Longzhu's Publications
Publications in English
  1. Longzhu Cui, Hitoshi Kasegawa, Yasuo Murakami, Hideaki Hanaki and Keiichi Hiramatsu. Postoperative Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by A Highly Virulent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain. Scand J Infect Dis. 1999; 31(2), 208-210.
  2. Longzhu Cui, Hideaki Hanaki, Keiichi Hiramatsu.. The prevcalence of highly virulent staphylococcus aureus strains in Japan. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1999; 41(Suppl. A): 170.
  3. Longzhu Cui, Hiroko Murakami, Kyoko Kuwahara-arai, Hideaki Hakaki, and Keiichi Hiramatsu. Contribution of a Thickened Cell Wall and Its Glutamine Nonamidated Component to the Vancomycin Resistance Expressed by Staphylococcus aureus Mu50. Aantimicorbial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2000 Sept.; Vol. 44 (9), 2276-2285.
  4. Nanae Aritaka, Hideaki Hanaki, Longzhu Cui, and Keiichi Hiramatsu. Combination Effect of Vancomycin and beta-lactams against a Staphylococcus aureus Strain, Mu3, with Heterogeneous Resistance to Vancomycin. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001; 45:1292-1294.
  5. Makoto Kuroda, Toshiko Ohta, Ikuo Uchiyama, Tadashi Baba, Harumi Yuzawa, Ichizo Kobayashi, Longzhu Cui, Akio Oguchi, Ken-ichi Aoki, Yoshimi Nagai, JianQi Lian, Teruyo Ito, Mutsumi Kanamori, Hiroyuki Matsumaru, Atsushi Maruyama, Hiroyuki Murakami, Akira Hosoyama, Yoko Mizutani-Ui, Noriko K Takahashi, Toshihiko Sawano, Ryu-ichi Inoue, Chikara Kaito, Kazuhisa Sekimizu, Hideki Hirakawa, Satoru Kuhara, Susumu Goto, Junko Yabuzaki, Minoru Kanehisa, Atsushi Yamashita, Kenshiro Oshima, Keiko Furuya, Chie Yoshino, Tadayoshi Shiba, Masahira Hattori, Naotake Ogasawara, Hideo Hayashi, Keiichi Hiramatsu Whole genome sequencing of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The Lancet. 2001; 357: 1225-1240.
  6. Oliveira GA, Dell'Aquila AM, Masiero RL, Levy CE, Gomes MS, Longzhu Cui, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Mamizuka EM Isolation in Brazil of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001;22:443-448.
  7. Tadashi Baba, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Makoto Kuroda, Harumi Yuzawa, Ken-ichi Aoki, Akio Oguchi, Yoshimi Nagai, Natsuko Iwama, Kazuyuki Asano, Timothy Naimi, Hiroko Kuroda, Longzhu Cui, Kenji Yamamoto, Keiichi Hiramatsu. Genome and virulence determinants of high virulence community-acquired MRSA. The Lancet. 2002; 359: 1819-1827.
  8. Longzhu Cui, Xiaoxue Ma, Katsuhiro Sato, Keiko Okuma, Fred C. Tenover, Elsa M Mamizuka, Curtis G.Gemmell, Mi-Na Kim, Marie-Cecile Ploy, N. El Solh, Vivian Ferraz and Keiichi Hiramatsu Thickening cell-wall as a common phenotipic determinent of vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus J Clin Microbiol. 2003; Jan;41(1):5-14
  9. Yoshida R, Kuwahara-Arai K, Baba T, Cui L, Richardson JF, Hiramatsu K. Physiological and molecular analysis of a mecA-negative Staphylococcus aureus clinical strain that expresses heterogeneous methicillin resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother 2003; Feb;51(2):247-55
  10. Alim Isnansetyo, Longzhu Cui, Keiichi Hiramatsu and Yuto Kamei Antibacterial activity of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol produced by Pseudomonas sp. AMSN isolated from a marine alga, against vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2003 ; Nov;22(5):545-7.
  11. Hiramatsu Keiichi, Longzhu Cui, Kuwahara-Arai Keiko Has vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus started going it alone? Lancet. 2004 ; Aug 14;364(9434):565-6.
