Comparison of real time IS6110-PCR, microscopy, and culture for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in a cohort of adult patients in Indonesia
BACKGROUND:
Bacteriological confirmation of tuberculous (TB) meningitis is difficult. Culture is slow and microscopy has insufficient sensitivity. We evaluated real time PCR targeting insertion sequence IS6110 among
Implementation of LED fluorescence microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary and HIV-associated tuberculosis in a hospital setting in Indonesia.
BACKGROUND:
Fluorescence microscopy (FM) has not been implemented widely in TB endemic settings and little evaluation has been done in HIV-infected patients. We evaluated diagnostic performance, time
Management of children exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a public health evaluation in West Java, Indonesia.
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate qualitatively and quantitatively the performance of a programme for managing the child contacts of adult tuberculosis patients in Indonesia.
METHODS:
A public health evaluation framework
TANDEM: understanding diabetes and tuberculosis.
Menguak hubungan kausal antara penyakit Tuberkulosis (TB) dan Diabetes Mellitus (DM) untuk meningkatkan mutu penatalaksanaan penyakit TB dan DM yang terjadi bersamaan
Early clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a new frontier in prevention.
Early clearance (EC) is the successful eradication of inhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis before an adaptive immune response develops. Evidence for EC comes from case contact studies that
Human Papillomavirus Genotypes Profile in Cervical Cancer Patients at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia Maringan Diapari Lumban Tobing1,3, Edhyana Sahiratmadja2,3, Mufti Dinda3, Bethy Suryawathy Hernowo4, Herman Susanto1,3*
Abstract
Background: As in other developing countries, cervical cancer is the most frequent gynecologic malignancy in
Indonesia. Persistent high risk genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) that