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Srisawat N, Gubler DJ, Pangestu T, Limothai U, Thisyakorn U, Ismail Z, Goh D, Capeding MR, Bravo L, Yoksan S, Tantawichien T, Hadinegoro SR, Rafiq K, Picot VS, Ooi EE. Proceedings of the 6th Asia Dengue Summit, June 2023. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2024; 18:e0012060. [PMID: 38551892 PMCID: PMC10980189 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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The 6th Asia Dengue Summit (ADS) themed "Road Map to Zero Dengue Death" was held in Thailand from 15th-16th June 2023. The summit was hosted by Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in conjunction with Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, The Thai Red Cross Society; Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University; and the Ministry of Public Health. The 6th ADS was convened by Asia Dengue Voice and Action (ADVA); Global Dengue and Aedes Transmitted Diseases Consortium (GDAC); Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED); Fondation Mérieux (FMx) and the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD). Dengue experts from academia and research, and representatives from the Ministries of Health, Regional and Global World Health Organization (WHO) and International Vaccine Institute (IVI) participated in the three-day summit. With more than 51 speakers and 451 delegates from over 24 countries, 10 symposiums, and 2 full days, the 6th ADS highlighted the growing threat of dengue and its antigenic evolution, flagged the urgent need to overcome vaccine hesitancy and misinformation crisis, and focused on dengue control policies, newer diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, travel-associated dengue, and strategies to improve community involvement.
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- Nattachai Srisawat
- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Center of Excellence in Critical Care Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand
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- Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Center of Excellence in Critical Care Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand
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- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University and Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pediatrics, KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital, Malaysia
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- Division of Paediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep, Khoo Teck Puat National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore
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- University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, the Philippines
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- Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- International Society of Neglected Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
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- Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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Soto M, Rosenberg P, Ballard C, Vellas B, Miller D, Gauthier S, Carrillo MC, Lyketsos C, Ismail Z. CTAD Task Force Paper: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in AD: Clinical Trials Targeting Mild Behavioral Impairment: A Report from the International CTAD Task Force. J Prev Alzheimers Dis 2024; 11:56-64. [PMID: 38230717 DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2023.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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The International CTAD Task Force (TF) addressed challenges related to designing clinical trials for agitation in dementia, presenting accomplishments from the two previous TFs on neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). In addition, this TF proposed a paradigm shift in NPS assessment and management, presenting Mild Behavioral Impairment (MBI) as a clinical syndrome. MBI is marked by later-life emergent and persistent NPS in dementia-free older persons (ranging from cognitively unimpaired to subjective cognitive decline to mild cognitive impairment), which facilitates earlier detection and better prognostication of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The TF has made the following recommendations for incorporation of NPS into AD preventative trials: (1) clinical trials targeting improvement in MBI symptoms should be undertaken; (2) treatment trials for MBI should be disease specific and confirm the diagnosis of participants using biomarkers; trials should include measures sensitive to cognitive changes in preclinical AD, which can serve as outcome measures, in addition to changes in biomarker levels; (3) as a first step, pharmacotherapeutic trials should address the full MBI complex as well as the specific symptoms/domains that constitute MBI; (4) clinical trials using problem-adaptation psychotherapy to target affective MBI should be considered; and (5) MBI should be considered in AD trials of disease modifying therapies. The well-validated and widely-used MBI Checklist (MBI-C) is an appropriate symptom rating scale for these studies, as it was developed specifically to identify and measure MBI in dementia-free persons. Other scales such as the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) may be used, although administration at two timepoints may be necessary to operationalize the MBI criterion of symptom persistence.
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- M Soto
- Maria Soto, AGING team, axe MAINTAIN CERPOP, UMR 1295; 2. Research and Clinical Alzheimer's Disease Center, CMRR Gérontopôle, CHU Toulouse, HealthAge IHU, France,
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Galagoda GCS, Perera J, de Silva R, Wickramasinghe HT, Dasanayake D, Bravo L, Ismail Z, Goh DYT, Nelson EAS. ASVAC2022 : 8 th Asian Vaccine Conference. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2023; 19:2165360. [PMID: 36655357 PMCID: PMC9980669 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2165360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Aiming to further the Immunization Partners in Asia Pacific (IPAP)'s vision of a world where no one suffers from a vaccine preventable disease, the 8th Asian Vaccine Conference (ASVAC 2022) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka and virtually from 15 to 18, September 2022 (www.asianvaccine.com). This conference followed those held in Siem Reap, Cambodia (2009), Manila, Philippines (2010), Jakarta, Indonesia (2011), Cebu, Philippines (2013), Hanoi, Vietnam (2015), Singapore (2017) and Naypyidaw and Yangon, Myanmar (2019). The ASVAC2022 themed "Immunization: in Era of Pandemics," commenced with the EPI Managers' Workshop, followed by pre-conference workshops and Vaccinology Masterclass, followed by the main conference featuring 5 plenary lectures, 6 partner-led symposia, free paper and poster presentations, and industry-supported lunch and evening sessions. There were over 1830 registered participants, with 112 attending in person and 998 virtually from 63 countries. The conference was organized by IPAP and hosted by the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Forum of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists and College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka, with the support of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. The 9th ASVAC is scheduled to be held in Davao City, Philippines in late 2023.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Immunology, Medical Research Institute, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Paediatrics, Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Paediatrics, KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital, Shah Alam, Malaysia.,Graduate School, KPJ Healthcare University College, Nilai, Malaysia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China.,Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, PR China
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Kassam F, Chen H, Nosheny R, McGirr A, Williams T, Ng N, Camacho M, Mackin R, Weiner M, Ismail Z. Cognitive profile of people with mild behavioral impairment in Brain Health Registry participants. Int Psychogeriatr 2023; 35:643-652. [PMID: 35130991 PMCID: PMC10063171 DOI: 10.1017/s1041610221002878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Dementia assessment includes cognitive and behavioral testing with informant verification. Conventional testing is resource-intensive, with uneven access. Online unsupervised assessments could reduce barriers to risk assessment. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between informant-rated behavioral changes and participant-completed neuropsychological test performance in older adults, both measured remotely via an online unsupervised platform, the Brain Health Registry (BHR). DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING Community-dwelling older adults participating in the online BHR. Informant reports were obtained using the BHR Study Partner Portal. PARTICIPANTS The final sample included 499 participant-informant dyads. MEASUREMENTS Participants completed online unsupervised neuropsychological assessment including Forward Memory Span, Reverse Memory Span, Trail Making B, and Go/No-Go tests. Informants completed the Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist (MBI-C) via the BHR Study Partner portal. Cognitive performance was evaluated in MBI+/- individuals, as was the association between cognitive scores and MBI symptom severity. RESULTS Mean age of the 499 participants was 67, of which 308/499 were females (61%). MBI + status was associated with significantly lower memory and executive function test scores, measured using Forward and Reverse Memory Span, Trail Making Errors and Trail Making Speed. Further, significant associations were found between poorer objectively measured cognitive performance, in the domains of memory and executive function, and MBI symptom severity. CONCLUSION These findings support the feasibility of remote, informant-reported behavioral assessment utilizing the MBI-C, supporting its validity by demonstrating a relationship to online unsupervised neuropsychological test performance, using a previously validated platform capable of assessing early dementia risk markers.
