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Browsing Research Articles (Medical Microbiology) by UP Author "Anderson, Ronald"
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Mashele, Sizeka Aubrey; Steel, Helen C.; Matjokotja, Maborwa T.; Rasehlo, S.S.M. (Sipho); Anderson, Ronald; Cholo, Moloko C.
(Elsevier, 2022-06)
OBJECTIVES : The chemotherapeutic regimens of patients with drug-susceptible (DS)- tuberculosis (TB) comprise four primary anti-TB drugs: rifampicin (RMP), isoniazid (INH), ethambutol (EMB) and pyrazinamide (PZA), administered ...
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Cholo, Moloko C.; Rasehlo, Sam Sipho M.; Venter, Eudri; Venter, Chantelle; Anderson, Ronald
(Hindawi Publishing, 2020-08)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Cigarette smoke (CS) is a major risk factor contributing to the burden of tuberculosis. Little is known, however, about the effects of CS exposure on growth and persistence of Mycobacterium ...
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Mothiba, Maborwa Tebogo; Anderson, Ronald; Fourie, Bernard P.; Germishuizen, Willem Andreas; Cholo, Moloko C.
(Elsevier, 2015-03)
Mycobacteria form lipid-rich biofilms that restrict the efficacy of antimicrobial chemotherapy, possibly
necessitating the use of lipophilic antibiotics. In the current study, the activity of one such agent,
clofazimine, ...
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Cholo, Moloko C.; Mothiba, Maborwa T.; Fourie, P.B. (Petrus Bernardus); Anderson, Ronald
(Oxford University Press, 2017-02)
Drug-resistant (DR)-tuberculosis (TB) is the major challenge confronting the global
tuberculosis (TB) control programme, necessitating treatment with second-line anti-
TB drugs, often with limited therapeutic efficacy. ...