore long-read 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing with mock microbial communities. Journal of microbiological methods. 2024.04; 221 106929. ( PubMed , DOI )
Mahazu S, Prah I, Ota Y, Hayashi T, Suzuki M, Yoshida M, Hoshino Y, Akeda Y, Suzuki T, Ishino T, Ablordey AS, Saito R: Colistin Resistance Mediated by Mcr-3-Related Phosphoethanolamine Transferase Genes in Aeromonas Species Isolated from Aquatic Environments in Avaga and Pakro Communities in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Infection and drug resistance. 2024; 17 3011-3023. ( PubMed , DOI )
Taira Kawamura, Isaac Prah, Samiratu Mahazu, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito: Types A and F Clostridium perfringens in healthcare wastewater from Ghana. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2023.12; e0161923. ( PubMed , DOI )
Akira Nishimura, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Takuya Naruto, Chika Yamagishi, Toshihiko Imamura, Hiroto Nakazono, Shunsuke Kimura, Mieko Ito, Maiko Sagisaka, Yukie Tanaka, Jinhua Piao, Yui Namikawa, Masakatsu Yanagimachi, Takeshi Isoda, Akinori Kanai, Hirotaka Matsui, Tomoya Isobe, Aiko Sato-Otsubo, Naoko Higuchi, Akiko Takada, Haruna Okuno, Shoji Saito, Shuhei Karakawa, Shogo Kobayashi, Daisuke Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Fujisaki, Daiichiro Hasegawa, Kazutoshi Koike, Takashi Koike, Shinya Rai, Katsutsugu Umeda, Hideki Sano, Yujin Sekinaka, Atsushi Ogawa, Akitoshi Kinoshita, Norio Shiba, Mizuka Miki, Fumihiko Kimura, Hideki Nakayama, Yozo Nakazawa, Takashi Taga, Tomohiko Taki, Souichi Adachi, Atsushi Manabe, Katsuyoshi Koh, Yasushi Ishida, Junko Takita, Fumihiko Ishikawa, Hiroaki Goto, Tomohiro Morio, Shuki Mizutani, Arinobu Tojo, Masatoshi Takagi: Myeloid/natural killer (NK) cell precursor acute leukemia as a distinct leukemia type. Sci Adv. 2023.12; 9 (50): eadj4407. ( PubMed , DOI )
Azusa Yamazaki, Yoko Nukui, Takahiro Kameda, Ryoichi Saito, Yuki Koda, Naoya Ichimura, Shuji Tohda, Ryunosuke Ohkawa: Variation in presepsin and thrombomodulin levels for predicting COVID-19 mortality. Sci Rep. 2023.12; 13 (1): 21493. ( PubMed , DOI )
Hideyuki Takahashi, Masatomo Morita, Hajime Kamiya, Munehisa Fukusumi, Mitsuru Yasuda, Masatomi Sunagawa, Haruna Nakamura-Miwa, Yuki Ohama, Ken Shimuta, Makoto Ohnishi, Ryoichi Saito, Yukihiro Akeda: Emergence of ciprofloxacin- and penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis isolates in Japan between 2003 and 2020 and its genetic features. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023.11; 67 (11): e0074423. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Kazuki Furuhashi, Nachi Hirai, Yuki Nagao, Jinko Ishikawa, Osanori Nagura, Keita Yamashita, Masato Maekawa: Utility of the MBT STAR-Cepha kit in detecting extended-spectrum β-lactamase producers in clinical urine samples and positive blood cultures using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2023.06; 211 106756. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Reina Okada, Hideyuki Takahashi, Ryoichi Saito: A mismatch amplification mutation assay for specific detection of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis. J Infect Chemother. 2023.05; 29 (5): 562-564. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takatsuki Y., Takahashi Y., Nakajima J., Iwasaki Y., Nagano K., Tani-Sassa C., Yuasa S., Kanehira S., Sonobe K., Nukui Y., Takeuchi H., Tanimoto K., Tanaka Y., Kimura A., Ichimura N., and Tohda S.: Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 is lower than that of BA.2 despite higher infectivity of BA.5. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease. 2023.02; 11 (2): e783. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ota Y, Prah I, Mahazu S, Gu Y, Nukui Y, Koike R, Saito R: Novel insights into genetic characteristics of bla(GES)-encoding plasmids from hospital sewage. Frontiers in microbiology. 2023; 14 1209195. ( PubMed , DOI )
Samiratu Mahazu, Isaac Prah, Yusuke Ota, Takaya Hayashi, Yoko Nukui, Masato Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Yukihiro Akeda, Toshihiko Suzuki, Tomoko Ishino, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito: Klebsiella species and Enterobacter cloacae isolates harboring blaOXA-181 and blaOXA-48: resistome, fitness cost, and plasmid stability. Microbiol Spectr. 2022.12; e0332022. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Chihiro Tani Sassa, Masayo Kashiwagi, Chikako Okawara, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito: Complete Genome Sequence of an Enterobacter roggenkampii Strain with Reduced Carbapenem Susceptibility Isolated from a Home-Visit Nursing Agency. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022.08; e0035322. ( PubMed , DOI )
Tanaka Y, Sato T, Yagishita N, Yamauchi J, Araya N, Aratani S, Takahashi K, Kunitomo Y, Nagasaka M, Kanda Y, Uchimaru K, Morio T, Yamano Y.: Potential role of HTLV-1 Tax-specific cytotoxic t lymphocytes expressing a unique t-cell receptor to promote inflammation of the central nervous system in myelopathy associated with HTLV-1. Front Immunol. 2022.08; 13 993025. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Reina Okada, Hideyuki Takahashi, Ryoichi Saito: Molecular detection of fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria meningitidis by using mismatched PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022.08; 12 911911. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yuasa S, Nakajima J, Takatsuki Y, Takahashi Y, Tani-Sassa C, Iwasaki Y, Nagano K, Sonobe K, Yoshimoto T, Nukui Y, Takeuchi H, Tanimoto K, Tanaka Y, Kimura A, Ichimura N, Tohda S.: Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is not high despite its high infectivity Journal of Medical Virology. 2022.07; 94 (11): 5543-5546. ( PubMed , DOI )
Isaac Prah, Yoko Nukui, Shoji Yamaoka, Ryoichi Saito: Emergence of a high-risk Klebsiella michiganensis clone disseminating carbapenemase genes. Front Microbiol. 2022.05; 13 880248. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ryoichi Saito, Jun Nakajima, Isaac Prah, Masatomo Morita, Samiratu Mahazu, Yusuke Ota, Ayuka Kobayashi, Shuji Tohda, Hajime Kamiya, Hideyuki Takahashi, Makoto Ohnishi: Penicillin- and Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Invasive Neisseria meningitidis Isolates from Japan. Microbiol Spectr. 2022.04; e0062722. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Isaac Prah, Yoko Nukui, Ryuji Koike, Ryoichi Saito: blaKPC-2-Encoding IncP-6 Plasmids in Citrobacter freundii and Klebsiella variicola Strains from Hospital Sewage in Japan. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2022.04; e0001922. ( PubMed , DOI )
Tani-Sassa C, Iwasaki Y, Ichimura N, Nagano K, Takatsuki Y, Yuasa S, Takahashi Y, Nakajima J, Sonobe K, Nukui Y, Takeuchi H, Tanimoto K, Tanaka Y, Kimura A, Tohda S.: Viral loads and profile of the patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 Delta, Alpha, or R.1 variants in Tokyo Journal of Medical Virology. 2022.04; 94 (4): 1707-1710. ( PubMed , DOI )
Samiratu Mahazu, Wakana Sato, Alafate Ayibieke, Isaac Prah, Takaya Hayashi, Toshihiko Suzuki, Shiroh Iwanaga, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito: Insights and genetic features of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli isolates from two hospitals in Ghana. Sci Rep. 2022.02; 12 (1): 1843. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Natsune Hongou, Yoko Nukui, Ryuji Koike, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito: Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction-based open reading frame typing method for the clonality investigation of Clostridioides difficile isolates. Anaerobe. 2021.12; 72 102462. ( PubMed , DOI )
Samiratu Mahazu, Isaac Prah, Alafate Ayibieke, Wakana Sato, Takaya Hayashi, Toshihiko Suzuki, Shiroh Iwanaga, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito: Possible Dissemination of Escherichia coli Sequence Type 410 Closely Related to B4/H24RxC in Ghana. Front Microbiol. 2021.12; 12 770130. ( PubMed , DOI )
