A new method for estimating skeletal age at death from the morphology of the auricular
surface of the ilium is presented. It uses a multiple regression analysis with dummy variables, …

Performance of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assays still needs to be improved. The data on
the performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus), a new-generation of QFT assay …

Non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs) were examined in 6541 extracted human teeth and
classified based on the morphology of the lesions. As a result, NCCLs were found on 38.7% of …

The drug susceptibility of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) varies among isolates. Treatment
strategies similarly differ depending on the isolate, and for some, no clear strategy has …

Objectives This study examined Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-secreted MPT64 as a
surrogate of bacterial viability for the diagnosis of active pulmonary TB (PTB) and for follow-up …

A series of structome analyses, that is, quantitative and three-dimensional structural analysis
of a whole cell at the electron microscopic level, have already been achieved individually in …

Objectives The aim of the present study was to clarify the association between the degree of
development of pregnancy parturition scars (PPSs) and the total number of pregnancies …

The clinical importance of Mycobacterium abscessus species (MABS) infections has been
increasing. However, the standard treatment regimens recommended in the current …

We evaluated the performance of two multiplex, real-time PCR tests (Anyplex II MTB/MDR
and MTB/XDR; Seegene, Seoul, Korea), designed to detect the Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Recent clinical studies have revealed that reappearance of the same nontuberculous
mycobacterium (NTM) infection is common after successful standard treatment [1, 2]. Using pulsed-…