A Smartphone Antimicrobial Prescribing App Did Not Outperform Paper Guidelines Across Six Lao Hospitals
Across a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial in six Lao hospitals, a smartphone version of national antimicrobial prescribing guidelines plus one stewardship training session did not significantly improve adherence over paper versions after adjustment for time, clustering, and confounders. Inpatient adherence was 25.6% versus 17.0% before adjustment, but the adjusted odds ratio was 1.26 (95% CI 0.8–1.9; p=0.276); outpatient results were also null. The finding argues for sustained, multifaceted stewardship rather than guideline access alone.
Sue J. Lee · Mavuto Mukaka · Nicholas P. J. Day · Paul N. NewtonMahidol University · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU)
A post hoc analysis of the DEN-301 placebo arm followed 30,620.6 person-years, identifying 560 virologically confirmed dengue cases among 9,698 febrile illnesses; 142 cases, or 25.4%, were hospitalized.
A 20-year-old man on automated peritoneal dialysis developed vague abdominal symptoms, weight loss and declining ultrafiltration. Repeated dialysate cultures, acid-fast staining and molecular tests were negative despite mononuclear-predominant leukocytosis. Contrast CT identified peritoneal nodules, CT peritoneography showed a trapped dialysate pocket, and targeted biopsy demonstrated necrotising granulomatous inflammation. Tissue culture grew M. kansasii resistant to rifampicin, moxifloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
HITAP reviewed 278 HTA capacity-strengthening activities in 25 countries from 2010 to mid-2025. Asia accounted for 151 activities and 128 engagements were programmatic rather than ad hoc. Knowledge sharing represented 26% and research or project collaboration 21%. Among 11 African partner countries, only three had programmatic engagement, accounting for 30 activities.
Morphology combined with ITS, LSU, rpb2 and β-tub phylogenies distinguished Nigropunctata pseudohydei as a new species and confirmed the first Thai record of N. complanata.
Thai researchersZaw Lin Tun · Digvijayini Bundhun · Kevin D. Hyde
An eight-country perspective argues that telemedicine, wearables and home sensors, augmented AI and mobile health can distribute expertise, observe symptoms between visits and support self-management, particularly where neurologists are scarce. Impact depends on infrastructure, interoperability, workforce, governance and equity-first hybrid care, not devices alone.
DJC6219 and NK62157 were isolated from municipal wastewater and characterised through host-range assays, electron microscopy, stability, multiplicity-of-infection optimisation, growth kinetics and genomics.
The authors review challenges in estimating preventable AMR burden and advocate explicit counterfactuals, confounding control and principled combination of individual studies.
Thai researchersCherry Lim · Sue J. Lee · Yin Mo · Ben S. Cooper
Ten Asia-Pacific experts developed 11 consensus statements on mild traumatic brain injury and use of GFAP/UCH-L1 within 12 hours. Final agreement was 90-100%, emphasizing biomarkers as adjuncts while clinical assessment and locally available imaging remain central.
RGD-functionalized cannabidiol lipid nanoparticles increased cellular uptake threefold and in-vitro BBB transport by 65%, while reducing inflammatory and oxidative markers. In a preclinical Alzheimer's model, cognition, Aβ/tau pathology, metabolism and gut-barrier indicators improved. The findings are promising but not evidence in patients.
Researchers used the UNDRR Stop Disasters online game with students, water professionals and community members in Thailand and Malaysia. A post-game survey of 35 participants found high enjoyment, lively interaction and perceived reinforcement of declarative flood-management knowledge.
Among 1,870 critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, sodium and potassium from arterial blood-gas analysers showed relatively good agreement with central laboratory values, with potassium having the narrowest limits. Clinically meaningful discrepancies occurred in 7.0% of sodium, 14.1% of potassium and 31.4% of chloride measurements, so rapid bedside results should support rather than replace reference testing.
This multicentre secondary analysis used the validated 2018–2020 TH-SOSGOQ 2.0 database. The full cohort included 68 patients and the reliability/construct-validity cohort 64. Mean age was 57 years and 55.9% were women. Internal consistency was 0.832 and test-retest ICCs ranged from 0.52 to 0.85.
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Global Public Health
A New Record of Auricularia heimuer in Thailand: Optimal Conditions for Mycelial Growth, Inoculum Production, Cultivation Performance and a Favorable Nutritional Profile
Orientation-Dependent Daylight–Sunlight Trade-Offs in a Tropical Single-Aspect Studio Apartment: Effects of Window Configuration and Visible-Light Transmittance
Buildings
Thailand-affiliated authors
Nitchapha Naphatthakan · Narisa Noithapthim
Institutions
Walailak University
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Clinical Medicine
Long‐Term Outcomes of AV Node Ablation Plus CRT Compared to AF Catheter Ablation in Patients With AF and HFrEF
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Thailand-affiliated authors
Natee Deepan
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Environmental Engineering
Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Flood Risk Assessment: A BIM ‐ GIS Integrated Approach
Transactions in GIS
Thailand-affiliated authors
Ahsen Maqsoom · Lapyote Prasittisopin
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Multidisciplinary
Opegaster plateen n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the giant mudskipper Periophthalmus schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Thailand
Chiang Mai University · Maejo University · Suranaree University of Technology · Mae Fah Luang University
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Factors Associated with Malnutrition Among Bedridden Older Adults in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand: A Secondary Cross-Sectional Analysis
Medical Sciences
Thailand-affiliated authors
Sopida Thipsawat · Rachadaporn Jantasuwan
Institutions
Walailak University
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Engineering
Transcriptomics‐Driven Identification and Engineering of a Novel Lactone Esterase ( Sr LE) for Efficient Sophorolipid Lactonization in the Yeast Starmerella riodocensis
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Thailand-affiliated authors
Sirawich Sapsirisuk · Nitnipa Soontorngun
Institutions
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
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Clinical Medicine
Comprehensive Identification and Description of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Sub-Haplogroups in Snow Sheep (Ovis nivicola) in Support of Their Evolutionary History and Conservation
Animals
Thailand-affiliated authors
Michael N Romanov · Darren Karl Griffin
Institutions
Kasetsart University
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Psychobiotic food systems: fermentation-derived microbes and metabolites modulating the microbiota–gut–brain axis
npj Science of Food
Thailand-affiliated authors
Muhammad Waqar
Institutions
Walailak University
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Clinical Medicine
Rapid and sensitive LC–MS/MS assay for sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine quantification in dried blood spots
Malaria Journal
Thailand-affiliated authors
Daniel Blessborn · Natpapat Kaewkhao · Joel Tärning
Institutions
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
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Environmental Engineering
Bio-Composite Progress (Part A): Advances in Mycelium-Based Composites as Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic and Foam Packaging
Kasetsart University · National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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Clinical Medicine
Inter‐rater reliability of frozen donor liver macrovesicular steatosis assessment applying the Banff consensus method: a real‐world, multi‐specialty validation study
Histopathology
Thailand-affiliated authors
Jarukit Tantipisit
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Treatment outcomes and survival in advanced gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma
Academia oncology.
Thailand-affiliated authors
Siraphong Putraveephong
Institutions
Khon Kaen University
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Environmental Engineering
Panduratin A and Pinostrobin Mitigate Aminated Polystyrene Microplastic-Induced Renal Injury: Evidence from In Vitro and In Vivo Studies
Princess of Naradhiwas University · Mahidol University
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Clinical Medicine
Fatal Disseminated Melioidosis Following Flood Exposure in a Patient without Overt Diabetes Mellitus or Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report from Southern Thailand