Takumi Yasuda

Quantitative total serum IgG4 reporting in human paragonimiasis: a scoping review

BACKGROUND: Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic disease caused by lung flukes belonging to the genus Paragonimus. It can produce pulmonary, pleural, and other organ manifestations that overlap clinically, radiologically, and histopathologically with malignancy, tuberculosis,...

Suspected triple co-infection with SARS-CoV-2, Legionella pneumophila, and Streptococcus pneumoniae after hot-spring travel: a case report

Bacterial co-infection in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can complicate diagnosis because of overlapping clinicoradiologic findings among pathogens. We report a case of suspected triple co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV...