Publications by authors named "Ikumi Takahashi"
Cholestasis is a hepatic disease reported in humans, dogs, and chickens and is characterized by various signs. Bile duct ligation (BDL) is a standard model for research in cholestasis in male rats and mice. However, the timing and degree of structural changes in BDL-subjected liver differ in the two animal species.
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- The feasibility study demonstrated that carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) is both safe and effective for treating head and neck cancer.
- It highlights the innovative approach of using linear energy transfer (LET) painting in the therapy.
- This research is the first step toward integrating CIRT with LET painting into regular clinical practice.
Objectives: Maintaining the texture of the food that nursing home residents eat is critical for maintaining quality of life and preventing malnutrition. The aim of the present study was to identify the conditions necessary for maintaining food texture for this population.
Materials And Methods: The study included 143 people for whom reevaluation 1-year post-baseline was possible from among 256 dependent older people who consumed solid food on admission to a nursing home (baseline).
Clostridioides difficile is the major causative pathogen of pseudomembranous colitis, and novel antimicrobial agents are required for treatment. Phage-derived endolysins exhibiting species-specific lytic activity have potential as novel antimicrobial agents. We surveyed the genome of C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is greatly affecting the quality of life (QOL) of women. There are some surgical techniques for POP repair, for example, transvaginal mesh surgery (TVM), laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC), and robot-assisted sacrocolpopexy (RSC). In the United States and Europe, the number of TVM has rapidly decreased since 2011 due to complications and safety concerns and has shifted to LSC/RSC.
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- * A cohort study identified an outbreak in a Tokyo language school where a teenage student was diagnosed with MDR-TB, resulting in additional cases among classmates and detection of latent TB infections.
- * The study emphasizes the need for targeted TB screening for immigrants and recommends prophylactic measures for individuals exposed to MDR-TB to prevent further outbreaks.
Background: Extragonadal germ cell tumor (EGCT) is a relatively rare condition, reportedly representing 3-7% of all germ cell tumors. We report a patient who had metachronous testicular tumor with uncommon metastases 20 years after primary retroperitoneal EGCT treatment, along with a corresponding literature review.
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old Japanese man visited our department in November 2017 with chief complaints of indolent right scrotum enlargement and a right inguinal mass.
Background: The aim of this study is to analyze interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) data of foreign-born individuals in Japan derived from tuberculosis (TB) contact investigations.
Methods: A contact with a TB patient was considered to have occurred when an individual had contact with a TB patient for more than 8 h indoors. This is a retrospective cohort study, and all the TB contacts tested with IGRA during the contact investigations conducted by the Shinjuku city Health Office from 2015 through 2017 were enrolled.