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  • Dr Spur's mystery case. Allergy, atopic dermatitis, abnormal FBC and elevated IgE : what do you see? 
    Teixeira, Miguel Jose; Van den Berg, Sylvia; Van Niekerk, Andre (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2023-12)
    No abstract available.
  • Dr Spur’s mystery case : a case of an early bird catching the worm 
    Van den Berg, Sylvia; Van Rooyen, Cathy; Van Niekerk, Andre; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA), 2021-09)
    No abstract available.
  • Dr Spur’s mystery case : living with an antibody deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic 
    Van den Berg, Sylvia; Van Rooyen, Cathy; Van Niekerk, Andre; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2021-06)
    Thank you for your relevant questions at a time in which we are still battling the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the ever-evolving SARSCoV- 2 pandemic. As time passes, we continue to gain additional insights into how patients ...
  • Dr Spur’s mystery case : the pain of the grain 
    Swanepoel, Petri; Van den Berg, Sylvia; Van Niekerk, Andre (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2023-03)
    No abstract available.
  • Dr Spur’s mystery case of an isolated IgA deficiency 
    Van den Berg, Sylvia; Van Rooyen, Cathy (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2020-06)
    No abstract available.
  • Dr Spur’s mystery case primary immunodeficiency disorders 
    Swanepoel, Petri; Van Rooyen, Cathy; Van den Berg, Sylvia; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2019)
    Dr Spur took a thorough personal and family history from Mr Will and noted that he had no previous history of recurrent or atypical infections as a child or in early adulthood. There is also no significant family or ...
  • Draft genome sequence of a clinical Enterococcus faecium sequence type 18 strain from South Africa 
    Mbelle, Nontombi Marylucy; Maningi, Nontuthuko Excellent; Tshisevhe, Vhudzani; Modipane, Lesedi; Amoako, Daniel Gyamfi; Sekyere, John Osei (American Society for Microbiology, 2017-11-30)
    We report the first draft genome sequence of an Enterococcus faecium sequence type 18 (ST18) strain isolated from a tuberculosis patient in Africa. The genome is comprised of 3,202,539 bp, 501 contigs, 37.70% GC content, ...
  • A draft map of the mouse pluripotent stem cell spatial proteome 
    Christoforou, Andy; Mulvey, Claire M.; Breckels, Lisa M.; Geladaki, Aikaterini; Hurrell, Tracey; Hayward, Penelope C.; Naake, Thomas; Gatto, Laurent; Viner, Rosa; Arias, Alfonso Martinez; Lilley, Kathryn S. (Nature Publising Group, 2016-01)
    Knowledge of the subcellular distribution of proteins is vital for understanding cellular mechanisms. Capturing the subcellular proteome in a single experiment has proven challenging, with studies focusing on specific ...
  • Drinking water disinfection by-products exposure and health effects on pregnancy outcomes : a systematic review 
    Mashau, Funanani; Ncube, Esper Jacobeth; Voyi, K.V.V. (Kuku) (IWA Publishing, 2018-02)
    Epidemiological studies have found that maternal exposure to disinfection by-products (DBPs) may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes although the findings tend to be inconsistent. The objective of this study was to ...
  • Drivers of direct cost of inpatient care for HIV-infected adults at Amajuba Memorial Hospital, Mpumalanga 
    Nhlapo, Sibusiso G (University of Pretoria, 2013)
    Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region worst affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the world. South Africa (SA) is the country with the highest population of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world and Mpumalanga ...
  • Drought risk analysis in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa : the copula lens 
    Botai, Christina M.; Botai, Joel Ongego; Adeola, Abiodun Morakinyo; De Wit, Jaco P.; Ncongwane, Katlego P.; Zwane, Nosipho Ntombani (MDPI Publishing, 2020-07-08)
    This research study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of drought based on the joint distribution of two dependent variables, the duration and severity, in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The ...
  • Drowning in Pretoria, South Africa : a 10-year review 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Morris, Neil Kenneth (Elsevier, 2016-01)
    Drowning is classified as the 3rd leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide and is deemed to be a preventable cause of death. Bodies retrieved from a water medium pose several challenges to the forensic pathologist ...
  • Drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa : current status, gaps and opportunities 
    Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Ismail, Farzana; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Blows, Linsay; Gardee, Yasmin; Koornhof, Hendrik; Onyebujoh, Philip C. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-12-06)
    BACKGROUND : The World Health Organization End TB Strategy targets for 2035 are ambitious and drug resistant tuberculosis is an important barrier, particularly in Africa, home to over a billion people. OBJECTIVE : We ...
  • Drug-resistance mechanisms and tuberculosis drugs 
    Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Koser, Claudio U.; Javid, Babak; Ellington, Matthew J.; Feveriegel, Silke; Niemann, Stefan; Brown, Nicolas M.; Burman, William J.; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Moore, David; Peacock, Sharon J.; Torok, M.Estee; Liddel, Kathleen (Elsevier, 2015-01)
    Bedaquiline and delamanid, novel classes of anti-tuberculosis drugs, have been recently approved for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Antimicrobial resistance invariably follows the introduction of ...
  • Drug-resistant tuberculosis in pet ring-tailed Lemur, Madagascar 
    LaFleur, Marni; Reuter, Kim E.; Hall, Michael B.; Rasoanaivo, Hoby H.; McKernan, Stuart; Ranaivomanana, Paulo; Michel, Anita Luise; Rabodoarivelo, Marie Sylvianne; Iqbal, Zamin; Rakotosamimanana, Niaina; Lapierre, Simon Grandjean (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021-03)
    We diagnosed tuberculosis in an illegally wild-captured pet ring-tailed lemur manifesting lethargy, anorexia, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate belonged ...
  • Drugged driving in South Africa 
    Liebenberg, Jade; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Steenkamp, Vanessa (Institute for Security Studies, 2019-03)
    Driving under the influence is a major threat to road safety in South Africa. Various psychoactive substances (both licit and illicit) have the potential to adversely affect driving performance and increase the probability ...
  • Drugs are the solution not the problem : exploring drug use rationales and the need for harm reduction practices South Africa 
    Marks, Monique; Gumede, Sibinelo; Shelly, Shaun (CRIMSA, 2017)
    In the past ten years, the use of low-grade heroin (known as whoonga or nyaope) by people from marginalised communities in Durban, South Africa has become increasingly prevalent. Focus groups held with young homeless people ...
  • Drugs for diarrhoea? 
    Wittenberg, Dankwart F. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-03)
    No abstract available.
  • Dry powder antibiotic aerosol product development : inhaled therapy for tuberculosis 
    Hickey, Anthony J.; Misra, Amit; Fourie, P.B. (Petrus Bernardus) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-11)
    Inhaled therapies offer a unique approach to the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) using a relevant target organ system as a route of administration. The number of research reports on this topic has been increasing exponentially ...
  • Dr Spur's mystery case : new symptoms in a patient with selective IgA deficiency 
    Van Heerden, Carla; Van den Berg, Sylvia; Van Niekerk, Andre (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2022-12)
    A seven-year-old Caucasian girl known to my practice was diagnosed with selective IgA deficiency (sIgAD) two years ago, after recurrent episodes of sinopulmonary infections. Her serum IgA level at the time was <0.07 g/L, ...