Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is one of the most common causes of community-acquired
pneumonia in children and young adults. Although MP sometimes causes self-limiting …

Background Development of an effective antiviral drug for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
is a global health priority. Although several candidate drugs have been identified …

Transcriptional regulation in response to environmental challenges is crucial for survival of
many organisms. In this study, we characterized structural and functional properties of CgAP1…

Although the diagnostic significance of isolating Aspergillus spp. from respiratory cultures
has been studied in immunocompromised hosts with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), …

Background Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious
disease that commonly has a lethal course caused by the tick-borne Huaiyangshan …

Wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV) is a pathogen transmitted into its host’s roots by the soil-borne
vector Polymyxa graminis. Ym1 and Ym2 genes protect the host from the significant …

This is the first report of a detailed relationship between triazole treatment history and triazole
MICs for 154 Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates. The duration of itraconazole dosage …

Objective To clarify the clinical features of pulmonary cryptococcosis in Japanese non-HIV
population. Methods Retrospective investigation of 151 pulmonary cryptococcosis cases …

We investigated the triazole, amphotericin B, and micafungin susceptibilities of 196 A.
fumigatus clinical isolates in Nagasaki, Japan. The percentages of non-wild-type (non-WT) …

A Candida glabrata calcineurin mutant exhibited increased susceptibility to both azole
antifungal and cell wall-damaging agents and was also attenuated in virulence. Although a …