• Distribution of emm genotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from TSLS cases in 2004
  
• Drug susceptibility of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from cases of toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS) or severe invasive infection and gene analysis of drug-resistant strains
  
• Analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from sporadic TSLS cases, July 2000-March 2004 -Gunma
  
• T serotyping and emm genotyping of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from cases of pharyngitis or skin infections, 1990-2003 -Toyama
  
• Identification of group A antigen-possessing Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis
  
• A tetanus case confirmed by isolation of Clostridium tetani , February 2004 -Fukushima
  
• A laboratory infection of Salmonella Paratyphi A occurring at a hospital, May 2004 -Toyama
  
• An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus infection caused by intra-joint injection, March 2004 -Fukuoka
  
• Salmonella Typhimurium food poisoning caused by consumption of soft-shelled turtles, June 2004 -Akita
  
• An outbreak of ST-producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli food poisoning during a group tour to Hong Kong, July 2004 -Fukuoka City
  
• An outbreak of food poisoning due to astA gene-possessing Escherichia coli in a school dormitory, August 2004 -Fukui
  
• Isolation of enterovirus 71 from cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, April-September 2004 -Sapporo City
  
• Isolation of group A coxsackievirus 16 from cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, August 2004 -Kawasaki City
  
• An epidemic of herpangina due to group A coxsackievirus 2, June-August 2004 -Akita
  
• Isolation of group A coxsackievirus 2 from an acute encephalitis case, July 2004 -Hiroshima City
  
• A summer epidemic of respiratory syncytial virus infection in and around Sendai City, July-August 2004
  

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