Iwamoto Y

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
2025
Trends in the growing impact of group A Streptococcus infection on public health after COVID-19 pandemic: a multicentral observational study in Okayama, Japan.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology ·doi:10.1007/s10096-024-05015-2

PurposeFollowing the COVID-19 pandemic, group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection has been surging worldwide. We aimed to compare the disease burden between notified cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) and unreported GAS infectio…

other 2024
Ovarian endometrioma: a report of a pediatric case diagnosed prior to menstruation
Surgical case reports ·doi:10.1186/s40792-024-01951-5

BACKGROUND: Ovarian endometriomas (OEs) are rarely found in the pediatric population, especially before menstruation. We report a 6-year-old girl who was postoperatively diagnosed with OE before menstruation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 6-year-ol…

2015
Tumour-associated macrophages act as a slow-release reservoir of nano-therapeutic Pt(IV) pro-drug.
Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/ncomms9692

Therapeutic nanoparticles (TNPs) aim to deliver drugs more safely and effectively to cancers, yet clinical results have been unpredictable owing to limited in vivo understanding. Here we use single-cell imaging of intratumoral TNP pharmacok…

case-report 2008
Insufficiency fracture in the para-acetabulum, with features mimicking those of a malignant bone tumor
Clinical medicine. Case reports ·doi:10.4137/ccrep.s803

Para-acetabular insufficiency fractures are rare and exceedingly difficult to diagnose without a high index of suspicion, since the images mimic those of bone tumors. We herein present the case of a 55-year-old woman who suffered from hip p…