Isaac Prah, Alafate Ayibieke, Samiratu Mahazu, Chihiro Tani Sassa, Takaya Hayashi, Shoji Yamaoka, Toshihiko Suzuki, Shiroh Iwanaga, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito: Emergence of oxacillinase-181 carbapenemase-producing diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Ghana. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021.12; 10 (1): 865-873. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nagano K, Tani-Sassa C, Iwasaki Y, Takatsuki Y, Yuasa S, Takahashi Y, Nakajima J, Sonobe K, Ichimura N, Nukui Y, Takeuchi H, Tanimoto K, Tanaka Y, Kimura A, Tohda S: SARS-CoV-2 R.1 lineage variants prevailed in Tokyo in March 2021. Journal of medical virology. 2021.07; 93 (12): 6833-6836. ( PubMed , DOI )
Hideyuki Takahashi, Masaki Nakamura, Yuko Matsumoto, Shuji Yoshino, Tetsuya Kakita, Ken Shimuta, Hajime Kamiya, Ryoichi Saito, Makoto Ohnishi: Development of a simple and cost-effective gel-based duplex PCR method to identify both encapsulated and unencapsulated Neisseria meningitidis applicable under resource-limited conditions. J Infect Chemother. 2021.05; 27 (5): 773-777. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Kazuki Furuhashi, Nachi Hirai, Jinko Ishikawa, Osanori Nagura, Katsumasa Yamanaka, Masato Maekawa: Evaluation of MBT STAR-Cepha and MBT STAR-Carba kits for the detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and carbapenemase producing microorganisms using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2021.04; 183 (106166 ): ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Kazuki Furuhashi, Wataru Hayashi, Nachi Hirai, Jinko Ishikawa, Osanori Nagura, Katsumasa Yamanaka, Kazuto Katahashi, Kotaro Aoki, Noriyuki Nagano, Masato Maekawa: Daptomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis has a mutation in liaX, which encodes a surface protein that inhibits the LiaFSR systems and cell membrane remodeling Journal of infection and chemotherapy. 2021.01; 27 90-93. ( PubMed , DOI )
Oba S, Hosoya T, Amamiya M, Mitsumura T, Kawata D, Sasaki H, Kamiya M, Yamamoto A, Ando T, Shimada S, Shirai T, Okamoto T, Tateishi T, Endo A, Aiboshi J, Nosaka N, Yamanouchi H, Ugawa T, Nagaoka E, Oi K, Tao S, Maejima Y, Tanaka Y, Tanimoto K, Takeuchi H, Tohda S, Hirakawa A, Sasano T, Arai H, Otomo Y, Miyazaki Y, Yasuda S: Arterial and Venous Thrombosis Complicated in COVID-19: A Retrospective Single Center Analysis in Japan. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine. 2021; 8 767074. ( PubMed , DOI )
Alafate Ayibieke, Ayumi Kobayashi, Masato Suzuki, Wakana Sato, Samiratu Mahazu, Isaac Prah, Miyuki Mizoguchi, Kyoji Moriya, Takaya Hayashi, Toshihiko Suzuki, Shiroh Iwanaga, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito: Prevalence and characterization of carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter isolates from Ghana. Front Microbiol. 2020.11; 11 587398. ( PubMed , DOI )
Prah I, Ayibieke A, Huong NTT, Iguchi A, Mahazu S, Sato W, Hayashi T, Yamaoka S, Suzuki T, Iwanaga S, Ablordey A, Saito R: Virulence profile of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli from the Western region of Ghana. Japanese journal of infectious diseases. 2020.08; ( PubMed , DOI )
Koh Okamoto, Alafate Ayibieke, Ryoichi Saito, Kenichi Ogura, Yuki Magara, Reiko Ueda, Hina Ogawa, Shuji Hatakeyama: A nosocomial cluster of Roseomonas mucosa bacteremia possibly linked to contaminated hospital environment. J. Infect. Chemother.. 2020.08; 26 (8): 802-806. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takehisa Matsumoto, Masayuki Hashimoto, Ching-Hao Teng, Po-Chuen Hsu, Yusuke Ota, Masaru Takamizawa, Ryosuke Kato, Tatsuya Negishi: Molecular characterization of a carbon dioxide-dependent Escherichia coli small-colony variant isolated from blood cultures International journal of medical microbiology. 2020.07; 310 (5): 151431. ( PubMed , DOI )
Miyuki Mizoguchi, Yoshimi Matsumoto, Ryoichi Saito, Tomoaki Sato, Kyoji Moriya: Direct antibiotic susceptibility testing of blood cultures of gram-negative bacilli using the Drug Susceptibility Testing Microfluidic (DSTM) device. J. Infect. Chemother.. 2020.06; 26 (6): 554-562. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yuta Okada, Shu Okugawa, Mahoko Ikeda, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Ryoichi Saito, Yoshimi Higurashi, Kyoji Moriya: Genetic diversity and epidemiology of accessory gene regulator loci in Clostridioides difficile. Access Microbiol. 2020.05; 2 (7): acmi000134. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kawamura K, Tanaka Y, Nakasone H, Ishihara Y, Kako S, Kobayashi S, Tanaka Y, Ohmori T, Uchimaru K, Okamoto S, Mineno J, Shiku H, Nishimura S, Kanda Y: Development of a unique T-cell receptor gene-transferred Tax-redirected T-cell immunotherapy for adult T-cell leukemia. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2020.04; 26 (8): 1377-1385. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yukino Usui, Alafate Ayibieke, Yuko Kamiichi, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito: Impact of deoxycholate on Clostridioides difficile growth, toxin production, and sporulation. Heliyon. 2020.04; 6 (4): e03717. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yukino Usui, Yoko Nukui, Ryuji Koike, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito: Draft Genome Sequence of a Clostridioides difficile Sequence Type 97 Strain Belonging to Hypervirulent Clade 2. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020.04; 9 (14): e00245-20. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yusuke Ota, Kazuki Furuhashi, Yuki Nagao, Takamasa Nanba, Katsumasa Yamanaka, Jinko Ishikawa, Osanori Natura, Moriya Iwaizumi, Etsuko Hamada, Masato Maekawa: Detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae using a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry based MBT STAR-BL software module with β-lactamase inhibition assay depends on the bacterial strain J Microbiological Methods. 2019.12; 167 105734. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yuta Okada, Yuka Yagihara, Yoshitaka Wakabayashi, Gene Igawa, Ryoichi Saito, Yoshimi Higurashi, Mahoko Ikeda, Keita Tatsuno, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya: Epidemiology and virulence-associated genes of Clostridioides difficile isolates and factors associated with toxin EIA results at a university hospital in Japan. Access Microbiol. 2019.12; 2 (2): acmi000086. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nukui Y, Chino T, Tani C, Sonobe K, Aiso Y, Tohda S, Koike R, Saito R: Molecular epidemiologic and clinical analysis of Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia in Japan. Helicobacter. 2019.11; e12675. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ryoichi Saito, Yukino Usui, Alafate Ayibieke, Jun Nakajima, Isaac Prah, Kazunari Sonobe, Yoshibumi Aiso, Shiori Ito, Yasuhiro Itsui, Yoshiro Hadano, Yoko Nukui, Ryuji Koike, Shuji Tohda: Hypervirulent clade 2, ribotype 019/sequence type 67 Clostridioides difficile strain from Japan. Gut Pathog. 2019.11; 11 54. ( PubMed , DOI )
Francesco Comandatore, Davide Sassera, Sion C Bayliss, Erika Scaltriti, Stefano Gaiarsa, Xiaoli Cao, Ana C Gales, Ryoichi Saito, Stefano Pongolini, Sylvain Brisse, Edward J Feil, Claudio Bandi: Gene Composition as a Potential Barrier to Large Recombinations in the Bacterial Pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae. Genome Biol Evol. 2019.11; 11 (11): 3240-3251. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yoko Nukui, Alafate Ayibieke, Makoto Taniguchi, Yoshibumi Aiso, Yuka Shibuya, Kazunari Sonobe, Jun Nakajima, Saki Kanehira, Yoshiro Hadano, Shuji Tohda, Ryuji Koike, Ryoichi Saito: Whole-genome analysis of EC129, an NDM-5-, CTX-M-14-, OXA-10- and MCR-1-co-producing Escherichia coli ST167 strain isolated from Japan. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2019.09; 18 148-150. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yohei Washio, Shun-Ichiro Sakamoto, Ryoichi Saito, Takahito Nei, Masayo Morishima, Akihiro Shinoyama, Ayaka Tashiro, Ryoji Sugimoto: Infective endocarditis caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum. Access Microbiol. 2019.07; 1 (8): e000040. ( PubMed , DOI )
太田悠介, 古橋一樹, 長尾侑紀, 山中勝正, 濵田悦子, 前川真人: 全自動尿中有形成分分析装置UF-5000による Escherichia coli を対象とした迅速な薬剤感受性検査法の構築. 臨床病理. 2019.06; 67 (6): 569-576.
