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  1. Systematic research to overcome newly emerged multidrug resistant bacteria
  2. Potential effect of selective pressure with different β‐lactam molecules on the emergence of reduced susceptibility to β‐lactams in group B Streptococci
  3. Isolation of group B Streptococcus with reduced β-lactam susceptibility from pregnant women
  4. High rate of slowly-killed-by-ampicillin phenotype among group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility: Table 1
  5. High prevalence of fosfomycin resistance gene fosA3 in bla CTX-M-harbouring Escherichia coli from urine in a Chinese tertiary hospital during 2010–2014
  6. Reduction in chlorhexidine efficacy against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii international clone II
  7. In vitro reduction of antibacterial activity of tigecycline against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with host stress hormone norepinephrine
  8. Effectual detection of group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS) by commercially available methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-selective agar
  9. Aminoglycoside Resistance
  10. Structural Insights into Recognition of Hydrolyzed Carbapenems and Inhibitors by Subclass B3 Metallo-β-Lactamase SMB-1
  11. A Novel IgM-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant Vag8 fusion protein for the accurate and early diagnosis ofBordetella pertussisinfection
  12. A Highly Macrolide-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni Strain with Rare A2074T Mutations in 23S rRNA Genes
  13. Long-Term Colonization byblaCTX-M-Harboring Escherichia coli in Healthy Japanese People Engaged in Food Handling
  14. Third-generation cephalosporin-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from human feces in Japan
  15. Characterization of Piperacillin/Tazobactam-Resistant Klebsiella oxytoca Recovered from a Nosocomial Outbreak
  16. Development of a novel chromogenic method, Penta-well test, for rapid prediction of β-lactamase classes produced in clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates
  17. Ceftibuten-containing agar plate for detecting group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS)
  18. High isolation rate of MDR group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility in Japan
  19. Successful Containment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST215 Outbreak in Japanese University Hospital
  20. Genetic Profiles of Fluoroquinolone-Nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae Among Cephalosporin-Resistant K. pneumoniae
  21. New plasmid-mediated aminoglycoside 6′-N-acetyltransferase, AAC(6′)-Ian, and ESBL, TLA-3, from aSerratia marcescensclinical isolate
  22. Molecular Epidemiological Characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae Associated with Bacteremia among Patients with Pneumonia
  23. Contribution of QnrA, a Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Peptide, to Survival of Escherichia coli Exposed to a Lethal Ciprofloxacin Concentration
  24. Comparative Analysis of Penicillin-Susceptible and Non-Susceptible Isolates of Group B Streptococci by Multilocus Sequence Typing
  25. Crystal Structure of IMP-2 Metallo-β-lactamase from Acinetobacter spp.
  26. Molecular Epidemiological Characterization of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli from an Outpatient Urology Clinic in Rural Japan
  27. Roles of Ala-149 in the catalytic activity of diadenosine tetraphosphate phosphorylase fromMycobacterium tuberculosisH37Rv
  28. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for 16S rRNA methylase genes in Gram-negative bacteria
  29. Invasive Infection Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter soli , Japan
  30. Practical Agar-Based Disk Potentiation Test for Detection of Fosfomycin-Nonsusceptible Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates Producing GlutathioneS-Transferases
  31. Penicillin-Susceptible Group B Streptococcal Clinical Isolates with Reduced Cephalosporin Susceptibility
  32. New PCR-Based Open Reading Frame Typing Method for Easy, Rapid, and Reliable Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii International Epidemic Clones without Performing Multilocus Sequence Typing
  33. Distribution of carbapenem resistance determinants among epidemic and non-epidemic types of Acinetobacter species in Japan
  34. Novel Integron-Mediated Fosfomycin Resistance GenefosK
  35. Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases and Escherichia coli Isolated from Retail Foods Including Chicken Meat in Japan
  36. First Detection of Fosfomycin Resistance Gene fosA3 in CTX-M-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Individuals in Japan
  37. Rapid discrimination of Acinetobacter baumannii international clone II lineage by pyrosequencing SNP analyses of blaOXA-51-like genes
  38. Influenza A whole virion vaccine induces a rapid reduction of peripheral blood leukocytes via interferon-α-dependent apoptosis
  39. Comparison of Test Methods for Detecting Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria
  40. Rapid and Reliable Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Detecting Streptococcus agalactiae
  41. Screening for Group B Streptococci with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility in Clinical Isolates Obtained between 1977 and 2005
  42. First Report of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in Japan from a Patient Returned from Southeast Asia
  43. Active Screening of Group B Streptococci with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility and Altered Serotype Distribution Isolated from Pregnant Women in Kobe, Japan
  44. Exogenously acquired 16S rRNA methyltransferases found in aminoglycoside-resistant pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria: An update
  45. Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Pertactin-Deficient Bordetella pertussis in Japan
  46. Ultra-late Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease ―A Report of Two Cases―
  47. Complete Sequencing of the blaNDM-1-Positive IncA/C Plasmid from Escherichia coli ST38 Isolate Suggests a Possible Origin from Plant Pathogens
  48. A Demetallation Method for IMP-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase with Restored Enzymatic Activity Upon Addition of Metal Ion(s)
  49. Structural Insights into the Novel Diadenosine 5′,5‴-P1,P4-Tetraphosphate Phosphorylase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
  50. Biochemical and pathophysiological characterization of Helicobacter pylori asparaginase
  51. Practical Disk-Based Method for Detection of Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates Producing the Fluoroquinolone-Modifying Enzyme AAC(6′)-Ib-cr: Fig. 1.
