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Browsing Research Articles (Medical Microbiology) by UP Author "Kock, Marleen M."
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Lowe, Michelle; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Ismail, Farzana; Peirano, Gisele; Becker, Piet J.; Pitout, Johann D.D.; Kock, Marleen M. (Frontiers Media, 2018-06-12)Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that is increasingly responsible for hospital-acquired infections. The increasing prevalence of carbapenem resistant A. baumannii has left clinicians with limited ...
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Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Peters, Remco P.H.; Kingsburgh, C.; Strydom, K.A.; Kock, Marleen M. (SA MEDICAL ASSOC, 2021-10)BACKGROUND. Reports have emerged globally of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium infections. In South Africa (SA), there are substantial differences between private and public ...
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Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Kock, Marleen M.; Van der Veer, Brian M.J.W.; Radebe, Oscar; McIntyre, James; Van Alphen, Lieke B.; Peters, Remco P.H. (American Society for Microbiology, 2020-11)Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial drug resistance has emerged worldwide; however, the situation in sub-Saharan Africa is not well documented. We investigated the molecular epidemiology and occurrence of antimicrobial ...
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Sebola, Dikeledi; Oguttu, James W.; Kock, Marleen M.; Qekwana, Daniel Nenene (Veterinary World, 2023-09-17)BACKGROUND : Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae are opportunistic bacterial pathogens responsible for hospital-acquired infections in veterinary medicine. Infection with these bacteria always requires urgent ...
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Redelinghuys, Mathys J.; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Bezuidenhout, J.E.; Becker, Piet J.; Kock, Marleen M. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-09)OBJECTIVES : The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess Atopobium vaginae and Gardnerella vaginalis concentrations in pregnant women of different age groups, gestational age groups, vaginal flora categories ...
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Redelinghuys, Mathys J.; Geldenhuys, Janri; Jung, Hyun-Sul; Kock, Marleen M. (Frontiers Media, 2020-08-11)A healthy female genital tract harbors a microbiome dominated by lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide producing bacteria, which provide protection against infections by maintaining a low pH. Changes in the bacterial ...
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Goolam Mahomed, Tanweer; Peters, Remco P.H.; Pretorius, G.H.J.; Mahomed, A. Goolam; Ueckermann, Veronica; Kock, Marleen M.; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (BioMed Central, 2021-08-18)BACKGROUND : Targeted metagenomics and IS-Pro method are two of the many methods that have been used to study the microbiome. The two methods target different regions of the 16 S rRNA gene. The aim of this study was to ...
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Geldenhuys, Janri; Rossouw, Theresa M.; Lombaard, Hendrik Andries; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Kock, Marleen M. (Frontiers Media, 2018-07-20)Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder, of which one of its major subtypes, the placental subtype is considered a response to an ischemic placental environment, impacting fetal growth and pregnancy outcome. ...
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Antiabong, John Francis; Kock, Marleen M.; Bellea, Ntombi M.; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (Bentham Open, 2017)OBJECTIVES : Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) across the world often leave clinicians with little or no choice of treatment options. The multi-drug efflux (MDE) genes are bacterial survival mechanisms ...
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Jung, Hyun-Sul; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Lombaard, Hennie; Redelinghuys, Mathys J.; Kock, Marleen M. (Taylor and Francis, 2017)Microorganisms in nature rarely exist in a planktonic form, but in the form of biofilms. Biofilms have been identified as the cause of many chronic and persistent infections and have been implicated in the etiology of ...
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Jung, Hyunsul; Pitout, Johann D.D.; Mitton, Barend C.; Strydom, Kathy-Anne; Kingsburgh, Chanel; Coetzee, Jennifer; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Kock, Marleen M. (Microbiology Society, 2021-06)INTRODUCTION : Colistin is one of the last-resort antibiotics for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) lactose non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and ...
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Takawira, Faustinos Tatenda; Pitout, Johann D.D.; Thilliez, Gaetan; Mashe, Tapfumanei; Gutierrez, Ana Victoria; Kingsley, Robert A.; Peirano, Gisele; Matheu, Jorge; Midzi, Stanley Munyaradzi; Mwamakamba, Lusubilo Witson; Gally, David L.; Tarupiwa, Andrew; Mukavhi, Leckson; Ehlers, M.M. (Marthie Magdaleen); Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Sekesai; Kock, Marleen M. (Frontiers Media, 2022-12-23)INTRODUCTION : Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli have become widespread among food producing animals. These strains serve as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and act as ...
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Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Laumen, Jolein G.E.; Radebe, Oscar; Kock, Marleen M.; Peters, Remco P.H. (Sage, 2019-04)We report a case of management failure of male urethritis syndrome due to macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in South Africa. We detected mutations in 23S rRNA and one of the quinolone resistance-determining regions. ...
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Jung, Hyun-Sul; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Peters, Remco P.H.; Lombaard, Hennie; Redelinghuys, Mathys J.; Bezuidenhoudt, Johanna E.; Kock, Marleen M. (Frontiers Media, 2020-02)Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common vaginal condition in women of reproductive age. During BV development, BV-associated bacteria may form a polymicrobial biofilm, which predispose women to recurrent BV. The aim of the ...
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Van Liere, Genevieve; Kock, Marleen M.; Radebe, Oscar; Struthers, Helen E.; Morre, Servaas; McIntyre, James A.; Peters, Remco P.H. (Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2019-11)We observed a high rate of incident sexually transmitted diseases within 55 days (median) of follow-up (78% retention) among symptomatic men who have sex with men (n = 78) in South Africa (188 per 100 person-years; 95% ...
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Schmidt, Tracy; Kock, Marleen M.; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (BioMed Central, 2018-11-03)BACKGROUND : Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are among the leading bacterial causes of bovine mastitis in many dairy-producing countries. Among the challenges associated with the specific diagnosis of CoNS ...
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Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Kock, Marleen M.; Medina-Marino, Andrew; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Peters, Remco P.H. (Elsevier, 2019-10)Implementation of routine laboratory diagnostics is imperative to address the high burden of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. We demonstrate that logistical challenges of specimen storage, ...
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Lowe, Michelle; Kock, Marleen M.; Coetzee, Jennifer; Hoosien, Ebrahim; Peirano, Gisele; Strydom, Kathy-Anne; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Mbelle, Nontombi Marylucy; Shashkina, Elena; Haslam, David B.; Dhawan, Puneet; Donnelly, Robert J.; Chen, Liang; Kreiswirth, Barry N.; Pitout, Johann D.D. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019-04)Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type (ST) 307 is an emerging global antimicrobial drug–resistant clone. We used whole-genome sequencing and PCR to characterize K. pneumoniae ST307 with oxacillinase (OXA) 181 carbapenemase ...
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Peters, Remco P.H.; De Vos, Lindsey; Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Mudau, Maanda; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Kock, Marleen M.; Medina-Marino, Andrew (American Society for Microbiology, 2017-12)The introduction of molecular diagnostic tests provides an important step to address the burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas ...
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Bolukaoto, John Y.; Kock, Marleen M.; Strydom, Kathy-Anne; Mbelle, Nontombi Marylucy; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (Elsevier, 2019-11)Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is one of the major foodborne and waterborne pathogens causing severe diseases and outbreaks worldwide. There is scarcity of EHEC O157:H7 data in South Africa. This study ...
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