Since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the USA in 1981 and in Indonesia in 1987, millions of people throughout the world have been contracting this threateningly fatal disease. This report discusses and higlights the current problems and the future impacts of the disease in Indonesia. Data were collected from the Sub-Directorate STDs Control of the Directorate of Communicable Diseases C…
We reviewed all typhoid fever patients hospitalized in our department from January 1, 1990 until December 31, 1994. From 645 patients of typhoid fever diagnosed clinically, only 131 patients (20.3 percent) were confirmed bacteriologically, and 61 patients (9.5 percent) had sensitivity test result. The patient's age ranged from 2-13 years, 71 (54.2 percent) of them were females. From 131 patient…
Thirty children with age variation from infancy to 12 years suffering from atopic dermatitis were evaluated for food hypersensitivity according to history, skin prick test, total eosinophil and elimination of suspected food. Sixteen (53.5 percent) experienced with other allergic of suspected food. Sixteen (53.5 percent) experienced with other allergic diseases. One of the parents of 15 (50 perc…
A case of HIV infected Indonesian baby girl born from an HIV positive mother is reported. This is the first HIV infected child reported in Indonesia. The diagnosis was based on the positive DNA HIV and HIV culture in the baby's blood taken at 3 days old. At this time the baby is still asymptomatic. Despite this we gave her prophylactic treatment against pneumocystis Carinii infection to prevent…