  52. Differential Expression of Type III Effector BteA Protein Due to IS481 Insertion in Bordetella pertussis
  53. Metal preference of Zn(ii) and Co(ii) for the dinuclear metal binding site of IMP-1 metallo-β-lactamase and spectroscopic properties of Co(ii)-substituted IMP-1 with mercaptoacetic acid
  54. RmtC introduces G1405 methylation in 16S rRNA and confers high-level aminoglycoside resistance on Gram-positive microorganisms
  55. Profile of Expression of Helicobacter pyloriγ-Glutamyltranspeptidase
  56. Characterization of Quasispecies of Pandemic 2009 Influenza A Virus (A/H1N1/2009) by De Novo Sequencing Using a Next-Generation DNA Sequencer
  57. Genetic verification of Bordetella pertussis seed strains used for production of Japanese acellular pertussis vaccines
  58. Practical Disk Diffusion Test for Detecting Group B Streptococcus with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility
  59. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the diadenosine 5′,5′′′-P1,P4-tetraphosphate phosphorylase fromMycobacterium tuberculosisH37Rv
  60. The Nosocomial Transmission of Helicobacter cinaedi Infections in Immunocompromised Patients
  61. An Outbreak of Histoplasmosis among Healthy Young Japanese Women after Traveling to Southeast Asia
  62. Purification and molecular characterization of a novel diadenosine 5′,5′′′-P1,P4-tetraphosphate phosphorylase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
  63. A novel insertion sequence, IS1642, ofMycobacterium avium, which forms long direct repeats of variable length
  64. Difference of genotypic and phenotypic characteristics and pathogenicity potential of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae between clinical and environmental isolates from Japan
  65. Antigenic variation in Bordetella pertussis isolates recovered from adults and children in Japan
  66. Crystallographic Investigation of the Inhibition Mode of a VIM-2 Metallo-β-lactamase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a Mercaptocarboxylate Inhibitor
  67. Highly sensitive histamine-sensitization test for residual activity of pertussis toxin in acellular pertussis vaccine
  68. Quantification of two variant strains contained in freeze-dried Japanese BCG vaccine preparation by real-time PCR
  69. 16S rRNA Methylase–producing, Gram-Negative Pathogens, Japan
  70. Metabolism of glutamine and glutathione via γ-glutamyltranspeptidase and glutamate transport in Helicobacter pylori: possible significance in the pathophysiology of the organism
  71. Development of safer pertussis DNA vaccine expressing non-toxic C180 polypeptide of pertussis toxin S1 subunit
  72. Toxoid flocculation assay by laser light-scattering
  73. Outbreak of CTX-M-3-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacter cloacae in a pediatric ward
  74. Dissemination of 16S rRNA methylase-mediated highly amikacin-resistant isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Korea
  75. Probing, Inhibition, and Crystallographic Characterization of Metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1) with Fluorescent Agents Containing Dansyl and Thiol Groups
  76. Prevalence of the speA2 and speA3 alleles in Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from TSLS patients in Japan
  77. Irreversible Inhibition of Metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1) by 3-(3-Mercaptopropionylsulfanyl)propionic Acid Pentafluorophenyl Ester
  78. Irreversible Inhibition of Metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1) by 3-(3-Mercaptopropionylsulfanyl)propionic Acid Pentafluorophenyl Ester