Yusuke Ota, Kazuki Furuhashi, Takamasa Nanba, Katsumasa Yamanaka, Jinko Ishikawa, Osanori Nagura, Etsuko Hamada, Masato Maekawa: A rapid and simple detection method for phenotypic antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2019.02; 68 (2): 169-177. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kageto Yamada, Ryoichi Saito, Saori Muto, Masakazu Sasaki, Hinako Murakami, Kotaro Aoki, Yoshikazu Ishii, Kazuhiro Tateda: Long-term observation of antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characterisation of Campylobacter jejuni isolated in a Japanese general hospital 2000-2017. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2019.02; 18 59-63. ( PubMed , DOI )
Alafate Ayibieke, Wakana Sato, Samiratu Mahazu, Isaac Prah, John Addow-Thompson, Mitsuko Ohashi, Toshihiko Suzuki, Shiroh Iwanaga, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito: Molecular characterisation of the NDM-1-encoding plasmid p2189-NDM in an Escherichia coli ST410 clinical isolate from Ghana. PLoS ONE. 2018.12; 13 (12): e0209623. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ayako Kasai, Ayaka Ohta, Yuina Maeda, Kageto Yamada, Kazuyuki Tao, Ryoichi Saito: Novel mechanism responsible for high-level macrolide resistance in Moraxella catarrhalis. Infect Drug Resist. 2018.11; 11 2137-2140. ( PubMed , DOI )
Saud Alanazi, Maryam Alnoman, Saeed Banawas, Ryoichi Saito, Mahfuzur R Sarker: The inhibitory effects of essential oil constituents against germination, outgrowth and vegetative growth of spores of Clostridium perfringens type A in laboratory medium and chicken meat. Food Microbiol.. 2018.08; 73 311-318. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nishiyama-Fujita Y, Kawana-Tachikawa AI, Ono T, Tanaka Y, Kato T, Heslop HE, Morio T, Takahashi S: Generation of multivirus-specific T cells by a single stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with a peptide mixture using serum-free medium. Tanaka Y. 2018.08; 20 (9): 1182-1190. ( PubMed , DOI )
Mahoko Ikeda, Miyuki Mizoguchi, Yukie Oshida, Keita Tatsuno, Ryoichi Saito, Mitsuhiro Okazaki, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya: Clinical and microbiological characteristics and occurrence of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in Japan. Int J Gen Med. 2018.07; 11 293-299. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ryoichi Saito, Prabhat K Talukdar, Saud S Alanazi, Mahfuzur R Sarker: RelA/DTD-mediated regulation of spore formation and toxin production by Clostridium perfringens type A strain SM101. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.). 2018.05; 164 (5): 835-847. ( PubMed , DOI )
Shinji Ogihara, Ryoichi Saito, Etsuko Sawabe, Takahiro Kozakai, Mari Shima, Yoshibumi Aiso, Toshihide Fujie, Yoko Nukui, Ryuji Koike, Michio Hagihara, Shuji Tohda: Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Comparison of PCR-based open reading frame typing, multilocus sequence typing, and Staphylococcus protein A gene typing. J. Infect. Chemother.. 2018.04; 24 (4): 312-314. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yuko Ishihara, Yukie Tanaka, Seiichiro Kobayashi, Koji Kawamura, Hideki Nakasone, Ayumi Gomyo, Jin Hayakawa, Masaharu Tamaki, Yu Akahoshi, Naonori Harada, Machiko Kusuda, Kazuaki Kameda, Tomotaka Ugai, Hidenori Wada, Kana Sakamoto, Miki Sato, Kiriko Terasako-Saito, Misato Kikuchi, Shun-Ichi Kimura, Aki Tanihara, Shinichi Kako, Kaoru Uchimaru, Yoshinobu Kanda: A unique T cell receptor amino acid sequence selected by HTLV-I Tax301-309-specific cytotoxic T-cells in HLA-A24:02(+) asymptomatic carriers and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma patients. J. Virol.. 2017.07; 91 (19): ( PubMed , DOI )
Kageto Yamada, Ryoichi Saito, Saori Muto, Machiko Kashiwa, Yoshiko Tamamori, Shingo Fujisaki: Molecular Characterization of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Moraxella catarrhalis Variants Generated In Vitro by Stepwise Selection. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.. 2017.07; 61 (10): e01336-17. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kageto Yamada, Katsumi Arai, Ryoichi Saito: Antimicrobial susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics and production of BRO β-lactamase in clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis from a Japanese hospital. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2017.06; 50 (3): 386-389. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kageto Yamada, Machiko Kashiwa, Katsumi Arai, Noriyuki Nagano, Ryoichi Saito: Evaluation of the modified carbapenem inactivation method and sodium mercaptoacetate-combination method for the detection of metallo-β-lactamase production by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. J. Microbiol. Methods. 2017.01; 132 112-115. ( PubMed , DOI )
Gene Igawa, Mika Casey, Etsuko Sawabe, Yoko Nukui, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Ryuji Koike, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito: Comparison of agar dilution and broth microdilution methods for Clostridium difficile antimicrobial susceptibility testing. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2016.12; 43-45. ( PubMed , DOI )
Shinji Ogihara, Ryoichi Saito, Etsuko Sawabe, Michio Hagihara, Shuji Tohda: First Japanese case of infectious endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis small-colony variants. J. Infect. Chemother. 2016.10; 22 (10): 716-719. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kageto Yamada, Machiko Kashiwa, Katsumi Arai, Noriyuki Nagano, Ryoichi Saito: Comparison of the Modified-Hodge test, Carba NP test, and carbapenem inactivation method as screening methods for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. J. Microbiol. Methods. 2016.09; 128 48-51. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kazuhito Yuhashi, Yuka Yagihara, Yoshiki Misawa, Tomoaki Sato, Ryoichi Saito, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya: Diagnosing Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea using enzyme immunoassay: the clinical significance of toxin negativity in glutamate dehydrogenase-positive patients. Infect Drug Resist. 2016.05; 9 93-99. ( PubMed , DOI )
