Tohoku university school of medicine

The mission of the department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics is to carry out basic and clinical research, education and back up of 　in the area of Infection Control and Laboratory Medicine. The problem of infectious diseases is not limited to healthcare institution, and it is a crisis of the whole community widely now. In our department, basic and clinical research on "Infection Control " : the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology were carried out. In addition, education programs for medical student and specialist having general correspondence ability to relate to a diagnosis / treatment / the prevention of infectious diseases were carried out. And Regional Iinfection Control Network was established since 2000, and also our department is responsible for the management of this Regional Infection Control Network.

1)"Infection Control System in Tohoku University Hospital - Trial for Establishment of Regional Infection Control System - "Infection Control in Healthcare Settings  Satosi Kimura ed.IYAKU Jounal Co ISBN4-7532-2229-2 2006　Dec
2)"Infection Control and Prevention for Antimicrobial Resistance　Hiroyoshi Kobayashi" , Hirosi Yosikura, Yoshichika Arakawa , Tadatoshi Kuratsuji ed. ISBN4-8392-1101-9 2003 Jun
3)Deoxynucleic acids from Cryptococcus neoformans activate myeloid dendritic cells via a TLR9-dependent pathway " J Immunology 130:4067-4074. 2008 Mar
4)Comparison of usefulness of plasma procalcitonin and C-reactive protein measurements for estimation of severity in adults with community-acquired pneumonia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 61(2):170-4. 2008 Jun
5)Multidrug efflux systems play an important role in the invasiveness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Exp Med. 196(1):109-18. 2002 Jul

Infection Control, Diagnosis for Infectious Diseases, Treatment for Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenesis, Outbreak, Immunity on Infection, Clinical Microbiology, Network, Personal Training and Education