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- F. Kassam
- University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
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- University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
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- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry
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- University of Calgary, Department of Psychiatry
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- University of California, San Francisco, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neurology
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- University of California, San Francisco, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neurology
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- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry
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- University of California, San Francisco, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neurology
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- University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
- University of Calgary, Department of Psychiatry
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Srisawat N, Gubler DJ, Pangestu T, Thisyakorn U, Ismail Z, Goh D, Capeding MR, Bravo L, Yoksan S, Tantawichien T, Hadinegoro SR, Rafiq K, Picot VS, Ooi EE. Proceedings of the 5th Asia Dengue Summit. Trop Med Infect Dis 2023; 8:tropicalmed8040231. [PMID: 37104356 PMCID: PMC10142460 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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The 5th Asia Dengue Summit, themed "Roll Back Dengue", was held in Singapore from 13 to 15 June 2022. The summit was co-convened by Asia Dengue Voice and Action (ADVA), Global Dengue and Aedes transmitted Diseases Consortium (GDAC), Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED), and the Fondation Mérieux (FMx). Dengue experts from academia and research and representatives from the Ministries of Health, Regional and Global World Health Organization (WHO), and International Vaccine Institute (IVI) participated in the three-day summit. With more than 270 speakers and delegates from over 14 countries, 12 symposiums, and 3 full days, the 5th ADS highlighted the growing threat of dengue, shared innovations and strategies for successful dengue control, and emphasized the need for multi-sectoral collaboration to control dengue.
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- Nattachai Srisawat
- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Center of Excellence in Critical Care Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Academy of Science, Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169547, Singapore
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 169547, Singapore
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- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Pediatrics, KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital, Malaysia
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep, Khoo Teck Puat National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore 169547, Singapore
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- College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila 1000, Philippines
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- Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
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- International Society of Neglected Tropical Diseases, London WC2H 9JQ, UK
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- Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169547, Singapore
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Ismail Z, Bifoume Ndong C, Rafi S, El Mghari G, El Ansari N. Dysgénésie gonadique chez une fille impubère avec caryotype normal (46,XX). Annales d'Endocrinologie 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2022.12.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Gauthier S, Ismail Z, Goodarzi Z, Ng KP, Rosa-Neto P. Viewpoint: Clinicians' Perspectives on How Disease Modifying Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease Impact Specialty Care. J Prev Alzheimers Dis 2023; 10:339-341. [PMID: 37357267 DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2023.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Clinicians specialized in the diagnosis and management of persons living with early-stage Alzheimer's disease need to enable access, for those meeting criteria, to the new class of disease modifying drugs (DMDs). These drugs act on amyloid β42 and delay progression of symptoms. Thus, there will be interest from patients and families. Over the short term, the use of antibodies administered intravenously with serial MRIs to detect amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) may require participation in structured phase 4 studies or in registries with third party funding for support staff and MRI scans. In the mid term, the availability of oral anti-amyloid therapy, likely with lower risk of ARIA, may transform clinical practice to a model of screening suitable patients using plasma biomarkers, with a subsequent rapid referral to a specialized memory clinic. Eventually, the biological profile of patients for amyloid, tau, and inflammation will determine which type of DMD to use. We are optimistic that clinicians will gain confidence with the use DMDs and answer the increasing needs of our aging population.
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- S Gauthier
- Serge Gauthier, Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, The McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging, 6875 La Salle Blvd - FBC room 3149, Montreal, QC, Canada H4H 1R3,
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Sani H, Zamri M, Ibrahim K, Hamidi M, Radzi A, Shariff RR, Ahmad F, Abidin HZ, Ismail Z, Rahman TA, Kasim S. Small dense low-density lipoprotein and clinical factors factors associated with early onset acute coronary syndrome. Int J Cardiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Razali S, Tukhvatullina D, Hashim NA, Raduan NJN, Anne SJ, Ismail Z, Patsali ME, Smirnova D, Fountoulakis KN. Sociodemographic Factors of Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia: the COVID-19 Mental Health International Study. East Asian Arch Psychiatry 2022; 32:82-88. [PMID: 36578182 DOI: 10.12809/eaap2204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of depression and the sociodemographic factors associated with depression in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic METHODS. This study is part of the COVID-19 Mental Health International Study to collect data on the impact of the pandemic on mental health through an online survey. People who were aged ≥18 years, able to read Malay or English, had access to the internet, and consented to participate were asked to complete a pro forma questionnaire to collect their sociodemographic data. The presence of distress and depression was assessed using the English or Malay version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. RESULTS Of 963 participants, 451 (46.8%) had depression and 512 (53.2%) had no depression who were either normal (n = 169, 17.5%) or had distress (n = 343, 35.6%). Participants had higher odds of having depression when living with two people (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.896, p = 0.001), three people (AOR = 2.622, p < 0.001) or four people (AOR = 3.135, p < 0.001). Participants with three children had higher odds of having depression (AOR = 2.084, p = 0.008), whereas having only one child was a protective factor for depression (AOR = 0.481, p = 0.01). Participants had higher odds of having depression when self-employed (AOR = 3.825, p = 0.003), retired (AOR = 4.526, p = 0.001), being housekeeper (AOR = 7.478, p = 0.004), not working by choice (AOR = 5.511, p < 0.001), or unemployed (AOR = 3.883, p = 0.009). Participants had higher odds of depression when living in a small town (AOR = 3.193, p < 0.001) or rural area (AOR = 3.467, p < 0.001). Participants with no chronic medical illness had lower odds of having depression (AOR = 0.589, p = 0.008). CONCLUSION In Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic, people who are living with two, three, or four people, having three children, living in a small town or rural areas, and having unstable income have higher odds of having depression. Urgent intervention for those at risk of depression is recommended.
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- S Razali
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.,Institute of Pathology, Laboratory and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM), Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Center for Global Public Health, Institute of Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- 3rd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry, Narcology, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russian Federation.,International Centre for Education and Research in Neuropsychiatry, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
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- 3rd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.,International Centre for Education and Research in Neuropsychiatry, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
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Thisyakorn U, Carlos J, Chotpitayasunondh T, Dien TM, Gonzales MLAM, Huong NTL, Ismail Z, Nordin MM, Ong-Lim ALT, Tantawichien T, Terumalay SD, Vu TD, Cintra O, Oladehin O. Invasive meningococcal disease in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam: An Asia-Pacific expert group perspective on current epidemiology and vaccination policies. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2022; 18:2110759. [PMID: 36084311 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2110759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) imposes a significant burden on the global community due to its high case fatality rate (4-20%) and the risk of long-term sequelae for one in five survivors. An expert group meeting was held to discuss the epidemiology of IMD and immunization policies in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Most of these countries do not include meningococcal immunization in their routine vaccination programs, except for high-risk groups such as immunocompromised people and pilgrims. It is difficult to estimate the epidemiology of IMD in the highly diverse Asia-Pacific region, but available evidence indicate serogroup B is increasingly dominant. Disease surveillance systems differ by country. IMD is not a notifiable disease in some of them. Without an adequate surveillance system in the region, the risk and the burden of IMD might well be underestimated. With the availability of new combined meningococcal vaccines and the World Health Organization roadmap to defeat bacterial meningitis by 2030, a better understanding of the epidemiology of IMD in the Asia-Pacific region is needed.
