Bacteriology, Clinical Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenic Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology

Bacteriology, Bacteriology

Municipal wastewater monitoring revealed the predominance of blaGES genes with diverse variants among carbapenemase-producing organisms: high occurrence and persistence of Aeromonas caviae harboring the new blaGES variant blaGES-48.
Mizuki Tanabe; Yo Sugawara; Tomohiro Denda; Kanae Sakaguchi; Shino Takizawa; Shota Koide; Wataru Hayashi; Liansheng Yu; Shizuo Kayama; Motoyuki Sugai; Yukiko Nagano; Noriyuki Nagano
Microbiology spectrum, e0218823, 09 Oct. 2023, Refereed
Corresponding

Zoonotic potential and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia spp. in urban crows in Japan-first detection of E. marmotae and E. ruysiae.
Kanae Sakaguchi; Mizuki Tanabe; Shino Takizawa; Satoe Kasahara; Tomohiro Denda; Shota Koide; Wataru Hayashi; Yukiko Nagano; Noriyuki Nagano
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases, 100, 102040, Sep. 2023, Refereed
Corresponding

First detection of chimeric β-lactamase CTX-M-64-producing Salmonella Typhimurium from a domestic source in Japan.
Tomu Kamijo; Kazuki Horiuchi; Tatsuya Negishi; Tatsuya Natori; Taku Yamane; Ayaka Hachiro; Takeshi Uehara; Wataru Hayashi; Noriyuki Nagano
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 31 Aug. 2023, Refereed

Novel genomic island carrying a new vanD allele in a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolate belonging to clade A1 in Japan.
Mizuki Tanabe; Tatsuya Natori; Kazuki Horiuchi; Tomohiro Denda; Shota Koide; Yukiko Nagano; Noriyuki Nagano
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 34, 211-213, 30 Jul. 2023, Refereed
Corresponding

Emergence of Vibrio cincinnatiensis, a Rare Human Pathogen, in Urban Crows
Soga, Eiji; Sakaguchi, Kanae; Takizawa, Shino; Tanabe, Mizuki; Denda, Tomohiro; Koide, Shota; Hayashi, Wataru; Kasahara, Satoe; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Microbiology spectrum, 11(1), e0392522, 08 Dec. 2022, Refereed

Genomic landscape of blaGES-5-and blaGES-24-harboring Gram-negative bacteria from hospital wastewater: emergence of class 3 integron-associated blaGES-24 genes
Takizawa, Shino; Soga, Eiji; Hayashi, Wataru; Sakaguchi, Kanae; Koide, Shota; Tanabe, Mizuki; Denda, Tomohiro; Sugawara, Yo; Yu, Liansheng; Kayama, Shizuo; Sugai, Motoyuki; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 31, 196-206, 28 Sep. 2022, Refereed

Genomic Traits Associated with Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Group B Streptococcus Isolates with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility from Elderly Adults
Koide, Shota; Nagano, Yukiko; Takizawa, Shino; Sakaguchi, Kanae; Soga, Eiji; Hayashi, Wataru; Tanabe, Mizuki; Denda, Tomohiro; Kimura, Kouji; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Microbiology spectrum, 10(3), e0056822, 31 May 2022, Refereed

検体採取・輸送・保存方法およびPOCT検査法ガイド
板羽 秀之; 大瀧 博文; 大塚 喜人; 樫山 誠也; 河口 豊; 静野 健一; 霜島 正浩; 中川 尚; 長野 則之; 西村 恵子; 西山 宏幸; 樋口 武史; 藤田 崇宏; 伏脇 猛司; 三澤 成毅; 宮本 仁志; 山本 翔大; 渡 智久; 川上 小夜子; 金光 敬二; 舟橋 恵二; 小松 方; 砂田 淳子; 高橋 孝; 田中 香お里; 中村 文子; 細川 直登; 村上 忍; 安田 満; 山口 育男; 日本臨床微生物学会検体採取・輸送・保存方法およびPOCT検査法ガイド作業部会, 検査法ガイド等作成委員会
日本臨床微生物学会雑誌, 32(Suppl.2), 2-84, Mar. 2022

