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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

https://read.qxmd.com/read/29641883/drug-resistance-pattern-and-molecular-characterization-of-mycobacterium-tuberculosis-strains-in-punjab-pakistan
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COMPARATIVE STUDY
Hasnain Javed, Hafiza Jawairia Jashmi, Zarfishan Tahir, Nazia Jamil
Tuberculosis (TB) is a cause of death from a single infectious agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), leading to approximately 2.5 million deaths annually worldwide. Information regarding prevalence and pattern of drug resistance among TB patients in Pakistan remains inadequate due to the country’s limited resources. This study compared conventional diagnostic techniques with a PCRbased assay targeting IS6110 sequence. In addition, MTB drug resistant profiles against four first-line drugs (ethambutol, isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin) from new and retreatment cases of TB...
March 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29641882/comparison-of-genexpert-mtb-rif-assay-with-conventional-afb-smear-for-diagnosis-of-pulmonary-tuberculosis-in-northeastern-thailand
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COMPARATIVE STUDY
Wipa Reechaipichitkul, Tanapong Suleesathira, Prajaub Chaimanee
Among infectious agents, Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains one of the most significant causes of death worldwide. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains a great challenge. GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay is a novel integrated diagnostic system for rapid diagnosis of TB and particularly of rifampicin-resistant strains. A study was conducted between January 2010 and December 2014 to compare the performance of the sputum GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay with the conventional sputum AFB smear for diagnosis of active pulmonary TB in Thailand, a country with a high burden of this disease...
March 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29641881/long-term-protective-rabies-antibodies-in-thai-children-after-pre-exposure-rabies-vaccination
#23
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Supawat Chatchen, Shakil Ibrahim, Pataporn Wisetsing, Kriengsak Limkittikul
Rabies is a viral zoonosis affecting around 16,000-39,000 people annually. Pre-exposure vaccination should be offered to individuals at high risk of rabies exposure and is suggested for children living in rabies endemic areas.The incidence rate of dog bite in the test group was 14.1/1,000 person-years. Intradermal (ID) route of administration is considered an alternative to the standard intramuscular (IM) administration, and reduces vaccination cost. A 3-year clinical study of a rabies vaccine administered IM or ID to 12–18-month-old Thai children, simultaneously with a Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine (M49P2 study), revealed that all regimens used elicited an adequate immune response...
March 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29641880/dengue-prevention-confirmatory-factor-analysis-of-relationships-between-economic-status-knowledge-attitudes-and-practice-vaccine-acceptance-and-willingness-to-participate-in-a-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Harapan Harapan, Aslam Bustamam, Arsil Radiansyah, Pradiba Angraini, Riny Fasli, Salwiyadi Salwiyadi, Reza Akbar Bastian, Ade Oktiviyari, Imaduddin Akmal, Muhammad Iqbalamin, Jamalul Adil, Fenni Henrizal, David Alexander Groneberg, Ulrich Kuch, Ruth Muller
The aim of this study was to study the relationships between economic status, knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue fever (DF), attitude towards vaccination against dengue virus infection, willingness to participate in a study on dengue, and acceptance of a dengue vaccine. Information on variables of interest was collected in questionnaire-assisted interviews during a communitybased cross-sectional survey conducted in Aceh, Indonesia. A proposed relationship model was tested using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to reconstruct an alternative relationship model among variables...
March 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29641879/efforts-to-increase-the-use-of-hiv-testing-services-what-interventions-have-worked-in-thailand
#25
REVIEW
Chris Jenkins, Gonzague Jourdain, Surachet Arunothong, Wasna Sirirungsi, Peter Kunstadter
We reviewed and analyzed published research concerning efforts to increase regular use of HIV testing services in Thailand. Separate studies suggested that the creation of participatory and creative online spaces for information sharing and promoting community-based testing positively influence levels of HIV testing, including repeat-testing in some cases. Population targeted approaches, using same-day rapid tests, and using diverse locations for testing (medical and non-medical) may improve rates of testing...
March 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29641878/surveillance-of-hiv-1-drug-resistance-mutations-in-thailand-from-1999-to-2014
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nareenart Iemwimangsa, Ekawat Pasomsub, Chonlaphat Sukasem, Wasun Chantratita
Antiretroviral resistance has long been a serious problem in Thailand. In order to monitor developmental rate of mutations and its impact of the national policy, frequency of drug-resistance mutations in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease (PR) were analyzed from 24,279 blood plasma samples collected from 1999 to 2014. HIV-1 drug resistance mutations were influenced by drugs that have been used widely as first-line regimens. M184I/V was the most common (53.1% prevalence) RT inhibitor (NRTI) mutation...
