Japanese journal of ophthalmology 66(3) 227-239 2022年5月
PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical characteristics and causative fungi in patients with fungal keratitis in Japan, and to determine factors related to the prognosis. STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter prospective observational study. METHODS: Eligible pa...
Japanese journal of ophthalmology 66(3) 240-253 2022年5月
PURPOSE: To determine the effects of a combination of two antifungal drugs against causative fungi of fungal keratitis in Japan. STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter prospective observational study. METHODS: Eighteen isolates of yeast-like fungi and 22 isola...
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 596 104-110 2022年3月
Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling is an intracellular signaling pathway involved in inflammatory responses and the pathogenesis of various cancers, including ependymoma, which is a rare and chemotherapy-resistant glioma. Several isoforms of...
We encountered two cases of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei and E. oligosperma that were treated with fosravuconazole and terbinafine, respectively. Our cases were successfully treated with empiric therapy before the pathogen's sp...
Yikelamu Alimu   Sayaka Ban   Takashi Yaguchi   
Medical mycology journal 63(1) 1-9 2022年
In this study, we aimed to clarify the phylogenetic distribution of Exophiala dermatitidis in Japan and describe the characteristics of genotypes. We examined 67 clinical and environmental isolates that were morphologically identified and preserve...