Combined chloroquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and primaquine against Plasmodium falciparum in Central Java, IndonesiaEdith R Lederman
US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2, Jakarta, Indonesia
Malar J 5:108. 2006
..Combining CQ with other drugs, like SP, may provide an affordable, available and effective option where artemisinin-combined therapies (ACT) are not licensed or are unavailable...
- A case series and focused review of nocardiosis: clinical and microbiologic aspects
Edith R Lederman
United States Naval Medical Research Unit 2, Jakarta, Indonesia
Medicine (Baltimore) 83:300-13. 2004
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- ORF virus infection in children: clinical characteristics, transmission, diagnostic methods, and future therapeutics
Edith R Lederman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:740-4. 2007
..Clinician recognition is important in distinguishing orf infection from life-threatening cutaneous zoonoses. Recently developed molecular techniques provide diagnostic precision and newer topical therapeutics may hasten healing...
- Imported malaria in Jakarta, Indonesia: passive surveillance of returned travelers and military members postdeployment
Edith R Lederman
Parasitic Diseases Program, U S Naval Medical Research Unit No 2, Jakarta, Indonesia
J Travel Med 13:153-60. 2006
..Military, forestry, mining, and tourist activities draw Jakarta residents to distant parts of the archipelago with high rates of malaria. Although malaria is a reportable disease in Jakarta, little has been published...
- Risk factors for severe Rift Valley fever infection in Kenya, 2007
Amwayi S Anyangu
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:14-21. 2010
..67, 95% CI = 1.07-12.64, PAR% = 47%). Exposures related to animal contact were associated with acute RVF infection, whereas exposures to mosquitoes were not independent risk factors...
- Pyogenic liver abscess with a focus on Klebsiella pneumoniae as a primary pathogen: an emerging disease with unique clinical characteristics
Edith R Lederman
U S Naval Medical Research Unit No 2, Jakarta, Indonesia
Am J Gastroenterol 100:322-31. 2005
..We examined the microbiologic trends of pyogenic liver abscess at our institution to determine if a similar shift in etiologic agents was occurring...
- Production and validation of durable, high quality standardized malaria microscopy slides for teaching, testing and quality assurance during an era of declining diagnostic proficiency
Jason D Maguire
U S Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 NAMRU 2, Jakarta, Indonesia
Malar J 5:92. 2006
..Sets of Giemsa-stained, blood smear slides with systematically verified composite diagnoses would contribute substantially to development of externally validated quality assurance systems for the microscopic diagnosis of malaria...
- Prevalence of antibodies against orthopoxviruses among residents of Likouala region, Republic of Congo: evidence for monkeypox virus exposure
Edith R Lederman
Poxvirus Program, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division for Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:1150-6. 2007
..5, 95% confidence interval = 7.2-166). Blood collection for serosurveys using NBFS is feasible and practical. Adult activities such as hunting and carcass preparation may play an important role in exposure to Monkeypox virus...
- Progressive ORF virus infection in a patient with lymphoma: successful treatment using imiquimod
Edith R Lederman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:e100-3. 2007
..The patient's orf virus infection was successfully treated with topical imiquimod despite progression of her malignancy...
- Dermatologic conditions of the ill returned traveler: an analysis from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
Edith R Lederman
U S Naval Medical Research Unit No 2, Jakarta, Indonesia
Int J Infect Dis 12:593-602. 2008
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- Klebsiella liver abscess: a coast-to-coast phenomenon
Edith R Lederman
Clin Infect Dis 41:273. 2005
- A cluster of disseminated coccidioidomycosis cases at a US military hospital
Nancy F Crum
The Internal Medicine Department, Infectious Diseases Division, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Mil Med 168:460-4. 2003
..5 to 6 months from symptom onset until the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis. Four of our cases occurred in previously healthy, young active duty members, emphasizing the importance of this mycosis in U.S. military personnel...
