At present quinine is the antimalaria drug of choice in the treatment of chloroquine or multidrug resistant malaria and severe or complicated malaria. Artemisinine, a new antimalarial has been reported to be highly effective and of low toxicity. Therefore, artemisinine derivates (artesunate and artemether) need to be evaluated to have an alternative drug to be used in Indonesia. The study has b…
Tempe is one of choice foods that are a source of vitamin B6, as the product of fermentation with using fungi. The studies about lamtoro tempe (Leucaena leucocephala) and koro benguk tempe (Mucuna pruriens v. utilis) have not been done. A study has been performed to know and compare the vitamin B6 content of lamtoro and koro benguk tempe. Results showed that vitamin B6 of lamtoro tempe exceeds …
Ceftibuten is a third generation cephalosporine with beta laktamase resistent properties. The drug is a broad-spectrum, oral and allows a single daily dosage which ensures patient compliance. The properties of ceftibuten is compared to ciprofloxacin for the treatment of bronchitis and pneumonia using a clinical trial with a comparative, paralel group, randomized methode. Ceftibuten was given 40…
A modified cervical cone without hemostatic suture has been done using 10 cc of 20 pressor unit/cc vasopressin in 50 cc lidocaine (HCl 2 percent or NaCl 0.9 percent which is given intracervically. This study was held for over 4 years beginning November 1, 1990 through October 31, 1994. The objective of this study was to find a more simple and faster surgical techniques, to find the correlations…
Legionella pneumophila infection first came to attention after the outbreak in 1979 which was later known as Legionnaire's disease. There was a similar epidemic with milder symptoms in 1968 that was known as Pontiac disease. The causal microorganism was not found by centers for disease control (CDC) until 1977. Transmission of the disease is commonly by aerosol formed from water environment or …
A research was carried out to know the effectiveness of oral ketoconazol given in four weeks to patients suffering from tinea imbrikata at Mekar Pelita and Bora villages, Sayan District, Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan. The oral doses were given in four weeks to adults : 200 mg single dose daily, and to children : 3 mg/kg BW single dose daily. The effectiveness of the treatment was assessed ba…