IASR Vol.39, No.7 (No.461), July 2018 : Pneumococcal infections in 2017, Japan
IASR Vol. 39,
 No. 7 (No. 461) July 2018
  
Pneumococcal infections in 2017, Japan
- Trends in reported cases of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection at designated sentinel hospitals, 2008-2017
 - Serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Osaka Prefecture, 2014-2017
 - Usefulness of pneumococcal serotyping by multiplex polymerase-chain reaction
 - Current situation of invasive pneumococcal disease among children following the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
 - Clinical features of invasive pneumococcal disease among adults and analysis of serotype distribution of the causative bacteria
 - Effectiveness of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease among adults
 - Prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia in the elderly by 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
 - Analysis of capsule-switched Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from a cluster of pneumonia cases
 - Immunogenicity of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients
 - Routine vaccination program for pneumococcal vaccine in the elderly
 - Family cluster involving several cases infected with a Brucella strain distinct from known Brucella strains, January 2018
 - Cases of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection among infants due to USA300 strain in Tokyo, Niigata, and Okinawa Prefectures
 - Detection of adenovirus type 54 from epidemic kerato-conjunctivitis patients in Osaka City, 2016
 - Outbreak of human respiratory syncytial virus at a long-term care facility for the elderly in Toyama Prefecture, December 2017 to January 2018
 - Description of sapovirus detections in Sendai City, 2012-2017