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  • Peirano, Gisele; Matsumara, Yasufumi; Nobrega, Diego; DeVinney, Rebekah; Pitout, Johann D.D. (Springer, 2023)
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  • Peirano, Gisele; Matsumara, Yasufumi; Nobrega, Diego; Church, Deirdre; Pitout, Johann D.D. (Springer, 2024-03)
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  • Zignol, Matteo; Dean, Anna S.; Alikhanova, Natavan; Andres, Sonke; Cabibbe, Andrea Maurizio; Cirillo, Daniela Maria; Dadu, Andrei; Dreyer, Andries; Driesen, Michèle; Gilpin, Christopher; Hasan, Rumina; Hasan, Zahra; Hoffner, Sven; Husain, Ashaque; Hussain, Alamdar; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Kamal, Mostofa; Mansjo, Mikael; Mvusi, Lindiwe; Niemann, Stefan; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Qadeer, Ejaz; Rigouts, Leen; Ruesch-Gerdes, Sabine; Schito, Marco; Seyfaddinova, Mehriban; Skrahina, Alena; Tahseen, Sabira; Wells, William A.; Mukadi, Ya Diul; Kimerling, Michael; Floyd, Katherine; Weyer, Karin; Raviglione, Mario C. (Elsevier, 2016-10)
    BACKGROUND : Pyrazinamide and fluoroquinolones are essential antituberculosis drugs in new rifampicin-sparing regimens. However, little information about the extent of resistance to these drugs at the population level is ...
  • Stokes, William; Peirano, Gisele; Matsumara, Yasufumi; Nobrega, Diego; Pitout, Johann D.D. (Springer, 2022-01)
    Active population-based surveillance determined clinical factors, susceptibility patterns, incidence rates (IR), and genomics among Enterobacter cloacae complex (n = 154) causing blood stream infections in a centralized ...
  • Killian, Michael Scott; Vyas, Girish N.; Mehta, Rochak; Young, Karen; Ebrahim, Osman (BioMed Central, 2012-09-11)
    INTRODUCTION: Most individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1, in the absence of antiretroviral therapy, exhibit persistent virus replication and declining CD4+ cell numbers, and progress to acquired ...
  • Mitton, Barend C.; Rule, Roxanne; Mbelle, Nontombi Marylucy; Van Hougenhouck-Tulleken, W.G. (Wesley); Said, Mohamed (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-08-20)
    INTRODUCTION : Bacillus species are often considered as contaminants when cultured from clinical samples. Bacillus cereus may be a pathogen in certain circumstances and is known to cause musculoskeletal infections. This ...
  • Madhi, Shabir A.; Anderson, Annaliesa S.; Absalon, Judith; Radley, David; Simon, Raphael; Jongihlati, Babalwa; Strehlau, Renate; Van Niekerk, Anika M.; Izu, Alane; Naidoo, Niree; Kwatra, Gaurav; Ramsamy, Yogandree; Said, Mohamed; Jones, Stephanie; Jose, Lisa; Fairlie, Lee; Barnabas, Shaun L.; Newton, Ryan; Munson, Samantha; Jefferies, Zahra; Pavliakova, Danka; Silmon de Monerri, Natalie C.; Gomme, Emily; Perez, John L.; Scott, Daniel A.; Gruber, William C.; Jansen, Kathrin U. (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2023-07)
    BACKGROUND : Natural history studies have correlated serotype-specific anti–capsular polysaccharide (CPS) IgG in newborns with a reduced risk of group B streptococcal disease. A hexavalent CPS–cross-reactive material 197 ...
  • Guarido, Milehna M.; Motlou, Thopisang; Riddin, Megan A.; MacIntyre, Caitlin; Manyana, Sontaga Cris; Johnson, Todd; Schrama, Maarten; Gorsich, Erin E.; Brooke, Basil D.; Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Venter, Marietjie (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021-12)
    Shuni virus is associated with neurologic and febrile illness in animals and humans. To determine potential vectors, we collected mosquitoes in South Africa and detected the virus in species of the genera Mansonia, Culex, ...
  • Brown, Tyler S.; Challagundla, Lavanya; Baugh, Evan H.; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Mustaev, Arkady; Auld, Sara C.; Shah, N. Sarita; Kreiswirth, Barry N.; Brust, James C.M.; Nelson, Kristin N.; Narechania, Apurva; Kurepina, Natalia; Mlisana, Koleka; Bonneau, Richard; Eldholm, Vegard; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Kolokotronis, Sergios-Orestis; Robinson, D. Ashley; Gandhi, Neel R.; Mathema, Barun (National Academy of Sciences, 2019-11)
    Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections pose a major threat to global public health. Similar to other AMR pathogens, both historical and ongoing drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) epidemics are characterized by transmission ...