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- Usa Thisyakorn
- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Vietnam National Children's Hospital, Hanoï, Vietnam
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- KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia
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- University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Commemorating the 2021 ASEAN Dengue Day and advocacy for World Dengue Day, the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) and Asian Dengue Voice and Action (ADVA) Group jointly hosted the ISNTD-ADVA World Dengue Day Forum–Cross Sector Synergies in June 2021. The forum aimed to achieve international and multisectoral coordination to consolidate global dengue control and prevention efforts, share best practices and resources, and improve global preparedness. The forum featured experts around the world who shared their insight, research experience, and strategies to tackle the growing threat of dengue. Over 2,000 healthcare care professionals, researchers, epidemiologists, and policy makers from 59 countries attended the forum, highlighting the urgency for integrated, multisectoral collaboration between health, environment, education, and policy to continue the march against dengue. Sustained vector control, environmental management, surveillance improved case management, continuous vaccine advocacy and research, capacity building, political commitment, and community engagement are crucial components of dengue control. A coordinated strategy based on science, transparency, timely and credible communication, and understanding of human behavior is needed to overcome vaccine hesitancy, a major health risk further magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum announced a strong call to action to establish World Dengue Day to improve global awareness, share best practices, and prioritize preparedness in the fight against dengue. The growing threat of dengue poses a significant public health burden endangering the well-being and socioeconomic development of many countries across the world. The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) and Asian Dengue Voice and Action (ADVA) group brought together the collaborative efforts of healthcare care professionals, researchers, epidemiologists, environmentalists, and policy makers to coordinate international dengue control strategy. A strong call to action to establish a World Dengue Day was announced to improve global awareness, share best practices, and prioritize preparedness in the fight against dengue. The World Dengue Day highlighted the need for all governments, healthcare professionals, civil societies, public and private sectors, schools and universities, and citizens in dengue-endemic countries to form a strong coalition to encourage and accelerate a collective dengue control response.
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- Nattachai Srisawat
- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, and Center of Excellence in Critical Care Nephrology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University and Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pediatrics, KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia
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- International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
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- Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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Bray M, Bryant B, Esagoff A, Richey L, Rodriguez C, Krieg A, Cullum C, Lobue C, Ismail Z, Peters M. Traumatic brain injury alters presentation of mild behavioral impairment domains across progression of all-cause dementia. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9566826 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may alter dementia progression, although co-occurring neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) have received less attention. The mild behavioral impairment (MBI) construct relates NPS to underlying neural circuit disruptions, representing an important area of inquiry regarding TBI and dementia. Objectives (1) to examine the influence of prior TBI history (preceding study enrollment) on MBI incidence in all-cause dementia (prior to dementia diagnosis, i.e. MBI’s original definition) and (2) to utilize MBI domains as a construct for examining the influence of TBI on related NPS across the course of dementia onset and progression. Methods Using National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center data, individuals progressing from normal cognition to all-cause dementia over 7.6±3.0 years were studied to estimate MBI incidence and symptom domains in 124 participants with prior TBI history compared to 822 without. Results Moderate-severe TBI was associated with the social inappropriateness MBI domain (ORadj.=4.034; p=0.024) prior to dementia onset, and the abnormal perception/thought content domain looking across dementia progression (HRadj.=3.703,
p=0.005). TBI (all severities) was associated with the decreased motivation domain looking throughout dementia progression (HRadj.=1.546,
p=0.014). Conclusions TBI history is associated with particular MBI domains prior to onset and throughout progression of dementia. Understanding TBI’s impact on inter-related NPS may help elucidate underlying neuropathology. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Eleanora FN, Ismail Z, Lestari MP. Penyuluhan Hukum Peran Sekolah Dalam Pencegahan Pernikahan Anak di Bawah Umur. Pri Abd :J P M 2022; 2:133-139. [DOI: 10.37478/abdika.v2i2.1752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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This community service activity can provide knowledge and understanding to schools, especially teachers as educators of students to be able to provide understanding, knowledge and understanding to always be introspective as not to fall into marriage a young age where one way is to avoid association free, which will have an impact on unwanted pregnancies in adolescents so that they do not fall into marriage at a young age which can later harm themselves. Where in addition existence of free association, it is also due to general factors. Besides that, teachers have the right to provide protection and prevention from underage marriages, because children are not yet unstable in their mental maturity and mental maturity, so they need supervision and guidance not only from other people. only parents but also teachers as a place for students and students to knowledge and learn and the implementation of this service activity in order to knowledge and understanding in preventing underage marriages providing socialization to students, that if you marry at a young will harm yourself because can no longer receive education and health aspects will damage women's reproduction. The activity carried through the zoom application with presentation of material by resource persons and followed by a question and answer session with participants, legal counseling so that understanding and impact consequences of child marriage could be known, so it necessary to provide legal counseling to teachers and students. so that understanding based on legal basis, namely the law child protection, and implementation of this counseling must always be improved by prioritizing protection for children that fall into underage marriage. This activity can be followed up carrying out this legal counseling between schools to increase knowledge and understanding of the factors and impacts of underage marriage.
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BACKGROUND Frailty has been associated with cognitive markers of dementia but its relationship with behavioral markers of dementia are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between frailty and mild behavioral impairment (MBI), and whether this association is moderated by sex. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING 219 non-dementia participants (cognitively normal and mild cognitive impairment) from the Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia (COMPASS-ND) study. MEASUREMENTS Frailty was measured using the frailty index (FI) with higher scores indicating more health deficits/greater frailty. MBI symptoms were derived from Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire scores using a published algorithm with a cut-off of >0 indicating MBI symptom presence and higher scores indicating greater severity. Multivariable logistic and linear regressions adjusted for age, sex, education, and cognitive diagnosis were used to test the association between FI and MBI symptom presence and severity, respectively, with MBI as the outcome variable. An FI-by-sex interaction term was included to test for sex-dependent effects. RESULTS The FI mean and SD across the entire cohort was 0.14 ± 0.06 (median = 0.14, IQR = 0.09-0.17, range = 0.02-0.38). Higher FI scores were associated with the presence of MBI symptoms both globally and in the domains of decreased motivation, affective dysregulation, and psychosis. Higher FI scores were also associated with more severe MBI symptoms in a sex-dependent manner: both sexes reported similarly low MBI symptom severity at low (-1 SD) levels of FI but males reported 1.9x higher MBI symptom severity relative to females at high (+1 SD) levels of FI. CONCLUSIONS The FI is associated with both the presence and severity of MBI, especially for males. This suggests that screening for early dementia risk should incorporate assessments of MBI for patients with frailty, and assessments of frailty for patients with MBI.
