ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Vol 62 No 6</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#fcffa1"> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+2">Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases</FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+1">Vol. 62 No. 6, P. 413-486, 2009</FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+1"><HR ALIGN=LEFT></FONT></B></P> <P><FONT COLOR="#009999">To see a printable version of the article in the Adobe file format, click its [PDF] link.</FONT></P> <P><B><U>INVITED REVIEW</U></B></P> <P><B>Spore-Forming Microsporidian <I>Encephalitozoon</I>: Current Understanding of Infection and Prevention in Japan</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Koji Furuya<BR> pages 413-422 [<A HREF="413.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="413.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>ORIGINAL ARTICLES</U></B></P> <P><B>Tuberculosis in Diabetics: Features in an Endemic Area</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Dursun Tatar, Gunes Senol, Serpil Alptekin, Caglar Karakurum, Mert Aydin, and Ipek Coskunol<BR> pages 423-427 [<A HREF="423.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="423.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Evaluation of High Performance Liquid Chromatography Purified Leptospiral Antigen for the Diagnosis of Leptospirosis</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Sae Pol and Renu Bharadwaj<BR> pages 428-431 [<A HREF="428.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="428.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Prevalence of Integrons in Antibiotic-Resistant <I>Salmonella</I> spp. in Hong Kong</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yujuan Jin and J. M. Ling<BR> pages 432-439 [<A HREF="432.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="432.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Surgical Site Infections May Be Reduced by Shorter Duration of Prophylactic Antibiotic Medication in Urological Surgeries</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Katsumi Shigemura, Soichi Arakawa, Masuo Yamashita, Tomihiko Yasufuku, and Masato Fujisawa<BR> pages 440-443 [<A HREF="440.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="440.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>The Surveillance System in Health Centers in Northeastern Thailand</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Kesorn Thaewnongiew, Supannee Promthet, Kessarawan Nilvarangkul, Ram Rangsin, Phisarig Phitak, and Pongdech Sarakarn<BR> pages 444-449 [<A HREF="444.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="444.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>A Foodborne Norovirus Outbreak at a Hospital and an Attached Long-Term Care Facility</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Kazuhiro Ohwaki, Haruko Nagashima, Makoto Aoki, Hiroko Aoki, and Eiji Yano<BR> pages 450-454 [<A HREF="450.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="450.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>SHORT COMMUNICATIONS</U></B></P> <P><B>Usefulness of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Echovirus Aseptic Meningitis Using Cerebrospinal Fluid</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Tsuguto Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Izumi, Nobuhiko Okabe, Miki Enomoto, Masami Konagaya, Masatsugu Chikahira, Tetsuya Munemura, and Kiyosu Taniguchi<BR> pages 455-457 [<A HREF="455.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="455.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Respiratory Viruses in Hospitalized Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Harbin, China</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Hong-Yan Zhang, Zheng-Min Li, Guo-Li Zhang, Tian-Tian Diao, Chun-Xia Cao, and Hong-Qiang Sun<BR> pages 458-460 [<A HREF="458.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="458.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>A Case of Unforeseen Intractable Severe Bacteremia Due to <I>Acinetobacter baumannii</I> an Efficacy of Sulbactam </B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Nobuyuki Takahashi, Toshio Shimada, Kazuaki Tanabe, Masatake Sato, Jun Kitamura, Hidetoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Yutaka Ishibashi, and Takeshi Sakane<BR> pages 461-463 [<A HREF="461.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="461.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Trial of Influenza HA Vaccination for Healthcare Workers in Consecutive Years</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yukihiko Fujita, Tsuyoshi Okada, Hideo Mugishima, Kazunari Kumasaka, Mitsuru Sawa, and Sachiko Tachihara<BR> pages 464-466 [<A HREF="464.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="464.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Prevalence of <I>Chlamydia trachomatis</I> and <I>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</I> in HIV-Seropositive Patients and Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility: an Update in Thailand</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Somporn Srifeungfung, Anuvat Roongpisuthipong, Suvanna Asavapiriyanont, Rangsima Lolekha, Chanwit Tribuddharat, Somchai Lokpichart, Prasong Sungthong, and Patrapee Tongtep<BR> pages 467-470 [<A HREF="467.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="467.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Surveillance of Enterovirus Infections in Yokohama City from 2004 to 2008</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Tomoko Soga Momoki<BR> pages 471-473 [<A HREF="471.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="471.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Serological and Genetic Analysis of Leptospirosis in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in Kandy, Sri Lanka</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Nobuo Koizumi, Chandika D. Gamage, Maki Muto, Senanayake A. M. Kularatne, Sudhara B. D. S. Budagoda, Jayanthe R. P. V. Rajapakse, Hidehiko Tamashiro, and Haruo Watanabe<BR> pages 474-475 [<A HREF="474.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="474.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>METHOD</U></B></P> <P><B>Rapid Diagnostic Method for the Detection of Diarrheagenic <I>Escherichia coli</I> by Multiplex PCR</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Miyuki Fujioka, Kosuke Kasai, Tomisato Miura, Tatsusuke Sato, and Yoshimitsu Otomo<BR> pages 476-480 [<A HREF="476.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="476.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS</U></B></P> <P><B>Importation of the Evolving Measles Virus Genotype D9 to Yamagata, Japan from Thailand in 2009</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yoko Aoki, Katsumi Mizuta, Asuka Suto, Tatsuya Ikeda, Chieko Abiko, Ichiro Yamaguchi, Kaori Miura and Tadayuki Ahiko<BR> pages 481-482 [<A HREF="481.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="481.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Two-Population Model Accounting for the Different Patterns Observed in the Log-Log Plot of the Cumulative Numbers of Those Infected and Killed in the Early Phase of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic in Contrast to the One-Population Model Accounting for the 1918-1919 Pandemic in San Francisco</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Hiroshi Yoshikura<BR> pages 482-484 [<A HREF="482.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="482.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>LETTERS TO THE EDITOR</U></B></P> <P><B>CA-125 in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Ergin Ayaslioglu<BR> page 485 [<A HREF="485.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Ribavirin Treatment for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Hakan Leblebicioglu<BR> page 485 [<A HREF="485.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Reply to the Letters to the Editor from Leblebicioglu</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Shahrokh Izadi and Masoud Salehi<BR> page 486 [<A HREF="485.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><HR ALIGN=LEFT></P> <P><A HREF="../jjid.html">Go to JJID Homepage</A></P> </BODY> </HTML>