Vol.74 No.2 March 2026

Impact of antimicrobial stewardship on clinical pathway revision: discontinuation of oral levofloxacin in cataract surgery

Keiichi Sasaki, Yuta kondo, Takafumi Nakashima, Shigeru Ishida, Yasushi Kibe, Risa Kobayashi, Takeshi Hirota, Yusuke Murakami, Koh-Hei Sonoda, Mayako Uchida and Nobuyuki Shimono

Jpn. J. Chemother. 74 (2): 135-141, 2026

Association of elevated serum (1→3)-β-D-glucan levels with invasive fungal infections/mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care unit

Takuya Yamashina, Takafumi Nakano, Masanobu Uchiyama, Mika Higashi, Yoshihiko Nakamura and Koichi Matsuo

Jpn. J. Chemother. 74 (2): 142-152, 2026

Evaluation of the impact of pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship on the management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in an acute care hospital: An exploratory single-center study before and after the introduction of case-based learning by an infectious disease specialist

Takashi Oshio, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Momoko Shimodate, Masaru Samura, Masanori Suzuki, Masayoshi Koinuma and Hiroaki Fujita

Jpn. J. Chemother. 74 (2): 153-162, 2026

Long-term safety of tedizolid in children

Tomohito Wakabayashi, Ichiro Nakakura, Kota Sakakura, Ayako Takahashi, Kaori Imanishi, Kaori Yamanishi, Makoto Sata, Kenichi Kurosaki and Yoshiko Une

Jpn. J. Chemother. 74 (2): 163-169, 2026

A retrospective comparison of conventional antibiotic therapy versus lascufloxacin therapy in patients with lung abscesses and empyema

Shoji Hashimoto, Taisei Umakoshi, Kyohei Maeda, So Takata, Kiyoki Ueyama, Seiji Taniguchi, Kanako Tamura and Hiroshi Morishita

Jpn. J. Chemother. 74 (2): 170-178, 2026

A case of overlap syndrome with septic embolism caused by Gordonia hongkongensis

Yusuke Oka, Takashi Matono, Toshiharu Urakami, Tsubasa Maeda, Mariko Sakai, Yukiko Takeyama, Megumi Oho, Yoshifumi Tada and Yosuke Aoki

Jpn. J. Chemother. 74 (2): 179-186, 2026

Concurrent Covid-19 and Japanese spotted fever in Japan

Fumiyoshi Murakami, Kaori Kashino, Nana Takayama, Yuka Ogawa, Kazuko Okazaki, Morito Sugimoto, Tomomi Utsumi, Masahiro Okada, Shinya Okamoto, Kengo Banshouya, Eisuke Takei and Yuuki Satou

Jpn. J. Chemother. 74 (2): 187-191, 2026