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- Zahinoor Ismail, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW Calgary AB, Canada T2N 4Z6, 403-210-6900, , @11thCCD
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Wan Sulaiman W, Ismail Z, Wan Sulaiman W, Kawangit R. Dataset relating self-control and hope among participants in Malaysian rehabilitation centers. Data Brief 2021; 35:106890. [PMID: 33718547 PMCID: PMC7921476 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Current research trends are moving towards acknowledging the significance and contributions of positive psychology in understanding the potential of individuals coping with problems. The shared data were used to explore the relations between self-control and hope among drug addicts in drug rehabilitation centers in Malaysia. Self-control was conceptualized by six dimensions: impulsivity, simple tasks, risk seeking, physical activities, self-centeredness, and temper. The measurement of hope included three dimensions: cognitive-temporal, affiliative-contextual, and affective-behavioral. A total of 244 clients from drug rehabilitation centers in Peninsular Malaysia were randomly selected to participate in the data collection. Significant correlations were observed between the self-control dimensions of impulsivity, simple tasks, self-centeredness and temper with hope. No significant correlation was observed between risk seeking or physical activities with hope. The data are useful in providing information towards developing treatment and rehabilitation programs for drug addicts. In general, the data showed the importance of incorporating self-control in rehabilitation modules to increase hope among drug addicts in their effort to combat drug addiction. The data can be used by researchers and practitioners to further understand the role of positive psychology variables in developing and advancing current empirical understanding and knowledge about drug addiction.
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- National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
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Mohamed Yusof Z, Abd. Wahab AK, Ismail Z, Amerudin S. Soil Erosion Morphology of An Embankment Failure. IOP Conf Ser : Mater Sci Eng 2021; 1051:012045. [DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1051/1/012045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Embankments are essential infrastructure, are built to provide flood control. It also presents risks to property and life due to their potential to fail and cause catastrophic flooding. To mitigate these risks, authorities and regulators need to carefully analyse and inspect dams to identify potential failure modes and protect against them. This paper presents an embankment failure morphology, and the amount of erosion occurred due to overtopping flow. The breached morphology is analysed for an embankment slope of 1V:3H, using a medium sand grain size of non-cohesive soil in the laboratory. The embankment height is 0.1 m and tested with inflows rate of Q = 0.8 ×10−3 m3/s. Experimental results showed that the breached peak discharge is affected by the morphology of the embankment breached. The volume lost calculation of the embankment erosion was calculated using SURFER 8, indicating the volume of 0.0096 m3 with the peak breached discharge of 3.63 x 10−3 m3/s. The study concludes that the embankment volume lost is about 41%, and the characteristics of the embankment failures influence its morphology patterns.
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Saidan NH, Kaus NHM, Aisha A, Hamil MSR, Ismail Z. Accelerated stability study of Orthosiphon stamineus standardised ethanolic extract and its solid dispersion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/596/1/012091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ismail Z, Abdullah S, Wahab AA, Soh TT, Sulong A. Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method (mCIM) for detection of carbapenemase production in Klebsiella spp. Int J Infect Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ding CH, Ismail Z, Sulong A, Wahab AA, Gan B, Mustakim S, Ahmad HF. The reliability of a rapid molecular detection method in determining the prevalence of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an urban district health facility in Malaysia. Malays J Pathol 2020; 42:401-407. [PMID: 33361721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Rifampicin is a key first-line antimycobacterial agent employed for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). This study sought to obtain prevalence data on rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among smear-positive PTB patients in the Klang District of Malaysia. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 103 patients from the Chest Clinic of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah with sputum smears positive for acid-fast bacilli were included in this cross-sectional study. All sputa were tested using Xpert MTB/RIF to confirm the presence of M. tuberculosis complex and detect rifampicin resistance. Sputa were also sent to a respiratory medicine institute for mycobacterial culture. Positive cultures were then submitted to a reference laboratory, where isolates identified as M. tuberculosis complex underwent drug susceptibility testing (DST). RESULTS A total of 58 (56.3%) patients were newly diagnosed and 45 (43.7%) patients were previously treated. Xpert MTB/RIF was able to detect rifampicin resistance with a sensitivity and specificity of 87.5% and 98.9%, respectively. Assuming that a single resistant result from Xpert MTB/RIF or any DST method was sufficient to denote resistance, a total of 8/103 patients had rifampicinresistant M. tuberculosis. All eight patients were previously treated for PTB (p<0.05). The overall prevalence of rifampicin resistance among smear-positive PTB patients was 7.8%, although it was 17.8% among the previously treated ones. CONCLUSION The local prevalence of rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis was particularly high among previously treated patients. Xpert MTB/RIF can be employed in urban district health facilities not only to diagnose PTB in smear-positive patients, but also to detect rifampicin resistance with good sensitivity and specificity.
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- C H Ding
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Baharuddin H, Abdul Manaf NF, Ismail Z, Ibrahim KS, Mohd Zain M, Ch’ng SS. SAT0198 PROBABILITY OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS ACCORDING TO ESC GUIDELINE 2015. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.6401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) varied according to the definitions and investigations used. Echocardiography should always be performed when PH is suspected, based on symptoms and signs,1which may be difficult to be assessed in patients with SLE because early symptoms of PH, including shortness of breath, fatigue, weakness, angina and syncope can be part of disease manifestation.Objectives:To investigate the probability of PH in patients with SLE based on 2015 ESC Guideline, regardless of symptoms.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in a rheumatology centre in Malaysia which included patients aged 18 years and above, who fulfilled SLICC2012 criteria. Exclusion criteria were diagnosis of overlap syndrome and pregnancy. Demographic data and immunology profile were obtained from electronic medical records. TTE was performed by one technician who was blinded to other clinical details. Low, intermediate or high probability of PH was determined based on 2015 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) echocardiography criteria of PH.Results:A total of 60 patients with SLE were recruited. The mean age was 41.6±10.9 years and SLE disease duration was 11.5±9.4 years. The cardiovascular co-morbidities were hypertension (38.3%), dyslipidaemia (25%), diabetes mellitus (5.0%) and ischemic heart disease (1.6%). Based on 2015 ESC echocardiography criteria for PH, 50 (83.3%) patients had low probability of PH, 8 (13.3%) had intermediate probability of PH and 2 (3.3%) with high probability of PH. (Table 1). Further analysis revealed that two patients with high PH probability were asymptomatic at the time of study. They were treated for active SLE after PH was diagnosed from TTE performed within a year of study period and subsequent RHC confirmed pulmonary arteria hypertension (PAH). Among patients with