• A Case of Cerebral Malaria: are we Alert to Detect? 

  Pratheepan, G.J.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Galle Medical Association, 2009-07-29)

  Malaria is an important treatable cause of fever. Cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum causes multisystem involvement leading to death. Though malaria was a common illness in Sri Lanka years back, the ...
• Leptospirosis as Frequent Cause of Acute Febrile Illness in Southern Sri Lanka 

  Reller, Megan E.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Flom, Judith E.; Dumler, J. Stephen; Woods, Christopher W. (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, 2011-09-09)

  To determine the proportion of fevers caused by leptospirosis, we obtained serum specimens and epidemiologic and clinical data from patients in Galle, Sri Lanka, March-October 2007. Immunoglobulin M ELISA was performed on ...
• A Case of Infective Endocarditis Caused by Salmonella Paratyphi A 

  Egodage, U.K.; Dharmarathne, C.; Mohideen, M.S.; Dahanayake, M.U.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Ruhunu Clinical Society, 2015-11-01)

  Introduction: Endocarditis is a rare complication of salmonellosis. The most frequently observed species is Salmonella typhi[1]. Endocarditis caused by Salmonella paratyphi is extremely rare with only few previous cases ...
• Unsuspected Dengue and Acute Febrile Illness in Rural and Semi-Urban Southern Sri Lanka 

  Reller, Megan E.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Broadwater, Anne; Ostbye, T.; De Silva, A.; Woods, Christopher W. (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, 2012-02-02)

  Dengue virus (DENV), a globally emerging cause of undifferentiated fever, has been documented in the heavily urbanized western coast of Sri Lanka since the 1960s. New areas of Sri Lanka are now being affected, and ...
• Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007 

  Relle, Megan E.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Flom, Judith E.; Ostbye, T.; Woods, Christopher W.; Dumler, J. Stephen (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, 2012-05-05)

  We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure ...
• Pulmonary Alveolar Mcrolithiasis Complicated by Corpulmonale 

  Gayani, G.G.A.; Muhunthan, S.; Perera, A.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Mohideen, M.R. (Ceylon College of Physician, 2014-11-27)

  Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare,chronic lung disease with bilateral intra-alveolar calcium and phosphate deposition throughout the lung parenchyma. This is a case history of a 40- year-old female with a family ...
• A Possible Association of Hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis, Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Neuromyotonia 

  Arambewela, M.H.; Sumanathilaka, M.R.; Pathirana, K.D.; Bodinayake, C.K. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013-12-28)

  Acute hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP), a clinical syndrome characterised by acute systemic weakness and low serum potassium (K+), is a rare but treatable cause of acute limb weakness. Hypokalemia can be caused by K+ ...
• Chikungunya as a Cause of Acute Febrile Illness in Southern Sri Lanka 

  Reller, Megan E.; Akoroda, Ufuoma; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Strouse, John J.; Chua, Robert; Yan'an Hou; Chow, Angelia; Sessions, October M.; Ostbye, T.; Gubler, Duane J.; Woods, Christopher W.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Public Library of Science (PLOS) , 2013-12-02)

  Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2006 after a 40-year hiatus. We sought to identify and characterize acute chikungunya infection (CHIK) in patients presenting with acute undifferentiated ...
• An Under-recognized Influenza Epidemic Identified by Rapid Influenza Testing, Southern Sri Lanka, 2013 

  Tillekeratne, L.G.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Vidanagama, D.; Arachchi, W.K.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Reller, Megan E.; Woods, Christopher W. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015-05-02)

  Influenza accounts for a large burden of acute respiratory tract infections in high-income countries; data from lower-income settings are limited due to lack of confirmatory testing. Consecutive outpatients presenting to ...
• Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka 

  Tillekeratne, L.G.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Vidanagama, D.; Anderson, W.K.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Reller, Megan E.; Woods, Christopher W. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015-11)

  Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are a common reason for unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions worldwide. Our objective was to determine if providing access to rapid influenza test results could reduce antibiotic ...
• Dengue Fever Associated with Extreme Reactive Thrombocytosis 

  Egodage, U.K.; Dissanayake, N.U.; Dahanayake, M.U.; Bodinayake, C.K. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016-12-30)

  Dengue is an important viral illness which has the potential to progress into dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Leucopenia and throm-bocytopenia are the hallmarks of acute dengue which ...
• Extended-spectrum ß-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections in Sri Lanka 