  • Ahmadpour, Ehsan; Beshir Ahmed, Muktar; Akalu, Temesgen Yihunie; Al- Aly, Ziyad; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour; Alanzi, Turki M.; Alipour, Vahid; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Ansari, Fereshteh; Ansha, Mustafa Geleto; Anvari, Davood; Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw; Arabloo, Jalal; Arnold, Benjamin F.; Ausloos, Marcel; Ayanore, Martin Amogre; Baig, Atif Amin; Banach, Maciej; Barac, Aleksandra; Barnighausen, Till Winfried; Bayati, Mohsen; Bhattacharyya, Krittika; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Bibi, Sadia; Bijani, Ali; Bohlouli, Somayeh; Bohluli, Mahdi; Brady, Oliver J.; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Butt, Zahid A.; Carvalho, Felix; Chatterjee, Souranshu; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chattu, Soosanna Kumary; Cormier, Natalie Maria; Dahlawi, Saad M.A.; Damiani, Giovanni; Daoud, Farah; Darwesh, Aso Mohammad; Daryani, Ahmad; Deribe, Kebede; Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda; Diaz, Daniel; Do, Hoa Thi; Zaki, Maysaa El Sayed; Tantawi, Maha El; Elemineh, Demelash Abewa; Faraj, Anwar; Harandi, Majid Fasihi; Fatahi, Yousef; Feigin, Valery L.; Fernandes, Eduarda; Foigt, Nataliya A.; Foroutan, Masoud; Franklin, Richard Charles; Gubari, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen; Guido, Davide; Guo, Yuming; Haj-Mirzaian, Arvin; Abdullah, Kanaan Hamagharib; Hamidi, Samer; Herteliu, Claudiu; De Hidru, Hagos Degefa; Higazi, Tarig B.; Hossain, Naznin; Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi; Househ, Mowafa; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Ilic, Milena D.; Ilic, Irena M.; Iqbal, Usman; Irvani, Seyed Sina Naghibi; Jha, Ravi Prakash; Joukar, Farahnaz; Jozwiak, Jacek Jerzy; Kabir, Zubair; Kalankesh, Leila R.; Kalhor, Rohollah; Matin, Behzad Karami; Karimi, Salah Eddin; Kasaeian, Amir; Kavetskyy, Taras; Kayode, Gbenga A.; Karyani, Ali Kazemi; Kelbore, Abraham Getachew; Keramati, Maryam; Khalilov, Rovshan; Khan, Ejaz Ahmad; Khan, Md Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman; Khatab, Khaled; Khater, Mona M.; Kianipour, Neda; Kibret, Kelemu Tilahun; Kim, Yun Jin; Kosen, Soewarta; Krohn, Kris J.; Kusuma, Dian; La Vecchia, Carlo; Lansingh, Charles; Lee, Paul H.; LeGrand, Kate E.; Li, Shanshan; Longbottom, Joshua; Abd El Razek, Hassan Magdy; Abd El Razek, Muhammed Magdy; Maleki, Afshin; Mamun, Abdullah A.; Manafi, Ali; Manafi, Navid; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Martins- Melo, Francisco Rogerlandio; Mazidi, Mohsen; McAlinden, Colm; Meharie, Birhanu Geta; Mendoza, Walter; Mengesha, Endalkachew Worku; Mengistu, Desalegn Tadese; Mereta, Seid Tiku; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Miller, Ted R.; Miri, Mohammad; Moghadaszadeh, Masoud; Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Abdollah; Mohammadpourhodki, Reza; Mohammed, Shafiu; Mohammed, Salahuddin; Moradi, Masoud; Moradzadeh, Rahmatollah; Moraga, Paula; Mosser, Jonathan F.; Naderi, Mehdi; Nagarajan, Ahamarshan Jayaraman; Naik, Gurudatta; Negoi, Ionut; Nguyen, Cuong Tat; Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi; Nguyen, Trang Huyen; Nikbakhsh, Rajan; Oancea, Bogdan; Olagunju, Tinuke O.; Olagunju, Andrew T.; Bali, Ahmed Omar; Onwujekwe, Obinna E.; Pana, Adrian; Pourjafar, Hadi; Rahim, Fakher; Rahman, Mohammad Hifz Ur; Rathi, Priya; Rawaf, Salman; Rawaf, David Laith; Rawassizadeh, Reza; Resnikoff, Serge; Reta, Melese Abate; Rezapour, Aziz; Rubagotti, Enrico; Rubino, Salvatore; Sadeghi, Ehsan; Saghafipour, Abedin; Sajadi, S. Mohammad (Public Library of Science, 2021-07-28)
    Recent evidence suggests that, in some foci, elimination of onchocerciasis from Africa may be feasible with mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin. To achieve continental elimination of transmission, mapping surveys ...
