■最近の原著論文について紹介します。 【2012年】 Nagata R, Nagano H, Ogishima D, Nakamura Y, Hiruma M, Sugita T Transmission of the major skin microbiota, Malassezia, from mother to neonate Pediatrics International, 54, 350-355, 2012 Zhang E, Tanaka T, Tsuboi R, Makimura K, Nishikawa A, Sugita T. Characterization of Malassezia microbiota in the human external auditory canal and on the sole of the foot. Microbiol Immunol. 56, 238-44, 2012. Kaneko T, Murotani M, Ohkusu K, Sugita T, Makimura K. Genetic and biological features of catheter-associated Malassezia furfur from hospitalized adults. Med. Mycol. 50, 74-80, 2012. Saad M, Sugita T, Saeed H, Ahmed A. Molecular epidemiology of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia restricta in Sudanese patients with pityriasis versicolor. Mycopathlogia, Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print] 【2011年】 Kaga M, Sugita T, Nishikawa A, Wada Y, Hiruma M, Ikeda S Molecular analysis of the cutaneous Malassezia microbiota from the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis of different severities Mycoses 54, e24-28, 2011 Zhang E, Tanaka T, Tajima M, Tsuboi R, Nishikawa A, Sugita T. Characterization of the skin fungal microbiota in patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy subjects. Microbiol Immunol. 55, 625-632, 2011 Zhang E, Sugita T, Tsuboi R, Yamazaki T, Makimura K. The opportunistic yeast pathogen Trichosporon asahii colonizes the skin of healthy individuals: analysis of 380 healthy individuals by age and gender using a nested polymerase chain reaction assay. Microbiol Immunol. 55, 483-488, 2011 Unoura K, Miyazaki Y, Sumi Y, Tamaoka M, Sugita T, Inase N. Identification of fungal DNA in BALF from patients with home-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Respir Med. 105, 1696-703, 2011 Tomida J, Sakamoto D, Sugita T, Fujiwara N, Naka T, Hamada M, Morita Y, Kawamura Y. Branchiibius cervicis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from patients with atopic dermatitis. Syst Appl Microbiol. 34, 503-507, 2011 Ishibashi Y, Sugawara K, Sugita T, Nishikawa A. Secretion of thymic stromal lymphopoietin from human keratinocytes in response to Malassezia yeasts. J Dermatol Sci. 62, 134-138, 2011 Zhang, Tanaka T, Mami Tajima T, Tsuboi R, Kato H, Nishikawa A, Sugita T. Anti-Malassezia-specific IgE antibodies production in Japanese patients with head and neck atopic dermatitis: relationship between the level of specific IgE antibody and the colonization frequency of cutaneous Malassezia species and clinical severity J. Allergy, 1-5, 2011 【2010年】 Yang X, Li Y, Zhou X, Wang Y, Geng S, Liu H, Yang Q, Lu X, Hiruma M, Sugita T, Ikeda S, Ogawa H. Rhinofacial conidiobolomycosis caused by Conidiobolus coronatus in a Chinese rice farmer. Mycoses 53, 369-73, 2010 Kalkanci A, Sugita T, Arikan S, Yucesoy M, Ener B, Otag F, Kiraz N, Kustimur S, Sancak B, Evci C, Emektas G. Molecular identification, genotyping, and drug susceptibility of the basidiomycetous yeast pathogen Trichosporon isolated from Turkish patients. Med Mycol. 48, 141-146, 2010. Sugita T, Suzuki M, Goto S, Nishikawa A, Hiruma M, Yamazaki T, Makimura K. Quantitative analysis of the cutaneous Malassezia microbiota in 770 healthy Japanese by age and gender using a real-time PCR assay. Med. Mycol. 48, 229-233, 2010. Mekha N, Sugita T, Ikeda R, Nishikawa A, Auttateinchai R, Poonwan N, Sawanpanyalert P. Genotyping and antifungal drug susceptibility of the pathogenic yeast Trichosporon asahii isolated from Thai patients Mycopathologia 169, 67-70, 2010 Sugita T, Miyamoto M, Tsuboi R, Takatori K, Ikeda R, Nishikawa A In vitro activities of azole antifungal agents against Propionibacterium acnes isolated from patients with acne vulgaris. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 33, 125-127, 2010 Abdel-Rahman SM, Sugita T, Gonzalez GM, Ellis D, Arabatzis M, Vella-Zhra L, Vigui-Vallanet C, Hiruma M, Leeder JS, Preuett B. Divergence among an international population of Trichophyton tonsurans isolates. Mycopathologia 169, 1-13, 2010 Okamoto K, Hatakeyama S, Itoyama S, Nukui Y, Yoshino Y, Kitazawa T, Yotsuyanagi H, Ikeda R, Sugita T, Koike K. First case of Cryptococcus gattii VGIIa genotype infection in a human in Japan Emerg Infect Dis. 16, 1155-1157, 2010. Kalkanci A, Dizbay M, Turan O, Fidan I, Yalcin B, Hirfanoğlu I, Kuştimur S, Aktaş F, Sugita T. Nosocomial transmission of Candida pelliculosa fungemia in a pediatric intensive care unit and review of the literature. Turk J Pediatr. 52, 42-49, 2010. Sugano H, Ueda T, Migita M, Mimua S, Maeda M, Sugita T, Fukunaga Y。 Pichia anomala pneumonia in patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on maintenance therapy. Leukemia and Lymphoma. 51, 1574-1576, 2010. Mekha N, Sugita T, Makimura K, Poonwan N, Sawanpanyalert P, Ikeda R, Nishikawa A. The intergenic spacer region of the ribosomal RNA gene of Penicillium marneffei shows almost no DNA sequence diversity. Microbiol Immunol. 54, 714-716, 2010