Hiroe Ohno, Jun-Ichi Wachino, Ryoichi Saito, Wanchun Jin, Keiko Yamada, Kouji Kimura, Yoshichika Arakawa: A highly macrolide-resistant Campylobacter jejuni strain with rare A2074T mutations in 23S rRNA genes. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2016.03; 60 (4): 2580-2581. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yoko Ida, Hiroaki Ohnishi, Kouji Araki, Ryoichi Saito, Shin Kawai, Takashi Watanabe: Efficient management and maintenance of ultrasonic nebulizers to prevent microbial contamination. World J Methodol. 2016.03; 6 (1): 126-132. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yumi Sakakibara, Yoshio Ohtani, Torahiko Jinta, Toshihide Fujie, Yasunari Miyazaki, Naohiko Inase, Ryoichi Saito, Miho Akaza, Tetsuo Sasano, Yuki Sumi: Concentrations of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies Against Pertussis Toxin Does Not Decrease Over a Long Period of Time in Japan. Intern. Med. 2016; 55 3257-3263. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takahito Nei, Akiko Sato, Kazunari Sonobe, Yoshihiko Miura, Kenji Takahashi, Ryoichi Saito: Streptobacillus moniliformis bacteremia in a rheumatoid arthritis patient without a rat bite: a case report. BMC Res Notes. 2015.11; 8 (1): 694. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takahito Nei, Kazunari Sonobe, Asaka Onodera, Toshikazu Itabashi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Miho Maeda, Ryoichi Saito: Two cases with bacteremia suspected to be due to relatively rare Pseudomonas (Flavimonas) oryzihabitans. J. Infect. Chemother.. 2015.10; 21 (10): 751-755. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ryoichi Saito, Yuta Miharu, Shiho Matsuoka, Shotaro Nonaka, Yuji Fujinami, Noboru Okamura: The outer membrane protein CD is associated with resistance to penicillins in Moraxella catarrhalis. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2015.09; 3 (3): 224-225. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ryoichi Saito, Ayako Kasai, Shinji Ogihara, Kageto Yamada, Kazuyuki Tao: Rapid assay of A2058T-mutated 23S rRNA allelic profiles associated with high-level macrolide resistance in Moraxella catarrhalis. J. Med. Microbiol.. 2015.09; 64 (9): 990-992. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ayako Kasai, Shinji Ogihara, Kageto Yamada, Yumiko Tanimichi, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Ryoichi Saito: Prevalence and molecular analysis of macrolide-resistant Moraxella catarrhalis clinical isolates in Japan, following emergence of the highly macrolide-resistant strain NSH1 in 2011. J. Med. Microbiol.. 2015.07; 64 (7): 708-713. ( PubMed , DOI )
Shinji Ogihara, Ryoichi Saito, Teru Akikura, Akiko Iwama, Yukari Adachi, Daiki Kaji, Kyoka Kakinuma, Hiroshi Takahashi: Characterization of Mucoid and Non-Mucoid Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated From Outpatients. Annals of laboratory medicine. 2015.07; 35 (4): 410-415. ( PubMed , DOI )
Miki Sato, Shinichi Kako, Kana Matsumoto, Kumi Oshima, Yu Akahoshi, Hirofumi Nakano, Tomotaka Ugai, Ryoko Yamasaki, Hidenori Wada, Yuko Ishihara, Kana Sakamoto, Koji Kawamura, Masahiro Ashizawa, Kiriko Terasako-Saito, Shun-Ichi Kimura, Hideki Nakasone, Misato Kikuchi, Aki Tanihara, Rie Yamazaki, Yukie Tanaka, Junya Kanda, Junji Nishida, Kunihiko Morita, Yoshinobu Kanda: Pharmacokinetics study of once-daily intravenous busulfan in conditioning regimens for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Int. J. Hematol.. 2015.05; 101 (5): 497-504. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kuwata Yusuke, Tanimoto Shina, Sawabe Etsuko, Shima Mari, Takahashi Yutaka, Ushizawa Hiroto, Fujie Toshihide, Koike Ryuji, Tojo Naoko, Kubota Tetsuo, Saito Ryoichi: Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolated from a university teaching hospital in Japan. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015.04; 34 (4): 763-772. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kazuki Horiuchi, Takehisa Matsumoto, Yusuke Ota, Eriko Kasuga, Tatsuya Negishi, Tomomi Yaguchi, Mitsutoshi Sugano, Takayuki Honda: Addition of thymidine to culture media for accurate examination of thymidine-dependent small-colony variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A pilot study Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2015.03; 110 40-44. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ryoichi Saito, Saho Koyano, Misato Dorin, Yoshimi Higurashi, Yoshiki Misawa, Noriyuki Nagano, Takamasa Kaneko, Kyoji Moriya: Evaluation of a simple phenotypic method for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. J. Microbiol. Methods. 2015.01; 108 45-48. ( PubMed , DOI )
Saho Koyano, Keita Tatsuno, Mitsuhiro Okazaki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Takashi Sasaki, Ryoichi Saito, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya: A Case of Liver Abscess with Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Bacteremia. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2015; 2015 354168. ( PubMed , DOI )
R Yamazaki, Y Tanaka, H Nakasone, M Sato, K Terasako-Saito, K Sakamoto, Y Akahoshi, H Nakano, T Ugai, R Yamasaki, H Wada, Y Ishihara, K Kawamura, M Ashizawa, S-I Kimura, M Kikuchi, S Kako, J Kanda, A Tanihara, J Nishida, Y Kanda: Allotype analysis to determine the origin of cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin-G after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2014.12; 16 (6): 904-913. ( PubMed , DOI )
K Terasako-Saito, H Nakasone, Y Tanaka, R Yamazaki, M Sato, K Sakamoto, Y Ishihara, K Kawamura, Y Akahoshi, J Hayakawa, H Wada, N Harada, H Nakano, K Kameda, T Ugai, R Yamasaki, M Ashizawa, S-I Kimura, M Kikuchi, A Tanihara, J Kanda, S Kako, J Nishida, Y Kanda: Persistence of recipient-derived as well as donor-derived clones of cytomegalovirus pp65-specific cytotoxic T cells long after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2014.12; 16 (6): 930-940. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kageto Yamada, Ryoichi Saito: Molecular analysis of low-level fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis. J. Med. Microbiol.. 2014.08; 63 (Pt 8): 1066-1070. ( PubMed , DOI )
Saito R, Takahashi R, Sawabe E, Koyano S, Takahashi Y, Shima M, Ushizawa H, Fujie T, Tosaka N, Kato Y, Moriya K, Tohda S, Tojo N, Koike R, Kubota T: First Report of KPC-2 Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Japan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014.05; 58 (5): 2961-2963. ( PubMed , DOI )
Hideki Nakasone, Kiriko Terasako-Saito, Rie Yamazaki, Miki Sato, Yukie Tanaka, Kana Sakamoto, Masakazu Kurita, Ryoko Yamasaki, Hidenori Wada, Yuko Ishihara, Koji Kawamura, Tomohito Machishima, Masahiro Ashizawa, Shun-Ichi Kimura, Misato Kikuchi, Aki Tanihara, Junya Kanda, Shinichi Kako, Junji Nishida, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshinobu Kanda: Impact of high-/middle-molecular-weight adiponectin on the synthesis and regulation of extracellular matrix in dermal fibroblasts. Exp. Hematol.. 2014.04; 42 (4): 261-273. ( PubMed , DOI )
M Sato, H Nakasone, K Terasako-Saito, K Sakamoto, R Yamazaki, Y Tanaka, Y Akahoshi, H Nakano, T Ugai, H Wada, R Yamasaki, Y Ishihara, K Kawamura, M Ashizawa, S-i Kimura, M Kikuchi, A Tanihara, J Kanda, S Kako, J Nishida, Y Kanda: Prediction of infectious complications by the combination of plasma procalcitonin level and localized infection before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant.. 2014.04; 49 (4): 553-560. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yukie Tanaka, Rie Yamazaki, Kiriko Terasako-Saito, Hideki Nakasone, Yu Akahoshi, Hirofumi Nakano, Tomotaka Ugai, Hidenori Wada, Ryoko Yamasaki, Yuko Ishihara, Koji Kawamura, Kana Sakamoto, Masahiro Ashizawa, Miki Sato, Shun-ichi Kimura, Misato Kikuchi, Shinichi Kako, Junya Kanda, Aki Tanihara, Junji Nishida, Yoshinobu Kanda: Universal cytotoxic activity of a HTLV-1 Tax-specific T cell clone from an HLA-A*24:02⁺ patient with adult T-cell leukemia against a variety of HTLV-I-infected T-cells. Immunol. Lett.. 2014.03; 158 (1-2): 120-125. ( PubMed , DOI )
