BACKGROUND: Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of infectious diarrhea and enterogastritis via the fecal-oral route. V. harveyi is a pathogen of fishes and invertebrates, and has been used as a model for quorum sensing (QS) studies. LuxR is the master QS regulator (MQSR) of V. harveyi, and Lu
[Clinical analysis on an outbreak of SRSV-gastroenteritis with 644 patients emerged in Shizuoka Prefecture].
Nakamura N1, Sugieda M, Miyamoto H.
Kansenshōgaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases.Kansenshogaku Zasshi.1999 Apr;73(4):356-60.
Small round structured viruses (SRSV) are the major cause of acute non-bacterial enterogastritis and have a characteristic of breaking out with mass victims as food poisoning. The outbreak usually occurs among school children from school lunches in Japan. A case in adults is relatively rare. The SRS
[A clinical evaluation of azithromycin in the treatment of pediatric infection].
Furukawa S1, Okada T.
The Japanese journal of antibiotics.Jpn J Antibiot.1996 Nov;49(11):1013-23.
Fine granule preparation of azithromycin (AZM), a new macrolide antibiotic, was given to treat various infections in pediatric patients. Efficacies of AZM in a total of 21 patients (tonsillitis in six, bronchitis in five, pneumonia in five, impetigo contagiosa in three, staphylococcal scalded skin s