Publications by authors named "Iceu Dimas Kulsum"
Background And Aims: Multi drug or rifampicin resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) is a major burden to TB prevention and eradication globally. Since 2016, WHO guidelines have included options for treating MDR/RR-TB with a standard regimen of 9 to 11 months duration (the 'shorter regimen') rather than an individual regimen of at least 20 months. This regimen has been introduced in Indonesia since September 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Corona virus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spread rapidly. Growing evidences that overweight and obesity which extent nearly a third of the world population were associated with severe COVID-19. This study aimed to explore the association and risk of increased BMI and obesity with composite poor outcome in COVID-19 adult patients.
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- The study investigates the presence of anti-phenolic glycolipid-I (anti-PGL-I) antibodies in patients with tuberculosis (TB) at a hospital in Bandung, Indonesia, due to similarities between tuberculosis and leprosy.
- A total of 112 TB patients were evaluated, measuring their serum levels of anti-PGL-I immunoglobulins using ELISA tests, revealing a seropositivity of 27.68% for IgM and 41.96% for IgG.
- The results indicated higher seropositivity levels among patients with extrapulmonary TB compared to those with pulmonary TB and a combined pulmonary-extrapulmonary type, suggesting a need for ongoing monitoring for possible leprosy in TB patients