Publications

a community-based study of acute respiratory tract infection in thai children.	a 2-year longitudinal study was conducted among the population of a socioeconomically depressed urban community in bangkok, thailand, from january 1986 through december 1987 to determine the incidence, etiologic agents, and risk factors associated with acute respiratory tract infection (ari) in children less than 5 years of age. data were obtained for a total of 674 children, who were visited twice weekly for detection of signs and symptoms of ari. during the first year of the study, throat-swab ...	1990	2270418
haemophilus influenzae and streptococcus pneumoniae in children with acute respiratory infection.	the incidence of haemophilus influenzae and streptococcus pneumoniae in children with acute respiratory infection (ari) under 5 years was carried out by throat swab culture, blood culture, body fluid or tissue culture in 688 patients from a community, 744 patients from a teaching hospital in bangkok, 766 normal children from the community and 303 children from a hospital well baby clinic. h. influenzae was found in the throats of 15-20% of patients and in the throats of 4-6% of normal children ( ...	1990	2237586
bacterial meningitis in children: etiology and clinical features, an 11-year review of 618 cases.	during the period january 1980 to december 1990 (11 years) a retrospective study of patients with bacterial meningitis who were admitted to bangkok children's hospital was carried out. there were 618 patients with 77 cases (12.5%) occurring below the age of one month (neonatal meningitis), and 541 cases (87.5%) between one month to 15 years (childhood meningitis). pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common pathogenic organism (16.9%) in neonatal meningitis; other causative agents in this age gro ...	1994	7824999
bacterial pathogens (non-mycobacterium) from sputum culture and antimicrobial susceptibility.	sputum culture of patients at siriraj hospital, bangkok was 49.84% positive for bacterial pathogens in 1994 and 40.95% in 1995. the average incidence of gram-negative rods was 3.11 fold more than the combination of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative cocci. the most common gram-negative rod was pseudomonas aeruginosa, followed by either klebsiella pneumoniae or acinetobacter anitratus depending on year. the most common coccus was staphylococcus aureus. from both years, the number of haemophilu ...	1998	9740278
clinical, laboratory findings and microbiologic characterization of bronchiectasis in thai patients.	the aim of the present study was to characterize the clinical features, underlying disease states, laboratory findings and microbiological characterization of bronchiectasis in thai patients.	2002	11896903
review panel on haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) disease burden in bangladesh, indonesia and other asian countries, bangkok, 28-29 january 2004.		2004	15168565
prevalence of etiologic bacteria and beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis at phramongkutklao hospital.	to date, there is an increasing trend of prescribing antibiotics that cover beta-lactamase-producing bacteria as the first line drug for sinusitis patients in thailand this practice dose not only increases the treatment cost but might also induce resistance to antimicrobial agents.	2005	16146251
respiratory tract infection caused by bacteria (non-mycobacterium) and their antibiogram in hiv-positive patients.	abstract. this study was undertaken from 1995-2000 to investigate the cause of respiratory tract infection among 481 patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) at siriraj hospital, bangkok, thailand. the positive rate of bacterial pathogens was 38.46%. pseudomonas aeruginosa appeared to be the most common pathogen (32.97%), followed by staphylococcus aureus (18.92%), klebsiella pneumoniae (10.81 %), haemophilus influenzae (7.57%), and acinetobacter baumannii (5.95%). p. aeruginosa was sens ...	2005	16124443