March 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29645412/factors-related-to-tooth-loss-among-industrial-workers-in-phathum-thani-thailand
#27
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jeerateep Jaaidee, Supaporn Chatrchaiwiwatana, Amornrat Ratanasiri
Tooth loss is an important oral health problem among Thai people. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of and factors associated with tooth loss among Thai industrial workers in order to apply preventive oral health programs to this population. The study consisted of 1,500 adults working in Nava Nakorn Industrial Estate, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand in 2014. Probability proportion to size cluster sampling was used and 16 clusters were included in the study. An oral health questionnaire was developed, evaluated for content validity by experts and then given to participants to fill out...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29645411/enhancement-of-learning-on-sample-size-calculation-with-a-smartphone-application-a-cluster-randomized-controlled-trial
#28
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Chetta Ngamjarus, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Edward McNeil, Heinz Holling
Sample size determination usually is taught based on theory and is difficult to understand. Using a smartphone application to teach sample size calculation ought to be more attractive to students than using lectures only. This study compared levels of understanding of sample size calculations for research studies between participants attending a lecture only versus lecture combined with using a smartphone application to calculate sample sizes, to explore factors affecting level of post-test score after training sample size calculation, and to investigate participants’ attitude toward a sample size application...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29645410/mediation-effects-of-overcommitment-on-effort-reward-insomnia-and-well-being-as-moderated-by-gender-age-and-job-position
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wang Chao, Li Shuang, Li Tao, Yu Shanfa, Dai Junming
This study aimed to detect the mediation effect of over-commitment between occupational stress, insomnia, and well-being; and the moderating role of gender, age and job position are also to be analyzed. One thousand six hundred eighteen valid samples were recruited from electronic manufacturing service industry in Hunan Province, China. All the data were collected by selfrated questionnaires after written consent. This paper introduced Effort-Reward- Insomnia-Well-being model, and it was fitted and validated through the structural equation model analysis...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29645409/risky-sexual-behavior-among-out-of-school-thai-and-non-thai-youth-in-urban-chiang-mai-thailand
#30
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Patou Masika Musumari, Arunrat Tangmunkongvorakul, Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai, Veruree Manoyosa, Surapee Tarnkehard, Teeranee Techasrivichien, S Pilar Suguimoto, Masako Ono-Kihara, Masahiro Kihara, Suwat Chariyalertsak
Out-of-school youth in Thailand engage in risky sexual behavior that puts them at risk for contracting HIV infection and can have other negative sexual reproductive health outcomes. No study has examined risky sexual behaviors and compared them between Thai and non-Thai out-of-school youth. The current study compares sexual risk behavior and HIV testing behavior between out-of-school Thai and non-Thai youth. We conducted face-to-face interviews in this study population in urban Chiang Mai during 2014. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling from two main sources: non-formal education centers (NFECs) and social meeting places...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644841/healthcare-associated-infections-at-selected-hospitals-in-thailand
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Weerawat Manosuthi, Varaporn Thientong, Visal Moolasart, Yong Rongrungrueng, Chariya Sangsajja, Somwang Danchaivijitr
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), all-cause mortality, document the bacterial pathogens isolated in HAIs, and determine the risk factors associated with HAIs and all-cause mortality at selected hospitals in Thailand. A survey with a total time frame of 10 days was conducted at selected 50 hospitals across Thailand during January 2014: 19 primary government hospitals, 15 secondary government hospitals, 13 tertiary government hospitals, 2 private hospitals and 1 government university hospital...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644840/an-outbreak-of-tetrodotoxin-poisoning-from-consuming-horseshoe-crabs-in-sabah
#32
JOURNAL ARTICLE
M Suleiman, J Muhammad, J Jelip, T William, T H Chua
The horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda) is consumed by those residing near the coastal areas of Kota Marudu District in Malaysia, as it is considered a delicacy. During June to August, 2011 thirty cases of tetrodotoxin poisoning were reported from Kota Marudu District following ingestion of horseshoe crabs caught in Kota Marudu Bay. The purpose of this study is to describe this case series in order to determine risk factors to prevent further outbreaks. There were six confirmed and 24 probable cases of tetrodotoxin poisoning identified in the study area during the study period as diagnosed by clinical presentation and laboratory findings...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644839/fatal-honey-poisoning-in-southwest-china-a-case-series-of-31-cases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Qiang Zhang, Xinguang Chen, Shunan Chen, Yinlong Ye, Jiancheng Luo, Juanjuan Li, Siyang Yu, Hui Liu, Zhitao Liu
Honey poisoning cases occur in southwestern China. In this case series, we attempted to determine the symptoms and causes of honey poisoning from 2007 to 2012 in southwestern China. We also conducted a quantitative melissopalynological analysis of honey samples. During the study period, 31 honey poisoning cases occurred in the study location, all during July to August. All the cases occurred after consuming at least 100 grams of honey. The most frequent symptoms were nausea and vomiting (100%), abdominal pain (90...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644838/dermal-myiasis-caused-by-the-flesh-fly-parasarcophaga-liosarcophaga-dux-thomson-1869-diptera-sarcophagidae-at-the-site-of-a-malignant-melanoma-a-case-report