Dissecting the clonality of I1 plasmids using ORF-based binarized structure network analysis of plasmids (OSNAp).
Masahiro Suzuki, Chihiro Norizuki, Jun-Ichi Wachino, Kumiko Kawamura, Noriyuki Nagano, Yukiko Nagano, Wataru Hayashi, Kouji Kimura, Yohei Doi, Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 28(4), 473-479, 13 Dec. 2021, Refereed

Antimicrobial Resistance and Type III Secretion System Virulotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Dogs and Cats in Primary Veterinary Hospitals in Japan: Identification of the International High-Risk Clone Sequence Type 235
Hayashi, Wataru; Izumi, Katsutoshi; Yoshida, Satoshi; Takizawa, Shino; Sakaguchi, Kanae; Iyori, Keita; Minoshima, Ken-ichi; Takano, Shinya; Kitagawa, Maki; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Microbiology spectrum, 9(2), e0040821, 29 Sep. 2021, Refereed

Practical Agar-Based Disk Diffusion Tests Using Sulfamoyl Heteroarylcarboxylic Acids for Identification of Subclass B1 Metallo-beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales
Norizuki, Chihiro; Wachino, Jun-ichi; Jin, Wanchun; Kimura, Kouji; Kawamura, Kumiko; Nagano, Noriyuki; Arakawa, Yoshichika;
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 59(10), e0076121, 20 Sep. 2021, Refereed

Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of nosocomial Serratia marcescens isolates resistant to ceftazidime and their plasmids mediating rare bla(TEM-61)
Hayashi, Wataru; Yoshida, Satoshi; Izumi, Katsutoshi; Koide, Shota; Soga, Eiji; Takizawa, Shino; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 25, 124-131, Jun. 2021, Refereed

Occurrence of bla(NDM-1) in a Clinical Isolate of Acinetobacter lwoffii in Japan: Comparison of bla(NDM-1)-Harboring Plasmids between A. lwoffii and A. pittii Originated from a Hospital Sink
Hayashi, Wataru; Iimura, Masaki; Horiuchi, Kazuki; Arai, Eriko; Natori, Tatsuya; Suzuki, Shin; Matsumoto, Go; Izumi, Katsutoshi; Yoshida, Satoshi; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 74(3), 252-254, 24 May 2021, Refereed

Presence of Colistin- and Tigecycline-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST29 in Municipal Wastewater Influents in Japan
Hayashi, Wataru; Iimura, Masaki; Soga, Eiji; Koide, Shota; Izumi, Katsutoshi; Yoshida, Satoshi; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE, 27(10), 09 Apr. 2021, Refereed

Daptomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis has a mutation in liaX, which encodes a surface protein that inhibits the LiaFSR systems and cell membrane remodeling
Ota, Yusuke; Furuhashi, Kazuki; Hayashi, Wataru; Hirai, Nachi; Ishikawa, Jinko; Nagura, Osanori; Yamanaka, Katsumasa; Katahashi, Kazuto; Aoki, Kotaro; Nagano, Noriyuki; Maekawa, Masato;
JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 27(1), 90-93, Jan. 2021

Daptomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis has a mutation in liaX, which encodes a surface protein that inhibits the LiaFSR systems and cell membrane remodeling
Yusuke Ota , Kazuki Furuhashi , Wataru Hayashi , Nachi Hirai , Jinko Ishikawa , Osanori Nagura , Katsumasa Yamanaka , Kazuto Katahashi , Kotaro Aoki , Noriyuki Nagano , Masato M
JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 27(1), 90-93-93, 12 Nov. 2020, Refereed

Identification of a multiresistant mosaic plasmid carrying a new segment of IS1216E-flanked optrA with integrated Tn551-ermB element in linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis human isolate
Iimura, Masaki; Hayashi, Wataru; Arai, Eriko; Natori, Tatsuya; Horiuchi, Kazuki; Matsumoto, Go; Tanaka, Hayato; Soga, Eiji; Nagano, Yukiko; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 22, 697-699, Sep. 2020, Refereed

