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Browsing by UP Author "Said, Halima Mohammed"
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Omar, Shaheed Vally; Roth, Andreas; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Erasmus, Linda; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Kock, Marleen M.; Paulse, Nuraan; Said, H.M. (Halima Mohammed); Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Reischl, Udo
(Public Library of Science, 2011-09-22)
BACKGROUND: The LightCyclerH Mycobacterium Detection Kit based on real-time PCR technology for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium kansasii was recently developed. This study ...
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Said, Halima Mohammed; Kock, Marleen M.; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Baba, Kamaldeen A.; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Osman, Ayman Gassim Elamin; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen
(BioMed Central, 2012-12-22)
BACKGROUND: The increasing problem of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) [ie resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF)] is becoming a global problem. Successful treatment outcome for MDR-TB depends ...
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Said, Halima Mohammed; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Osman, Ayman Gassim Elamin; Velsman, Chrisna; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed
(American Society for Microbiology, 2011-05)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of major public health concern worldwide, especially in developing countries.
In addition, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has increased the incidence of infection ...
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Said, Halima Mohammed; Kock, Marleen M.; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Baba, Kamaldeen A.; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Osman, Ayman Gassim Elamin; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012-01)
BACKGROUND: The GenoType® MTBDRsl assay (Hains, Lifesciences, Germany) is a new rapid assay for detection of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs.
METHOD: The MTBDRsl assay was evaluated on 342 MDR-TB isolates ...
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Said, Halima Mohammed; Kock, Marleen M.; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Mphahlele, Matsie Theodora; Baba, Kamaldeen A.; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Osman, Ayman Gassim Elamin; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-09)
Despite South Africa being one of the high-burden multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) countries, information regarding
the population structure of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is limited from ...
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Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Said, Halima Mohammed; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Bulane, Atang; Makgotlho, Phuti Edward; Kock, Marleen M.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria
(2008-11-12)
The prevalence of blaCTX-M, blaSHV and blaTEM extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and VIM metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) producing Enterobacter are increasing worldwide. Multidrug resistance due to the presence of ...