Shotaro Nonaka, Kosuke Matsuzaki, Tomoya Kazama, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Yoko Ida, Saho Koyano, Kazunari Sonobe, Noboru Okamura, Ryoichi Saito: Antimicrobial susceptibility and mechanisms of high-level macrolide resistance in clinical isolates of Moraxella nonliquefaciens. J. Med. Microbiol.. 2014.02; 63 (Pt 2): 242-247. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ryoichi Saito, Shotaro Nonaka, Yuji Fujinami, Shiho Matsuoka, Shinichi Nakajima, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Noboru Okamura: The frequency of BRO β-lactamase and its relationship to antimicrobial susceptibility and serum resistance in Moraxella catarrhalis. J. Infect. Chemother.. 2014.01; 20 (1): 6-8. ( PubMed , DOI )
H Nakasone, Y Tanaka, R Yamazaki, K Terasako, M Sato, K Sakamoto, R Yamasaki, H Wada, Y Ishihara, K Kawamura, T Machishima, M Ashizawa, S-I Kimura, M Kikuchi, A Tanihara, J Kanda, S Kako, J Nishida, Y Kanda: Single-cell T-cell receptor-β analysis of HLA-A*2402-restricted CMV- pp65-specific cytotoxic T-cells in allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant.. 2014.01; 49 (1): 87-94. ( PubMed , DOI )
Koji Kawamura, Misato Kikuchi, Kiriko Terasako, Hidenori Wada, Ryoko Yamasaki, Yuko Ishihara, Kana Sakamoto, Masahiro Ashizawa, Miki Sato, Tomohito Machishima, Shun-ichi Kimura, Hideki Nakasone, Shinya Okuda, Rie Yamazaki, Junya Kanda, Shinichi Kako, Yukie Tanaka, Aki Tanihara, Junji Nishida, Yoshinobu Kanda: Comparison of the efficacy of peripheral blood stem cell mobilization using G-CSF alone from healthy donors and patients with hematologic malignancies. Transfus. Apher. Sci.. 2013.10; 49 (2): 334-340. ( PubMed , DOI )
M Sato, H Nakasone, H Wada, R Yamasaki, Y Ishihara, K Sakamoto, K Kawamura, M Ashizawa, T Machishima, K Terasako, S-I Kimura, M Kikuchi, A Tanihara, R Yamazaki, Y Tanaka, J Kanda, S Kako, J Nishida, Y Kanda: Prediction of infectious events by the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level before autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Transpl Infect Dis. 2013.08; 15 (4): E169-E171. ( PubMed , DOI )
Uetera Yushi, Kishii Kozue, Yasuhara Hiroshi, Kumada Naohito, Moriya Kyoji, Saito Ryoichi, Okazaki Mitsuhiro, Misawa Yoshiki, Kawamura Kunio: A 5 year longitudinal study of water quality for final rinsing in the single chamber washer-disinfector with a reverse osmosis plant. PDA J Pharm Sci Technol. 2013.07; 67 (4): 399-411. ( PubMed , DOI )
Rie Yamazaki, Hideki Nakasone, Yukie Tanaka, Miki Sato, Kiriko Terasako, Hidenori Wada, Yuko Ishihara, Koji Kawamura, Kana Sakamoto, Masahiro Ashizawa, Tomohito Machishima, Shun-Ichi Kimura, Misato Kikuchi, Shinya Okuda, Shinichi Kako, Junya Kanda, Aki Tanihara, Junji Nishida, Yoshinobu Kanda: Allotype analysis to distinguish the origin of varicella-zoster virus immunoglobulin G after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant.. 2013.07; 19 (7): 1013-1020. ( PubMed , DOI )
M Sato, H Nakasone, K Oshima, Y Ishihara, H Wada, K Sakamoto, K Kawamura, M Ashizawa, T Machishima, K Terasako, S Kimura, M Kikuchi, S Okuda, A Tanihara, R Yamazaki, Y Tanaka, J Kanda, S Kako, J Nishida, Y Kanda: Prediction of transplant-related complications by C-reactive protein levels before hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant.. 2013.05; 48 (5): 698-702. ( PubMed , DOI )
Saito Ryoichi, Matsuoka Shiho, Fujinami Yuji, Nonaka Shotaro, Ichinose Shizuko, Kubota Tetsuo, Okamura Noboru: Role of Moraxella catarrhalis outer membrane protein CD in bacterial cell morphology and autoaggregation. Res Microbiol. 2013.04; 164 (3): 236-243. ( PubMed , DOI )
Koyano Saho, Saito Ryoichi, Nagai Ran, Tatsuno Keita, Okugawa Shu, Okamura Noboru, Moriya Kyoji: Molecular characterization of carbapenemase-producing clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in a teaching hospital, Japan. J Med Microbiol. 2013.03; 62 (Pt 3): 446-450. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nei Takahito, Inai Shunta, Mikami Iwao, Sato Akira, Okamoto Junichi, Yokoshima Kazuhiko, Nakamizo Munenaga, Haraguchi Shuji, Sonobe Kazunari, Saito Ryoichi: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis associated with Lactobacillus plantarum. BMC Infect Dis. 2013; 13 398. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nei Takahito, Akutsu Koichi, Shima Ayaka, Tsuboi Ippei, Suzuki Hiroomi, Yamamoto Takeshi, Tanaka Keiji, Shinoyama Akihiro, Kojima Yoshiko, Washio Yohei, Okawa Sakina, Sonobe Kazunari, Norose Yoshihiko, Saito Ryoichi: A case of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome due to Group G streptococci identified as Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis. J Infect Chemother. 2012.12; 18 (6): 919-924. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yukie Tanaka, Hideki Nakasone, Rie Yamazaki, Hidenori Wada, Yuko Ishihara, Koji Kawamura, Kana Sakamoto, Masahiro Ashizawa, Tomohito Machishima, Miki Sato, Kiriko Terasako, Shun-ichi Kimura, Misato Kikuchi, Shinya Okuda, Shinichi Kako, Junya Kanda, Aki Tanihara, Junji Nishida, Yoshinobu Kanda: Long-term persistence of limited HTLV-I Tax-specific cytotoxic T cell clones in a patient with adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. J. Clin. Immunol.. 2012.12; 32 (6): 1340-1352. ( PubMed , DOI )
Saito Ryoichi, Nonaka Shotaro, Nishiyama Hiroyuki, Okamura Noboru: Molecular mechanism of macrolide-lincosamide resistance in Moraxella catarrhalis. J Med Microbiol. 2012.10; 61 (Pt 10): 1435-1438. ( PubMed , DOI )
Saito Ryoichi, Shimosawa Tatsuo, Ogihara Takehide, Maruyama Naoki, Fujita Toshiro, Okamura Noboru, Nakahara Kazuhiko: Function of adrenomedullin in inflammatory response of liver against LPS-induced endotoxemia. APMIS. 2012.09; 120 (9): 706-711. ( PubMed , DOI )
S-I Kimura, H Wada, K Sakamoto, M Ashizawa, M Sato, K Terasako, H Nakasone, M Kikuchi, S Okuda, S Kako, R Yamazaki, K Oshima, Y Tanaka, A Tanihara, J Nishida, Y Kanda: L-index as a novel index to evaluate both the intensity and duration of lymphopenia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2012.08; 14 (4): 364-373. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nei Takahito, Hyodo Hideya, Sonobe Kazunari, Dan Kazuo, Saito Ryoichi: First report of infectious pericarditis due to Bordetella holmesii in an adult patient with malignant lymphoma. J Clin Microbiol. 2012.05; 50 (5): 1815-1817. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nishiyama Hiroyuki, Saito Ryoichi, Chida Toshio, Sano Kazumitsu, Tsuchiya Tatsuyuki, Okamura Noboru: Nutrient agar with sodium chloride supplementation for presumptive detection of Moraxella catarrhalis in clinical specimens. J Infect Chemother. 2012.04; 18 (2): 219-227. ( PubMed , DOI )
Soyoko Morimoto, Yoshihiro Oka, Akihiro Tsuboi, Yukie Tanaka, Fumihiro Fujiki, Hiroko Nakajima, Naoki Hosen, Sumiyuki Nishida, Jun Nakata, Yoshiki Nakae, Motohiko Maruno, Akira Myoui, Takayuki Enomoto, Shuichi Izumoto, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Naoki Kagawa, Naoya Hashimoto, Toshiki Yoshimine, Yusuke Oji, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Haruo Sugiyama: Biased usage of T cell receptor β-chain variable region genes of Wilms' tumor gene (WT1)-specific CD8+ T cells in patients with solid tumors and healthy donors. Cancer Sci.. 2012.03; 103 (3): 408-414. ( PubMed , DOI )
Uetera Y, Kishii K, Yasuhara H, Kumada N, Moriya K, Saito R, Okazaki M: Evaluation of water quality in a single chamber washer-disinfector equipped with a reverse osmosis plant. 2012.01; 20 (1): 44-55.
