Strain identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients at Undata Hospital, Palu, Central Sulawesi.

MDR-TB is a tuberculosis disease resistant to the two most effective anti-TB drugs, rifampin and isoniazid. MDR-TB is a threat to TB control. This study aims to identify the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain in MDR-TB patients at Undata Hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi.

Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of Indonesian Version of Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire: An Interviewer-Administered Female Pelvic Floor Questionnaire.

Aim: To adapt and determine the validity and reliability of the Indonesian version of the Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire (APFQ).

Methods: The original APFQ was translated and validated to obtain an Indonesian, physician-administered version on 41 urogynecology patients and 41 age-matched women without pelvic floor dysfunction.

Results: Missing answers never exceeded 2%.

Water containers and the preferable conditions for laying eggs by Aedes mosquitoes in Maros Regency, South of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

One of the factors that influence the development of mosquitoes is the water container. This study was performed to determine the relationship between the characteristics of water containers and the preferable conditions for laying eggs by Aedes sp. A single larva method was conducted during March 2019 in 300 houses in two villages (Turikale and Adatongeng) at Maros Regency, Indonesia.

Combination Effect of Rotator Cuff Repair with Secretome-hypoxia MSCs Ameliorates TNMD, RUNX2, and Healing Histology Score in Rotator Cuff Tear Rats.

Objectives: In order to treat a rat model of rotator cuff rupture, this work concentrated on the expression of TNMD and RUNX2, followed by rotator cuff repair and secretome-hMSCs.

Methods: A total of thirty 10-weeks-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were separated into five groups randomly, RC on week 0, lesion treated with a rotator cuff repair and saline (RC + NaCl group, n = 6) for 2 and 8 weeks, and lesion treated with a rotator cuff repair and secretome-hMSCs (RC + secretome-hMSC group, n = 6) for 2 and 8 weeks. The supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscle-tendon units were obtained for histological and biomechanical investigation at 0, 2 and 8 weeks following injury.

Reference range of complete blood count, Ret-He, immature reticulocyte fraction, reticulocyte production index in healthy babies aged 1-4 months.

Establishing reference ranges of the complete blood count (CBC), reticulocyte hemoglobin content (Ret-He), immature reticulocyte fraction (IRF), and reticulocyte production index (RPI) helps diagnose a disease related to the changes in erythrocyte indices, white blood count, platelets, and reticulocytes, especially in babies. Therefore, the study aims to establish a reference range for CBC and reticulocyte parameters in healthy babies aged 1-4 months. The study design was a cross-sectional study with descriptive analysis of CBC and reticulocyte in babies aged 1-4 months.

Resistance mechanisms and expression of disease resistance-related genes in sugarcane (Sacchrum officinarum) to Sporisorium scitamineum infection.

Resistance of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) to smut disease (caused by Sporisorium scitamineum) is driven by two separate mechanisms, external and internal resistance. Two progenies generated from an introgression cross, with contrasting responses to smut infection were used to investigate this interaction.

Dynamic change of blood profile in rat models with acute skin injury artificially infected with methicillin-resistant .

Background And Aim: A wound is a common problem for humans and animals. The wound becomes more severe if it is infected by bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant (MRSA). The wound healing mechanism involves various factors, either in the local tissue or the bloodstream.

Identification and relative abundances of mRNA for a gene encoding the vWD domain and three Kazal-type domains in the ovary of giant freshwater prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

Understanding Macrobrachium rosenbergii ovarian maturation control at the genome level is an important aspect for increasing larvae production. In this study, an ovarian maturation related gene, M. rosenbergii vWD domain and three Kazal-type domains of a gene (MrvWD-Kazal) have been studied.

Structural and In Vitro Functional Comparability Analysis of Altebrel™, a Proposed Etanercept Biosimilar: Focus on Primary Sequence and Glycosylation.

The demand for reliable comparability studies of biosimilars grows with their increased market share. These studies focus on physicochemical, structural, functional and clinical properties to ensure that a biosimilar has no significant differences to the originator product and can be released into the market without extensive clinical trials. In the current study, Enbrel (etanercept, the originator) and Altebrel™ (the proposed biosimilar) underwent direct comparison.