  79. Global Spread of Multiple Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes
  80. Severe Acute Tonsillitis Caused By Rothia Dentocariosa in a Healthy Child
  81. Growth Competition of Macrolide-Resistant and -SusceptibleHelicobacter pyloriStrains
  82. Where has vancomycin-heterogeneously resistant Staphylococcus aureus gone?
  83. Augmenting Effect of Antibiotics on Endotoxin Activity May Cause a Safety Problem
  84. Escherichia coliProducing CTX-M-2 β-Lactamase in Cattle, Japan
  85. Comparative Study of the Inhibition of Metallo-β-Lactamases (IMP-1 and VIM-2) by Thiol Compounds That Contain a Hydrophobic Group
  86. Acquisition of 16S rRNA methylase gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  87. DNA vaccine encoding pertussis toxin S1 subunit induces protection against Bordetella pertussis in mice
  88. A novel apoptosis-inducing protein from Helicobacter pylori
  89. Detection of a metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1) by fluorescent probes having dansyl and thiol groups
  90. Dependence of Hydrolysis of β-Lactams with a Zinc(II)-β-Lactamase Produced from Serratia marcescens (IMP-1) on pH and Concentration of Zinc(II) Ion: Dissociation of Zn(II) from IMP-1 in Acidic Medium
  91. CHARACTERIZATION OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS THAT PRODUCE CTX-M-2-TYPE BROAD SPECTRUM BETA-LACTAMASE ISOLATED FROM A CHILD WITH LEUKEMIA
  92. Characteristics of Macrolide-ResistantMycoplasma pneumoniaeStrains Isolated from Patients and Induced with ErythromycinIn Vitro
  93. Direct screening of the IMP-1 metallo-beta-lactamase gene (blaIMP) from urine samples by polymerase chain reaction
  94. Synthesis of variously oxidized abietane diterpenes and their antibacterial activities against MRSA and VRE
  95. Trends in Antimicrobial-Drug Resistance in Japan
  96. Molecular structure of bacterial endotoxin (Escherichia coli Re lipopolysaccharide): implications for formation of a novel heterogeneous lattice structure
  97. A preliminary survey of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in clinical isolates ofKlebsiella pneumoniaeandEscherichia coliin Japan
  98. Role of multiple efflux pumps inEscherichia coliin indole expulsion
  99. Worldwide proliferation of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria
  100. Crystallization of Lipopolysaccharide from aSalmonella typhimuriumSemi-Rough (SR) Mutant
  101. Induction of Protection against Oral Infection with Cytotoxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Mice by Shiga–like Toxin–Liposome Conjugate
  102. RobA-lnduced Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Largely Depends on the Activation of the AcrAB Efflux
  103. Inhibition of the Metallo-.BETA.-lactamase Produced from Serratia marcescens by Thiol Compounds.
  104. Crystallization of an R-Form Lipopolysaccharide fromKlebsiella pneumoniae
  105. Crystallization of SyntheticEscherichia coli-Type Lipid A
  106. Crystallization and Analyses of Crystals of Various Chemotypes of R-Form Lipopolysaccharides fromSalmonellaSpp.
  107. Lidocaine Hydrochloride and Acetylsalicylate Kill Bacteria by Disrupting the Bacterial Membrane Potential in Different Ways
  108. Characterization of a plasmid-borne and constitutively expressed blamox-1 gene encoding AmpC-type β-lactamase
  109. Polymorphism of Crystals ofSalmonella minnesotaRe and Ra Lipopolysaccharides
  110. Construction of a novel suicide vector: selection for Escherichia coli HB101 recombinants carrying the DNA insert
  111. Electron Microscopic Observation of Crystals ofEscherichia coliK-12 Lipopolysaccharide
  112. Rapid Small-Scale Preparation Method of Cell Surface Polysaccharides
  113. Inhibitory Effect of Ca2+on Formation of Mg2+-Mediated Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Lattice Structure by an R-Form Lipopolysaccharide fromKlebsiella pneumoniae
  114. Relationship between Mg2+-Induced Hexagonal Assembly of R-Form Lipopolysaccharides and Chemical Structure of Their R-Cores
  115. Identification of Species and Capsular Types ofKlebsiellaClinical Isolates, with Special Reference toKlebsiella planticola
  116. Temperature-Sensitive Growth Mutants as Live Vaccines against Experimental Murine Salmonellosis
  117. Close evolutionary relationship between the chromosomally encoded β lactamase gene ofKlebsiellapneumoniaeand the TEM β-lactamase gene mediated by R plasmids