  12. Longzhu Cui*, Jian-Qi Lian, Hui-min Neoh, Ethel Reyes and Keiichi Hiramatsu DNA microarray-based identification of genes associated with glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Aantimicorb Agents Chemother. 2005 ; Aug.; Vol.49(8),3404-3413
  13. Ken Hisata, Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai, Munetaka Yamanoto, Teruyo Ito,Yasuo Nakatomi, Longzhu Cui, Tadashi Baba, Masahiko Terasawa, Chie Sotozono, Shigeru Kinoshita, Yuichiro Yamashiro, Keiichi Hiramatsu1 Dissemination of methicillin-resistant staphylococci among healthy Japanese children J Clin Microbiol. 2005; Jul.;43(7):3364-72
  14. Fumihiko Takeuchi, Shinya Watanabe, Tadashi Baba, Harumi Yuzawa, Teruyo Ito, Yuh Morimoto, Makoto Kuroda, Longzhu Cui, Mikio Takahashi, Akiho Ankai, Shin-ichi Baba, Shigehiro Fukui, Jean C. Lee, and Keiichi Hiramatsu Whole genome sequencing of Staphylococcus haemolyticus uncovers extreme plasticity of its genome and dynamism in the evolution of human-colonizing staphylococcal species. J Bacteriology. 2005; J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 7292-7308
  15. Longzhu Cui**, Akira Iwamoto, Jian-Qi Lian, Hui-min Neoh, Toshiki Maruyama, Yataro Horikawa and Keiichi Hiramatsu Novel Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance Originating in Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Aantimicorb Agents Chemother. 2006 ; Feb.; Vol.50(2), 428-438
    [CLICK HERE] to see Journal Highlights, March 2006, Microbe. This paper has been selected for the Journal Highlights section of Microbe (formerly ASM News), to appear in the March 2006 issue.
  16. Longzhu Cui**, Eiji Tominaga, Hui-min Neoh and Keiichi Hiramatsu Correlation between Reduced Daptomycin Susceptibility and Vancomycin Resistance in Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Aantimicorb Agents Chemother. 2006 ; March.; Vol.50(3),1079-1082
  17. Faris G. Bakri; Nisreen Abu Al-Hommos; Asem Shehabi; Randa G. Naffa; Longzhu Cui ; Keiich Hiramatsu Persistent bacteraemia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in a patient with erythrodermic psoriasis Scand J Infect Dis. 2007; May;39(7):457-460
  18. Hiroko Kuroda, Makoto Kuroda, Longzhu Cui and Keiichi Hiramatsu. Subinhibitory concentrations of beta-lactam induce haemolytic activity in Staphylococcus aureus through the SaeRS two-component system. FEMS. 2007;268:98-105.
  19. Junnosuke Otsuka, Yasumitsu Kondoh, Tomoyuki Amemiya, Akio Kitamura, Teruyo Ito, Satoshi Baba, Longzhu Cui, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Tomoko Tashiro, Hideo Tashir. Development and validation of microarray-based assay for epidemiological study of MRSA. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 2008; 22(1): 1-13.
  20. Hui-min Neoh, Satoshi Hori, M. Komatsu, T. Oguri, F. Takeuchi, Longzhu Cui and Keiichi Hiramatsu. Impact of Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility on the Therapeutic Outcome of MRSA Bloodstream Infections. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 2007; 6: 13.: Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-0711-6-13.
  21. Hui-min Neoh, Longzhu Cui , Harumi Yuzawa, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Miki Matsuo and Keiichi Hiramatsu. A Mutated Response-Regulator graR is Responsible for Hetero-VISA to VISA Phenotypic Conversion of Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: January 2008, p. 45-53, Vol. 52, No. 1.
  22. Jamaluddin TZ, Kuwahara-Arai K, Hisata K, Terasawa M, Cui L, Baba T, Sotozono C, Kinoshita S, Ito T, Hiramatsu K. Extreme Genetic Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains Disseminated among Healthy Japanese Children J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Nov;46(11):3778-83.
  23. Watanabe Y, Neoh HM, Cui L, Hiramatsu K. Improved antimicrobial activity of linezolid against vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov;52(11):4207-8.
  24. Camargo IL, Neoh HM, Cui L, Hiramatsu K. Serial Daptomycin Selection Generates Daptomycin-nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus with A Hetero-VISA Phenotype. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov;52(12):4289-4299.
  25. Longzhu Cui*, Hui-min Neoh, Mitsutaka Shoji, and Keiichi Hiramatsu Contribution of vraSR and graSR Point Mutations to Vancomycin Resistance in Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Mar;53(3):1231-4

Publications in Chinese
  1. Xu Haifeng, Yang Weisong and Cui Longzhu. Protection against hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome virus infection in suckling mice by transferring monoclonal antibodies. Chinese Journal of zoonoses. 1993; 9(6): 327-334.
  2. Xu Haifeing, Yang Weisong, Cui Longzhu. The study on ELISA methods for detection of specific antibodies against hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome virus in rat sera. Chung Hua Liu Hsing Ping Hsueh Tsa Chih. 1994 Aug;15(4):227-30.
  3. Cui Longzhu, Yangfengyi and Yang Weisong. Variations of phospholipase A2, tromboxane B2 and 6-keto-phostaglandin F1a in epidemic hemoragic fever. Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology. 1995; 11(2), 207-211.
  4. Jian Jian-Qi, Longzhu Cui, Keiichi. Hiramatsu. Influence of mgrA overexpression on oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Chin J Microbiol Immunol. 2006; Vol.26(7); 603-609.