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Siri Chiewchanvit, Udom Chaithong, Sangob Sanit, Chutharat Samerjai, Kabkaew Sukontason
Dermal myiasis due to the flesh fly has not been commonly reported in Thailand. A 64-year-old man came to the hospital with a 6-month history of a black tumor on the dorsum of the right great toe. The tumor was biopsied and determined to be a malignant melanoma. Second instar larvae were also seen in the wound and one larva was reared until the adult stage wherein it was identified as the flesh fly, Parasarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux (Thomson, 1869) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). This case shows myiasis due to synanthropic sarcophagid flies occurs in Thailand and can occur in a malignant melanoma...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644837/rapidly-progressive-pulmonary-cryptococcosis-with-cavitation-in-an-immunocompetent-woman-a-case-report-and-literature-review
#35
REVIEW
Junyan Qu, Xiaohui Wang, Yanbin Liu, Xiaoju Lv
Pulmonary cryptococcosis with pulmonary cavitation is rare, especially in immunocompetent cryptococcosis patients. We describe here a case of rapidly progressive pulmonary with cavitation in an immunocompetent woman. A 29-year-old woman had a routine chest X-ray as part of a routine examination. The chest X-ray showed pulmonary nodules. She was diagnosed as having bacterial pneumonia even though she had no symptoms and was treated with ampicillin orally. A chest X-ray was repeated 12 days later as follow-up which showed an increase in the nodules...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644833/growth-inhibitory-effects-of-farnesol-against-scedosporium-boydii-and-lomentospora-prolificans
#36
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Potjaman Pumeesat, Thanwa Wongsuk, Watcharamat Muangkaew, Natthanej Luplertlop
Scedosporium boydii and Lomentospora prolificans are filamentous fungi reported to cause infection in immunocompromized individuals. We studied the effect of farnesol to inhibit growth of S. boydii and L. prolificans by measuring colony diameter and determining minimal effective concentration (MEC). S. boydii and L. prolificans were grown on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) at 37oC for 5 days. Conidia were collected and adjusted to a concentration of 104 conidia/ ml. Twenty microliters of conidia suspension was placed in each well of a sixwell plate containing serial dilutions of farnesol (10 μM, 100 μM, 1,000 μM, and 10,000 μM) in SDA...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644832/invasive-fungal-infection-among-febrile-patients-with-chemotherapy-induced-neutropenia-in-thailand
#37
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ployploen Phikulsod, Bundarika Suwannawiboon, Methee Chayakulkeeree
Invasive fungal infections (IFI) can cause serious morbidity and mortality among febrile patients with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). In order to evaluate the incidence, treatment outcome and factors associated with IFI in this patient population in Thailand, we retrospectively reviewed the medical record of patients admitted to Siriraj Hospital from January 2008 to June 2010. Criteria used to diagnosed IFI were those of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) consensus 2008 criteria...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644831/antifungal-activity-of-cinnamaldehyde-against-candida-albicans
#38
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anek Pootong, Benja Norrapong, Suwanna Cowawintaweewat
Candida albicans is a common pathogen, especially among immunocompromised patients. It is beginning to show resistance against the azole drug group, which is usually used to treat this pathogen. We studied the antifungal effects of cinnamaldehyde against C. albicans. Germ tube formation of C. albicans exposed to cinnamaldehyde was determined by the crystal violet based method. The effect of cinnamaldehyde on adhesion of C. albicans to buccal epithelial cells was investigated. Proteinase and phospholipase activities of C...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644830/acute-cholecystitis-as-an-unusual-presentation-of-scrub-typhus-a-report-of-two-cases-and-review-of-the-literature
#39
REVIEW
Sirima Charoenphak, Pattara Rattanawong, Somnuek Sungkanuparph
Scrub typhus rarely presents with acute cholecystitis. We present 2 cases of scrub typhus with cholecystitis. The first patient is a 62 year old female who presented to the hospital with fever and body aches for 1 week and right upper quadrant abdominal pain for 3 days. She gave a history of an insect bite 2 weeks previously. She was diagnosed as having acute cholecystitis and underwent cholecystectomy. She continued with fever post-operatively and physical examination revealed an eschar. She had an immunofluorescence assay (IFA) performed that revealed a high IgM titer for Orientia tsutsugamushi...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29644829/multiple-locus-variable-number-tandem-repeat-analysis-of-brucella-isolates-from-thailand
#40
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Khurawan Kumkrong, Phanita Chankate, Wittawat Tonyoung, Apiradee Intarapuk, Anusak Kerdsin, Thareerat Kalambaheti
Brucellosis-induced abortion can result in significant economic loss to farm animals. Brucellosis can be transmitted to humans during slaughter of infected animals or via consumption of contaminated food products. Strain identification of Brucella isolates can reveal the route of transmission. Brucella strains were isolated from vaginal swabs of farm animal, cow milk and from human blood cultures. Multiplex PCR was used to identify Brucella species, and owing to high DNA homology among Brucella isolates, multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) based on the number of tandem repeats at 16 different genomic loci was used for strain identification...
January 2017: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
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