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Yoichi Hirakata

Professor
Department of Clinical Medicine
Tohoku University
Japan

Professor Pulmonology
Biography

Dr. Yoichi Hirakata, is a Professor of Clinical Medicine, at Tohoku University School of medicine. He is M.D. and Ph.D. His research themes are Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Research Keywords for him are pulmonary tuberculosis, respiratory infection, anti-tuberculosis drug.

Research Intrest

smear, liquid media, PCR

List of Publications
Imamura, Y., Yanagihara, K., Mizuta, Y., Seki, M., Ohno, H., Higashiyama, Y., ... & Kadota, J. I. (2004). Azithromycin inhibits MUC5AC production induced by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa autoinducer N-(3-Oxododecanoyl) homoserine lactone in NCI-H292 Cells. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 48(9), 3457-3461
Hirakata, Y., Matsuda, J., Miyazaki, Y., Kamihira, S., Kawakami, S., Miyazawa, Y., ... & Turnidge, J. D. (2005). Regional variation in the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific region (SENTRY 1998–2002). Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 52(4), 323-329.
Hirakata, Y., Srikumar, R., Poole, K., Gotoh, N., Suematsu, T., Kohno, S., ... & Speert, D. P. (2002). Multidrug efflux systems play an important role in the invasiveness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 196(1), 109-118.
Hirakata, Y., Izumikawa, K., Yamaguchi, T., Takemura, H., Tanaka, H., Yoshida, R., ... & Kaku, M. (1998). Rapid detection and evaluation of clinical characteristics of emerging multiple-drug-resistant Gram-negative rods Carrying the Metallo-β-Lactamase Genebla IMP. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 42(8), 2006-2011.
Felmingham, D., Reinert, R. R., Hirakata, Y., & Rodloff, A. (2002). Increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the PROTEKT surveillance study, and compatative in vitro activity of the ketolide, telithromycin. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 50(suppl_2), 25-37.
Song, J. H., Lee, N. Y., Ichiyama, S., Yoshida, R., Hirakata, Y., Fu, W., ... & Thomas, K. (1999). Spread of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Asian countries: Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP) study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 28(6), 1206-1211.
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