Publications by authors named "A Suwabe"

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  • Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) can lead to acute kidney injury and is often caused by drugs, infections, or autoimmune disorders; this case study focuses on a 78-year-old woman with AIN who tests positive for anti-centromere antibody (ACA) due to an unexplained immune disorder.
  • The patient's serum creatinine level rose significantly from 0.67 mg/dL to 2.79 mg/dL, and a kidney biopsy showed immunocyte infiltration indicative of AIN; despite the ACA positivity, no additional autoimmune diseases were diagnosed.
  • Treatment with glucocorticoids improved the patient’s kidney function, lowering her serum creatinine to 1.53 mg/dL within four weeks, and suggested
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Various carbapenemases have been identified in the Enterobacteriaceae. However, the induction and corresponding regulator genes of carbapenemase NmcA has rarely been detected in the complex (ECC). The NmcA-positive isolate ECC NR1491 was first detected in Japan in 2013.

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To ensure that experiences and lessons learned from the unprecedented 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake are used to improve future disaster planning, the Japan Diabetes Society (JDS) launched the "Research and Survey Committee for Establishing Disaster Diabetes Care Systems Based on Relevant Findings from the Great East Japan Earthquake" under the supervision of the Chairman of the JDS. The Committee conducted a questionnaire survey among patients with diabetes, physicians, disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs), nurses, pharmacists, and nutritionists in disaster areas about the events they saw happening, the situations they found difficult to handle, and the needs that they felt required to be met during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A total of 3,481 completed questionnaires were received.

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To ensure that experiences and lessons learned from the unprecedented 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake are used to improve future disaster planning, the Japan Diabetes Society (JDS) launched the "Research and Survey Committee for Establishing Disaster Diabetes Care Systems Based on Relevant Findings from the Great East Japan Earthquake" under the supervision of the Chairman of the JDS. The Committee conducted a questionnaire survey among patients with diabetes, physicians, disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs), nurses, pharmacists, and nutritionists in disaster areas about the events they saw happening, the situations they found difficult to handle, and the needs that they felt required to be met during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A total of 3,481 completed questionnaires were received.

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Background: Serum anti-single stranded DNA antibody (anti-ssDNAab) is used as a marker for systemic lupus erythematosus. We found a 'prozone-like phenomenon,' which was different from an original prozone phenomenon, in chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay using magnetic particles for the measurement of serum anti-ssDNAab titers. We investigated mechanisms of the prozone-like phenomenon and countermeasures to prevent it from being overlooked.

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