Publications in Jananese
  1. 加藤大典, 花木秀明, 崔 龍洙, 栗豊子, 平松啓一 臨床分離コアグラ陰性ブドウ球菌のグリコペプチド系抗生物質に対する感受性についての検討. Jpn J Antibiotics 1998; (51) 735-745.
  2. 稲葉陽子,花木秀明, 桑原京子, 崔 龍洙, 平松啓一 Vancomycinに対するStaphylococcus aureusのヘテロ耐性カニズムと検出法方の検討 日本化学療法1999; (47)6:339-344.
  3. カピマリア, 竹内史比古 , 大熊慶湖,崔 龍洙, 山本健二, 平松啓一 バンコマイシンヘテロ耐性株Mu3由来の菌集団では増殖速度低下と細胞壁肥厚化を伴う自然突然変異がバンコマイシン耐?ｫをもたらしている. 順天堂医学2005; (47)6:339-344.
  4. ネオフイミン, 堀賢, 小松充孝, 小栗豊子, 竹内史比古, 崔龍洙, 平松啓一 バンコマイシン感受性低下がMRSA血流感染症の臨床経過に及ぼす影響の検討. 順天堂医学2007; (53):243-250.
Publications in Korean
  1. Ho-Wang Lee, Yong-Kyu Chu, Longzhu Cui, Young-Dae Woo, Chang-Nam Ahn and Hoon Kim. Immune Reaction of the Vaccinated Hamsters with Combined Hantaan-Puumala Vaccine. The Journal of Korean Society of Virology. 1997; 27( 2), 39-45.
  2. Yong-Kyu Chu, Longzhu Cui, Dae-Yong Song, Young-Dae Woo, Praseno, Katrin Leimeyer and Ho Wang Lee. Molecular Characterization of Hantavirus Isolates from Bandicata indica Captured in Indonesia and Thailand. The Journal of the Korean Society of Virology. 2000; vol. 30: 203-210.
  3. Young-Dae Woo,Yong-Kyu Chu, Longzhu Cui, and Ho Wang Lee. Seroepidemiological Survey of Hantavirus Infection of Wild Redents Trapped from 1994-1998 in Korea Journal of Bacteriology and Virology. 2003; vol. 33: 51-7.

Review Articles

Publications in English
  1. Keiichi Hiramatsu, Longzhu Cui, Makoto Kuroda and Teruyo Ito. The emergence and evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Trends in Microbiology. 2001; 9:486-493.
  2. Longzhu Cui and Keiichi Hiramatsu. Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA: Current Perspectives , Horizon Scientific Press, Caister Academic Press, The Leading Specialist Publishers in Molecular Biology and Microbiology; Editors: Ad C. Fluit and Franz-Josef Schmitz with Eijkman-Winkler Institute, University Medical Center, Utrecht,The Netherlands 2003; Publication date: September 2003, Chapt 8, p187-212.
  3. Keiichi Hiramatsu, Maria Kapi, Yutaka Tajima, Longzhu Cui, Suwanna Trakulsomboon, and Teruyo Ito Advance in Vancomycin Resistance: Research in Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Antimicrobial Ressitance: a Tribute to Stuart B. Levy ; Editors: D.G. White, M.N. Alekshun, and P.F.McDermott; 2005 ASM Press, Washington, D.C.; Chapt 21, p289-298.
Publications in Japanese
  1. 花木秀明, 崔龍洙, 平松啓一 本邦における耐性菌の現状. 臨床雑誌[内科]. 内科 2000Vol86, 4, 638-643.
  2. 平松啓一, 崔 龍洙, 花木秀明 Vancomycin-resistanct Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) Vancomycin耐性黄色ブドウ球菌耐。耐性菌感染症の理論と実現. 2002年 第二版 P69-84.
  3. Ito T, Kuwahara K, Hisata K, Okuma K, Cui L, Hiramatsu K [Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: current status and molecular epidemiological perspective] Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 2004 Jun;78(6):459-69.
  4. 桑原京子, 崔 龍洙, 平松啓一 . バンコマイシン耐性腸球菌とバンコマイシン耐性黄色ブドウ球菌（Vancomycin-resistant enterrococci and Staphylococcus aureus） The LUNG perspectives 2005; Vol. 13, No. 3245-250.(Japanese)
  5. 平松啓一, 伊藤輝代, 崔龍洙, 桑原京子, 竹内史比古, 馬場理. MRSA感染症 モダンフィジシャン(Modern Physician), 2006:(26) 3(395-399).(Japanese)
Publications in Chinese
  1. Cui Longzhu, Xu Haifeng, Yang Fengyi, Yang Weisong. Progress of the research on pathogenesis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Chinese Journal of Shaanxi medical. 1994; 23(4): 231-234.


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