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| Chief Hanako Kurai, M.D. |
Senior Staff Yuichiro Nakaya, M.D. |
Resident Yuki Kurakazu, M.D. |
Resident Yuko Ishise, M.D. |
Infectious disease is a health issue when microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses cause symptoms like fever. All the human beings carry some of these microorganisms by nature, but may catch some others from surrounding environments or other people. Compared with healthy people, cancer patients are likely to come down with infections, because their immune systems against microorganisms are lowered due to their physically strenuous cancer treatments including surgeries or chemotherapy. Moreover, there can be very many microorganisms existing in a hospital because lots of people come in and out there. The critical tasks of the Division of Infectious Diseases are to promptly identify a patient who has developed an infectious disease, provide him/her with an optimal treatment skillfully, and prevent the spread of hospital infection. We do our best to put infectious diseases under control, and to create an environment where cancer patients can focus on their cancer treatments.
Whenever we receive a report saying “our patient is suspected to have an infection as his/her temperature is rising” from clinical divisions for cancer treatment, we will take a quick action having him/her examined to reach what microorganism it is that causes the symptom, and curing him/her with the best choice of an antibiotic against it among many. Such quick response as that will prevent the patient’s exhaustion, and will minimize the impact on his/her cancer treatment.
When we detect multi drug-resistant bacteria, for which many antibiotics can’t be quite effective, or when a patient catches very infectious organism such us influenza virus, we will promptly organize an infection control including quarantine of the patient so that the infection spread should be prevented or minimized.
The role of the Division of Infectious Diseases is to underpin cancer treatments by making sure that they are not interrupted by infectious diseases. We keep an eye on infectious diseases for preventing them, and even if they break out, we will do our best to control the spreads and to minimize the impacts. We would like all the patients here to feel secure about any infectious diseases and about focusing on their cancer treatments.
clinical infectious disease medicine
HIV infection
imported infectious diseases
infection disease prophylaxis
in-hospital infection control
Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
Certified Doctor, Specialist for General Internal Medicine and Supervisory Doctor, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Group Leader, the AMR Control Working Group, Disease Control Division, Medicine and Health Bureau, Health and Welfare Department, Shizuoka Prefecture
Infection Control Doctor Certified by the Japanese College of Infection Control Doctors
general medicine
infectious diseases
emergency medicine
Certified Doctor, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
Emergency Medicine Specialist Certified by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine
Infection Control Doctor Certified by the Japanese College of Infection Control Doctors
general internal medicine
infectious diseases
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
general medicine
infectious diseases
Specialist in Internal Medicine Certified by the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
The Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine
The Japan Primary Care Association
The Japan Society for Health Care Management
