Medicine Participate in PAMKI Congress

 

Kaliurang (UII News-02/11) – The National Congress of the Indonesian Society for Clinical Microbiology or the National Congress of the Association of Indonesian Clinical Microbiologists (PAMKI) is a program that is held every 3 years. This program is attended by clinical microbiologists, pharmacologists, pharmacists and people who are interested in participating in it.

 

This was conveyed by Dr. dr. Farida Juliantina Rachmawaty, M.Kes. from the Microbiology Section of FK UII while participating in the activity on Friday – Saturday, 30-31 October 2015 / 17-18 Muharram 1437 H, at the JW Mariot Hotel Medan North Sumatra.

 

Doctor Farida explained that this meeting was the 9th meeting combined with 10th National Symposium of Indonesia Antimicrobial Resistance Watch (IARW).

 

"Discussion of the problem of bacterial resistance to standard drugs continues to be a global problem. Requires continuous handling and supervision so that it does not spread further. Doctors need awareness to use drugs (especially antibiotics) rationally. The danger that threatens will be even greater if it occurs multidrug resistance to existing antibiotics. As an example Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance costs a lot of money. One patient with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) costs more than 100 people with TB who are still sensitive to first-line treatment. Other information obtained includes inspection Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) as an alternative examination for latent TB, for example in children, with several advantages over the Mantoux test/Tuberculin Skin Test (TST). TST is carried out automatically in vivo currently IGRA is vitro. Several research projects are also presented here,” he said.

 

Meanwhile, on this occasion, FK UII, represented by  Dr. dr. Farida Juliantina Rachmawaty, M.Kes. presented a poster entitled “Antibacterial Activity Comparison between the Fraction of Ethyl Acetate, Chloroform and Methanol of Red Betel Vine (Piper crocatum) Leaves Ethanol Extract toward Salmonella typhi. "

 

"In this activity, many benefits were obtained, including knowing the culture of the people on Samosir Island," said the doctor of Microbiology FK UII. Wibowo/Tri