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Current Issue

Volume 8 - Issue 2 - 2018

Review Articles

The soil-transmitted helminths in Sri Lanka: a review of the recent literature

NR de Silva
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):60-68

Perspectives

Despite huge investment to contain AMR, recent reports of increased occurrence of superbugs are terrifying

BH Gulumbe
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):69-73

Research Articles

A preliminary study on Naegleria species in water bodies of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

JANS Gunarathna, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):74-83
Prevalence rates of HIV, HBsAg and HCV co-infections among tuberculosis patients in Sokoto Metropolis, Northwest Nigeria

M Imoru, A Bala, AH Marafa
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):84-92
Bacterial pathogens causing urinary tract infections in children and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka

KLW Hathagoda, SS Gunathilaka, B Dissanayake, I Tharaka, K Gunathilaka, R Jayawardane, R Gunapala
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):93-99
Soil-transmitted helminth infections, associated factors and nutritional status in an estate community in Sri Lanka

O Suraweera, L Galgamuwa, S Wickramasinghe, D Iddawela, N Nandasiri
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):100-114
Epidemiology of invasive infections caused by vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococcal strains among oncology patients at the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka from 1st of July 2012 to 31st of July 2013

LS Athukorala, CGUA Patabendige, PJ Arumapperuma
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):115-126
A study on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue among hospitalized patients from Northern Sri Lanka

T Kumanan, D Logeswaran
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):127-132

Case Reports

Challenges in diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A case report of an unusual nosocomial infection

MCT Jayasundera, DLB Piyasiri, RBD. Ranasinghe, PP Sathanandan, GM Ulwishewa
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):133-136
Sepsis with cerebral lupus…. or is it? A case report on Cryptococcaemia

N Jayawardena, S Sigera, B Rathnayake, RH Lewkebandara, L Rajakaruna, P Jayasekera
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):137-141
Severe falciparum malaria with hypophosphataemia and presumed hypophosphatemia induced rhabdomyolysis: a case report

M Perera, V Samarawickrama, K Lokuketagoda, K Thirumavalawan
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31 Oct 2018

8 (2):142-146

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases

Current Issue

Volume 8 - Issue 2 - 2018

Review Articles

The soil-transmitted helminths in Sri Lanka: a review of the recent literature

Perspectives

Despite huge investment to contain AMR, recent reports of increased occurrence of superbugs are terrifying

Research Articles

A preliminary study on Naegleria species in water bodies of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

Prevalence rates of HIV, HBsAg and HCV co-infections among tuberculosis patients in Sokoto Metropolis, Northwest Nigeria

Bacterial pathogens causing urinary tract infections in children and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka

Soil-transmitted helminth infections, associated factors and nutritional status in an estate community in Sri Lanka

Epidemiology of invasive infections caused by vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococcal strains among oncology patients at the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka from 1st of July 2012 to 31st of July 2013

A study on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue among hospitalized patients from Northern Sri Lanka

Case Reports

Challenges in diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A case report of an unusual nosocomial infection

Sepsis with cerebral lupus…. or is it? A case report on Cryptococcaemia

Severe falciparum malaria with hypophosphataemia and presumed hypophosphatemia induced rhabdomyolysis: a case report

A study on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue among hospitalized patients from Northern Sri Lanka

Epidemiology of invasive infections caused by vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococcal strains among oncology patients at the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka from 1st of July 2012 to 31st of July 2013

Soil-transmitted helminth infections, associated factors and nutritional status in an estate community in Sri Lanka

Severe falciparum malaria with hypophosphataemia and presumed hypophosphatemia induced rhabdomyolysis: a case report

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of hand hygiene among final year medical and nursing students at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka

Analysis of urine culture isolates from seven laboratories of Sri Lanka: National Laboratory Based Surveillance of Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists in 2014

Dengue control in Sri Lanka - improvements to the existing state of the art in the island

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