Pillay, Tahir(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013)
The editorial ‘No schools for medical editors’ struck a
personal chord. The lot of the journal editor can indeed be lonely. The
challenge of dealing with the manuscripts of colleagues, friends and
associates is often ...
Health sector reforms initiated in South Africa in 1994 adopted a primary health care approach
to strengthen the health system and achieve public health outcomes through disease prevention
and health promotion.1 This led ...
OBJECTIVE: To describe an outbreak of multi-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections (MRPA-BSI) that
occurred in the haematology ward of a tertiary academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, and determine ...
Axelsson-Robertson, Rebecca; Loxton, Andre G.; Walzl, Gerhard; Ehlers, M.M. (Marthie Magdaleen); Kock, Marleen M.; Zumla, Alimuddin; Maeurer, Markus(Public Library of Science, 2013-03-26)
We studied major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I peptide-presentation and nature of the antigen-specific CD8+ Tcell
response from South African tuberculosis (TB) patients with active TB. 361 MHC class I binding ...
Jacobson, B.F.; Louw, S.; Buller, H.; Mer, M.; De Jong, P.R.; Rowji, P.; Schapkaitz, E.; Adler, D.; Beeton, A.; Hsu, H-C.; Wessels, P.F.; Haas, S.(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-04)
BACKGROUND: Pharmacological prophylactic anticoagulation in many countries, including South Africa, is under-prescribed. This has
resulted in unacceptable rates of morbidity and mortality.
METHOD: The Southern African ...