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Trends in the epidemiology of urinary tract infections in pregnancy at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg: Are contemporary treatment recommendations appropriate?
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common during pregnancy and are associated with maternal and foetal complications. Empiric antibiotic choices …
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Impact of an antibiotic stewardship programme in a surgical setting
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are miracles of science and critical for many surgical procedures. However, the emergence of multidrug resistant pathogens resulting …
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Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women from sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major health problem in most countries of the world, particularly in developing countries …
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Prevalence, incidence and seroconversion of HIV and Syphilis infections among pregnant women of South Africa
Background: Pregnant women in South Africa suffer from HIV and syphilis infections resulting in negative pregnancy outcomes. Little is known …
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South Africa’s capacity to conduct antimicrobial stewardship
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Rapid survey to determine the predictive factors of vaccination coverage in children aged 0 to 59 months in Guinea
BACKGROUND: The Expanded Program on Immunisation has made it possible to prevent more than 3 million deaths in children under …
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Indications and diagnostic value of bone marrow examination in HIV-positive individuals: A 3-year review at Tygerberg Hospital
BACKGROUND: Bone marrow examination is a useful diagnostic tool in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients presenting with cytopenias and fever. …
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Construct validity and reliability of the generalised anxiety disorder-7 scale in a sample of tuberculosis patients in the Free State Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) frequently occurs amongst patients with tuberculosis (TB) and contributes to poor quality of life and …
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Paediatric Enterobacteriaceae infections in hospitalised children in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Background: Community-acquired Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae infections in malnourished and HIV-infected hospitalised children are not well documented and are of concern because …
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B, C and D virus infection amongst patients with features of hepatitis in a referral hospital in Botswana: A cross-sectional study
Background: Viral hepatitis is a major global health problem. There is a paucity of data from Botswana on the seroprevalence …
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Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 pseudo-bacteraemia in a neonate: A case report
Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 is causative of cholera, which is a well characterised potentially epidemic gastrointestinal disease. Less is known …
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Validation of Roche immunoassay for severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 in South Africa
Background: Serology testing is an important ancillary diagnostic to the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for severe acute …
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Evaluation of compliance to the World Health Organization’s five moments of hand hygiene: Cross-sectional observation of healthcare professionals
Background: Human hands are home to thousands of microorganisms, which may be transmitted to surfaces that the hands come into …
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Strong correlation between urine and vaginal swab samples for bacterial vaginosis
Background: Vaginal swabs have been traditionally used for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV). Currently, there are limited studies that …
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A retrospective review of colistin utilisation at a tertiary care academic hospital in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The use of the antibiotic colistin was increasing as a treatment option for multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections. Standardisation of colistin …
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‘Mycoplasma hominis does not share common risk factors with other genital pathogens’: Findings from a South African pregnant cohort
Background: The role of Mycoplasma hominis ( M. hominis ) as a genital tract pathogen was still debatable. This study …
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The BinaxNOW pneumococcal antigen test: An adjunct for diagnosis of pneumococcal bacteraemia
Background: Culture remains the diagnostic standard for Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia but is limited by time to identification, prior antibiotics and …
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Treatment outcomes of Gene Xpert positive tuberculosis patients in KwaMashu Community Health Centre, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A retrospective review
BACKGROUND: We sought to investigate the relationship between tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes and its predictors in the KwaMashu region in …
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Obesity and its implications for COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
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Microbial contamination of the hands of healthcare providers in the operating theatre of a central hospital
Background Effort is invested in maintaining sterility of the operating field, but less attention is paid to potential healthcare associated …