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Accuracy of C-reactive protein and a differentiated white cell count in diagnosing tuberculosis
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is treatable with a high cure rate. In South Africa, 70% of pulmonary TB is microbiologically confirmed. …
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Intensive care unit nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 infection prevention and control
Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) had to rapidly adapt infection prevention and control (IPC) practices during the coronavirus disease 2019 …
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Men’s utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review
Background: Men have poor access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). …
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Clinical application of Vitek-derived minimum inhibitory concentration values: Proof of concept study
Background: Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values are useful in guiding appropriate antimicrobial therapy however, routine provision and interpretation of MIC …
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Prescribing patterns of echinocandins in adult patients in a private hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
Background: Worldwide, the leading cause of invasive candidiasis and the fourth leading cause of hospital-acquired infections are the Candida species …
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Ebola outbreak in Guinea, 2021: Clinical care of patients with Ebola virus disease
Background: Experience from the Zaire Ebolavirus epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2018-2020) demonstrates that early initiation …
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Aetiology of genital ulcer disease and associated factors among Mthatha public clinic attendees
Background: Genital ulcer disease (GUD) is a sexually transmitted disease characterised by ulcerating lesions. Despite the introduction of sexually transmitted …
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Demographic profile of HIV and helminth-coinfected adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Background: Helminth and HIV infections are endemic among poor populations. Studies investigating the socio-demographic and economic risk factors associated with …
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The preference of women living with HIV for the HPV self-sampling of urine at a rural HIV clinic in Uganda
Background: Women living with HIV have a double risk of acquiring cervical cancer (CC) due to repeated human papilloma virus …
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Case Report: A woman with pelvic hydatid disease
Hydatid disease is found in many low-income countries, where humans are deemed accidental hosts. Bone hydatid disease is a rare …
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Adherence to a care bundle for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: A retrospective cohort study
Background: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia is associated with high hospital mortality. Improvements in outcome have been described with standardised bundles of …
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Multisystem cytomegalovirus end-organ disease in a patient with advanced HIV
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common in people living with HIV, but multisystem CMV end-organ disease (EOD) is rare following the …
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D-dimers in omicron versus delta: A retrospective analysis
Background: Infection with SARS-CoV-2 has shown to cause an increase in D-dimers, which correlate with severity and prognosis for in-hospital …
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A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
Emergomycosis is a recently described emerging opportunistic fungal infection among individuals living with HIV, in whom it is a cause …
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Adherence and clinical outcomes of HIV patients switching to a fixed-dose combination regimen
Background: The efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is monitored using clinical markers such as viral load (VL) and CD4 counts. …
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Antibiotic consumption in the public sector of the Limpopo province, South Africa, 2014–2018
Background: Antibiotic consumption (ABC) surveillance is a critical component of the strategic priority response to the increasing antibiotic resistance threat. …
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Antibiotic consumption by Access, Watch and Reserve index in public sector of Limpopo province, South Africa: 2014–2018
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) classified antibiotics into three categories in 2017 - Access, Watch and Reserve (AWaRe) - …
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Malaria and COVID-19 prevalence in a population of febrile children and adolescents living in Libreville
Background: Patients with acute febrile illness need to be screened for malaria and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in malaria-endemic areas …
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Best practices: Appropriate use of the new β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations, ceftazidime-avibactam and ceftolozane-tazobactam in South Africa
Antibiotic stewardship of hospital-acquired infections because of difficult-to-treat resistant (DTR) Gram-negative bacteria is a global challenge. Their increasing prevalence in …