Rie Yamazaki, Hideki Nakasone, Hidenori Wada, Kana Sakamoto, Masahiro Ashizawa, Miki Sato, Kiriko Terasako, Misato Kikuchi, Shun-Ichi Kimura, Shinya Okuda, Shinichi Kako, Yukie Tanaka, Aki Tanihara, Kumi Oshima, Junji Nishida, Yoshinobu Kanda: Recurrence of monoclonal gammopathy associated with donor-derived myelodysplastic syndrome after cord blood stem cell transplantation. Exp. Hematol.. 2011.12; 39 (12): 1119-1123. ( PubMed , DOI )
Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Munehide Nakatsugawa, Shiro Suzuki, Hirofumi Shirakawa, Daisuke Nobuoka, Noriko Sakemura, Yutaka Motomura, Yukie Tanaka, Shin-Ichi Hayashi, Tetsuya Nakatsura: HLA-A2-restricted glypican-3 peptide-specific CTL clones induced by peptide vaccine show high avidity and antigen-specific killing activity against tumor cells. Cancer Sci.. 2011.05; 102 (5): 918-925. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nagai Ran, Saito Ryoichi, Koyano Saho, Okamura Noboru, Yokota Hiromitsu, Kitazawa Takatoshi, Moriya Kyoji: Evaluation of multiplex PCR using dual-priming oligonucleotide for the detection of vanA and vanB in vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011.04; 49 (4): 751-752. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nakamura Y, Kamachi K, Toyoizumi-Ajisaka H, Otsuka N, Saito R, Tsuruoka J, Katsuta T, Nakajima N, Okada K, Kato T, Arakawa Y: Marked difference between adults and children in Bordetella pertussis DNA load in nasopharyngeal swabs. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011.03; 17 (3): 365-370. ( PubMed , DOI )
Hideki Nakasone, Phan Nguyen Thanh Binh, Rie Yamazaki, Yukie Tanaka, Kana Sakamoto, Masahiro Ashizawa, Miki Sato, Kiriko Terasako, Shun-ichi Kimura, Misato Kikuchi, Shinichi Kako, Shinya Okuda, Kumi Oshima, Aki Tanihara, Junji Nishida, Yasunori Abe, Yoshinobu Kanda: Association between serum high-molecular-weight adiponectin level and the severity of chronic graft-versus-host disease in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients. Blood. 2011.03; 117 (12): 3469-3472. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nakasone H., Binh P. N. T, Yamazaki R., Tanaka Y., Sakamoto K., Ashizawa M., Sato M., Terasako K., Kimura S. - I, Kikuchi M., Kako S., Okuda S., Oshima K., Tanihara A., Nishida J., Abe Y., Kanda Y.: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT ADIPONECTIN LEVEL AND THE SEVERITY OF CHRONIC GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE IN ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION RECIPIENTS BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2011.02; 17 (2): S338.
Uetera Y, Yasuhara H, Kumada N, Moriya K, Saito R, Okazaki M: Performance of a new type of containers equipped with reusable filters investigated using wireless loggers and microbiological methods. Central Service. 2011.01; 19 105-116.
Saito R, Koyano S, Nagai R, Okamura N, Moriya K, Koike K: Evaluation of a chromogenic agar medium for the detection of extended-spectrum ss-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2010.12; 51 (6): 704-706. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kimura Shun-ichi, Oshima Kumi, Sato Ken, Sato Miki, Terasako Kiriko, Nakasone Hideki, Kikuchi Misato, Okuda Shinya, Kako Shinichi, Yamazaki Rie, Tanaka Yukie, Tanihara Aki, Nishida Junji, Kanda Yoshinobu: Retrospective Evaluation of the Area Over the Neutrophil Curve Index to Predict Early Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2010.10; 16 (10): 1355-1361. ( DOI )
Yukie Tanaka, Hideki Nakasone, Rie Yamazaki, Ken Sato, Miki Sato, Kiriko Terasako, Shun-ichi Kimura, Shinya Okuda, Shinichi Kako, Kumi Oshima, Aki Tanihara, Junji Nishida, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Tetsuya Nakatsura, Haruo Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kanda: Single-cell analysis of T-cell receptor repertoire of HTLV-1 Tax-specific cytotoxic T cells in allogeneic transplant recipients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Cancer Res.. 2010.08; 70 (15): 6181-6192. ( PubMed , DOI )
Uetera Yushi, Kawamura Kunio, Kobayashi Hiroyoshi, Saito Yuhei, Yasuhara Hiroshi, Saito Ryoichi: Studies on Viral Disinfection: An Evaluation of Moist Heat Disinfection for HBV by Using A0 Concept Defined in ISO 15883-Washer-Disinfectors. PDA J Pharm Sci Technol. 2010.07; 64 (4): 327-336. ( PubMed )
Fujiki Fumihiro, Oka Yoshihiro, Kawakatsu Mai, Tsuboi Akihiro, Tanaka-Harada Yukie, Hosen Naoki, Nishida Sumiyuki, Shirakata Toshiaki, Nakajima Hiroko, Tatsumi Naoya, Hashimoto Naoya, Taguchi Tetsuya, Ueda Satsuki, Nonomura Norio, Takeda Yutaka, Ito Toshinori, Myoui Akira, Izumoto Shuichi, Maruno Motohiko, Yoshimine Toshiki, Noguchi Shinzaburo, Okuyama Akihiko, Kawase Ichiro, Oji Yusuke, Sugiyama Haruo: A Clear Correlation between WT1-specific Th Response and Clinical Response in WT1 CTL Epitope Vaccination ANTICANCER RESEARCH. 2010.06; 30 (6): 2247-2254.
