Publications by authors named "Hayato Tsuruma"
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- Aspergillus-specific antibodies are used to diagnose allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), but tests for these were not commonly used in Japan.
- A study evaluated 64 patients with suspected ABPA and CPA using two different enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) to measure serum Aspergillus IgG levels.
- Results showed that both the Bordier and Bio-Rad kits had high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing CPA and ABPA, making them good alternatives to the discontinued precipitin test in clinical settings in Japan.
We present a 55-year-old woman with periodic fever and symptoms similar to adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). She had a heterogeneous mutation of the gene and colchicine was effective. Atypical familial Mediterranean fever (pyrin-associated autoinflammatory disease) should be considered in patients with periodic fever accompanied by symptoms similar to AOSD.
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