Real-time PCR investigation of the prevalence of Fusobacterium necrophorum in patients with pharyngitis in Japan.

Purpose: Recent data suggest an association between Fusobacterium necrophorum infection and pharyngotonsillitis among adolescents and adults. However, existing reports are only from North America and Europe. We aimed to identify and compare the prevalence of F.

Idiopathic collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in an 81-year-old Japanese woman: a case report and review of the literature.

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is classified into five variants, with the collapsing variant being the most rare. Collapsing FSGS is characterized by a black racial predominance and is often associated with human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy. However, the number of idiopathic cases is increasing and the presentation of non-black patients becoming more routine.