Inverse relationship of serum hepcidin levels with CD4 cell counts in HIV-infected patients selected from an Indonesian prospective cohort study.

Background: Distortion of iron homeostasis may contribute to the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and tuberculosis (TB). We studied the association of the central iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin with the severity of HIV and the association between hepcidin and other markers of iron homeostasis with development of TB.

Methods: Three groups of patients were selected from a prospective cohort of HIV-infected subjects in Bandung, Indonesia.

The predictive diagnostic value of serial daily bedside ultrasonography for severe dengue in Indonesian adults.

Background: Identification of dengue patients at risk for progressing to severe disease is difficult. Significant plasma leakage is a hallmark of severe dengue infection which can suddenly lead to hypovolemic shock around the time of defervescence. We hypothesized that the detection of subclinical plasma leakage may identify those at risk for severe dengue.

Anemia and iron homeostasis in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Indonesia.

Background: Anemia is a common clinical finding in HIV-infected patients and iron deficiency or redistribution may contribute to the development of low hemoglobin levels. Iron overload is associated with a poor prognosis in HIV and Hepatitis C virus infections. Iron redistribution may be caused by inflammation but possibly also by hepatitis C co-infection.

Hematologic manifestation of avian influenza patients in hasan sadikin hospital.

Aim: To investigate the hematologic manifestation and the relationship of the abnormalities with mortality.

Methods: We examined hematologic data from 10 Avian influenza patients in Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung between November 2005 and March 2007.

Results: The mortality rate was 70%.

Epidemiology of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in a cohort of adults living in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

A prospective study of dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) was conducted in a cohort of adult volunteers from two textile factories located in West Java, Indonesia. Volunteers in the cohort were bled every three months and were actively followed for the occurrence of dengue (DEN) disease. The first two years of the study showed an incidence of symptomatic DEN disease of 18 cases per 1,000 person-years and an estimated asymptomatic/ mild infection rate of 56 cases per 1,000 person-years in areas of high disease transmission.