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Yoshichika Arakawa

Yoshichika Arakawa

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Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
21003
World Ranking
1291
National Ranking
34

Overview

Yoshichika Arakawa is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work extensively covers subfields including Molecular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The main research topics addressed by Arakawa concern antibiotic resistance, bacterial infections, and pharmaceutical impacts on the environment. Their contributions delve into Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Frequent publication venues where Arakawa's research appears include:

  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers alongside recurring collaborators such as Kouji Kimura (15 collaborations), Jun-ichi Wachino (14 collaborations), Wanchun Jin (11 collaborations), Masahiro Suzuki (8 collaborations), and Noriyuki Nagano (7 collaborations).

Among recent papers, several notable publications include:

  • "Aminoglycoside Resistance" (2020), published in Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
  • "Sulfamoyl Heteroarylcarboxylic Acids as Promising Metallo-β-Lactamase Inhibitors for Controlling Bacterial Carbapenem Resistance" (2020), published in mBio
  • "Genomic Traits Associated with Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Group B Streptococcus Isolates with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility from Elderly Adults" (2022), published in Microbiology Spectrum
  • "Characterization of blaCTX-M-27/F1:A2:B20 Plasmids Harbored by Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 Sublineage C1/H30R Isolates Spreading among Elderly Japanese in Nonacute-Care Settings" (2020), published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • "Systematic research to overcome newly emerged multidrug-resistant bacteria" (2020), published in Microbiology and Immunology

Best Publications

  • 16S Ribosomal RNA Methylation: Emerging Resistance Mechanism against Aminoglycosides

    Yohei Doi;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • New Plasmid-Mediated Fluoroquinolone Efflux Pump, QepA, Found in an Escherichia coli Clinical Isolate

    Kunikazu Yamane;Jun-ichi Wachino;Satowa Suzuki;Kouji Kimura

  • Convenient Test for Screening Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria by Using Thiol Compounds

    Yoshichika Arakawa;Naohiro Shibata;Keigo Shibayama;Hiroshi Kurokawa

  • Molecular characterization of an enterobacterial metallo beta-lactamase found in a clinical isolate of Serratia marcescens that shows imipenem resistance.

    E Osano;Y Arakawa;R Wacharotayankun;M Ohta

  • PCR detection of metallo-beta-lactamase gene (blaIMP) in gram-negative rods resistant to broad-spectrum beta-lactams.

    K Senda;Y Arakawa;S Ichiyama;K Nakashima

  • PCR Typing of Genetic Determinants for Metallo-β-Lactamases and Integrases Carried by Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated in Japan, with Focus on the Class 3 Integron

    Naohiro Shibata;Yohei Doi;Kunikazu Yamane;Tetsuya Yagi

  • A novel integron-like element carrying the metallo-beta-lactamase gene blaIMP.

    Y Arakawa;M Murakami;K Suzuki;H Ito

  • Acquisition of 16S rRNA methylase gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Keiko Yokoyama;Yohei Doi;Kunikazu Yamane;Hiroshi Kurokawa

  • Aminoglycoside Resistance: The Emergence of Acquired 16S Ribosomal RNA Methyltransferases.

    Yohei Doi;Jun ichi Wachino;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • Multifocal outbreaks of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to broad-spectrum beta-lactams, including carbapenems.

    K Senda;Y Arakawa;K Nakashima;H Ito

  • Plasmid-mediated dissemination of the metallo-beta-lactamase gene blaIMP among clinically isolated strains of Serratia marcescens.

    H Ito;Y Arakawa;S Ohsuka;R Wacharotayankun

  • First Molecular Characterization of Group B Streptococci with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility

    Kouji Kimura;Satowa Suzuki;Jun-ichi Wachino;Hiroshi Kurokawa

  • Global Population Structure and Evolution of Bordetella pertussis and Their Relationship with Vaccination

    Marieke J. Bart;Simon R. Harris;Abdolreza Advani;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • Plasmid-Mediated qepA Gene among Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from Japan

    Kunikazu Yamane;Jun-ichi Wachino;Satowa Suzuki;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • Characterization and Molecular Analysis of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Clinical Isolates Obtained in Japan

    Mayumi Matsuoka;Mitsuo Narita;Norio Okazaki;Hitomi Ohya

  • Exogenously acquired 16S rRNA methyltransferases found in aminoglycoside-resistant pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria: an update.

    Jun-ichi Wachino;Yoshichika Arakawa;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • Plasmid-mediated 16S rRNA methylase in Serratia marcescens conferring high-level resistance to aminoglycosides.

    Yohei Doi;Keiko Yokoyama;Kunikazu Yamane;Jun-ichi Wachino

  • A preliminary survey of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in Japan

    Tetsuya Yagi;Hiroshi Kurokawa;Naohiro Shibata;Keigo Shibayama

  • Novel Plasmid-Mediated 16S rRNA m1A1408 Methyltransferase, NpmA, Found in a Clinically Isolated Escherichia coli Strain Resistant to Structurally Diverse Aminoglycosides

    Jun-ichi Wachino;Keigo Shibayama;Hiroshi Kurokawa;Kouji Kimura

  • Practical Methods Using Boronic Acid Compounds for Identification of Class C β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli

    Tetsuya Yagi;Jun Ichi Wachino;Hiroshi Kurokawa;Satowa Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Keigo Shibayama
Keigo Shibayama Nagoya University
Michio Ohta
Michio Ohta Nagoya University
Yohei Doi
Yohei Doi University of Pittsburgh
Yuriko Yamagata
Yuriko Yamagata Kumamoto University
Noriyo Nagata
Noriyo Nagata National Institutes of Health
Kaoru Shimokata
Kaoru Shimokata Nagoya University
Nicole Guiso
Nicole Guiso Institut Pasteur
Yoshinori Hasegawa
Yoshinori Hasegawa Nagoya University
Vitali Sintchenko
Vitali Sintchenko University of Sydney
Kyungwon Lee
Kyungwon Lee Yonsei University

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