The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology

Vol.31 No.2
Contents
(March 25, 2021)

Review
Measurement and assessment of antimicrobial stewardship metrics in healthcare facilities ---P57
Ichiro Kawamura

Review
Clostridioides difficile infection in Japan: Molecular epidemiology ---P66
Haru Kato, Mitsutoshi Senoh

Original Article
MIC measurement kit for rapidly growing mycobacteria multicenter evaluation ---P75
Akio Aono, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Yuriko Igarashi, Shimomura Yoshiko, Makiko Hosoya, Yuta Morishige, Yoshiro Murase, Akiko Takaki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Satoshi Mitarai

Case Report
Case of late-onset group B streptococcal meningitis in which the transmission route was estimated from an enrichment culture ---P82
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Minoru Sakurada, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Kousuke Tsuchida, Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya, Nobumichi Kobayashi

Case Report
A case of disseminated histoplasmosis complicated with AIDS ---P87
Yuzuru Adachi, Shin Nihonyanagi, Tatsuhiko Wada, Haruka Kaneki, Kyoko Kasai, Tomoyo Onuki, Nobuhiko Nakazaki, Keizo Sakurai, Shinichi Munekata, Yoko Takayama, Hikaru Kume, Katsuhiko Kamei, Yusaku Kanoh

Case Report
A Case of disseminated Mycobacterium haemophilum infection ---P92
Tatsuya Ohno, Momoko Anzai, Yosuke Tanaka, Tadatomo Ohyanagi, Yuka Taniguchi, Tamami Kawaguchi

Case Report
A case of Laribacter hongkongensis bacteremia during AML chemotherapy ---P98
Shigehiro Hagiwara, Yukari Kaneda, Yuichi Tanaka, Tsugumi Yorikawa, Aoi Nomura, Yumiko Kimura, Masashi Furuya, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Hisanaga Sato, Yoshihiro Masuda

Diagnostic test report
Validation of a new SARS-CoV-2 gene detection POCT reagent "Smart Gene COVID-19 detection kit" with nasopharyngeal swab ---P103
Ataru Moriya, Kei Yamamoto, Toru Akiyama, Noriko Kinoshita, Tsutomu Sudo, Ayano Motohashi, Ayaka Usami, Erina Isaka, Honami Ando, Hitoshi Ohki, Masami Kurokawa, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Akihito Tanaka, Michi Shoji, Mitsuru Ozeki, Moto Kimura, Norio Ohmagari

Short Communication
Assessment of different storage conditions for Neisseria meningitidis survival ---P108
Ayuka Kobayashi, Jun Nakajima, Takeshi Otsuka, Masami Iigusa, Yuichiro Sakai, Akira Sata, Takeya Ohshiro, Koji Kikuchi, Shun Kikuchi, Yuko Matsumoto, Seina Miyahara, Masato Miyahira, Hajime Kamiya, Hideyuki Takahashi, Shuji Tohda, Ryoichi Saito

Short Communication
Accuracy of Enterobacter cloacae complex species identified by Vitek MS ---P113
Rino Matsui, Takuya Hosoda, Mitsutaka Wakuda, Yohei Doi, Masahiro Suzuki