Internal medicine
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The aim of this study was to elucidate the efficacy of cyclophosphamide (CY) in Japanese patients with antineutrophil cystoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). ⋯ We observed no increased efficacy of CY in ANCA-positive MPA in the Japanese patients, and hence, its efficacy may be limited in these patients.
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Although metabolic syndrome (MS) is considered to be a predictor of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, its value for predicting diabetes beyond the levels of fasting glucose (FG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) remains questionable. In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of MS and Japanese MS (JMS) as predictors of diabetes. ⋯ MS and JMS were found to be poor predictors of diabetes in a Japanese health screening population.
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Comment Letter
Skin and soft-tissue infections caused by Aeromonas sobria.