11 articles in this issue
Misnah Misnah,Agus Alim Abdullah,Mansyur Arif,Burhanuddin Bahar
Prothrombin Time (PT) and an activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) are routine coagulation tests used for pre-operative screening. The analytical step as one of the laboratory test’s stage that plays the role in the determination of the test i... see more
Joewono Soeroso,Ferdinandus Maria Judajana,Handono Kalim
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic progressive polygenic autoimmune disease with a high socio-economic burden. Genetic polymorphisms expressed as a shared epitope (SE) at hypervariable regions of HLA-DRB1*01/*04/*10/*14 and linkage disequilibrium... see more
PR Ayu,U Bahrun,M Arif
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is usually diagnosed based on the clinical symptoms and laboratory examinations of platelet index, including platelets count,: the Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), and the Platelet Distribution Width (PDW), but the mos... see more
Sri Kartika Sari,Aryati Aryati
In Indonesia, the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis relies primarily on an identification of acid-fast bacilli on sputum smears. However, microscopic device has several limitations. The sensitivity of microscopic examination is variable. The qualit... see more
Fedelia Raya,Nurhayana Sennang,Suci Aprianti
Pathogenic bacteria are the major causes of airborne infection at the hospital ward. Nosocomial infection can occur at the opened as well as at the closed room. Nosocomial infection influences the morbidity and mortality in the hospital and need an e... see more
Ani Kartini,Mutmainnah Mutmainnah,Ibrahim Abdul Samad
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) may result acute liver failure. Although these cases are rare but is more common in children, and early identification of these infections is important to reduce the morbidity as well as mortality. The aim of this stud... see more
R. Heru Prasetyo
The pulmonary cryptosporidiosis cases had been reported for immunocompromised persons, most all of whom were secunder infected with HIV and AIDS patients. Tuberculosis is a chronic respiratory disease and tending to cause a weakened immune system (im... see more
Yuyun Widaningsih,Ismawati Amin,Nurhayana Sennang,Uleng Bahrun,Mansyur Arif
TB’s coinfection in HIV and AIDS is on the increase together with the high mortality rate. The disseminated TB infection (in blood) of HIV and AIDS patients in Africa (2005) is about 10-25%. The aim of this study was to identify M.tb disseminated inf... see more
Maimun Z Arthamin,Agus A Gani,Nurani Issiyah,Sanarto Santoso
The efficacy of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), varies widely, from 0 to 90%; and BCG mainly activates CD4+ T cells, but it fails to activate CD8+ T cells. From the previous study, 38-kDa protein is an adhesin prote... see more
Cyntia Kornelius,Darwati Muhadi,Mansyur Arif
Heparin and Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) had been used widely for prevention and treatment of thrombosis in the patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Actually, the administration of heparin may caused some adverse effect, such as hepari... see more
Johanis Johanis,Juli Soemarsono
Cold agglutinins at below physiologic body temperature can cause spontaneous agglutinations of erythrocytes. Cold agglutinins result from a particular antibodies activation on erythrocytes associated with a primary disease, including infection. The g... see more