New microbes and new infections

Togo AH, Khelaifia S, Bittar F, Maraninchi M, Raoult D, Million M.
PMID: 27358742
New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Jun 02;13:15-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.015. eCollection 2016 Sep.

We report the principal characteristics of 'Eisenbergiella massiliensis' sp. nov. strain AT11 (CSURP = P2120, DSM = 101499) that was isolated from a stool sample collected after bariatric surgery of a 56-year-old obese French woman.

Journal of surgical case reports

Yin J, Marino A, Cooke P, Bitar K.
PMID: 24949699
J Surg Case Rep. 2011 Jun 01;2011(6):4. doi: 10.1093/jscr/2011.6.4.

We report an interesting and rare case of a vesicocutaneous fistula, which was diagnosed only one year following radiotherapy. A 71 year old gentleman presented with a gangrenous swelling of his left thigh. A copius amount of urine was...

Digestive diseases and sciences

Nusrat S, Mahmood S, Bitar H, Tierney WM, Bielefeldt K, Madhoun MF.
PMID: 25986520
Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Sep;60(9):2850. doi: 10.1007/s10620-015-3702-0.

No abstract available.

EJIFCC

Schumacher S, Sartorius D, Ehrentreich-Förster E, Bier FF.
PMID: 27683418
EJIFCC. 2012 Oct 12;23(3):70-5. eCollection 2012 Oct.

Platform technologies for the changing need of diagnostics are one of the main challenges in medical device technology. From one point-of-view the demand for new and more versatile diagnostic is increasing due to a deeper knowledge of biomarkers and...

New microbes and new infections

Ndongo S, Khelaifia S, Bittar F, Fournier PE, Raoult D.
PMID: 27408732
New Microbes New Infect. 2016 May 04;12:71-2. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.04.013. eCollection 2016 Jul.

We report the main properties of "Actinomyces ihumii" strain SD1 (= CSUR P2006) isolated from the stool of a 50-year-old HIV-infected man.

New microbes and new infections

Tidjani Alou M, Sokhna C, Bittar F, Khelaifia S, Fournier PE, Raoult D.
PMID: 27366325
New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Jun 02;13:27-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.014. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Herein, we report the main characteristics of 'Clostridium massiliodielmoense' strain mt26 (= CSUR P2255), representative of a new species isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of a healthy 28-month-old Senegalese boy.

Physical review letters

Krokovny P, Abe K, Abe T, Adachi I, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Bay A, Bedny I, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen KF, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Choi YK, Danilov M, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Fukunaga C, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Haba J, Hara T, Hasuko K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hojo T, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawakami Y, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim JH, Kobayashi S, Koppenburg P, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Lin SW, Liventsev D, MacNaughton J, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsuishi T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CW, Park H, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schneider O, Schrenk S, Schümann J, Semenov S, Senyo K, Seuster R, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Stanic S, Staric M, Sugi A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tokuda S, Tomura T, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Unno Y, Uno S, Varner G, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanai H, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zontar D.
PMID: 12731906
Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Apr 11;90(14):141802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.141802. Epub 2003 Apr 09.

We report on a search for B(0)-->D(*0)K(*0) decays based on 85 x 10(6) BB events collected with the Belle detector at KEKB. The B(0)-->D0K(0) and B(0)-->D0K(*0) decays have been observed for the first time with the branching fractions B(B(0)-->D0K(0))=(5.0(+1.3)(-1.2)+/-0.6)x10(-5)...

Physical review letters

Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Abe T, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Everton CW, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gordon A, Guler H, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igaki T, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jang HK, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawakami Y, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim SK, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Konishi H, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Limosani A, Liventsev D, Lu RS, MacNaughton J, Majumder G, Mandl F, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsuishi T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyabayashi Y, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Mori S, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohno F, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Peak LS, Perroud JP, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Ronga F, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schneider O, Schrenk S, Schwanda C, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tokuda S, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yashima J, Yokoyama M, Yuan Y, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D.
PMID: 12005744
Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Apr 29;88(17):171801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.171801. Epub 2002 Apr 15.

The lifetimes of the B(0) and B- mesons are extracted from 29.1 fb(-1) of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEK B factory. A fit to the decay length differences of neutral and charged B meson pairs,...