Predominance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SCCmec type II-CC5 and SCCmec type IV-CC1/CC8 among companion animal clinical isolates in Japan: Findings from phylogenetic comparison with human clinical isolates
Taniguchi, Yui; Koide, Shota; Maeyama, Yoshihiko; Tamai, Kiyoko; Hayashi, Wataru; Tanaka, Hayato; Iimura, Masaki; Suzuki, Masahiro; Nagano, Yukiko; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 20, 253-259, Mar. 2020, Refereed, Not invited

Detection of Acinetobacter pittii ST220 co-producing NDM-1 and OXA-820 carbapenemases from a hospital sink in a non-endemic country of NDM
Iimura, Masaki; Hayashi, Wataru; Arai, Eriko; Natori, Tatsuya; Horiuchi, Kazuki; Matsumoto, Go; Tanaka, Hayato; Soga, Eiji; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 21, 353-356, 2020, Refereed, Not invited

Wastewater as a Probable Environmental Reservoir of Extended-Spectrum-beta-Lactamase Genes: Detection of Chimeric beta-Lactamases CTX-M-64 and CTX-M-123
Tanaka, Hayato; Hayashi, Wataru; Iimura, Masaki; Taniguchi, Yui; Soga, Eiji; Matsuo, Nao; Kawamura, Kumiko; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85(22), e01740-19, Nov. 2019

Acquisition of mcr-1 and Cocarriage of Virulence Genes in Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Municipal Wastewater Influents in Japan
Hayashi, Wataru; Tanaka, Hayato; Taniguchi, Yui; Iimura, Masaki; Soga, Eiji; Kubo, Ryoichi; Matsuo, Nao; Kawamura, Kumiko; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Yukiko; Nagano, Noriyuki;
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85(22), e01661-19, Nov. 2019

Comparison of Characteristics of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Isolates Causing Repetitive vs Single Infections
Tomohiro Fujita , Haruno Yoshida , Shunsuke Osaka , Yoneji Hirose , Mieko Goto , Noriyuki Nagano , Takashi Takahashi
Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 39(5), 488-492, May 2019

Isolation of a Capnophilic and Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase-Producing Proteus mirabilis Strain from the Urine of an Octogenarian Male Patient with Acute Pyelonephritis
Soga, Eiji; Akiyama, Miki; Ohsaki, Yusuke; Hayashi, Wataru; Matsumoto, Takehisa; Oana, Kozue; Nagano, Noriyuki; Kawakami, Yoshiyuki
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 72(3), 193-195, May 2019, Refereed, Not invited

Prevalence and mechanism of fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis in Japan
Ryuichi Nakano, Akiyo Nakano, Michiko Abe, Noriyuki Nagano, Miwa Asahara, Taiji Furukawa, Yasuo Ono, Hisakazu Yano, Ryoichi Okamoto
Heliyon, 5(3), e01291, 02 Mar. 2019

Population-level transition of capsular polysaccharide types among sequence type 1 group B Streptococcus isolates with reduced penicillin susceptibility during a long-term hospital epidemic
Nagano, Noriyuki; Koide, Shota; Hayashi, Wataru; Taniguchi, Yui; Tanaka, Hayato; Maeyama, Yoshihiko; Suzuki, Masahiro; Kimura, Kouji; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Yukiko
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, 53(3), 203-210, Mar. 2019, Refereed, Not invited
Lead, Corresponding

Potential effect of selective pressure with different beta-lactam molecules on the emergence of reduced susceptibility to beta-lactams in group B Streptococci
Koide, Shota; Hayashi, Wataru; Taniguchi, Yui; Tanaka, Hayato; Kimura, Kouji; Nagano, Yukiko; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Nagano, Noriyuki
MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, 63(2), 65-76, Feb. 2019, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

High prevalence of blaCTX-M-14 among genetically diverse Escherichia coli recovered from retail raw chicken meat portions in Japan.
Wataru Hayashi; Yusuke Ohsaki; Yui Taniguchi; Shota Koide; Kumiko Kawamura; Masahiro Suzuki; Kouji Kimura; Jun-Ichi Wachino; Yukiko Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa; Noriyuki Nagano
International journal of food microbiology, 284, 98-104, 02 Nov. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