intermediate probability of PH, one patient had intermittent palpitation and chest pain, while others were asymptomatic including one patient with PAH based on RHC. The most prevalent auto-antibodies among patients with intermediate and high probability of PH were anti-Ro (8 patients), anti-nuclear antibodies (7 patients) and anti-dsDNA (5 patients).Table 1.The details of echocardiographic signs of PH in patients with SLE.Echocardiographic ‘signs’ of PHPH probability (no of patients)Low, n=50Intermediate, n=8High, n=2Peak tricuspid regurgitant velocity, m/s• ≤2.8• 2.9-3.4• >3.45000170002Ventricles• Right/ left ventricle basal diameter ratio >1.0• Flattening of interventricular septum001022Pulmonary artery• Right ventricular outflow Doppler acceleration time <105ms and/or mid-diastolic notching• Early diastolic pulmonary regurgitation velocity >2.2m/s• PA diameter >25mm2804502222Inferior vena cava and right atrium• Inferior cava diameter >21mm with decreased inspiratory collapse• Right atrial area >18cm2000002Conclusion:We found 16.6% patients with SLE who had intermediate and high probability of PH, based on 2015 ESC echocardiography criteria for PH. All except one patient had symptoms suggestive of PH at the time of study. RHC performed subsequently on two patients with high PH probability confirmed PAH.References:[1]Galie N, Humbert M, Vachiery JL, et al. European Heart Journal, 2016; 37(1):67-119Acknowledgments :We are thankful to Mrs Maisarah, our dedicated echocardiography technician.Disclosure of Interests:Hazlyna Baharuddin Speakers bureau: Sanofi, J&J, Nur Farhana Abdul Manaf: None declared, Zaliha Ismail: None declared, Khairul Shafiq Ibrahim: None declared, Mollyza Mohd Zain: None declared, Shereen Suyin Ch’ng Speakers bureau: Novartis, Pfizer, GSK
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Zakariah NA, Bajuri MY, Hassan R, Ismail Z, Md Mansor M, Othman H, Nasuruddin DN. Is Procalcitonin more superior to hs-CRP in the diagnosis of infection in diabetic foot ulcer? Malays J Pathol 2020; 42:77-84. [PMID: 32342934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Procalcitonin (PCT) has recently emerged as a marker for diagnosing infection. This study aimed to compare the performance of PCT and other infection markers in diagnosing infected diabetic foot ulcer (IDFU). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 128 diabetic patients with foot ulcers were recruited and divided into two groups, consisting of 73 patients in the IDFU group and 55 in the non-infected diabetic foot ulcer (NIDFU). The severity of infection in IDFU patients was graded based on the Infectious Disease Society of America-International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot classification. Blood samples from all the patients were collected for measurement of PCT, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and white cell count (WBC). The area under the receiver operating curves (AUC) were then constructed and analysed. RESULTS PCT, hs-CRP and WBC levels were significantly higher in the IDFU group compared to NIDFU with hs-CRP demonstrated the highest AUC (0.91; p <0.001) followed by PCT (0.814; p < 0.001) and lastly WBC (0.775; p < 0.001). The best cut off value, sensitivity and specificity for the presence of infection in diabetic foot, were 3.47 mg/dL, 80% and 89% for hs-CRP, 0.11 ng/ml, 70% and 87% for PCT and 11.8x109/L, 60% and 90% for WBC. All the infection markers showed significant positive correlations with infection severity of DFU. CONCLUSION This study showed that hs-CRP is a more sensitive marker for diagnosing IDFU. Although PCT is useful in differentiating IDFU from NIDFU, the use of PCT is not necessary as it adds little value to the current practice.
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- University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Department of Pathology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Md Noor J, Hawari R, Mokhtar MF, Yussof SJ, Chew N, Norzan NA, Rahimi R, Ismail Z, Singh S, Baladas J, Hashim NH, Mohamad MIK, Pathmanathan MD. Methanol outbreak: a Malaysian tertiary hospital experience. Int J Emerg Med 2020; 13:6. [PMID: 32028888 PMCID: PMC7006424 DOI: 10.1186/s12245-020-0264-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Introduction Methanol poisoning usually occurs in a cluster and initial diagnosis can be challenging. Mortality is high without immediate interventions. This paper describes a methanol poisoning outbreak and difficulties in managing a large number of patients with limited resources. Methodology A retrospective analysis of a methanol poisoning outbreak in September 2018 was performed, describing patients who presented to a major tertiary referral centre. Result A total of 31 patients were received over the period of 9 days. Thirty of them were males with a mean age of 32 years old. They were mostly foreigners. From the 31 patients, 19.3% were dead on arrival, 3.2% died in the emergency department and 38.7% survived and discharged. The overall mortality rate was 61.3%. Out of the 12 patients who survived, two patients had toxic optic neuropathy, and one patient had uveitis. The rest of the survivors did not have any long-term complications. Osmolar gap and lactate had strong correlations with patient’s mortality. Serum pH, bicarbonate, lactate, potassium, anion gap, osmolar gap and measured serum osmolarity between the alive and dead patients were significant. Post-mortem findings of the brain were unremarkable. Conclusion The mortality rate was higher, and the morbidity includes permanent visual impairment and severe neurological sequelae. Language barrier, severity of illness, late presentation, unavailability of intravenous ethanol and fomipezole and delayed dialysis may have been the contributing factors. Patient was managed based on clinical presentation. Laboratory parameters showed difference in median between group that survived and succumbed for pH, serum bicarbonate, lactate, potassium and osmolar and anion gap. Management of methanol toxicity outbreak in resource-limited area will benefit from a well-designed guideline that is adaptable to the locality.
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- Emergency Department, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Emergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency Department, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Pathology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Public Health & Preventative Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Emergency Department, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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Muhd Yusoff NH, Zainol Rashid Z, Sulong A, Shafiee MN, Ismail Z. Cellulitis: An unusual manifestation of Neisseria meningitidis infection. Malays J Pathol 2019; 41:351-354. [PMID: 31901921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Neisseria meningitidis infections often cause severe meningitis as well as bacteraemia. However, cellulitis in meningococcal diseases have rarely been described. Here, we report a case of right lower limb cellulitis caused by N. meningitidis. CASE REPORT A 69-year-old woman presented with fever and lower limb swelling. She had diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and a history of surgical resection of vulvar carcinoma. N. meningitidis was isolated from her blood culture. DISCUSSION This report provides additional evidence in support of N. meningitidis as a cause of cellulitis.
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- N H Muhd Yusoff
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Ismail Z, Nawawi H. High Prevalence Of Obesity In West Malaysia And Its Association With Coronary Risk Profiles And Marital Status. Atherosclerosis 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.06.412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ismail Z, Ismail N, Ghazy M, Abd El-Hakeem M. Interaction of the Press Wheel Planter with Soil. Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering 2019; 10:291-297. [DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2019.43218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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AzraiI A, Ramli A, Ismail Z, Abdul-razak S, Mohd-kasim A, Ali N, Jamal M, NawawI H. Knowledge, awareness and practice preferences regarding familial hypercholesterolaemia among primary care doctors in Malaysia. Atherosclerosis 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 259772.
