Cermin Dunia Kedokteran No. 86, 1993
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INTESTINAL PARASITES INFECTIONS
AMONG DIARRHEA PATIENTS IN
PANDEGLANG AND KUNINGAN
Suwarni, Eko Raharjo, Harijani AM
Communicable Diseases Research
Centre, Health Research and Develop-
ment Board, Department of Health, Indo-
nesia, Jakarta
The study on intestinal parasite
was done in Kabupaten Pande-
glang and Kuningan (Sept '89
March '90) as a part of diarrhoeal
etiological study. The objective
of the study is to obtain the pre-
valence of intestinal parasite in
diarrhoeal cases in children under
five years of age. Stools were
collected from patients in two
Health Centers and two Hospitals
and were prepared with formalin
5% and Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA).
Smear examinations were done
directly from the samples, using
Formalin Ether Concentration
Technique and Modified Ziehl-
Neelsen.
Out of 404 stool samples
examined, most of the infections
were intestinal parasite infec-
tion/Protozoa, including the
stools from 3 patients with the
age of less than 3 months. Cryp-
tosporidium had been also de-
tected in this study.
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HYGIENE OF ORAL CAVITIES
AMONG CHILDREN LESS THAN 2-
YEAR OLD IN PENYABUNGAN
OUTPATIENT CLINIC
Charles Darwin Siregar, Bidasari,
Ikhwan HH.
Penyabungan General Hospital, South
Tapanull, North Sumatra, Indonesia
A prospective study on the
condition of oral cavity of chil-
dren aged 2 years who visited
Out Patient Clinic.in Penyabung-
an General Hospital was con-
ducted on every Thursday from
5th December 1991 up to 30th
January 1992.
During this period there were
1365 patients, 63 of them with
diarrhoea, 41 with fever, 14 with
anorexia, 8 with carbuncles, 2
with dyspnoe, 2 with otorrhea, 2
with itching, and 3 with gum
bleeding.
Oral hygiene score associated
with group DI-S0.0-0.6 were found
in only 74 (54,81%) patients, and
the oral hygiene of children which
were still breastfed were better
than the weanling. The parents'
attention and knowledge on
children's oral hygiene were
minimal.
Delayed eruption was ob-
served in 47 patients while 3 of
them had malposition of the
teeth.
Dry mouth were found 105
patients, 97 among them were
associated with dehydration.
Stool examination in diarrhoea
patients revealed 28 "Candida
albicans" cases and all of them
also suffered oral thrush.
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DIAGNOSTICS OF THALASSEMIA
Sunarto
Department of Child Health, Faculty of
Medicine, GaJah Mada University/Dr.
Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
Thalassemias are genetically
inherited anemias due to dimi-
nished or absence of globin syn-
thesisthat makes up hemoglobin.
There are various types of tha-
lassemias due to the various types
of globin chain defect, but -tha-
lasemia and -thalassemia are
the thalassemias that are of clini-
cal importance. Various labora-
tory tests are needed in the diag-
nosis of thalassemia, from the
simple and routine tests to more
technically demanding tests like
globin synthesis analysis and DNA
analysis. The needed tests are in
accordance with our goal, either
for clinical diagnosis, screening
program or prenatal diagnosis.
Advances in the diagnostics in
thalassemia have brought a great
benefit to the thalassemia con-
trol program.
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