| etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection in children from alabang, metro manila. | the etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection (alri) was identified in 235 (43.8%) of 537 hospitalized children less than 5 years of age. clinical evidence of measles was found in 258 (48.0%) patients, of whom 59 had a second viral infection. a viral agent was identified in an additional 121 patients, so that a total of 379 (70.6%) had viral infections. after measles, respiratory syncytial virus was the most common respiratory virus. bacteremia was noted in 72 children (13.4%), occurri ... | 1990 | 2270415 |
| two-year survey of etiologic agents of diarrheal disease at san lazaro hospital, manila, republic of the philippines. | the prevalence of bacterial pathogens and rotavirus in 2,908 patients with diarrhea who were admitted to san lazaro hospital in manila in 1983 and 1984 was determined. one or more enteric pathogens were isolated or detected in samples from 1,698 (58.4%) patients. isolation rates for the various enteropathogens were as follows: rotavirus, 30.6%; shigella spp., 11.6%; salmonella spp., 9.2%; enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (1983 only), 7.8%; vibrio cholerae biotype eltor, 3.8%; non-o1 v. cholerae, ... | 1987 | 3038946 |
| diagnostic value of a single, pre-treatment widal test in suspected enteric fever cases in the philippines. | 101 patients with a clinical suspicion of typhoid or paratyphoid (enteric) fever admitted to san lazaro hospital, manila, philippines, were studied by bacteriological culture of blood, rectal swab, urine and duodenal string capsule; 35 also had bacteriological culture of bone marrow aspirate. 44 of the patients were culture-confirmed as having enteric fever; the remainder were classified as non-enteric fever cases. analysis of the pretreatment widal agglutination titres of all patients revealed ... | 1987 | 3450013 |
| [characteristics of salmonella strains isolated from sporadic diarrheal cases during 1992-1994 in the philippines]. | a total of 263 salmonella strains isolated in metro manila, the philippines from 1992 to 1994, were examined for their serovar-distribution and drug-resistance. salmonella serovar typhi (s. typhi) and s. enteritidis phage type was also tested. the serological typing results showed that the strains were classified into 10 o-groups and 32 serovars. s. weltevreden, s. enteritidis, s. typhi, s. typhimurium, and s. derby were predominant in the serovars identified. the drug-resistance test using nine ... | 1996 | 8986069 |
| establishing a laboratory for surveillance of invasive bacterial infections in a tertiary care government hospital in a rural province in the philippines. | a clinical bacteriologic laboratory was established in a tertiary care government hospital in the philippines, where expert bacteriologic laboratories do not usually exist at this level of health care. the laboratory was jointly established by the research institute for tropical medicine (ritm) (manila, the philippines) and the national public health institute (ktl) (helsinki, finland). the laboratory was planned, its personnel were trained, and its functioning was continuously supported by the ... | 1999 | 10403339 |
| bacterial and viral etiology of serious infections in very young filipino infants. | pneumonia, meningitis and other serious infections are leading causes of death in developing countries. as part of a multicenter study we aimed to determine the etiology of pneumonia, meningitis and other serious infections in a cohort of filipino infants ages 90 days or younger. | 1999 | 10530574 |
| blood culture confirmed typhoid fever in a provincial hospital in the philippines. | epidemiological features of blood culture confirmed typhoid fever and antibiotic sensitivity of isolated salmonella typhi strains were investigated in bohol province in central philippines from where no earlier information of these was avialable. typhoid fever is endemic elsewhere in the philippines (eg metropolitan manila and surroundings) where also multidrug resistant s. typhi strains have been detected. a laboratory for surveillance of invasive bacterial infections was established in a terti ... | 2001 | 11944712 |
| central nervous system infections in filipino patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. | infections including those of the central nervous system (cns) are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (sle). this case series describes the etiology, contributing factors and outcomes of cns infections in a group of filipino patients with sle. | 2009 | 20374352 |
| salmonella infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case series. | systemic lupus erythematosis (sle) patients are highly susceptible to infections. | 2009 | 20374369 |