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- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 259772
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Osman MT, Nasir NM, Ramli AS, Saimin H, Rahman T, Razak SA, Ismail Z, Nawawi HM. Enhanced inflammation in subgroups of metabolic syndrome irrespective of glycaemic status. J Fundam and Appl Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v9i6s.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Zakaria N, Mohd K, Hamil M, Memon A, Asmawi M, Ismail Z. Characterization of primary and secondary metabolites of leaf and stem extracts from <i>Eurycoma longifolia</i> jack. J Fundam and Appl Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v9i2s.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aguera-Ortiz LF, Lopez-Alvarez J, Del Nido-Varo L, Soria Garcia-Rosel E, Perez-Martinez DA, Ismail Z. [Mild behavioural impairment as an antecedent of dementia: presentation of the diagnostic criteria and the Spanish version of the MBI-C scale for its evaluation]. Rev Neurol 2017; 65:327-334. [PMID: 28929475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in dementia and also in previous stages such as mild cognitive impairment. Their presence is related to greater conversion to dementia in cognitively healthy people or with mild cognitive impairment compared to those who do not suffer them. AIM An international working group pertaining to the Alzheimer Association has proposed the concept of 'mild behavioral impairment' (MBI) to identify patients with mild neuropsychiatric symptoms and normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment and to study the further risk of developing dementia from any cause. A new scale, the Mild Behavioral Impairment-Checklist (MBI-C), has been developed for the assessment of MBI in clinical and research settings. DEVELOPMENT Data on the greater risk of dementia in the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms are shown to justify the development of the new concept of MBI, improving the previous attempts of categorization of these states. Diagnostic criteria of MBI and the process of creation of the MBI-C scale are described. The Spanish version is presented in this article. Finally, the next steps in the investigation of the concept and measurement of MBI and its future prospects are suggested. CONCLUSIONS The new MBI criteria and their measurement using the MBI-C scale are promising for a better and earlier identification of patients at risk of developing dementia and as an aid to investigate the underlying neurodegenerative processes.
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- L F Aguera-Ortiz
- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Espana
- CIBERSAM, Madrid, Espana
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Sharifuldin M, Ismail Z, Aisha A, Seow E, Beh H. Quantification of rutin, quercitrin and quercetin in Cosmos caudatus Kunth by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography. Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods 2016. [DOI: 10.3920/qas2015.0839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- M.M.A. Sharifuldin
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Agro Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Akseer N, Lawn JE, Keenan W, Konstantopoulos A, Cooper P, Ismail Z, Thacker N, Cabral S, Bhutta ZA. Ending preventable newborn deaths in a generation. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2016; 131 Suppl 1:S43-8. [PMID: 26433505 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The end of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era was marked in 2015, and while maternal and child mortality have been halved, MGD 4 and MDG 5 are off-track at the global level. Reductions in neonatal death rates (age <1 month) lag behind those for post-neonates (age 1-59 months), and stillbirth rates (omitted from the MDGs) have been virtually unchanged. Hence, almost half of under-five deaths are newborns, yet about 80% of these are preventable using cost-effective interventions. The Every Newborn Action Plan has been endorsed by the World Health Assembly and ratified by many stakeholders and donors to reduce neonatal deaths and stillbirths to 10 per 1000 births by 2035. The plan provides an evidence-based framework for scaling up of essential interventions across the continuum of care with the potential to prevent the deaths of approximately three million newborns, mothers, and stillbirths every year. Two million stillbirths and newborns could be saved by care at birth and care of small and sick newborns, giving a triple return on investment at this key time. Commitment, investment, and intentional leadership from global and national stakeholders, including all healthcare professionals, can make these ambitious goals attainable.
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- Nadia Akseer
- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- MARCH Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, St Louis University, St Louis, MO, USA; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
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- School of Medicine, KPJ Healthcare University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
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- Deep Children Hospital and Research Centre, Gandhidham-Kutch, Gujarat, India; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
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- Estacio de Sa University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; International Pediatric Association, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA.
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Daradka M, Malkawi M, Ismail Z, Alshehabat M. Autologous venous grafting promotes healing and reduces adhesion formation in experimentally severed canine superficial digital flexor tendons. BJVM 2016. [DOI: 10.15547/bjvm.980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Salmi LR, Barsanti S, Bourgueil Y, Daponte A, Piznal E, Ménival S, Ménival S, Piznal E, Salmi LR, Leleu H, Jusot F, Bourgueil Y, Saton MO, Piznal E, Kovacs Z, Novakovic A, Codina AD, Bolivar J, Mateo I, Pérez IR, Georgiou V, Janzyk V, Salfield N, Ismail Z, Giannoni M, D'Urzo E, Ferialla L, Barsanti S, Heijmans S, Pucci T, Di Loreto P, Cleanthous P, Salmi LR, Mouillet E, Barsanti S, Iacovina N, Nuti S, de Saint Pol E, Piznal E, Salfield N, Szabo Z, Kovacs Z, Novakovic A, Mratovic MC, Boban AD, Daponte A, Bolivar J, Mateo I, Pérez IR, Barnhoorn F, Berghmans L, Harlet J, Bourgueil Y, Bederski K, Theren G, Caleja N, Almeida M, Heijmans S, Marquez S, Carriazo A, Gonzalez-Seco I, Salmi LR, Hofmeister A, Cleanthous P, Daponte A, Bolivar J, Mateo I, Pérez IR, Solano MB, Marquez S, González-Seco I, de Saint Pol E, Piznal E, Godwin A, Mratovic MC, Mourtou E, Berghmans L, Bourgueil Y, Theren G, Hering T, Heijmans S, Barsanti S, Salmi LR, Ménival S, Piznal E, Mouillet E, Berghmans L, Harlet J, Bizel P, Pensis G, Szabo Z, Kovacs Z, Bourgueil Y, Jusot F, Leleu H, Barsanti S, Iacovina N, Daponte A, Bolivar J, Bernal Solano M, Mateo I, Ruis Pérez I, Salfield N, Godwin A, Rajaratnam G, Jobarteh J, Cleanthous P, Heijmans S, Novakovic A, Mratovic MC, Dzona-Boban A, Ismail Z, Giannoni M, D'Urzo E, Ferialla L, Cassucci P, Ammannati B, Tanini D, Bottai R, Berti A, Georgiou V, Hultgren E, Barnhoorn F, de Saint Pol E, Mc Shane M, Gonzalez-Seco I, Guérin D, Wardle M, Sandor J, Theren G, Hofmeister A, Carriazo A, Marquez S, Loizou C, Bederski K, Caleja N, Almeida M. Interventions addressing health inequalities in European regions: the AIR project. Health Promot Int 2015; 32:430-441. [DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dav101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Louis-Rachid Salmi
- Univ. Bordeaux, ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, Bordeaux F-33000, France
- INSERM, ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, Bordeaux F-33000, France
- CHU de Bordeaux, Pole de sante publique, Service d'information medicale, Bordeaux F-33000, France
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- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, Laboratorio Management e Sanità, Pisa, Italy
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- Institut de Recherche et de Documentation en Economie de la Santé, Paris, France
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- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, Andalucia, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Nasir NM, Saimin H, Rahman T, Razak SA, Yasin MM, Ismail Z, Nawawi H. Enhanced inflammation and endothelial activation in central obesity and metabolic syndrome irrespective of glycemic status. Atherosclerosis 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.04.870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Tikki Pang
- Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 259772, Singapore.
