Section of Bacterial Drug Resistance Research

DOMESTIC LABORATORIES:

Staff:

Specially Appointed Professor(SUP)

Shigeyuki Hamada, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Associate Professor(SUP)

Yukihiro Akeda, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Yo Sugawara, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Researcher

Dan Takeuchi, M.D., Ph.D.

Noriko Sakamoto

Subjects:

1. Molecular epidemiology of drug resistant bacteria
2. Development of methods to prevent the spreading of drug resistant bacteria

Papers published in 2017

1. Genetic characterization of blaNDM-harboring plasmids in carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli from Myanmar.

   Yo Sugawara, Yukihiro Akeda, Noriko Sakamoto, Dan Takeuchi, Daisuke Motooka, Shota Nakamura, Hideharu Hagiya, Norihisa Yamamoto, Isao Nishi, Hisao Yoshida, Kazuhisa Okada, Khwar Nyo Zin, Mya Mya Aye, Kazunori Tomono and Shigeyuki Hamada

   PLoS One, 12 (9), e0184720, 2017.
2. Prevalence of, and risk factors for, carriage of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among hospitalized patients in Japan.

   N Yamamoto, R Asada, R Kawahara, H Hagiya, Y Akeda, R K Shanmugakani, H Yoshida, S Yukawa, K Yamamoto, Y Takayama, H Ohnishi, T Taniguchi, T Matsuoka, K Matsunami, I Nishi, T Kase, S Hamada and K Tomono

   J Hosp Infect, 97 (3), 212-217, 2017.
3. PCR-Dipstick Chromatography for Differential Detection of Carbapenemase Genes Directly in Stool Specimens.

   Rathina Kumar Shanmugakani, Yukihiro Akeda, Norihisa Yamamoto, Noriko Sakamoto, Hideharu Hagiya, Hisao Yoshida, Dan Takeuchi, Yo Sugawara, Takuya Kodera, Mitsuo Kawase, Warawut Laolerd, Narong Chaihongsa, Pitak Santanirand, Yoshikazu Ishii, Shigeyuki Hamada and Kazunori Tomono

   Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 61 (6), , 2017.
4. Development of selective medium for IMP-type carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in stool specimens.

   Norihisa Yamamoto, Ryuji Kawahara, Yukihiro Akeda, Rathina Kumar Shanmugakani, Hisao Yoshida, Hideharu Hagiya, Naohiro Hara, Isao Nishi, Satomi Yukawa, Rumiko Asada, Yumi Sasaki, Kazuhiro Maeda, Noriko Sakamoto, Shigeyuki Hamada and Kazunori Tomono

   BMC Infect Dis, 17 (1), 229, 2017.
5. Multiplex PCR for identification of six clinically relevant streptococci.

   Rujirat Hatrongjit, Yukihiro Akeda, Shigeyuki Hamada, Marcelo Gottschalk and Anusak Kerdsin

   J Med Microbiol, 66 (11), 1590-1595, 2017.
6. Impact of a Food Safety Campaign on

   Dan Takeuchi, Anusak Kerdsin, Yukihiro Akeda, Piphat Chiranairadul, Phacharaphan Loetthong, Nutchada Tanburawong, Prasanee Areeratana, Panarat Puangmali, Kasean Khamisara, Wirasinee Pinyo, Rapeepun Anukul, Sutit Samerchea, Punpong Lekhalula, Tatsuya Nakayama, Kouji Yamamoto, Masayo Hirose, Shigeyuki Hamada, Surang Dejsirilert and Kazunori Oishi

   Am J Trop Med Hyg, 96 (6), 1370-1377, 2017.
7. Development of a multiplex PCR for identification of β-hemolytic streptococci relevant to human infections and serotype distribution of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae in Thailand.

   Anusak Kerdsin, Rujirat Hatrongjit, Shigeyuki Hamada, Yukihiro Akeda and Marcelo Gottschalk

   Mol Cell Probes, 36, 10-14, 2017.
8. A locus encoding variable defence systems against invading DNA identified in Streptococcus suis.

   Masatoshi Okura, Takashi Nozawa, Takayasu Watanabe, Kazunori Murase, Ichiro Nakagawa, Daisuke Takamatsu, Makoto Osaki, Tsutomu Sekizaki, Marcelo Gottschalk, Shigeyuki Hamada and Fumito Maruyama

   Genome Biol Evol, , , 2017.
9. Molecular Epidemiology of Cholera Outbreaks during the Rainy Season in Mandalay, Myanmar.

   Amonrattana Roobthaisong, Kazuhisa Okada, Nilar Htun, Wah Wah Aung, Warawan Wongboot, Watcharaporn Kamjumphol, Aye Aye Han, Yi Yi and Shigeyuki Hamada

   Am J Trop Med Hyg, 97 (5), 1323-1328, 2017.

Link

Section of Bacterial Drug Resistance Research

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University