[Epidemiological study of clinical backgrounds of influenza patients in an open hospital of Yokohama City in the last ten years].

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced in March, 2011 that it shifts to the usual measure against influenza about the pandemic influenza which occurred in 2009. Since epidemic finished, I thought that the surveillance about the measure against infection control was required. In this study we performed an epidemiological investigation of the clinical backgrounds of influenza patients over the last ten years.

[Susceptibility surveillance of clinical isolates to fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agents from 2003 to 2008: post-marketing study of prulifloxacin].

Yearly changes in the susceptibility of clinical isolates to ulifloxacin (UFX) and other fluoroquinolones were examined through surveys over 3 periods. In the first survey, 534 strains derived from 19 species were collected from clinical specimens during 6 months from December 2003 to May 2004. In the same way, 805 strains were collected from December 2005 to May 2006 in the second survey, and 863 strains were from December 2007 to May 2008 in the third survey.

[Clinical evaluation of a norovirus antigen detection test in pediatric patients and study targeting application to combat infection].

Typical causative viruses of viral gastroenteritis in childhood are Norovirus(NV), Rotavirus(RV), and Adenovirus (AV). It is difficult to specify the type of virus based on the clinical symptoms, necessitating a search for the causative virus. Antigen testing is the mainstay for the definitive diagnosis of RV and AV.