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Med J Malaysia
January 2025
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health Medicine, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major global health challenges and concerns. Despite the availability of effective treatment in Malaysia, it remained a consistently high notification rate of TB cases. The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of successful TB treatment outcomes and its determinants among TB with comorbidities patients in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
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January 2025
Tuberculosis/Leprosy Unit, Selangor State Health Department, Malaysia.
Introduction: Despite the availability of highly effective treatment for tuberculosis (TB), patients with TB may experience a relapse, which can be either a result of the disease reactivating or a new episode induced by reinfection. In Malaysia, there has been a noticeable rise in relapse TB cases, with a substantial rate of unsuccessful treatment outcomes among this population. This study seeks to examine the trends of unsuccessful treatment outcomes in relapse TB patients and explore how factors such as sociodemographic characteristics, TB disease profile, TB treatment profile, and comorbidities contribute to the outcomes.
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January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sree Uthradom Thirunal Academy Of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, 695028, India.
Background: Exposure to hairs of caterpillars and moths are collectively termed as lepidopterism. Clinical manifestations include cutaneous presentation of localized stinging reaction with wheals or vesiculation, acute urticarial papules and plaques, ophthalmic, oropharyngeal involvement to severe life-threatening anaphylactic reactions with angioedema.
Aims: In this study we have determined the prevalence of various cutaneous, oropharyngeal and ophthalmic manifestations of lepidopterism at a tertiary health care center.
Mycoses
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSSAHER) (Deemed to Be University), Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Background: Tinea corporis (TC) is a common fungal infection affecting 20%-25% of the global population. Though diagnosing TC is straightforward, treatment has become challenging due to the use of certain medications and lack of follow-up, leading to resistance. Andrea et al.
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