  • Price, Collin M.; Peters, Remco P.H.; Steyn, Janré; Mudau, Maanda; Olivier, Dawie; De Vos, Lindsey; Morikawa, Erika; Kock, Marleen M.; Medina-Marino, Andrew; Klausner, Jeffrey D. (Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2018-05)
    BACKGROUND : Trichomonas vaginalis is a sexually transmitted infection associated with increased transmission of HIV and significant adverse birth outcomes; culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are commonly used in ...
  • Perovic, Olga; Iyaloo, Samantha; Kularatne, Ranmini; Lowman, Warren; Bosman, Noma; Wadula, Jeannette; Seetharam, Sharona; Duse, Adriano; Mbelle, Nontombi Marylucy; Bamford, Colleen; Dawood, Halima; Mahabeer, Yesholata; Bhola, Prathna; Abrahams, Shareef; Singh-Moodley, Ashika (Public Library of Science, 2015-12-31)
    INTRODUCTION We aimed to obtain an in-depth understanding on recent antimicrobial resistance trends and molecular epidemiology trends of S. aureus bacteraemia (SAB). METHODS Thirteen academic centres in South Africa ...
  • Bellomo, Alessandro N.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Kock, Marleen M.; Makgotlho, Phuti Edward; Creative Studios, Dept. of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria. (2008-10-23)
    Acinetobacter baumannii is an important cause of nosocomial infections in hospitals, with most cases occurring in immunocompromised patients. Nosocomial infections are most often associated with medical device related ...
  • Moyo, Sizulu; Ismail, Farzanah; Van der Walt, Martie; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Mkhondo, Nkateko; Dlamini, Sicelo; Mthiyane, Thuli; Chikovore, Jeremiah; Oladimeji, Olanrewaju; Mametja, David; Maribe, Phaleng; Seocharan, Ishen; Ximiya, Phumlani; Law, Irwin; Tadolini, Marina; Zuma, Khangelani; Manda, S.O.M. (Samuel); Sismanidis, Charalambos; Pillay, Y.; Mvusi, Lindiwe (Elsevier, 2022-08)
    BACKGROUND : Tuberculosis remains an important clinical and public health issue in South Africa, which has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens in the world. We aimed to estimate the burden of bacteriologically confirmed ...
  • Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Veldsman, C.; Makgotlho, Phuti Edward; Kock, Marleen M.; Dove, Mike G.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-10-23)
    Extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are considered one of the most important antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Multidrug resistance is emerging in many Gram-negative pathogens and is associated with severe nosocomial ...
  • Kock, Marleen M.; Bellomo, Alessandro N.; Storm, Nadia; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2013)
    Acinetobacter baumannii is an important cause of hospital-acquired infections. The occurrence of carbapenem resistance that is caused by the carbapenem-hydrolysing class D β-lactamases and the metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) ...
  • Storm, Nadia; Kock, Marleen M.; Kruger, M.D.; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2012)
    The hypervirulent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 027 strain of Clostridium difficile produces toxins A, B and a binary toxin. Toxin detection kits are commonly used in diagnostic laboratories, but have been ...
  • Reta, Melese Abate; Alemnew, Birhan; Abate, Biruk Beletew; Fourie, P.B. (Petrus Bernardus) (Elsevier, 2021-09)
    OBJECTIVES : Globally, the incidence and mortality of tuberculosis (TB) are declining; however, low detection of drug-resistant disease threatens to reverse current progress toward global TB control. Multiple rapid molecular ...
  • Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Mvusi, Lindiwe; Nanoo, Ananta; Dreyer, Andries; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Babatunde, Sanni; Molebatsi, Thabo; Van der Walt, Martie; Adelekan, Adeboye; Deyde, Varough; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Madhi, S.A. (Elsevier, 2018-07)
    BACKGROUND : Globally, per-capita, South Africa reports a disproportionately high number of cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis. We sought to estimate the ...
  • Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Maningi, Nontuthuko Excellent; Makgothlo, E.; Kock, Marleen M.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-12-09)
    Extended-spectrum-beta-lactamases (ESBL) have been recovered from medical centres in South Africa since the late 1980’s but little is known about the various types of ESBLs present and their prevalence. Metallo-beta-lactamase ...