[A letter of Dr. Matuki Miyazaki to Prof. Masao Ota in 1938] [0.03%]
[1938年 Miyazaki Matuki博士致Ota Masao教授的一封信]
Tomomichi Ono
Tomomichi Ono
A letter of Matuki Miyazaki, the director of Kyushu Sanatorium to Masao Ota was found in the materials of Masao Ota stored at the library of University of Tokyo. Miyazaki, who was president of 12th annual meeting of Japanese Leprosy Associa...
Shuichi Mori,Koichi Suzuki,Sumana Barua et al.
Shuichi Mori et al.
The epidemiological situation of leprosy is reported by the health division of each country to WHO. The reported data is collected by WHO and is immediately run on the Weekly Epidemiological Record. On this latest edition, data from the beg...
Norihisa Ishii,Toshifumi Udono,Michiko Fujisawa et al.
Norihisa Ishii et al.
Leprosy is suspected to develop after a long period of latency following infection with Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) during infancy, but definitive proof has been lacking. We found a rare case of leprosy in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes...
[Molecular mechanism of the acquisition of new-quinolone resistance in Mycobacterium leprae and M. tuberculosis and rapid differentiation methods for resistant bacilli] [0.03%]
[杜勒克我的菌和结核菌类红抗性获得的分子机制以及快速鉴别方法]
Hyun Kim,Haruka Suzuki,Masanori Matsuoka et al.
Hyun Kim et al.
Drugs included in new-quinolone are used for the treatment of leprosy with single lesion. These drugs are also known to be effective drugs for the treatment of multi-drug resistant M. tuberculosis. Recent emergence of new-quinolone resistan...
Ai Koba,Shuichi Mori,Norihisa Ishii
Ai Koba
We aimed to elucidate the patterns and trends of autochthonous leprosy in Japan from 1964 to 2009, to compare them with the findings from other studies of leprosy in decline. Data on registered leprosy cases in Japan in the period 1964-2009...
[Role of mycolactone in the nerve damage of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)] [0.03%]
分枝杆菌感染肉芽肿溃疡发病中Mycolactone神经毒性的可能作用机制研究
Junichiro En,Norihisa Ishii,Masamichi Goto
Junichiro En
Buruli ulcer is a skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans). In this review, we introduce our recent studies and other important works. Lesions of Buruli ulcer are usually painless, despite the extensive tissue necrosis. W...