Kimura S., Oshima K., Okuda S., Sato K., Sato M., Terasako K., Nakasone H., Kako S., Yamazaki R., Tanaka Y., Tanihara A., Higuchi T., Nishida J., Kanda Y.: Pharmacokinetics of CsA during the switch from continuous intravenous infusion to oral administration after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2010.06; 45 (6): 1088-1094. ( DOI )
Kiriko Terasako, Ken Sato, Miki Sato, Shun-ichi Kimura, Hideki Nakasone, Shinya Okuda, Shinichi Kako, Yukie Tanaka, Rie Yamazaki, Kumi Oshima, Aki Tanihara, Takakazu Higuchi, Junji Nishida, Yoshinobu Kanda: The effect of different ATG preparations on immune recovery after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anemia. Hematology. 2010.06; 15 (3): 165-169. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ayako Murao, Yoshihiro Oka, Akihiro Tsuboi, Olga A Elisseeva, Yukie Tanaka-Harada, Fumihiro Fujiki, Hiroko Nakajima, Sumiyuki Nishida, Naoki Hosen, Toshiaki Shirakata, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Akira Myoui, Takafumi Ueda, Yoshito Takeda, Tadashi Osaki, Takayuki Enomoto, Hideki Yoshikawa, Tadashi Kimura, Yusuke Oji, Ichiro Kawase, Haruo Sugiyama: High frequencies of less differentiated and more proliferative WT1-specific CD8+ T cells in bone marrow in tumor-bearing patients: an important role of bone marrow as a secondary lymphoid organ. Cancer Sci.. 2010.04; 101 (4): 848-854. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yukie Tanaka-Harada, Manabu Kawakami, Yoshihiro Oka, Akihiro Tsuboi, Takamasa Katagiri, Olga A Elisseeva, Sumiyuki Nishida, Toshiaki Shirakata, Naoki Hosen, Fumihiro Fujiki, Ayako Murao, Hiroko Nakajima, Yusuke Oji, Yoshinobu Kanda, Ichiro Kawase, Haruo Sugiyama: Biased usage of BV gene families of T-cell receptors of WT1 (Wilms' tumor gene)-specific CD8+ T cells in patients with myeloid malignancies. Cancer Sci.. 2010.03; 101 (3): 594-600. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nakasone Hideki, Kako Shinichi, Endo Hiroshi, Ito Ayumu, Sato Miki, Terasako Kiriko, Okuda Shinya, Tanaka Yukie, Yamazaki Rie, Oshima Kumi, Tanihara Aki, Kida Michiko, Higuchi Takakazu, Izutsu Koji, Nishida Junji, Urabe Akio, Usuki Kensuke, Kanda Yoshinobu: Diabetes mellitus is associated with high early-mortality and poor prognosis in patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia HEMATOLOGY. 2009.12; 14 (6): 361-365. ( DOI )
Saito R, Uetera Y, Saito Y, Okamura N, Moriya K, Koike K: Evaluation of the efficacy of a low temperature steam and formaldehyde steriliser by using biological indicators. J Hosp Infect. 2009.10; 73 (2): 179-180. ( PubMed , DOI )
Ode Takashi, Saito Ryoichi, Kumita Wakako, Sato Kenya, Okugawa Shu, Moriya Kyoji, Koike Kazuhiko, Okamura Noboru: Analysis of plasmid-mediated multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella oxytoca isolates from clinical specimens in Japan. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2009.10; 34 (4): 347-350. ( PubMed , DOI )
Shinichi Kako, Kumi Oshima, Miki Sato, Kiriko Terasako, Shinya Okuda, Hideki Nakasone, Rie Yamazaki, Yukie Tanaka, Aki Tanihara, Yutaka Kawamura, Hirokazu Kiyosaki, Takakazu Higuchi, Junji Nishida, Fumio Konishi, Yoshinobu Kanda: Clinical outcome in patients with small-intestinal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Leuk. Lymphoma. 2009.10; 50 (10): 1618-1624. ( PubMed , DOI )
Oshima Kumi, Sato Miki, Okuda Shinya, Terasako Kiriko, Nakasone Hideki, Kako Shinichi, Yamazaki Rie, Tanaka Yukie, Tanihara Aki, Higuchi Takakazu, Nishida Junji, Nakamura Ikuo, Yoshida Yukio, Kanda Yoshinobu: Reverse seroconversion of hepatitis B virus after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the absence of chronic graft-versus-host disease HEMATOLOGY. 2009.04; 14 (2): 73-75. ( DOI )
Qiu Hongli, Kumita Wakako, Sato Kenya, Nakajima Shinichi, Nishiyama Hiroyuki, Saito Ryoichi, Sawabe Etsuko, Ono Emi, Chida Toshio, Okamura Noboru: uspA1 of Moraxella catarrhalis clinical isolates in Japan and its relationship with adherence to HEp-2 cells. J Med Dent Sci. 2009.03; 56 (1): 61-67. ( PubMed )
Shinya Okuda, Kiriko Terasako, Kumi Oshima, Miki Sato, Hideki Nakasone, Shinichi Kako, Rie Yamazaki, Yukie Tanaka, Aki Tanihara, Takakazu Higuchi, Junji Nishida, Yoshinobu Kanda: Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, anti-thymocyteglobulin, and low-dose total body irradiation conditioning enables 1-HLA-locus-mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for very severe aplastic anemia without affecting ovarian function. Am. J. Hematol.. 2009.03; 84 (3): 167-169. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kumita Wakako, Saito Ryoichi, Sato Kenya, Ode Takashi, Moriya Kyoji, Koike Kazuhiko, Chida Toshio, Okamura Noboru: Molecular characterizations of carbapenem and ciprofloxacin resistance in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas putida. J Infect Chemother. 2009.02; 15 (1): 6-12. ( PubMed , DOI )
Fujiki Fumihiro, Oka Yoshihiro, Kawakatsu Mai, Tsuboi Akihiro, Nakajima Hiroko, Elisseeva Olga A., Harada Yukie, Li Zheyu, Tatsumi Naoko, Kamino Eriko, Shirakata Toshiaki, Nishida Sumiyuki, Taniguchi Yuki, Kawase Ichiro, Oji Yusuke, Sugiyama Haruo: A WT1 protein-derived, naturally processed 16-mer peptide, WT1(332), is a promiscuous helper peptide for induction of WT1-specific Th1-type CD4(+) T cells MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 2008.12; 52 (12): 591-600. ( DOI )
Li Zheyu, Oka Yoshihiro, Tsuboi Akihiro, Fujiki Fumihiro, Harada Yukie, Nakajima Hiroko, Masuda Tomoki, Fukuda Yoko, Kawakatsu Mai, Morimoto Soyoko, Katagiri Takamasa, Tatsumi Naoya, Hosen Naoki, Shirakata Toshiaki, Nishida Sumiyuki, Kawakami Yutaka, Udaka Keiko, Kawase Ichiro, Oji Yusuke, Sugiyama Haruo: Identification of a WT1 protein-derived peptide, WT1(187), as a HLA-A*0206-restricted, WT1-specific CTL epitope MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 2008.11; 52 (11): 551-558. ( DOI )
Bakeli Gulibahaer, Sato Kenya, Kumita Wakako, Saito Ryoichi, Ono Emi, Chida Toshio, Okamura Noboru: Antimicrobial susceptibility and mechanism of quinolone resistance in Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from diarrheal patients in a hospital in Tokyo. J Infect Chemother. 2008.10; 14 (5): 342-348. ( PubMed , DOI )
Uetera Y, Saito Y, Ide K, Yssuhara H, Kumada N, Saito R, Takahashi O: Reduced water supply to the water ring vacuum pump. Central Service. 2008; 16 182-185.
Uetera Y, Saito Y, Ide K, Yssuhara H, Kumada N, Saito R: Investigation of “prion” chemical indicators in the prevacuum autoclave using a wireless logger system. Central Service. 2008; 16 372-376.
Saito R, Okugawa S, Kumita W, Sato K, Chida T, Okamura N, Moriya K, Koike K: Clinical epidemiology of ciprofloxacin-resistant Proteus mirabilis isolated from urine samples of hospitalised patients. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007.12; 13 (12): 1204-1206. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kawakami Manabu, Oka Yoshihiro, Tsuboi Akihiro, Harada Yukie, Elisseeva Olga A., Furukawa Yoshio, Tsukaguchi Machiko, Shirakata Toshiaki, Nishida Sumiyuki, Nakajima Hiroko, Morita Satoshi, Sakamoto Junichi, Kawase Ichiro, Oji Yusuke, Sugiyama Haruo: Clinical and immunologic responses to very low-dose vaccination with WT1 peptide (5 mu g/body) in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY. 2007.06; 85 (5): 426-429. ( DOI )
Misawa Yoshiki, Yoshida Atsushi, Saito Ryoichi, Yoshida Honami, Okuzumi Katsuko, Ito Nobue, Okada Mitsumasa, Moriya Kyoji, Koike Kazuhiko: Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification technique to rapid and direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in blood cultures. J Infect Chemother. 2007.06; 13 (3): 134-140. ( PubMed , DOI )
Saito Ryoichi, Kumita Wakako, Sato Kenya, Chida Toshio, Okamura Noboru, Moriya Kyoji, Koike Kazuhiko: Detection of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance associated with qnrA in an Escherichia coli clinical isolate producing CTX-M-9 beta-lactamase in Japan. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2007.05; 29 (5): 600-602. ( PubMed , DOI )
Fujiki Fumihiro, Oka Yoshihiro, Tsuboi Akihiro, Kawakami Manabu, Kawakatsu Mai, Nakajima Hiroko, Elisseeva Olga A., Harada Yukie, Ito Ken, Li Zheyu, Tatsumi Naoya, Sakaguchi Nao, Fujioka Tatsuya, Masuda Tomoki, Yasukawa Masaki, Udaka Keiko, Kawase Ichiro, Oji Yusuke, Sugiyama Haruo: Identification and characterization of a WT1 (Wilms tumor gene) protein-derived HLA-DRB1*0405-restricted 16-mer helper peptide that promotes the induction and activation of WT1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTHERAPY. 2007.04; 30 (3): 282-293.
