| acute pancreatitis in north-eastern peninsular malaysia: an unusual demographic and aetiological pattern. | a survey of 142 cases of acute pancreatitis was undertaken in two major hospitals serving the state of kelantan in malaysia. females outnumbered males by a ratio of more than 3:1. the incidence among females peaked in the third decade of life. twenty-one percent (23/109) of the females were pregnant. ultrasonography revealed gallstones in only 9.4% (13/138). however, abnormalities of serum transaminases were found in 35% (35/100), suggesting that occult gallstones or microlithiasis may be the ca ... | 1995 | 8919148 |
| intestinal parasites in malaysian children with cancer. | in this prospective study, we examined stool specimens from children with cancer receiving chemotherapy who were admitted for fever to the universiti sains malaysia hospital in kota baru, kelantan. stool specimens were examined for ova and cysts of parasites. over a period of 15 months, there were 129 febrile episodes in 50 children with cancer and, in all, 237 stool specimens were examined. sixty-six per cent of febrile episodes were associated with neutropenia and 9 per cent were associated wi ... | 1999 | 10467838 |
| the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among pre-school children in orang asli resettlement villages in kelantan. | a study of the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among pre-school children aged 0 to 7 years from an orang asli village resettlement scheme in gua musang, kelantan was undertaken. the overall prevalence of soil transmitted helminthic (sth) infections was 56.0%. the predominant helminth found was ascaris lumbricoides while the commonest type of infection was a mixed infection with ascaris lumbricoides and trichuris trichiura. the prevalence rates of ascaris, trichuris and ... | 1999 | 11072462 |
| the prevalence of malnutrition and geo-helminth infections among primary schoolchildren in rural kelantan. | a cross-sectional study of the nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 7-10 years from the kuala betis resettlement scheme in gua musang, kelantan was done. a total of 291 schoolchildren were examined but only 183 (62.9%) fecal samples were returned for geo-helminth infection analysis. the prevalence of stunting was 40.4% and underweight was 28.4%. a total of 127 schoolchildren (69.4%) were positive for at least one of the 3 geo-helminth infections. the most common geo-helminth was ascaris lum ... | 2000 | 11127336 |
| low prevalence of cryptosporidium parvum in hospitalized children in kota bharu, malaysia. | the aim of this prospective study was to determine the prevalence of cryptosporidium parvum in hospitalized children in kota bharu, malaysia. over a 19 month study period, 258 stool samples were examined from 159 children; 109 with diarrhea and 50 controls without diarrhea. modified ziehl-neelsen staining method and a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay were used to detect c. parvum and the samples were also examined for the presence of other intestinal parasites. only 1 of the 109 (0.9%) chil ... | 2001 | 11556583 |