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Kei Yamasaki is an academic researcher from University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 98 publications. Previous affiliations of Kei Yamasaki include University of British Columbia.
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Fatal limbic encephalitis as paraneoplastic neurological syndrome in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma positive for antiamphiphysin antibody after durvalumab treatment
Yuto Iwanaga,Takako Kawaguchi,Kei Yamasaki,Toshiki Morimoto,Yu Isoshima,Yosuke Sasahara,Takeshi Orihashi,Kazuhiro Yatera +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a 69-year-old Japanese male with advanced lung adenocarcinoma developed neurological symptoms after chemoradiotherapy and durvalumab maintenance therapy.
Poor oral hygiene is associated with the detection of obligate anaerobes in pneumonia.
Ryosuke Hata,Shingo Noguchi,Toshinori Kawanami,Kei Yamasaki,Kentaro Akata,Hiroaki Ikegami,Kazumasa Fukuda,Soichi Hirashima,Akihiko Miyawaki,Yoshihisa Fujino,Ryoichi Oya,Kazuhiro Yatera,Hiroshi Mukae +12 more
TL;DR: Poor oral hygiene is associated with increased obligate anaerobes in the lungs of patients with pneumonia.
Management of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia in an Aging Society.
Kazuhiro Yatera,Kei Yamasaki +1 more
- 08 Aug 2024
TL;DR: This review outlines the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in aging societies, adhering to the Japanese Respiratory Society guidelines, emphasizing comprehensive evaluation, pneumonia classification, and empirical antimicrobial selection based on severity and risk factors for drug-resistant bacteria.
Reduced phagocytic activity of human alveolar macrophages infected with Mycobacterium avium complex.
Hiroaki Ikegami,Kei Yamasaki,Midori Ogawa,Kazuki Nemoto,Kentaro Akata,Shingo Noguchi,Kazumasa Fukuda,Toshinori Kawanami,Hiroshi Mukae,Kazuhiro Yatera +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the distribution of alveolar macrophage populations, characterized their phagocytic function in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and assessed the bactericidal function of macrophages infected with NTM using cell lines.
Severe infectious acute respiratory failure mimicking COVID‐19 in a healthy adolescent
Kohei Hashimoto,Takako Kawaguchi,Kei Yamasaki,Hiroaki Ikegami,Toshinori Kawanami,Kazuhiro Yatera +5 more
TL;DR: This patient demonstrates the similarities between severe M. pneumoniae pneumonia with bilateral pneumonitis and thrombosis, and severe coronavirus disease 2019, and it is important to identify cases of bilateral pneumonia with severe respiratory dysfunction using multiplex PCR tests to provide appropriate medical management and therapeutic interventions.