Background Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) is largely underdetected in Indonesia.
Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) has recently been introduced, prioritizing patients at risk of RR-TB, …

Since WHO announced the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, SARS-CoV-2 has undergone
several mutations, with the most recent variant first identified in South Africa in November …

Introduction: We aim to describe the performance of combined IgM and IgG point-of-care
antibody test (POC-Ab)(Wondfo®) compared to real-time reverse transcriptase (rRT-PCR)(…

The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (pTB) in young children often relies on clinical
diagnosis because young children are usually unable to produce a sputum sample. Sputum …

Purpose The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has created a global health crisis.
Secondary pulmonary bacterial infection is a COVID-19 complication, increasing morbidity …

Immune system dysregulation in people with diabetes mellitus (DM) increases the risk of
acquiring severe infection. We compared the clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters …

Background In Indonesia, drug resistance testing for TB largely relies on Xpert MTB/RIF,
and it is unknown what proportion of drug-resistant (DR) TB is adequately diagnosed and …

Setiap serotipe virus dengue dapat menimbulkan manifestasi klinis mulai dari demam
dengue (DD) sampai demam berdarah dengue (DBD) dan sindrom syok dengue (SSD). Sulit …

Background Measuring COVID-19 incidence among hospital staff and the influencing
factors and preventative measures affecting outcomes is important given their high risk of …

Introduction sP-selectin is a glycoprotein located in α granules of platelet and endothelial’s
Weibel Palade body, as expression to platelet activation and endothelial cell stimulation by …