  Tillekeratne, L.G.; Vidanagama, D.; Tippalagama, R.; Lewkebandara, R.; Joyce, Maria; Nicholson, B.P.; Nagahawatte, A.; Bodinayake, C.K.; De Silva, A.D.; Woods, Christopher W. (Infect Chemother, 2016-09-23)

  Background: Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) are increasingly reported as pathogens in urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, in Sri Lanka, the clinical and molecular epidemiology ...
• Emergence of Epidemic Dengue-1 Virus in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka 

  Bodinayake, C.K.; Tillekeratne, L.G.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Sessions, October M.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; Uehara, Anna; Howe, Shiqin; Xin Mei Ong; Tan, Sharon; Chow, Angelia; Tummalapalli, P.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Woods, Christopher W.; Gubler, Duane J.; Reller, Megan E. (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2016-10-06)

  Background Dengue is a frequent cause of acute febrile illness with an expanding global distribution. Since the 1960s, dengue in Sri Lanka has been documented primarily along the heavily urbanized western coast with ...
• Challenges of Managing Enterobacter Endocarditis; a Review of Two Cases 

  Piyasiri, D.L.B.; Priyarangani, W.K.A.P.; Kariyawasam, I.; Wijeweera, D.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Kodikaraarachchi, R.W.K.; Madurawe, D.R.; Sathananthan, P.P.; Jayasekara, J.V.G.M. (Galle Medical Association, 2017-03-28)

  Introduction Infective endocarditis (IE) carries significant mortality and morbidity and Streptococci and Staphylococci are the common causative organisms Apart from the HACEK group (Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, ...
• Burden and Seasonality of Viral Acute Respiratory Tract Infections among Outpatients in Southern Sri Lanka 

  Shapiro, David; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; Hsiang, Jeremy; Nicholson, B.P.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Reller, Megan E.; Woods, Christopher W.; Tillekeratne, L.G. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017-07-12)

  In tropical and subtropical settings, the epidemiology of viral acute respiratory tract infections varies widely between countries. We determined the etiology, seasonality, and clinical presentation of viral acute respiratory ...
• Antibiotic Overuse for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Sri Lanka: a Qualitative Study of Outpatients and their Physicians 

  Tillekeratne, L.G.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Dabrera, T.; Nagahawatte, A.; Arachchi, W.K.; Sooriyaarachchi, A.; Stewart, Kearsley; Watt, Melissa; Ostbye, T.; Woods, Christopher W. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-03-16)

  Background: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are a common reason for antibiotic overuse worldwide. We previously showed that over 80% of outpatients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka with ...
• Severe Anaemia and Multiple Ecchymoses in a Postpartum Female Due to Acquired Haemophilia A 

  Palangasinghe, D.R.; Gamage, V.N.U.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Mohotti, M.G.M. (Galle Medical Association, 2017-03-28)

  Acquired haemophilia A (AHA) is a rare acquired bleeding disorder with a worldwide incidence of 2 per million of the population (1). It has a bimodal age distribution including postpartum period and adults over 50 years ...
• Analysis of Dengue Serotype 4 in Sri Lanka During the 2012–2013 Dengue Epidemic 

  Uehara, Anna; Tissera, H.A.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Amarasinghe, A.; Nagahawatte, A.; Tillekeratne, L.G.; Jie Cui; Reller, Megan E.; Palihawadana, P.; Gunasena, S.; De Silva, A.D.; Wilder-Smith, A.; Gubler, Duane J.; Woods, Christopher W.; Sessions, October M. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017-07-12)

  The four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV-1, -2, -3, and -4) have had a rapidly expanding geographic range and are now endemic in over 100 tropical and subtropical countries. Sri Lanka has experienced periodic dengue outbreaks ...
• An Unusual Cause for Periodic Limb Paralysis; Gitelman Syndrome 

  Jayasekara, J.M.S.; Palangasinghe, D.R.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Galle Medical Association, 2018-03-30)

  Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessively inherited salt loosing tubulopathy with a prevalence of 1-10 per 40,000 people (1, 2). The prevalence of GS is higher in Asia than other countries (2). GS is characterized ...
• Differentiating Scrub Typhus Meningoencephalitis, from Tuberculous Meningitis: Two Case Reports and a Review 

  De Silva, C.M.; Fonseka, C.L.; Nanayakkara, S.D.; Singhapura, S.D.A.L.; Palangasinghe, D.R.; Hewawithana, J.S.; Pathirana, K.D.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Galle Medical Association, 2018-03-01)

  Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease where currently about one million new cases are identified annually and one billion people may be at risk of this disease (1-3). The infection is acquired through agricultural activities ...

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