▼Course List

Infection Control, Medical Microbiology

personal history

1985-1991　Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
1993-1997　Postgraduate course in Nagasaki Univ. School of Med.
1997-1999　Visiting research associate. Univ. Nebraska Med. Center, USA
1999-2005　Assistant Professor. 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki Univ., School of Med.
2006-2010　Senior Assistant Professor. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki Univ., School of Med.
2007-2012　Vice Director, Nagasaki-university Infection Control and Education Center (NICE)
2011-2012　Associate Professor. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki Univ., School of Med
2013-present　Professor. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki Univ., School of Med

works/thesis

1.　Yanagihara K, et al. :Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characteristic of 857 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 16 medical centers in Japan (2008-2009): Nationwide survey of community-acquired and nosocomial MRSA. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 72: 253-257, 2012

2.　Yanagihara K, et al. Evaluation of Pathogen Detection from Clinical Samples by Real-Time PCR using a Sepsis Pathogen DNA Detection Kit. Critical Care; 14(4): R159. 2010

3.　Morinaga Y, Yanagihara K, et al.. Legionella pneumophila induces cathepsin B-dependent necrotic cell death with releasing high mobility group box1 in macrophages. Respiratory Research. 11: 158, 2010

4.　Nakamura S, Yanagihara K, et al.: Melting curve analysis for rapid detection of topoisomerase gene mutations in Haemophilus influenzae. J Clin Microbiol. 47: 781-784, 2009

5.　Yanagihara K, et al.: Subinhibitory concentrations of telithromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus coagulase in vitro and in vivo. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 61(3): 647-50, 2008