Browsing Research Articles (Medical Microbiology) by UP Author "Anderson, Ronald"

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Effects of cigarette smoke condensate on growth and biofilm formation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Cholo, Moloko C.; Rasehlo, Sam Sipho M.; Venter, Eudri; Venter, Chantelle; Anderson, Ronald (Hindawi Publishing, 2020-08)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Cigarette smoke (CS) is a major risk factor contributing to the burden of tuberculosis. Little is known, however, about the effects of CS exposure on growth and persistence of Mycobacterium ...
Effects of clofazimine on planktonic and biofilm growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis

Mothiba, Maborwa Tebogo; Anderson, Ronald; Fourie, Bernard P.; Germishuizen, Willem Andreas; Cholo, Moloko C. (Elsevier, 2015-03)

Mycobacteria form lipid-rich biofilms that restrict the efficacy of antimicrobial chemotherapy, possibly necessitating the use of lipophilic antibiotics. In the current study, the activity of one such agent, clofazimine, ...
Mechanisms of action and therapeutic efficacies of the lipophilic antimycobacterial agents clofazimine and bedaquiline

Cholo, Moloko C.; Mothiba, Maborwa T.; Fourie, P.B. (Petrus Bernardus); Anderson, Ronald (Oxford University Press, 2017-02)

Drug-resistant (DR)-tuberculosis (TB) is the major challenge confronting the global tuberculosis (TB) control programme, necessitating treatment with second-line anti- TB drugs, often with limited therapeutic efficacy. ...

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