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Munehiro Yoshino,
Hiroki Yagura,
Hiroyuki Kushida,
Hitoshi Yonemoto,
Hiroki Bando, Yoshihiko Ogawa,
Keishiro Yajima,
Daisuke Kasai,
Tomohiro Taniguchi,
Dai Watanabe,
Yasuharu Nishida,
Takeshi Kuwahara,
Tomoko Uehira,
Takuma Shirasaka
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ABSTRACT: Impaired renal function caused by tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is considered reversible by discontinuing TDF administration, but there are occasional cases of incomplete recovery. We investigated the recovery of renal function after the discontinuation of TDF. Subjects comprised patients who had been started on TDF but in whom it was later discontinued because of impaired renal function. We investigated renal function until 96 weeks after the discontinuation of TDF, and the duration of TDF administration, up to May 2010. TDF was discontinued because of impaired renal function in 21 of 766 patients (2.7%). Following discontinuation, a significant recovery was seen in eGFR (p = 0.003). The median duration of administration was 28 days (6-941 days) in 9 patients whose eGFR recovered to pre-administration levels, 405 days (250-1,379) in 7 patients in whom mild recovery was seen, and 1,110 days (421-1,470) in 5 patients in whom eGFR was much lower than at the time of discontinuation. A significant correlation was seen between the eGFR recovery rate and the duration of TDF administration. TDF administration was discontinued because of renal impairment in 2.7% of patients. The duration of TDF administration was short in patients whose renal function recovered to pre-administration levels, but patients in whom sufficient recovery was not seen after discontinuation had received TDF over long periods and included many whose renal function gradually declined, even after discontinuation. Recovery of renal function after discontinuation of TDF is likely affected by the duration of TDF administration.
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 10/2011; 18(2):169-74. · 1.80 Impact Factor
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Yoshihiko Ogawa,
Yasuharu Nishida,
Takayuki Kyo,
Hidenobu Miki,
Hitoshi Yonemoto,
Hiroki Bandou,
Keishiro Yajima,
Daisuke Kasai,
Tomohiro Taniguchi,
Dai Watanabe,
Tomoko Uehira,
Takahumi Ueda,
Takuma Shirasaka
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ABSTRACT: Major surgery in hemophilia patients has been facilitated by the development of coagulation concentrates. However, it is still difficult to manage bleeding during major surgery in patients with inhibitors to FVIII/IX. In addition, there have been few reports of major surgery in hemophilia B with high responding inhibitors. We report a 26-year-old hemophilia B patient with high responding factor IX inhibitor who demonstrated severe hemophiliac arthropathy in his left hip joint. Total hip arthroplasty was performed with a high dose of FIX followed by recombinant FVIIa. His inhibitor titer was decreased from 111 BU/ml to 1.0 BU/ml at surgery by avoiding the use of FIX concentrates. Thus, we could use high dose FIX for the management of surgical bleeding. Anamnestic response occurred on the 7th day after surgery and FIX concentrates were switched to recombinant FVIIa. The whole process was safely managed without any excess bleeding or adverse effects. The successful use of high dose FIX followed by recombinant FVIIa suggests that even major surgery could be safely performed in hemophilia B patients with a low titer of high responding inhibitors.
[Rinshō ketsueki] The Japanese journal of clinical hematology 08/2011; 52(8):713-7.
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Dai Watanabe,
Shiro Ibe,
Tomoko Uehira,
Rumi Minami,
Atsushi Sasakawa,
Keishiro Yajima,
Hitoshi Yonemoto,
Hiroki Bando, Yoshihiko Ogawa,
Tomohiro Taniguchi,
Daisuke Kasai,
Yasuharu Nishida,
Masahiro Yamamoto,
Tsuguhiro Kaneda,
Takuma Shirasaka
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ABSTRACT: Viral reservoir size refers to cellular human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) DNA levels in CD4(+) T lymphocytes of peripheral blood obtained from patients with plasma HIV-1-RNA levels (viral load, VL) maintained below the detection limit by antiretroviral therapy (ART). We measured HIV-1 DNA levels in CD4(+) lymphocytes in such patients to investigate their clinical significance.
CD4(+) T lymphocytes were isolated from the peripheral blood of 61 patients with a VL maintained at less than 50 copies/ml for at least 4 months by ART and total DNA was purified. HIV-1 DNA was quantified by nested PCR to calculate the copy number per 1 million CD4(+) lymphocytes (relative amount) and the copy number in 1 ml of blood (absolute amount). For statistical analysis, the Spearman rank or Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used, with a significance level of 5%.