High isolation rate and multidrug resistance tendency of penicillin-susceptible group B Streptococcus with reduced ceftibuten susceptibility in Japan.
Hirotsugu Banno; Kouji Kimura; Tomomi Seki; Wanchun Jin; Jun-Ichi Wachino; Keiko Yamada; Noriyuki Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 37(8), 1511-1519, Aug. 2018, Refereed, Not invited

First report of colistin resistance in OXA-181 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST3130 in Japan
Wataru Hayashi; Mayumi Togashi; Yui Taniguchi; Shota Koide; Yukiko Nagano; Noriyuki Nagano
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 12, 179-180, 01 Mar. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

Genetic shifts in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic clones and toxin gene profiles in Japan: Comparative analysis among pre-epidemic, epidemic and post-epidemic phases
Shunsuke Osaka; Katsuko Okuzumi; Shota Koide; Kiyoko Tamai; Tomoaki Sato; Koichi Tanimoto; Haruyoshi Tomita; Masahiro Suzuki; Yukiko Nagano; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa; Noriyuki Nagano
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 67(3), 392-399, 01 Mar. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

Prevalence of ESBL/AmpC genes and specific clones among the third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from canine and feline clinical specimens in Japan
Yoshihiko Maeyama; Yui Taniguchi; Wataru Hayashi; Yusuke Ohsaki; Shunsuke Osaka; Shota Koide; Kiyoko Tamai; Yukiko Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa; Noriyuki Nagano
Veterinary Microbiology, 216, 183-189, 01 Mar. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

Bacteremia due to Moraxella osloensis: a case report and literature review
Yuta Maruyama; Tomonari Shigemura; Koki Aoyama; Noriyuki Nagano; Yozo Nakazawa
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 22(1), 16-23, 01 Jan. 2018, Refereed, Not invited

Characterization of clinically isolated thymidine-dependent small-colony variants of Escherichia coli producing extendedspectrum β-lactamase
Tatsuya Negishi; Takehisa Matsumoto; Kazuki Horiuchi; Eriko Kasuga; Tatsuya Natori; Mina Matsuoka; Naoko Ogiwara; Mitsutoshi Sugano; Takeshi Uehara; Noriyuki Nagano; Takayuki Honda
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 67(1), 33-39, 01 Jan. 2018, Refereed, Not invited

MASTDISCS combi Carba plus, a simple method for discriminating carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, including OXA-48-type producers
Yusuke Ohsaki; Ryoichi Kubo; Jonathan Hobson; Mya Davies; Shunsuke Osaka; Wataru Hayashi; Yui Taniguchi; Shota Koide; Yukiko Nagano; Noriyuki Nagano
MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, 62(1), 60-65, 01 Jan. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

Detection of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-1-group extended-spectrum β -lactamases from pigs in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, between 2015 and 2016
Chihiro Norizuki; Kumiko Kawamura; Jun-Ichi Wachino; Masahiro Suzuki; Noriyuki Nagano; Takaaki Kondo; Yoshichika Arakawa
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 71(1), 33-38, 2018, Refereed, Not invited

Co-resistance to colistin and tigecycline by disrupting mgrB and ramR with IS insertions in a canine Klebsiella pneumoniae ST37 isolate producing SHV-12, DHA-1 and FosA3
Yui Taniguchi; Yoshihiko Maeyama; Yusuke Ohsaki; Wataru Hayashi; Shunsuke Osaka; Shota Koide; Kiyoko Tamai; Yukiko Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa; Noriyuki Nagano
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, 50(5), 697-698, Nov. 2017, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

First Detection of an Escherichia coli Strain Harboring the mcr-1 Gene in Retail Domestic Chicken Meat in Japan
Yusuke Ohsaki; Wataru Hayashi; Satomi Saito; Shunsuke Osaka; Yui Taniguchi; Shota Koide; Kumiko Kawamura; Yukiko Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa; Noriyuki Nagano
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 70(5), 590-592, Sep. 2017, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

Specific bla(CTX-M-8)/IncI1 Plasmid Transfer among Genetically Diverse Escherichia coli Isolates between Humans and Chickens
Chihiro Norizuki; Jun-ichi Wachino; Masahiro Suzuki; Kumiko Kawamura; Noriyuki Nagano; Kouji Kimura; Yoshichika Arakawa
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 61(6), -, Jun. 2017, Refereed, Not invited

