Clinical features, etiology and short term outcomes of interstitial pneumonitis in HIV/AIDS patients.

A prospective study was conducted at Bamrasnaradura Hospital, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand from November 11, 2002 to January 5, 2003. A total of 59 HIV/AIDS patients with interstitial infiltrates on chest radiographs were included in the study. The objectives of this study were to describe the clinical manifestations and determine the etiologies of interstitial pneumonitis, assess the short-term outcomes and determine the accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of the etiologies of interstitial pneumonitis in HIV/AIDS patients at Bamrasnaradura Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Clinical features, aetiology and short-term outcome of interstitial pneumonitis in HIV/AIDS patients at Bamrasnaradura Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

This prospective study was conducted at Bamrasnaradura Hospital from November 11, 2002, until January 5, 2003, in order to describe the clinical manifestations and determine the aetiologies as well as to assess the short-term outcome of interstitial pneumonitis in HIV/AIDS patients. 59 patients with interstitial infiltrates on chest radiographs were included in the study. Tuberculosis (TB) was the most common diagnosis (44%), followed by Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) (25.

Gastrointestinal manifestations of septic patients with scrub typhus in Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital.

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia induced vasculitis, which is common in Asia and the Pacific Islands and is sometimes also encountered in Western countries. Even though it can cause multi-organ dysfunctions, there is limited information regarding the relationship between scrub typhus infection and gastrointestinal dysfunction. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted to discover the gastrointestinal manifestations of septic patients with scrub typhus infection.

Evidence for continued two-brood replication of Plasmodium falciparum in vivo during quinine treatment.

To investigate the relationship between fever and parasite clearance in falciparum malaria, we studied 54 adults with Plasmodium falciparum infections who were all treated with quinine. The median oral temperature profile showed peaks at 24 h intervals during the first 3 days. Although there was no equivalent pattern evident in the median parasite clearance curve, we hypothesize that small numbers of two distinct parasite broods continued to develop in antiphase through schizogony despite quinine therapy.

Septic shock secondary to scrub typhus: characteristics and complications.

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi transmitted by the bite of larval trombiculid mites (chiggers). A prospective study was conducted in septic shock patients in Maharat Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand, from 12 November 2001 to 5 January 2002. Of the 51 septic shock patients studied during the 7 week period, 18 (35.