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Browsing Health Sciences by Supervisor "Kock, Martha Magdalena"
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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, 2012-08-08)Ureaplasma spp colonize the lower genital tract in many healthy men, yet can also cause urethritis and infertility. Since Ureaplasma spp are frequently isolated from the normal urogenital tract, it has been suggested ...
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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, 2016)In 2005, a mutation located at exon 14 of the Janus Kinase gene on chromosome 9 was discovered in patients with Polycythaenia vera (PV), essential thrombocythaemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). The mutation (JAK2 ...
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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, 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, 2023-11-03)Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common condition in women of childbearing age worldwide and usually presents as vaginal discharge syndrome (VDS). Other important causes of VDS are bacterial vaginosis (BV) and sexually ...
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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, 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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