CD4 cell counts at the time of sampling negatively correlated with the relative amount of HIV-1 DNA (median = 33 copies/million CD4(+) lymphocytes; interquartile range [IQR] = 7-123 copies/million CD4(+) lymphocytes), but were not correlated with the absolute amounts (median = 17 copies/ml; IQR = 5-67 copies/ml). Both absolute and relative amounts of HIV-1 DNA were significantly lower in six patients in whom ART was initiated before positive seroconversion than in 55 patients in whom ART was initiated in the chronic phase, as shown by Western blotting. CD4 cell counts before ART introduction were also negatively correlated with both the relative and absolute amounts of HIV-1 DNA. Only the relative amounts of HIV-1 DNA negatively correlated with the duration of VL maintenance below the detection limit, while the absolute amounts were not significantly correlated with this period.
The amounts of cellular HIV-1 DNA in patients with VLs maintained below the detection limit by the introduction of ART correlated with the timing of ART initiation but not with the duration of ART. In addition, CD4(+) T lymphocytes, which were newly generated by ART, diluted latently infected cells, indicating that measurements of the relative amounts of cellular HIV-1 DNA might be underestimated.
BMC Infectious Diseases 01/2011; 11:146. · 3.12 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The expression levels of various cytokines increase with the progression of HIV-1 infection. However, the effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on serum cytokine levels have not been fully determined. In this study we measured serum cytokine levels of 35 HIV-1-infected Japanese adults. We first performed a cross-sectional study and observed that TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10, IL-18, and IL-7 levels all showed significant increases in those with advanced disease, and that this had a significant negative correlation with the CD4 cell count. However, IFN-γ levels did not show this relationship. A longitudinal study in 18 HIV-1-infected patients with a CD4 cell count <350/μL revealed that the introduction of ART reduced cytokine levels. Significant reductions of IL-7, IL-10, IFN-γ, and IL-18 levels were observed on days 30, 60, 90, and 90 after the initiation of ART, respectively. These results indicate a discrepancy between cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of serum levels of IFN-γ. To clarify this, we investigated serum IFN-γ levels in each patient. In 5 of the 15 patients IFN-γ levels did not decrease, even after ART initiation, and remained at 5 pg/mL or higher on day 120 after ART initiation. Higher IFN-γ levels (>5 pg/mL) were also observed in 2 of 7 asymptomatic patients, and 2 of 11 patients who underwent ART for 1 year or longer. These data demonstrate that IFN-γ levels in some patients increased and remained high even after the initiation of ART, which was a specific observation different from those of the other cytokines.
Viral immunology 12/2010; 23(6):619-25. · 1.78 Impact Factor
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Yoshihiko Ogawa,
Dai Watanabe,
Hajime Sako,
Hiroki Bando,
Keishiro Yajima,
Tomohiro Taniguchi,
Shinjiro Tominari,
Daisuke Kasai,
Yasuharu Nishida,
Tomoko Uehira,
Takuma Shirasaka
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ABSTRACT: Disseminated penicilliosis-an AIDS-indicator disease in Southeast Asian countries -but not Japan- is a systemic fungal infection caused by Penicillium marneffei. A 30-year-old HIV-positive Japanese man visiting Southeast Asia three months before admission and reporting fever, general fatigue, and enlarged lymph nodes lasting over one month was admitted for detailed tests. Blood culture and fine-needle aspiration lymph node biopsy a led to a diagnosis of disseminated penicillioisis, later cured by several anti-fungal agents. Caution is thus recommended regarding the possibility of this disease, given the large number of travelers visiting overseas, geographical proximity to Southeast Asia, and increasing numbers of HIV patients in Japan.
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 11/2010; 84(6):740-3.
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Tomohiro Taniguchi, Yoshihiko Ogawa,
Daisuke Kasai,
Dai Watanabe,
Kouhei Yoshikawa,
Hiroki Bando,
Keishiro Yajima,
Shinjiro Tominari,
Soichi Shiiki,
Yasuharu Nishida,
Tomoko Uehira,
Takuma Shirasaka
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ABSTRACT: We treated three cases of fungemia in HIV-infected patients. These cases were caused by Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Penicillium marneffei, respectively, and all were diagnosed through the use of mycobacterial blood culture bottles. Although the detection of the etiologic agents of fungal infection is difficult, it has been shown that blood culture media for mycobacteria are more effective for the detection of fungemia than media for aerobes and anaerobes. Some reports have shown that Bactec Myco/F lytic bottles were useful for the diagnosis of fungemia in clinical samples. Here, we report the successful use of BacT MB bottles.
Internal Medicine 01/2010; 49(19):2179-83. · 0.94 Impact Factor
