{"title":"Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella Isolated from Blood Cockles in Surat Thani Province, Thailand","authors":"J. Mala, Pakavadee Rakthong","doi":"10.55164/hsjt.v5i2.258935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55164/hsjt.v5i2.258935","url":null,"abstract":"This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in natural blood cockles from Surat Thani province. The research samples were collected from different areas over two seasons, dry and wet, in 2021. VIDAS® and VITEK® 2 compact systems were used for automated analysis. The results revealed that the prevalence of Salmonella was only found in the dry season, April (20%, 4 out of 20 samples) while all areas were not found Salmonella in the wet season. Antimicrobial resistance was evaluated in Salmonella strain isolated (n=8) and found that this pathogen was most frequently observed for amikacin (6/8, 75%), cefalotin (8/8, 100%), doxycycline (8/8, 100%), gentamicin (8/8, 100%) and tetracycline (8/8, 100%) with showed the minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs) were ≥2, ≥2, ≥16, ≥1 and ≥16 µg/ml, respectively. The six isolates demonstrated multiple drug resistance (MDR). This study provided useful information for the assessment of the possible risk posed to consumers, which has a significant public health impact in Thailand.","PeriodicalId":157908,"journal":{"name":"Health Science Journal of Thailand","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131602504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ya Chud and Polypharmacy Situation of Muang District in Suphanburi Province","authors":"Kunlanat Makboon","doi":"10.55164/hsjt.v5i1.258017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55164/hsjt.v5i1.258017","url":null,"abstract":"Ya Chud is a type of self-medication that is used to treat various ailments such as pain and common cold. It’s also considered a form of polypharmacy that is particularly affiliated with drug-related problems (DRPs). This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Ya Chud use and polypharmacy situation, and assess the factors that were associated with this situation. In total, 353 people participated in the study. All participants lived in the Muang district, Suphanburi province. Data collection was performed using an interview questionnaire. We calculated descriptive statistics for general demographic information and the prevalence of medication use. Moreover, we utilized logistic regression to evaluate the factors related to polypharmacy. The majority of the participants were female, and about half of them were more than 60 years old. The prevalence of Ya Chud usage was about 37%. The symptoms or diseases of Ya Chud use were pain and the common cold. The prevalence of polypharmacy (using more than 5 medications) among Ya Chud users was 58.46%, while the prevalence was 32.58% among all participants. Having cardiovascular disease was associated with polypharmacy in the age-adjusted model (OR = 3.05, 95% CI = 1.28-7.59). Ya Chud use contributed to an increase in polypharmacy. To prevent and reduce this problem, health care practitioners should set up more vigorous programs on pharmacy health literacy to increase people’s awareness, particularly in those who have cardiovascular diseases. A surveillance system for polypharmacy and Ya Chud use would also help address this continuing problem in the community.","PeriodicalId":157908,"journal":{"name":"Health Science Journal of Thailand","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116987770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}