Third-Generation Cephalosporin-Resistant Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Isolated from Human Feces in Japan
Satomi Saito; Yoshio Koori; Yusuke Ohsakil; Shunsuke Osaka; Kozue Anal; Yukiko Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa; Noriyuki Nagano
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 70(3), 301-304, May 2017, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

Evaluation of the modified carbapenem inactivation method and sodium mercaptoacetate-combination method for the detection of metallo-beta-lactamase production by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Kageto Yamada; Machiko Kashiwa; Katsumi Arai; Noriyuki Nagano; Ryoichi Saito
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS, 132, 112-115, Jan. 2017, Refereed, Not invited

Genetic Diversity in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp equisimilis Isolates from Patients with Invasive and Noninvasive Infections in a Japanese University Hospital (2014-2015)
Tomohiro Fujita; Ayaka Horiuchi; Miho Ogawa; Haruno Yoshida; Yoneji Hirose; Noriyuki Nagano; Takashi Takahashi
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 70(1), 100-104, Jan. 2017, Refereed, Not invited

ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Its Rapid Rise among Healthy People
Kawamura Kumiko; Nagano Noriyuki; Suzuki Masahiro; Wachino Jun-ichi; Kimura Kouji; Arakawa Yoshichika;
Food Safety, 5(4), 122-150, 2017, Refereed, Invited

Comparison of the Modified-Hodge test, Carba NP test, and carbapenem inactivation method as screening methods for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Kageto Yamada; Machiko Kashiwa; Katsumi Arai; Noriyuki Nagano; Ryoichi Saito
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS, 128, 48-51, Sep. 2016, Refereed, Not invited

Effectual detection of group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS) by commercially available methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-selective agar
Shinako Fukigai; Makiko Morimoto; Kouji Kimura; Yo Doyama; Akira Miyazaki; Chitose Kamiya; Hirotsugu Banno; Eriko Morishima; Tomohiro Onoda; Noriyuki Nagano; Wanchun Jin; Jun-ichi Wachino; Keiko Yamada; Yoshichika Arakawa
DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 85(3), 309-312, Jul. 2016, Refereed, Not invited

Ceftibuten-containing agar plate for detecting group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS)
Chitose Kamiya; Kouji Kimura; Yo Doyama; Akira Miyazaki; Makiko Morimoto; Hirotsugu Banno; Noriyuki Nagano; Wanchun Jin; Jun-ichi Wachino; Keiko Yamada; Yoshichika Arakawa
DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 82(4), 269-273, Aug. 2015, Refereed, Not invited

Comparative Analysis of Penicillin-Susceptible and Non-Susceptible Isolates of Group B Streptococci by Multilocus Sequence Typing
Ryoko Yamada; Kouji Kimura; Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Satowa Suzuki; Wanchun Jin; Jun-ichi Wachino; Keiko Yamada; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 68(4), 326-329, Jul. 2015, Refereed, Not invited

Classification of group B streptococci with reduced beta-lactam susceptibility (GBS-RBS) based on the amino acid substitutions in PBPs
Kouji Kimura; Noriyuki Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 70(6), 1601-1603, Jun. 2015, Refereed, Not invited

Evaluation of a simple phenotypic method for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.
Ryoichi Saito; Saho Koyano; Misato Dorin; Yoshimi Higurashi; Yoshiki Misawa; Noriyuki Nagano; Takamasa Kaneko; Kyoji Moriya
J. Microbiol. Methods, 108, 45-48, Jan. 2015, Refereed, Not invited

Applicability assessment of ceramic microbeads coated with hydroxyapatite-binding silver/titanium dioxide ceramic composite earthplus (TM) to the eradication of Legionella in rainwater storage tanks for household use
Oana, Kozue; Kobayashi, Michiko; Yamaki, Dai; Sakurada, Tsukasa; Nagano, Noriyuki; Kawakami, Yoshiyuki;
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE, 10, 4971-4979, 2015

