cnm-positive Streptococcus mutans is associated with galactose-deficient IgA in patients with IgA nephropathy

• Taro Misaki ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: misakitar@gmail.com

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Seirei Christopher University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-2550

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• Shuhei Naka,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

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• Hitoshi Suzuki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1901-2111

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• Mingfeng Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ryosuke Aoki,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasuyuki Nagasawa,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

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• Daiki Matsuoka,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

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• Seigo Ito,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Japan Self-Defense Iruma Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

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• Ryota Nomura,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Oral Infection and Disease Control, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Michiyo Matsumoto-Nakano,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

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• Yusuke Suzuki,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Nakano

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Oral Infection and Disease Control, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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