enteropathogens associated with acute diarrhea in community and hospital patients in jakarta, indonesia. | the prevalence of bacteria, parasite and viral pathogens in 3875 patients with diarrhea in community and hospital settings from march 1997 through august 1999 in jakarta, indonesia was determined using routine bacteriology and molecular assay techniques. bacterial pathogens isolated from hospital patients were, in decreasing frequency, vibrio cholerae o1, shigella flexneri, salmonella spp. and campylobacter jejuni, while s. flexneri, v. cholerae o1, salmonella spp. and c. jejuni were isolated fr ... | 2002 | 12381465 |
intestinal parasitic infections in hiv/aids patients presenting with diarrhoea in jakarta, indonesia. | we investigated the occurrence of intestinal parasites in indonesian hiv/aids patients with chronic diarrhoea prior to administering antiretroviral therapy. the influence of age, cd4(+) cell count and season on parasite occurrence was also studied. in total, 318 unconcentrated stool samples were analysed using lugol's iodine and modified acid fast staining to detect intestinal coccidia. most samples (94.5%) were from males aged 21-40 years with cd4(+) counts < or = 50 cells/mm(3). parasites were ... | 2009 | 19327806 |
some epidemiological aspects of intestinal parasites in women workers before going abroad. | a study was conducted in jakarta on 903 women workers before going abroad through stool examination by ritchie's technical method. of the women workers studied, 640 subjects (70.87%) were found to be infected with intestinal parasites either helminthes, protozoa or combination. out of those infected, 451 (70.47%) subjects were infected with intestinal helminthes, namely ascaris lumbricoides (38.13%), trichuris trichiura (28.13%), a combination of necator americanus and ancylostoma duodenale (13. ... | 2006 | 17041558 |
short report: case report of cyclospora infection acquired in indonesia and treated with cotrimoxazole. | a detailed chronology of unsuccessful efforts to diagnose and treat a sudden-onset case of chronic diarrhea acquired in jakarta indonesia, and ultimately attributed to cyclospora is presented. a modified kato technique was used to quantify cyclospora oocysts during successive days prior to, during, and after successful cotrimoxazole therapy (160 mg of trimethoprim, 800 mg sulfamethoxazole twice a day for seven days) for this infection. cyclospora was associated with 6.4% of the gastrointestinal ... | 1996 | 9025681 |