Background: Multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major health problem worldwide. Prompt diagnosis is necessary for insuring appropriate therapy to lower morbidity and mortality, as well as to prevent disease transmission. Determination of drug-resistance patterns through microbiological examination is sometimes challenging, especially when the sputum acid-fast bacilli smear is negative. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate whether there may be radiographic patterns suggesting MDR-TB infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the radiographic features of MDR-TB. Methods: From September 2015 to March 2018, 167 patients with microbiologically proven MDR-TB were enrolled in the study. All radiographs were obtained before the patients received MDR-TB chemotherapy regimen. Posterior-anterior chest radiography was performed using digital radiography system (Hitachi Radnext50 500mAs) and retrospectively reviewed as digital raw data. Results: Based on severity category, 60% had severe lesion, 31% had moderate lesion, and only 9% had mild lesion. The most frequently observed findings were ground glass opacity or consolidation, noted in 96% patients, with bilateral lung involvement in 81% patients; fibrosis (95%), cavity (78%; 87% of which were multiple), interstitial opacities (53%), pleural thickening and mediastinal shift (59%). Other radiological findings were calcification (16%), emphysema (13%), lung destruction (12%), atelectasis (10%), nodule (8%), bullae (8%), bronchiectasis (5%), miliary pattern (1%), pleural effusion (25%), pneumothorax (1%), and hilar lymphadenopathy (14%) which predominantly unilateral. Conclusion: The presence of severe pulmonary lesion, ground glass opacity or consolidation with bilateral lung involvement, fibrosis, multiple cavities, interstitial opacities, pleural thickening, and mediastinal shift are the main features of MDR-TB.
Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a commonly used procedure for kidney stones and ureters because it is a non-invasive, effective, and first-line therapy of the upper urinary tract. The presence of side effects is still being evaluated in order to reduce the incidence of both acute and chronic. One of the methods used is the measurement of Resistive Index (RI) in the area of ESWL. To provide a description of the difference in the value of RI in the interlobar artery that is near and distant from the stones at before and after ESWL. There were 15 samples with clinical kidney stones to be performed with ESWL at IIU and fulfilled inclusion criteria from June to September 2012. Paired sample t-test was conducted to assess the difference of RI value based on the distance of interlobar artery from stones between pre and post ESWL. Sex of the samples in this study consisted of 66.7% male and 33.3% female with mean age of 45.9±8.4 years (between 32-59 years old) and the highest percentage was 40% in the age range of 40-49 years old. There was a significant difference between the RI value of the area near the stones at pre-ESWL and an hour post-ESWL. While there was no significant difference between the RI value of the area that was away from the stones at pre and post ESWL. There was a significant difference between RI values based on the distance of interlobaris artery from stones at pre and post ESWL.
Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of ten leading causes of death worldwide, including Indonesia. Indonesia is one of seven countries that causes 64% deaths due to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis through droplet nuclei in the air. It can occur to any group age, including children and adolescent, if there is a contact history of people with tuberculosis infection. In 2016, one million children had tuberculosis and around 250,000 children died because of tuberculosis. This study aimed to know the profile of tuberculosis in children and adolescent at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya.Methods: This was a descriptive study using retrospective approach. Sample of this study was collected from electronic medical record provided by Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya using statistic formula of single sample for estimated population proportions of children and adolescent with tuberculosis from 2013-2017, with total samples of 149 people.Results: There were 149 samples of children and adolescent patients with tuberculosis. Most of the children were mostly 0-4 years old and 57% were female. 84% of the children had been immunized with BCG and classified as moderate, and 35% were under nutritional status. This study showed that 67% of the children in household contacts of adult tuberculosis patients also had tuberculosis. The most frequent symptoms of tuberculosis in children and adolescent were fever (72%) and cough (80%).Conclusion: Tuberculosis in children and adolescent is more likely to occur in children than adolescent, especially children within group age of 0-4 years old. The number of pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescent are higher than extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of ten leading causes of death worldwide, including Indonesia. Indonesia is one of seven countries that causes 64% deaths due to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis through droplet nuclei in the air. It can occur to any group age, including children and adolescent, if there is a contact history of people with tuberculosis infection. In 2016, one million children had tuberculosis and around 250,000 children died because of tuberculosis. This study aimed to know the profile of tuberculosis in children and adolescent at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya.Methods: This was a descriptive study using retrospective approach. Sample of this study was collected from electronic medical record provided by Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya using statistic formula of single sample for estimated population proportions of children and adolescent with tuberculosis from 2013-2017, with total samples of 149 people.Results: There were 149 samples of children and adolescent patients with tuberculosis. Most of the children were mostly 0-4 years old and 57% were female. 84% of the children had been immunized with BCG and classified as moderate, and 35% were under nutritional status. This study showed that 67% of the children in household contacts of adult tuberculosis patients also had tuberculosis. The most frequent symptoms of tuberculosis in children and adolescent were fever (72%) and cough (80%).Conclusion: Tuberculosis in children and adolescent is more likely to occur in children than adolescent, especially children within group age of 0-4 years old. The number of pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescent are higher than extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
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