Spondilitis tuberkulosis merupakan penyakit infeksi tulang belakang yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Penyakit ini dapat ditemukan di semua lapisan masyarakat dan di berbagai usia. Spondilitis tuberkulosis pada anak dapat mengakibatkan deformitas yang merupakan masalah serius. Hal ini disebabkan karena anak-anak memiliki sistem imun yang rentan infeksi pada tulang yang sedang ber…
TB paru merupakan penyakit yang paling banyak menyerang usia produktif dan masih menjadi masalah kesehatan dunia termasuk Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor risiko terjadinya TB paru pada usia produktif di Indonesia dan faktor risiko yang paling dominan. Studi cross-sectional telah dilaksanakan pada bulan Mei - Juni 2013. Data bersumber dari data Riskesdas 2013 yang d…
ABSTRACT Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most common cause of central nervous system infection and has very high morbidity and mortality. The definitive diagnosis of TBM in RSUP dr Kariadi Semarang has been insufficient. This study aimed at finding out the definitive diagnosis of TBM di RSUP dr Kariadi Semarang using IS6110 sensitive and specific primer. This was a descriptive study includ…
Educate high school student about the dangers of tuberculosis has not been done. The tuberculosis (TB) disease is common in the community and it is contagious, while the the protection of the disease through immunization is only up to age
Background: Natural resistance associated macrophage protein (NRAMP) is a proton/ divalent cation transporter which play a roll in iron trafficking in the phagosomes. Variations in NRAMP1 gene have been reported to be associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) because Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb), the causative agent of TB, compete with its host to uptake iron for its metabolism. T…
Tuberculosis is stil/ one of the major infectious disease in the world including lndonesia. Although the therapy using Directly Observed Treatment Short course Chemotherapy (DOTs) recomended by World Health Organization has been used, the drop out cas es is stil/ high. This study aim to describe factors contributing to drop out cas es in Sukamerang Health Center, Garut. This was a cross section…