Pulmonary tuberculosis in a hospital setting: gender differencesV Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Public Health 120:441-3. 2006
- Tuberculosis: a resurgent disease in immunosuppressed patients
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:153-60. 2006
..4%) patients. Nine patients were reported to have anti-tubercular-drug side-effects, such as drug-induced hepatitis, blurred vision, and skin rash. No cases of drug resistance or death were notified among these patients...
- Tuberculosis in diabetic patients: a clinical perspective
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:213-20. 2005
..Further findings demonstrated that a lower proportion of the TBDM group defaulted in their treatment (19.8%) and experienced resistance to anti-tubercular therapy (1.4%) compared to non-diabetics...
- Lessons learned about opportunistic infections in southeast Asia
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39:625-41. 2008
..Subsequently, the phenomena of immune restoration inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in AIDS patients has been reported in this region as a result of HAART...
- Toxoplasmosis in HIV/AIDS patients in Malaysia
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:80-5. 2003
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- Parasitic infections in Malaysia: changing and challenges
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:50-9. 2005
..Among HIV-infected patients, 10 cases were diagnosed as AIDS-related toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) (9 were active and 1 had relapse TE). In addition, 1 case was confirmed as congenital toxoplasmosis...
- Tuberculosis in HIV/AIDS patients: a Malaysian experience
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:946-53. 2005
..Of the patients who defaulted treatment, a higher proportion (87%) had PTB. No MDR-TB or relapse cases were found in this study...
- Clinical analysis of foreign-born patients with tuberculosis found in Malaysia
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:713-21. 2005
..7%) in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Surprisingly, more women showed non-compliance to the anti-tubercular therapy than their counterpart in this study...
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Peninsular Malaysia: retrospective study of 195 cases
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:39-45. 2004
..6% of them showed non-adherence to anti-tubercular therapy at a duration of less than 6 months. However, no MDR-TB or death cases were reported or registered in this study...
- Spectrum of opportunistic infections among HIV-infected patients in Malaysia
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:26-32. 2004
..05) in this study...
- Toxoplasmosis in HIV/AIDS patients: a current situation
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kauala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jpn J Infect Dis 57:160-5. 2004
..Unfortunately, 18 (31.6%) of the cases were officially pronounced dead. Overall, 7 (12.3%) patients were detected as recurrent TE in this study...
- Review on human toxoplasmosis in Malaysia: the past, present and prospective future
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:24-30. 2004
..05). The immune status (CD4 cell count < 200 cell/mm3) was strongly associated with toxoplasmic encephalitis (p < 0.05)...
- Tuberculosis: clinical manifestations and outcomes
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:147-52. 2003
..8% of patients were lost to follow-up, including 0.7% for MDR-TB. Diagnostic criteria for tuberculosis in this study were mainly clinical symptoms/signs and chest x-ray findings (31.0%)...
- AIDS-related opportunistic infections in Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jpn J Infect Dis 56:187-92. 2003
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- Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among AIDS patients in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 2001
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Med J 44:194-6. 2003
..019; OR = 2.6; 95% CI = 1.14-6.02). After the initial six weeks of anti-TE therapy, relapsing toxoplasmic encephalitis was detected in 9.7% in this study...
- Toxoplasmosis: prevalence and risk factors
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Obstet Gynaecol 23:618-24. 2003
..05). We did not find any newly diagnosed cases of acute acquired toxoplasmosis in pregnancy during the study period...
An age-adjusted seroprevalence study of Toxoplasma antibody in a Malaysian ophthalmology unitSujaya Singh
Department of Ophthalmology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 106:322-6. 2012
..gondii seroprevalence in Malaysia did not explicitly adjust for age, rendering comparisons difficult. Our study highlights the need to adopt a more rigorous epidemiological approach in monitoring T. gondii seroprevalence in Malaysia...
- Morphological characteristics of developmental stages of Acanthamoeba and Naegleria species before and after staining by various techniques
Init Ithoi
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 42:1327-38. 2011
..Depending on the purpose, all these stains (except the AFB stain) can be used to identify the developmental stages of Acanthamoeba and Naegleria for clinical, epidemiological or public health use...
- AIDS-defining illnesses: a comparison between before and after commencement of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
Yvonne Lim Ai Lian
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Curr HIV Res 5:484-9. 2007
..In Malaysia, ADIs are the major causes of HIV/AIDS associated morbidity and mortality, thus increased awareness on the management of these illnesses is warranted especially in the months following HAART...
- Toxoplasmosis in HIV/AIDS: a living legacy
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 40:1158-78. 2009
..TE remains a cause of morbidity and mortality among AIDS patients...
- Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in renal patients
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 42:237-47. 2011
..Risk factors may have significantly contributed to Toxoplasma acquisition in these patients. We recommend further studies be carried out to monitor for trends in toxoplasmosis among immunosuppressed patients...
Parasitic infections in HIV infected individuals: diagnostic & therapeutic challengesVeeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Indian J Med Res 134:878-97. 2011
..This review addresses various aspects of parasitic infections in term of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic challenges associated with HIV-infection...
- Seroprevalence and sources of toxoplasmosis among Orang Asli (indigenous) communities in Peninsular Malaysia
Romano Ngui
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:660-6. 2011
..The role of domestic cats and environmental contamination with oocyst in soil and water has to be highlighted and addressed in future prevention strategies for these communities...
- Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA by PCR following microwave treatment of serum and whole blood
Puviarasi Meganathan
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 41:265-73. 2010
..gondii DNA in human blood. Furthermore, irradiation of blood samples with microwaves allows incorporation of PCR into a practical tool for routine clinical assessment of patients with Toxoplasma infection...
- Evaluation of Pichia pastoris-expressed recombinant rhoptry protein 2 of Toxoplasma gondii for its application in diagnosis of toxoplasmosis
Phooi Yee Chang
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:485-9. 2011
..Recombinant ROP2 reacted with toxoplasmosis-positive human serum samples and yielded an overall sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 95%. However, recombinant ROP2 is a better marker for detection of IgG (91.7%) rather than IgM (80%)...
- Polypeptides associated with in vitro cyst formation of Blastocystis hominis
I Init
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:727-32. 2003
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- Detection of Naegleria species in environmental samples from Peninsular Malaysia
Init Ithoi
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PLoS ONE 6:e24327. 2011
..This study was conducted to detect the presence of Naegleria species in various environmental samples...
- Toxoplasmosis-serological evidence and associated risk factors among pregnant women in southern Thailand
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:243-7. 2011
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- Evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii-recombinant dense granular protein (GRA2) for serodiagnosis by western blot
Xiao Teng Ching
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Parasitol Res 112:1229-36. 2013
..Therefore, it is suitable to be used as a sensitive and specific molecular marker for the serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma infection in both humans and animals...
- Specific, sensitive, and rapid diagnosis of active toxoplasmosis by a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method using blood samples from patients
Yee Ling Lau
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Clin Microbiol 48:3698-702. 2010
..Due to its simplicity, sensitivity, and specificity, LAMP is suggested as an appropriate method for routine diagnosis of active toxoplasmosis in humans...
- Malaria: the value of the automated depolarization analysis
F P Josephine
Department of Pathology, University of Malaya Medical Center, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:68-72. 2005
..This automated approach may prove to be particularly useful in situations where there is little or no clinical suspicion of malaria...
- Malaria: a 10-year (1994-2003) retrospective study at University Malaya Medical Center (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I Jamaiah
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:60-3. 2005
..falciparum [43% (13 cases)]. There were no reported deaths. This new source of malaria coming from foreigners must be given serious attention, as it has great potential of increasing malaria cases in urban Malaysia...
- Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis among HIV-infected patients and healthy blood donors
V Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia 57:304-10. 2002
..The mean CD4 count among HIV/AIDS patients in this study was 202.23 cell/cumm. There was no significant association between CD4 count and seropositivity for Toxoplasma antibodies in HIV/AIDS patients...
- A retrospective prevalence study of malaria in an aborigine hospital in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
I Jamaiah
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:1-4. 2006
..The most common complication was anemia (38%) followed by splenomegaly (18%); only 2% had cerebral malaria. All patients were treated with the standard anti-malarial drugs. No deaths were reported in this study...
- Tuberculosis: an eight year (2000-2007) retrospective study at the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
C A Jetan
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 41:378-85. 2010
..Among those who did complain of side effects, the most common were nausea and vomiting (41%), drug induced hepatitis (37%), blurring of vision (11%) and skin rashes (11%). Two cases of death were reported...
- Hairy-cell leukemia: a rare blood disorder in Asia
F P Josephine
Department of Pathology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:190-4. 2006
..Early diagnosis is important to ensure that patients obtain maximum benefit from the newer therapeutic agents that have greatly improved the prognosis in this rare disorder...
- A second case of diphyllobothriasis in Malaysia
M Rohela
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:896-8. 2006
..The patient had a history of eating raw fish. He was treated with a single dose of praziquantel...
- Prevalence of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
I Jamaiah
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:196-201. 2005
..Most cases occurred in patients above 12 years old, the majority of which were Malay males...
- A case of auricular myiasis in Malaysia
M Rohela
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:91-4. 2006
..The patient was discharged with amoxicillin 500 mg three times a day for 1 week...