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- Centre of Vaccine Development, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Daradka M, Alhamad W, Ismail Z. Coronary band autografting in donkeys: clinical and histological evaluation of healing quality of hoof wall defects. BJVM 2015. [DOI: 10.15547/bjvm.811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kong KK, Ong ZC, Khoo SY, Ismail Z, Ang BC, Chong WT, Noroozi S, Rahman AGA. Identification of material properties of orthotropic composite plate using hybrid non-destructive evaluation approach. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1179/1432891714z.000000000991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- K. K. Kong
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Advanced Shock and Vibration Research GroupEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Advanced Shock and Vibration Research GroupEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Civil EngineeringEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringEngineering Faculty, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of DesignEngineering and Computing, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, UK
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- Faculty of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia
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Eskandarian N, Ismail Z, Neela V, van Belkum A, Desa MNM, Amin Nordin S. Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, serotype distribution and virulence determinants among invasive, non-invasive and colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) from Malaysian patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 34:579-84. [PMID: 25359580 PMCID: PMC4356882 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2265-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A total of 103 group B streptococci (GBS) including 22 invasive, 21 non-invasive, and 60 colonizing isolates were collected in a Malaysian hospital (June 2010–October 2011). Isolates were characterized by conventional and molecular serotyping and analyzed for scpB, lmb, hylB, cylE, bac, bca and rib gene content. Antimicrobial susceptibility to penicillins, macrolides, lincosamides, quinolones and tetracyclines was determined using disk diffusion and the MICs for penicillin were determined by E-test. Molecular serotyping for all eight serotypes (Ia, Ib, II–VII) was in full accordance with conventional serotyping. Overall, taking CS and MS together, serotype VI was the most common capsular type (22.3 %) followed by VII (21.4 %), III (20.4 %), Ia (17.5 %), V (9.7 %), II (7.7 %) and IV (1 %). Susceptibility to beta-lactam antimicrobials was prevalent (100 %). Resistance rates for erythromycin, clindamycin and tetracycline were 23.3 %, 17.5 % and 71.8 %, respectively. PCR-virulence gene screening showed the presence of cylE, lmb, scpB and hylB in almost all the isolates while rib, bca, and bac genes were found in 29.1 %, 14.6 % and 9.7 % of the isolates. Certain genes were significantly associated with specific serotypes, namely, rib with serotypes Ia, II, III and VI; bca and bac with serotypes II and III. Furthermore, serotype Ia was significantly more common among patients with invasive infections (p < 0.01) and serotype VI isolates were significantly more common among carriers (p < 0.05). In summary, serotype distribution correlates with virulence gene content will be useful in epidemiological studies and design of vaccines.
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- N Eskandarian
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Khari N, Aisha AFA, Ismail Z. Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography for the Quantification of Eurycomanone in Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Simaroubaceae) Extracts and their Commercial Products. TROP J PHARM RES 2014. [DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v13i5.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Shafaei A, Muslim NS, Nassar ZD, Aisha AFA, Majid AMSA, Ismail Z. Antiangiogenic Effect of Ficus deltoidea Jack Standardised Leaf Extracts. TROP J PHARM RES 2014. [DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v13i5.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Thisyakorn U, Capeding MR, Goh DYT, Hadinegoro SR, Ismail Z, Tantawichien T, Yoksan S, Pang T. Preparing for dengue vaccine introduction in ASEAN countries: recommendations from the first ADVA regional workshop. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 13:581-7. [DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.907529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Usa Thisyakorn
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University,
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- Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia,
Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University,
Bangkok, Thailand
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- Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Ismail Z. Childhood injury prevention in Malaysia: Make It Safe for Kids (MISK). Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2014; 45 Suppl 1:53-56. [PMID: 25423790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Makpol S, Jam FA, Rahim NA, Khor SC, Ismail Z, Yusof YAM, Wan Ngah WZ. Comparable down-regulation of TYR, TYRP1 and TYRP2 genes and inhibition of melanogenesis by tyrostat, tocotrienol-rich fraction and tocopherol in human skin melanocytes improves skin pigmentation. Clin Ter 2014; 165:e39-e45. [PMID: 24589959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Antioxidant has been recognized to inhibit UV-induced melanogenesis. This study aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanism of tyrostat, tocopherol and tocotrienol-rich fraction in inhibiting melanogenesis in human skin melanocytes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Primary culture of melanocytes was exposed to repeated doses of 0.6 J/cm2 UVA for 6 days and treated with tyrostat, tocotrienol-rich fraction or tocopherol alone or in combination. RESULTS UVA irradiation increased melanin content and tyrosinase activity and up-regulated TYR, TYRP1 and TYRP2 genes. Treatment with tyrostat, tocotrienol-rich fraction or tocopherol decreased melanin content and down-regulated TYR, TYRP1 and TYRP2 genes with decreased tyrosinase activity. Combined treatment exerted better effects as compared to treatment with single compound in decreasing the melanin content and down-regulating TYR, TYRP1 and TYRP2 genes. These findings indicated that tyrostat, tocotrienol-rich fraction and tocopherol inhibit melanogenesis by modulating the expression of genes involved in the regulation of melanin synthesis and inhibiting tyrosinase activity. CONCLUSIONS Tyrostat, tocopherol and tocotrienol-rich fraction possessed anti-melanogenic properties and might be useful in improving skin pigmentation caused by UVA exposure.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and 2R&D Plantation and Agri-Business Division, Sime Darby Research Sdn Bhd, 42960 Carey Island, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Abdollahi A, Abu Talib M, Yaacob SN, Ismail Z. Hardiness as a mediator between perceived stress and happiness in nurses. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2014; 21:789-96. [PMID: 24661763 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The relevance of the study of happiness and stress in nurses has been emphasized. In this sense, the intelligent use of hardiness is enable nurses to cope better with stress and contribute to being happier. This study aimed to examine the relationship among hardiness, perceived stress, and happiness in nurses. Moreover, we examined the mediator role of hardiness on the relationship between perceived stress and happiness in nurses. Our study revealed that hardi-attitude nurses evaluate situations as less stressful which results in a higher happiness. This study showed hardiness as being a protective factor against perceived stress and a facilitating factor for happiness in nurses. The findings could be important in training future nurses so that hardiness can be imparted, thereby giving them the ability to control their stress. Nursing is a stressful occupation with high levels of stress within the health professions. Given that hardiness is an important construct to enable nurses to cope better with stress and contribute to being happier; therefore, it is necessary we advance our knowledge about the aetiology of happiness, especially the role of hardiness in decreasing stress levels and increasing happiness. The present study sought to investigate the role of hardiness as a mediator between perceived stress and happiness. The participants, comprising 252 nurses from six private hospitals in Tehran, completed the Personal Views Survey, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Oxford Happiness Inventory. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data and answer the research hypotheses. As expected, hardiness partially mediated between perceived stress and happiness among nurses, and nurses with low levels of perceived stress were more likely to report greater hardiness and happiness. In addition, nurses with high levels of hardiness were more likely to report happiness. This study showed hardiness as being a protective factor against perceived stress and a facilitating factor for happiness in nurses. The findings could be important in training future nurses so that hardiness can be imparted, thereby giving them the ability to control their stress.
