The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology

Vol.14 No.3
Contents
(November 25, 2004)

Review
The Current Status and Challenges for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing ---P129
Hideyo Yamaguchi

Original Article
Improvement of HEp-2 cell vacuolation assay for Bacillus cereus emetic toxin ---P146
Kumiko Kawamura, Yumi Hirama, Norio Agata, Hideo Ito

Original Article
Studies of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Biology of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Blood Culture and Non-blood Specimens of the Same Patients ---P153
Shoji Moriki, Akiko Nobata, Hiroshi Shibata, Junichi Masuda and Shunichi Kumakura

Original Article
Trends in Nalidixic Acid-resistant Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A Isolated in Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, 1997-2003 ---P159
Kiyoshi Fuke, Yukari Harashima, Yuka Shiuti, Masako Sakurada, Machiko Kashiwa, Kenji Ohnishi

Original Article
Evaluation of Microdilution Susceptibility Test for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Using the ATP Method ---P164
Masayuki Horikawa, Isao Nishi, Masahiro Toyokawa, Naoki Sato, Yutaka Okazawa, Seishi Asari

Original Article
Proposal of criteria for determining clinically significant bacteria using the time to positive culture of coagulase-negative staphylococci in blood cultures ---P177
Takeya Ohshiro, Kaoru Uchima, Ryouko Ohshiro, Orie Ohshiro, Hideji Taira, Kouhachi Oyakawa

Original Article
Nationwide Survey of Antifungal Drug Susceptibility of Clinical Fungal Isolates in Japan from the Japan Antifungal Surveillance Program (JASP), 2001-2002 ---P183
Hideyo Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa Uchida, Katsuko Okuzumi, Toyoko Oguri, Keiko Adachi, Sayoko Kawakami, Masakazu Tosaka, Chieko Kawashima, Yoshiko Hori, Toshimi Kitazawa, Mutsumu Hayashi, Yoshihiko Saito, Kyoko Ozaki, Yayoi Nishiyama, Association of Japan Antifungal Susceptibility Surveillance group

Diagnostic test report
Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Test for a Rapid Detection of Vero Toxins ---P194
Ryuji Kawahara, Kazuko Seto, Masumi Taguchi, Kazuhiro Kobayashi