Publications by authors named "Narcisse Mary Sither Joseph"
Study on intestinal parasitic infections and gut microbiota in cancer patients at a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia.
Sidi Omar Siti Farah Norasyikeen Romano Ngui Ab Rahman Syaza Zafirah Muhammad Zarul Hanifah Md Zoqratt Wilhelm Wei Han Eng Vesudian Narcisse Mary Sither Joseph
Sci Rep
June 2024
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- * A study in Malaysia examined 134 cancer patients and 17 healthy controls to assess the prevalence of IPIs and how they affect gut microbiota composition, finding a 32.8% prevalence of IPIs among cancer patients.
- * Results indicated significant differences in gut microbiota diversity between cancer patients and healthy controls, as well as distinct bacterial compositions between parasite-infected and non-infected cancer patients, suggesting that intestinal parasites may disrupt normal gut microbiota balance in this vulnerable group.
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- This study aimed to assess how common group B Streptococcus (GBS) is among pregnant women and their newborns, as well as the risk of passing it from mother to child.
- Researchers analyzed 54 studies involving nearly 356,000 women and infants from 30 countries, finding a GBS colonization rate of 17.1% in pregnant women and 1.0% in newborns, with a 4.5% rate of vertical transmission.
- The study recommends giving antibiotics during labor to all women who test positive for GBS and those at risk of transmitting it to their infants, regardless of their GBS status.
In South East Asia, ST283 causes sepsis in healthy adults. Raw freshwater fish consumption is the only known risk factor. These two case reports are the first from Malaysia.
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