A research was carried out to know the effectiveness of oral ketoconazol given in four weeks to patients suffering from tinea imbrikata at Mekar Pelita and Bora villages, Sayan District, Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan. The oral doses were given in four weeks to adults : 200 mg single dose daily, and to children : 3 mg/kg BW single dose daily. The effectiveness of the treatment was assessed ba…
The effect of time radiation and humaditation on the dissipation DDT in the soil. At the normal condition DDT residue in the soil is relatively lower than in the region temperature zone. The possible reason in the climatic, persistence and dissipation which result and environmental contamination. This research has aimed to study dissipation of DDT under influence of radiation and humadity. In t…
Chronic osteomyelitis is a difficult orthopaedic problem to be treated especcially if the causative organism is gram negative, such like Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clinical trial of ceftazidime to treat chronic osteomyelitis due to P. aeruginosa had been performed in 22 patients from January 1993 to April 1993. All patients were with history to open fracture grade IIIA and IIIB (Gustilo-Anderson) …
A case of NEC in a six days old asphyxiated premature infant was reported. The diagnosis was based on predisposing factors including low weight infant, severe ashpyxia, her mother suffered from fever and premature ruptur of the amniotic membrans more than 24 hours. Clinical features include abdominal distention with discoloration of the abdominal wall, vomiting bloody stool, sclerema, temperatu…
A case-control study was done in Indramayu, West Java, about the association between housing characteristics, indoor air pollution and childhood Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI)-pneumonia. Using the Respirable Suspended Particulate (RSP), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (SO), formaldehyde (HCHO) and amonia (NH3) as determinants of indoor air pollutants, mites as …
A survey of heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Pb) in drinking water at small and very small houses was conducted in Jakarta, Bogor, Tanggerang and Bekasi (Jabotebek), in 1992. The purpose of this study was to get information about water quality and environmental condition of water sources at low cost housing and very low cost housing in Jabotabek. Forty to sixty samples were taken from each location and an…