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- Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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Subenthiran S, Abdullah NR, Muniandy PK, Joseph JP, Cheong KC, Ismail Z, Mohamed Z. G2677T polymorphism can predict treatment outcome of Malaysians with complex partial seizures being treated with Carbamazepine. Genet Mol Res 2013; 12:5937-44. [PMID: 24338387 DOI: 10.4238/2013.november.26.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Carbamazepine (CBZ) is used as the first line of treatment of complex partial seizures (CPS) in Malaysia. While this drug is known to be effective for the treatment of CPS, more than 30% of patients remain drug resistant to CBZ mono-therapy. We examined a possible relationship between patients' response to CBZ mono-therapy and the G2677T SNP of the ABCB1 gene. Three hundred and fourteen patients with CPS were recruited from the Neurology Department of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, of whom 152 were responders and the other 162 were non-responders to CBZ mono-therapy. DNA was extracted from blood samples and real-time PCR was performed to detect the G2677T SNP of the ABCB1 gene. Results were described as genotype frequencies and compared by logistic regression analysis. Among the 152 responders, 74% had the GG genotype. However, among the 162 non-responders, 26.5% had the GT genotype and 39% had the TT genotype. There was a significant difference in genotype frequency (TT vs GG; odds ratio 4.70; 95% confidence interval, 2.70-8.20) between responders and non-responders. The presence of the T allele of the G2677T SNP appears to be a useful screening marker to determine if a patient is going to be resistant to CBZ as a single drug therapy in the treatment of CPS.
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- S Subenthiran
- Bioassay Unit, Herbal Medicine Research Center, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
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Gani SSA, Basri M, Rahman MBA, Kassim A, Salleh AB, Abdul Rahman RNZR, Ismail Z. Phase Behavior of Engkabang Fat with Nonionic Surfactants. TENSIDE SURFACT DET 2013. [DOI: 10.3139/113.110023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Phase behavior of engkabang fat was determined through the construction of ternary phase diagrams using nonionic surfactants. Several phase regions appeared in the ternary phase diagrams such as isotropic, homogenous, liquid crystal, two phase and three phase regions. The increase of hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) values of the nonionic surfactants used gave larger isotropic and homogenous region in the ternary phase diagrams. The combination of engkabang fat:Solubilisant Gamma (2:1) in the ternary phases diagram gave an even larger isotropic and homogenous regions as well as the formation of liquid crystal region.
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- S. S. A. Gani
- Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd., Lot 2664, Jalan Pulau Carey, PO Box 207, 42700 Banting, Selangor, Malaysia
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Eskandarian N, Neela V, Ismail Z, Puzi SM, Hamat RA, Desa MNM, Nordin SA. Group B streptococcal bacteremia in a major teaching hospital in Malaysia: a case series of eighteen patients. Int J Infect Dis 2013; 17:e777-80. [PMID: 23453715 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Revised: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of infections such as meningitis and septicemia in neonates and pregnant women; however the significance of invasive GBS disease has not been clearly defined in non-pregnant adults. METHODS We reviewed the hospital records of 18 cases with GBS bacteremia who attended the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre from June 2010 to October 2011. We analyzed the clinical findings of both bacteremic adults and neonates and compared them to previous studies of GBS bacteremia. Serotyping was done by latex agglutination test using 10 distinct antisera (Ia, Ib, and II-IX). RESULTS During the period of 1 year and 4 months, there were 18 patients with GBS bacteremia. Five cases occurred in neonates, one in a parturient woman, and 12 in other adults. All neonates with bacteremia were males and two of them were premature. Septicemia was the most common clinical presentation in neonates. They were treated with intravenous (IV) penicillin G and gentamicin. The adults included nine men (69%) and four women (31%). Their mean age was 60 years and all patients had more than two underlying conditions. The most common clinical syndrome was pneumonia (n=6, 46.5%). The others were peritonitis (n=3, 23.1%), primary bacteremia (n=2, 15.5%), septic arthritis (n=2, 15.5%), skin and soft tissue infection (n=1, 7.7%), meningitis (n=1, 8%), urinary tract infection (n=1, 8%), and intravascular device infection (n=1, 7.7%). Cardiovascular diseases (n=7, 53.8%) were the most common underlying conditions, and diabetes mellitus (n=5, 38.5%) was second. The other co-morbid conditions were hyperlipidemia (n=3, 23.1%), renal disease (n=3, 23.1%), liver disease and/or alcohol abuse (n=3, 23.1%), autoimmune disease or immunosuppressive condition (n=2, 15.5%), malignancy (n=2, 15.5%), respiratory disease (n=1, 8%), and postpartum condition (n=1, 8%), as well as miscellaneous conditions including intravenous drug abuse, HIV infection, and trauma (n=2, 15.5%). Polymicrobial bacteremia was found in five (45.4%) cases and Staphylococcus aureus was the most common concurrent bacterial isolate. Of the 18 GBS isolates in both adults and neonates, serotype Ia was predominant (38.9%), followed by VI (27.8%), V (11.1%), and III (5.5%); the remaining 16.7% were non-typeable. CONCLUSIONS GBS bacteremia is a significant problem and is associated with serious underlying disease, which may result in a high rate of mortality, not only in neonates and pregnant women, but also in non-pregnant adults.
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- N Eskandarian
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Alsuede FS, Majid ASA, B KAM, Ismail Z, Kadir M, Majid AMSA. Abstract B87: Antiangiogenic and antimetastatic activities of cat's whiskers tea ( Orthosiphon stamineus) extract against colon cancer cell line. Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.tim2013-b87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Orthosiphon stamineus is a popular medicinal herbal tea that is traditionally used for inflammatory joint condition, diabetes and hypertension. In this study we found that the 50% ethanolic extract of O. stamineus strongly suppressed angiogenesis in isolated rat aortic tissues and prevented the formation of chorionic plexus in chick embryo. The extract also inhibited the formation of blood vessels in matrigel plug implanted in mice. A significant inhibition of important stages of HCT-116 colon cancer cells metastasis, invasion, and migration was also observed with significant inhibitory effect of on the growth of the neoplastic cells. However, the extract displayed low cytotoxicity towards human tumor cell lines such as K562, HL-60, Skno-1, MCF-7, HCT-116 and Hep G2, and normal human colonic fibroblast CCD-18Co. HPLC analysis reveals that the extract is abundant with rosmarinic acid, eupatorin, sinensetin, etc. This work highlights usefulness of O. stamineus in treating colon cancer.
Note: This abstract was not presented at the conference.
Citation Format: Fouad Saleih Alsuede, Aman Shah Abdul Majid, Khadeer Ahamed Mohamed B, Z Ismail, M.O Kadir, Amin Malik Shah Abdul Majid. Antiangiogenic and antimetastatic activities of cat's whiskers tea (Orthosiphon stamineus) extract against colon cancer cell line. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Tumor Invasion and Metastasis; Jan 20-23, 2013; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73(3 Suppl):Abstract nr B87.
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
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Ismail Z, Fitt AD, Please CP. A fluid mechanical explanation of the spontaneous reattachment of a previously detached Descemet membrane. Mathematical Medicine and Biology 2012; 30:339-55. [DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqs028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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