Penicillin-Susceptible Group B Streptococcal Clinical Isolates with Reduced Cephalosporin Susceptibility
Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Masami Toyama; Kouji Kimura; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 52(9), 3406-3410, Sep. 2014, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Rapid assay for detecting gyrA and parC mutations associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae
Ryuichi Nakano; Ryoichi Okamoto; Akiyo Nakano; Noriyuki Nagano; Michiko Abe; Shigeru Tansho-Nagakawa; Tsuneyuki Ubagai; Takane Kikuchi-Ueda; Osamu Koshio; Hirotoshi Kikuchi; Yasuo Ono
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS, 94(3), 213-216, Sep. 2013, Refereed, Not invited

High cephalosporin resistance due to amino acid substitutions in PBP1A and PBP2X in a clinical isolate of group B Streptococcus
Kouji Kimura; Jun-ichi Wachino; Hiroshi Kurokawa; Mari Matsui; Satowa Suzuki; Kunikazu Yamane; Noriyuki Nagano; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 68(7), 1533-1536, Jul. 2013, Refereed, Not invited

Ability of the VITEK 2 system to detect group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS)
Kouji Kimura; Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Jun-ichi Wachino; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 68(6), 1442-1444, Jun. 2013, Refereed, Not invited

High frequency of fluoroquinolone- and macrolide-resistant streptococci among clinically isolated group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility
Kouji Kimura; Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Satowa Suzuki; Jun-ichi Wachino; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 68(3), 539-542, Mar. 2013, Refereed, Not invited

First Report of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in Japan from a Patient Returned from Southeast Asia
Noriyuki Nagano; Yasunobu Endoh; Yukiko Nagano; Masami Toyama; Mari Matsui; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 66(1), 79-81, Jan. 2013, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Nosocomial spread of multidrug-resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility belonging to clonal complex 1
Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Masami Toyama; Kouji Kimura; Takashi Tamura; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 67(4), 849-856, Apr. 2012, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Predominance of sequence type 1 group with serotype VI among group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility identified in Japan
Kouji Kimura; Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Jun-ichi Wachino; Satowa Suzuki; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 66(11), 2460-2464, Nov. 2011, Refereed, Not invited

Molecular characterization of group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility recurrently isolated from a sacral decubitus ulcer
Noriyuki Nagano; Kouji Kimura; Yukiko Nagano; Hiroaki Yakumaru; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 64(6), 1326-1328, Dec. 2009, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Novel Chimeric beta-Lactamase CTX-M-64, a Hybrid of CTX-M-15-Like and CTX-M-14 beta-Lactamases, Found in a Shigella sonnei Strain Resistant to Various Oxyimino-Cephalosporins, Including Ceftazidime
Yukiko Nagano; Noriyuki Nagano; Jun-ichi Wachino; Keiko Ishikawa; Yoshichika Arakawa
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 53(1), 69-74, Jan. 2009, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Genetic Heterogeneity in pbp Genes among Clinically Isolated Group B Streptococci with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility
Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Kouji Kimura; Kiyoko Tamai; Hideji Yanagisawa; Yoshichika Arakawa
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 52(12), 4258-4267, Dec. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

First molecular characterization of group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility
Kouji Kimura; Satowa Suzuki; Jun-ichi Wachino; Hiroshi Kurokawa; Kunikazu Yamane; Naohiro Shibata; Noriyuki Nagano; Haru Kato; Keigo Shibayama; Yoshichika Arakawa
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 52(8), 2890-2897, Aug. 2008, Refereed, Not invited

Human fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei
Noriyuki Nagano; Shinji Isomine; Haru Kato; Yoshimasa Sasaki; Motohide Takahashi; Koji Sakaida; Yukiko Nagano; Yoshichika Arakawa
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 46(4), 1545-1547, Apr. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Upper and lower urinary tract infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K2 and CTX-M-15-beta-lactamase-producing serotype K1: a case report and characterization of serum killing resistance
Noriyuki Nagano; Christophe Cordevant; Yukiko Nagano
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 57(1), 121-124, Jan. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Lead, Corresponding

Resistance to gram-negative organisms due to high-level expression of plasmid-encoded ampC β-lactamase bla_ promoted by insertion sequence ISEcp1
NAKANO Ryuichi; OKAMOTO Ryoichi; NAGANO Noriyuki; INOUE Matsuhisa;
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 13(1), 18-23, 01 Feb. 2007, Refereed, Not invited

