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Browsing by Supervisor "Ehlers, M.M. (Marthie Magdaleen)"
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Enterococci and staphylococci are leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and a wide arsenal of virulence factors. Environmental and zoonotic bacteria, including enterococci ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-10-01)Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a serious problem in South Africa. Standardised and accurate drug susceptibility testing for first-line and second-line anti-TB drugs are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-04-18)Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major cause of acute illnesses, infertility, long term disability and death with far reaching health, social and economic consequences. Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-10-28)Escherichia coli 0157:H7 is classified as a member of the enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) family. These organisms are responsible for a variety of clinical manifestations ranging from non-bloody diarrhoea to gross bloody ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-08-14)Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important nosocomial pathogen that has the potential to cause severe morbidity and mortality, particularly in intensive care units, as well as in medical and surgical wards. In recent years, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-10-28)Heterotrophic plate counts (HPCs) are commonly used to assess the general microbiological quality of drinking water. Drinking water quality specifications world-wide recommend HPC limits from 100 to 500 cfu.m1-1. However, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-07)Diversity of micro-organism communities in activated sludge have been analyzed by culture -dependent methods, which exclude the majority of endogenous microbes due to the selective nature of the media. Molecular and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the leading causes of human diseases in hospital and community settings. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as a significant problem worldwide, resisting ...
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Genetic relatedness of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Steve Biko hospital (University of Pretoria, 2013-04-18)Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes severe infections in humans. An estimated two billion people carry S. aureus worldwide, of which fifty-three million harbour MRSA strains. The ability of MRSA to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-12-14)Every year close to 9 million people contract tuberculosis (TB) and approximately 2 million die from the disease. The highest number of TB cases is in Asia while Africa has the highest incidence rates due to high rates ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004)Large epidemics of poliomyelitis spread across the world in the first half of the 20th century. However, polio incidence fell rapidly across the world following the introduction of the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). Since ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)An increasing number of linezolid resistant (LZR), multidrug-resistant (MDR) Staphylococcus capitis infections have been observed in private hospitals in the greater Gauteng area since 2014. The aim of this study was to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death and is highly prevalent in South Africa (19% in adults over the age of 40 years). Inflammation of the lungs in COPD impairs the immune response and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Despite being one of the oldest known bacteria to cause disease in man, Mycobacterium. tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) claims in excess of a million lives each year and continues to be a topic of research. The lung microbiome, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-01)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a pandemic human pathogen accounting for most of health-care associated infections throughout the world. However, in recent years, a more virulent strain of MRSA has ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Genetic typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae is used for epidemiological referencing. In the clinical setting it can be useful in outbreak investigations, understanding transmission and managing hospital infections. Multi-drug ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-05-13)The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that eight million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) occur every year and that one-third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-09-25)Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) constitute a major problem given their broad substrate specificity and ability to hydrolyse many of the extended-spectrum third-generation cephalosporins currently in use in hospital ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and genital mycoplasmas are infections of the reproductive tract that play important roles in maternal and foetal health. Genital mycoplasmas include Mycoplasma genitalium, M. hominis, Ureaplasma ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to be a significant public health problem with an increased burden on women of reproductive age. These infections can be transmitted between humans by means of sexual ...
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