Saito Ryoichi, Sato Kenya, Kumita Wakako, Inami Natsuko, Nishiyama Hiroyuki, Okamura Noboru, Moriya Kyoji, Koike Kazuhiko: Role of type II topoisomerase mutations and AcrAB efflux pump in fluoroquinolone-resistant clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006.09; 58 (3): 673-677. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nishida S, Hosen N, Shirakata T, Kanato K, Yanagihara M, Nakatsuka S, Hoshida Y, Nakazawa T, Harada Y, Tatsumi N, Tsuboi A, Kawakami M, Oka Y, Oji Y, Aozasa K, Kawase I, Sugiyama H: AML1-ETO rapidly induces acute myeloblastic leukemia in cooperation with the Wilms tumor gene, WT1. BLOOD. 2006.04; 107 (8): 3303-3312. ( DOI )
Saito Ryoichi, Misawa Yoshiki, Moriya Kyoji, Koike Kazuhiko, Ubukata Kimiko, Okamura Noboru: Development and evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. J Med Microbiol. 2005.11; 54 (Pt 11): 1037-1041. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yukie Harada, Osamu Imataki, Yuji Heike, Hiroyuki Kawai, Akihiro Shimosaka, Shin-ichiro Mori, Masahiro Kami, Ryuji Tanosaki, Yoshinori Ikarashi, Akira Iizuka, Mitsuji Yoshida, Hiro Wakasugi, Shigeru Saito, Yoichi Takaue, Masao Takei, Tadao Kakizoe: Expansion of alpha-galactosylceramide-stimulated Valpha24+ NKT cells cultured in the absence of animal materials. J. Immunother.. 2005.07; 28 (4): 314-321. ( PubMed )
Shin-ichi Hori, Yuji Heike, Masao Takei, Midori Maruyama, Yoshiko Inoue, Je-Jung Lee, Hyeoung-Joon Kim, Yukie Harada, Hiroyuki Kawai, Akihiro Shimosaka, Masahiro Kami, M D Ryuji Tanosaki, Hiro Wakasugi, Shigeru Saito, Yoichi Takaue, Tadao Kakizoe: Freeze-thawing procedures have no influence on the phenotypic and functional development of dendritic cells generated from peripheral blood CD14+ monocytes. J. Immunother.. 2004.01; 27 (1): 27-35. ( PubMed )
Ryoichi Saito, Hiromitsu Yokota, Emiko Takahashi, Fumiko Mashige, Akiko Yoneyama, Kazuhiko Nakahara, Noboru Okamura: Performance of an automated system for quantitation of hepatitis C virus core antigen. J. Virol. Methods. 2003.09; 112 (1-2): 93-97. ( PubMed , DOI )
Rumiko Asada-Mikami, Yuji Heike, Yukie Harada, Sachiyo Kanai, Yoshinori Ikarashi, Kazunori Kato, Kazuo Shirakawa, Yoichi Takaue, Tatsuo Abe, Hiro Wakasugi: Increased expansion of V alpha 24+ T cells derived from G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood stem cells as compared to peripheral blood mononuclear cells following alpha-galactosylceramide stimulation. Cancer Sci.. 2003.04; 94 (4): 383-388. ( PubMed )
Je-Jung Lee, Masao Takei, Shinichi Hori, Yoshiko Inoue, Yukie Harada, Ryuji Tanosaki, Yoshinobu Kanda, Masayuki Kami, Atsushi Makimoto, Shin Mineishi, Hiroyuki Kawai, Akihiro Shimosaka, Yuji Heike, Yoshinori Ikarashi, Hiro Wakasugi, Yoichi Takaue, Tai-Ju Hwang, Hyeoung-Joon Kim, Tadao Kakizoe: The role of PGE(2) in the differentiation of dendritic cells: how do dendritic cells influence T-cell polarization and chemokine receptor expression? Stem Cells. 2002.09; 20 (5): 448-459. ( PubMed , DOI )
Y Inoue, Y Takaue, M Takei, K Kato, S Kanai, Y Harada, K Tobisu, M Noguchi, T Kakizoe, K Itoh, H Wakasugi: Induction of tumor specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in prostate cancer using prostatic acid phosphatase derived HLA-A2402 binding peptide. J. Urol.. 2001.10; 166 (4): 1508-1513. ( PubMed )
Yohei Sonoya, Osamu Fukuda, Yusuke Ota, Ryoichi Saito, Yoshiyuki Sumita, Yukihiro Kaneko, Makoto Sata: A case of Infective endocarditis due to Lacticaseibacillus paracasei success fully managed with appropriate usage of antibacterial agents guided by Blood culture Gram stain. The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology. 2023.09; 33 (4): 275-279.
Akane NATSUKI, Masayuki HORI, Kousaku MATSUBARA, Yusuke OTA, Ryoichi SAITO, Kenichi ISOME, Aya IWATA, Mami IKEMACHI, Hiroshi TAKEGAWA, Go YAMAMOTO, Misako OHKUSU, Naruhiko ISHIWADA: Moraxella catarrhalis bacteremia in a 3-year-old child without underlying disease. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. 2022;
Ayuka Kobayashi, Jun Nakajima, Takeshi Otsuka, Masami Iigusa, Yuichiro Sakai, Akira Sata, Takeya Ohshiro, Koji Kikuchi, Shun Kikuchi, Yuko Matsumoto, Seina Miyahara, Masato Miyahira, Hajime Kamiya, Hideyuki Takahashi, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito: Assessment of different storage conditions for Neisseria meningitidis survival The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology. 2021.01; 31 (2): 108-112. ( ichushi )
Ryoichi Saito: Introduction to researchers for biomedical laboratory scientist. Kensa to Gijutsu. 2020.09; 48 (9): 922-927. ( ichushi )
Saori MUTO, Kageto YAMADA, Yoshiko TAMAMORI, Hiroyuki NISHIYAMA, Ryoichi SAITO: Comparison of butyrate test, selective media, and hockey puck test as a simple identification method for Moraxella catarrhalis The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology. 2019.12; 30 (1): 13-17. ( ichushi )
Ryoichi Saito: Molecular Typing of Bacterial Pathogens for Infection Control and Prevention in Clinical Practice. Rinsho-Byori. 2019.11; 67 (11): 1174-1178. ( ichushi )
Hideyuki TAKAHASHI, Ryoichi SAITO: Clinical Manual of Neisseria meningitidis 2019.10;
Hideyuki TAKAHASHI, Ryoichi SAITO: Clinical Manual for laboratory testing of Neisseria meningitidis 2019.10;
Ryoichi Saito: Clinical laboratory procedures based on infection control and prevention in Clostridioides difficile Clinical microbiology. 2018.09; 45 (5): 39-44. ( ichushi )
Kageto YAMADA, Noriyuki NAGANO, Ryoichi SAITO: Phenotypic screening methods for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology. 2017.09; 27 (4): 267-274.
Keiko Sato, Jun Yatuyanagi, Gene Igawa, Ryoichi Saito : Genome analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis and Moraxella nonliquefaciens exhibiting high resistance to macrolides, isolated from pediatric clinical specimens at a medical institution in Akita Prefecture, Japan The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology. 2016.12; 27 (1): 8-14.