Physical review letters

Drutskoy A, Abe K, Abe K, Abe T, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Bay A, Bedny I, Behera PK, Bizjak I, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Chuvikov A, Danilov M, Dash M, Dong LY, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Golob B, Haba J, Hagner C, Handa F, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Hinz L, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Jang HK, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim JH, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Koppenburg P, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kwon YJ, Lee SH, Lesiak T, Li J, MacNaughton J, Marlow D, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, Mitaroff W, Miyata H, Mohapatra D, Moloney GR, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Parslow N, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Root N, Sagawa H, Saitoh S, Sakai Y, Sarangi TR, Satpathy A, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Sugi A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Takasaki F, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Teramoto Y, Tomura T, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uno S, Varner G, Varvell KE, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yamada Y, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yuan Y, Yusa Y, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zontar D.
PMID: 14995295
Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Feb 06;92(5):051801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.051801. Epub 2004 Feb 03.

The radiative decay B-->phi K gamma is observed for the first time. The branching fraction for the charged B--->phi K- gamma decay mode is measured to be B(B--->phi K- gamma)=(3.4+/-0.9+/-0.4)x10(-6). The photon energy distribution for the B--->phi K- gamma...

Physical review letters

Aushev T, Iwasaki Y, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aziz T, Bahinipati S, Bakich AM, Bay A, Bedny I, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Chuvikov A, Danilov M, Dash M, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Fang F, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Hastings NC, Hayasaka K, Hazumi M, Higuchi T, Hinz L, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kim HJ, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Koppenburg P, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Lesiak T, Li J, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Macnaughton J, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Mohapatra D, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park H, Peak LS, Piilonen LE, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sato N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Somov A, Soni N, Stamen R, Staric M, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Trabelsi K, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Uno S, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Ying J, Yuan Y, Zang SL, Zhang J, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zontar D.
PMID: 15600912
Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Nov 12;93(20):201802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.201802. Epub 2004 Nov 09.

We report a search for CP-violating asymmetry in B0-->D(*+/-)D-/+ decays. The analysis employs two methods of B0 reconstruction: full and partial. In the full reconstruction method all daughter particles of the B0 are required to be detected; the partial...

Physical review letters

Zhang J, Abe K, Abe K, Abe T, Aihara H, Asano Y, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bahinipati S, Bakich AM, Bay A, Bedny I, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen KF, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Chuvikov A, Danilov M, Dash M, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Higuchi T, Hinz L, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Kang JS, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim HJ, Kim JH, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Koppenburg P, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Leder G, Lee SE, Lee SH, Lesiak T, Li J, Limosani A, Lin SW, Macnaughton J, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Mohapatra D, Moloney GR, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakao M, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Nozaki T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Park CW, Park H, Parslow N, Piilonen LE, Ronga FJ, Rozanska M, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sarangi TR, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Somov A, Soni N, Stamen R, Stanic S, Staric M, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomura T, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yang H, Ying J, Yusa Y, Zang SL, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Ziegler T, Zontar D.
PMID: 15698249
Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Jan 28;94(3):031801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.031801. Epub 2005 Jan 24.

We report a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B+ --> rho(+) pi(0) based on a 140 fb(-1) data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric e(+)e(-) collider. We measure the branching fraction B(B(+)...

Physical review letters

Garmash A, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asano Y, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bahinipati S, Bakich AM, Barbero M, Bedny I, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Choi YK, Chuvikov A, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Gorisek A, Ha HC, Hara T, Hasegawa Y, Hastings NC, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim SK, Kim SM, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lee SE, Lesiak T, Limosani A, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Mandl F, Marlow D, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Nagamine T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ozaki H, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Peak LS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Rozanska M, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Singh JB, Somov A, Stamen R, Stanic S, Staric M, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Uno S, Urquijo P, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Xie QL, Yamaguchi A, Yamauchi M, Yang H, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zürcher D.
PMID: 16907296
Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Jun 30;96(25):251803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.251803. Epub 2006 Jun 29.

We report results on a Dalitz analysis of three-body charmless B+/- --> K+/-pi+/-pi+/- decay including searches for direct CP violation. We report the first observation of the decay B+/- --> f2(1270)K+/- with a statistical significance above 6sigma. We also...