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Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases – Yesterday, today and tomorrow
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Salmonella food-poisoning outbreak linked to the National School Nutrition Programme, North West province, South Africa
Background: Salmonella enterica , with more than 2500 diverse typhoidal and non-typhoidal serotypes (NTS), are foodborne bacterial pathogens of global …
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Tracking the rate of initiation and retention on isoniazid preventive therapy in a high human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis burden setting of Lesotho
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health problem, particularly in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV). Yet, efforts to …
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Combination antiretroviral treatment use in prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes: 6-week HIV prevalence and relationship to time of antiretroviral treatment initiation and mixed feeding
BACKGROUND: In Zimbabwe, 16% of pregnant women aged 15-49 years are infected with HIV. More than 90% of HIV infection …
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Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae colonisation in adult inpatients: A point prevalence study
BACKGROUND: Infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) have been increasing worldwide in recent years, but data regarding the prevalence and …
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Risk factors associated with severe recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
Background: Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis can present with a highly variable clinical course. The disease can cause serious morbidity and can …
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Pneumococcus nasopharyngeal carriage in children attending an academic hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, after the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine
BACKGROUND: In 2009, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced in South Africa. However, there are concerns that this could lead to …
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First study of hepatitis delta virus in Algeria: Seroprevalence and risk factors in Setif region (east of Algeria)
Background: No recent data are available on hepatitis delta virus (HDV) prevalence in Algeria. For this reason we conducted an …
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Helicobacter pylori antibiotic sensitivity pattern in dyspeptic patients in Kano, Nigeria
Background: Despite the high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Nigeria, in the North-West there are no studies on the …
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Predictors of time to sputum culture conversion in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in patients at Tshepong-Klerksdorp Hospital
SETTING: Klerksdorp-Tshepong Hospital Complex MDR-TB Unit, North-West Province, South Africa. BACKGROUND: To determine the time to sputum culture conversion (TTSCC) …
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The accuracy of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase detection in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in South African laboratories using the Vitek 2 Gram-negative susceptibility card AST-N255
Background: Phenotypic detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) is based on the inhibition of ESBL enzymes by β-lactamase inhibitors and on …
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Costs incurred by caregivers of under-five inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia at a university hospital in south-western Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is one of the commonest diseases among children in Ethiopia resulting in deaths and hospitalisations. The objective of …
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CCT: a coordinate conversion tool for hepatitis B virus
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome has ∼3 200 nucleotides, coding for seven proteins in four overlapping open reading frames …
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Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for Hepatitis B virus infection among barbers and their clients in two cities in Cameroon
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious public health problem in Africa and worldwide. Barbers are regularly in …
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Influence of vaccination status and clinical, seasonal and sociodemographic factors on rotavirus prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Human rotavirus infection is the leading cause of diarrhoea in infants and young children worldwide. In South Africa, diarrhoea is …
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Healthcare-associated infection in the Grey’s Hospital paediatric intensive care unit: does an Infection Control Programme work?
Background: Healthcare-associated infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Grey’s Hospital introduced an Infection Control Programme in …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of doctors regarding isoniazid preventive therapy in HIV/AIDS patients at Odi District Hospital, Gauteng province, South Africa
Introduction: Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) can reduce the overall risk of active tuberculosis (TB) in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) …
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Herpes simplex virus-2 infections in pregnant women from Durban, South Africa: prevalence, risk factors and co-infection with HIV-1
Currently there is a lack of data on herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) and human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) co-infections as well …
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Hepatitis A in Nelson Mandela Bay and Sarah Baartman districts, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Background: Hepatitis A is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis, not only in South Africa, but in many …
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