Publications by authors named "Tomohiro Nagayama"
Article Synopsis
- In advanced Parkinson's disease, motor complications like wearing-off and dyskinesia fluctuate daily, requiring accurate monitoring for better patient care.
- A study utilized wearable devices to gather data on pulse rates and activity levels from 12 Parkinson's patients over 30 days to investigate biomarkers related to these motor complications.
- Results indicated that while individual trends varied, a higher pulse rate and activity index were observed during certain states, suggesting that these measurements could serve as effective indicators for managing symptoms, with the need for further research to confirm findings.
Objectives: Polyclonal anti-Candida chicken egg yolk antibodies (anti-IgY) were used to investigate the prevention of adherence of Candida species to denture base material in vitro.
Background: Candida is a potential virulence factor that can cause systemic infection and even death in immunocompromised individuals. Because long-term antifungal treatment may lead to the emergence of drug-resistant strains, it is necessary to develop novel preventive measures and treatments for candidiasis.
Background: The isolation frequency and susceptibility to antifungal agents of oral Candida isolates from patients with oral candidiasis (OC) were compared between studies conducted in 2006-2007 and 2012-2013.
Methods: A total158 strains was isolated from 112 patients who visited Kagoshima University Hospital for the treatment of OC during the 14-month period from February 2012 and March 2013, and evaluated on the isolation frequency of each Candida strain and the susceptibility against antifungal drugs as compared to those evaluated in 2006-2007.
Results: There was a higher frequency of xerostomia as a chief complaint and of autoimmune disease in the 2012-2013 study than in the 2006-2007 study.