A Severe Salmonella enterica Serotype Paratyphi B Infection in a Child Related to a Pet Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
Nagano Noriyuki; Oana Shinji; Nagano Yukiko;
Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 59(2), 132-134, Apr. 2006, Refereed, Not invited

Genetic diversity of the Cprotein β-antigengene and its upstream regions within clonally related groups of type Ia and Ib group B streptococci.
Noriyuki Nagano, Yukiko Nagano, Ryuichi Nakano, Ryoichi Okamoto, and Matsuhisa Inoue.
Microbiology, 152, 771-778, Mar. 2006, Refereed, Not invited

Nosocomial transmission of CTX-M-2 β-lactamase- producing Acinetobacter baumannii in aneurosurgery ward.
Noriyuki Nagano, Yukiko Nagano, Christophe Cordevant, Naohiro Shibata, and Yoshichika Arakawa.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 42, 3978-3984, Nov. 2004, Refereed, Not invited

Nosocomial outbreak of infections by Proteus mirabilis that produces extended-spectrum CTX-M-2 β-lactamase.
Noriyuki Nagano, Naohiro Shibata, Yuko Saitou, Yukiko Nagano, and Yoshichika Arakawa.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 41(12), 5530-5536, Dec. 2003, Refereed, Not invited

Presumed endocarditis caused by BRO β-lactamase-producing Moraxella lacunata in an Infant
Noriyuki Nagano, Junichi Sato, Christophe Cordevant, Yukiko Nagano, Fumiaki Taguchi and Matsuhisa Inoue.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 41(11), 5310-5312, Nov. 2003, Refereed, Not invited

High expression of c protein β antigen gene among invasive strains from certain clonally-related groups of types Ia and Ib group B streptococci.
Noriyuki Nagano, Yukiko Nagano, and Fumiaki Taguchi.
Infection and Immunity, 70(8), 4643-4649, Aug. 2002, Refereed, Not invited

Identification of a highly encapsulated, genetically related group of invasive type III group B streptococci.
Shinji Takahashi, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Yukiko Nagano, Noriyuki Nagano, Mark R. Brisacher, and John F. Bohnsack.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 177(4), 1116-1119, Apr. 1998, Refereed, Not invited

Role of C5a-ase in group B streptococcal resistance to opsonophagocytic killing.
Shinji Takahashi, Yukiko Nagano, Noriyuki Nagano, Osamu Hayashi, Fumiaki Taguchi, and Yoshiyuki Okuwaki.
Infection and Immunity, 63(12), 4764-4769, Dec. 1995, Refereed, Not invited

Opsonisation of group B streptococci and restriction endonuclease digestion patterns of their chromosomal DNA.
Shinji Takahashi, Yukiko Nagano, Noriyuki Nagano, Kozo Fujita, Fumiaki Taguchi, and Yoshiyuki Okuwaki.
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 38, 191-196, 1993, Refereed, Not invited

Restriction endonuclease digest patterns of chromosomal DNA from group B β-haemolitic streptococci..
Yukiko Nagano, Noriyuki Nagano, Shinji Takahashi, Koichi Murono, Kozo Fujita, Fumiaki Taguchi, and Yoshiyuki Okuwaki.
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 35(5), 297-303, Nov. 1991, Refereed, Not invited

Screening of type Ia and Ib Streptococcus agalactiae strains with high sialic acid levels by determination of susceptibility to tetracyclines.
Yukiko Nagano, Noriyuki Nagano, Shinji Takahashi, Akira Suzuki, and Yoshiyuki Okuwaki.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 27(12), 2767-2771, Dec. 1989, Refereed, Not invited

Sialic acid levels and lag time of growth in chemically defined medium containing 200mM phosphate among strains of various serotypes of Streptococcus agalactiae.
Yukiko Nagano, Noriyuki Nagano, Shinji Takahashi, Akira Suzuki, and Yoshiyuki Okuwaki.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 27(10), 2148-2151, Oct. 1989, Refereed, Not invited

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, group B streptococcus with reduced penicillin susceptibility; PRGBS