Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by UP Author "Cloete, Jeane"

Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by UP Author "Cloete, Jeane"

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  • Antibiotic and antifungal use in paediatric departments at three academic hospitals in South Africa 
    Moore, David P.; Chetty, Terusha; Pillay, Ashendri; Karsas, Maria; Cloete, Jeane; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Reddy, Tarylee; Archary, Moherndran; Van Kwawegen, Alison; Thomas, Reenu; Nakwa, Firdose L.; Waggie, Zainab; Magrath, Stephanie; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Jeena, Prakash (Elsevier, 2024-03)
    OBJECTIVES : South Africa implemented a National Strategic Framework to optimise antimicrobial stewardship in 2014; however, there is limited data on how this has affected prescribing, especially to children treated in ...
  • Decreased severity of disease during the first global Omicron variant COVID-19 outbreak in a large hospital in Tshwane, South Africa 
    Abdullah, Fareed; Myers, J.; Basu, Debashis; Tintinger, Gregory; Ueckermann, Veronica; Mathebula, M.; Ramlall, R.; Spoor, S.; De Villiers, T.; Van der Walt, Z.; Cloete, Jeane; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Rheeder, Paul; Paruk, Fathima; Engelbrecht, Adel; Lalloo, Vidya; Myburg, M.; Kistan, J.; Van Hougenhouck-Tulleken, Wesley G.; Boswell, Michael T.; Gray, G.; Welch, R.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Jassat, W. (Elsevier, 2022-03)
    INTRODUCTION : The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 is a global pandemic that is threatening the health and wellbeing of people worldwide. To date there have been more ...
  • Estimated severe pneumococcal disease cases and deaths before and after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in children younger than 5 years of age in South Africa 
    Von Mollendorf, Claire; Tempia, Stefano; Von Gottberg, Anne; Meiring, Susan; Quan, Vanessa; Feldman, Charles; Cloete, Jeane; Madhi, Shabir A.; O'Brien, Katherine L.; Klugman, Keith P.; Whitney, Cynthia G.; Cohen, Cheryl (Public Library of Science, 2017-07-03)
    INTRODUCTION : Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of severe bacterial infections globally. A full understanding of the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) on pneumococcal disease burden, following its ...
  • Management of severe acute malnutrition 
    Cloete, Jeane (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-07)
    Malnutrition remains a global health concern and contributes significantly to childhood mortality. Nearly half of all deaths in children <5 years of age are attributed to undernutrition, especially in developing countries. ...
  • Paediatric hospitalisations due to COVID-19 during the first SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) variant wave in South Africa : a multicentre observational study 
    Cloete, Jeane; Kruger, Annelet; Masha, Maureen; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Mawela, Dini; Tshukudu, Mphailele; Manyane, Tabea; Komane, Lekwetji; Venter, Marietjie; Jassat, Waasila; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Feucht, Ute Dagmar (Elsevier, 2022-05)
    BACKGROUND : South Africa reported a notable increase in COVID-19 cases from mid-November, 2021, onwards, starting in Tshwane District, which coincided with the rapid community spread of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) ...
  • Reactive urticaria and severe thrombocytosis in a child with SARS-CoV-2 infection 
    Van Bruwaene, Lore; Green, Robin J.; Joshi, Jayneel A.; Cloete, Jeane (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2020-10)
    Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has made a significant impact around the world through COVID-19 and its related complications. Individuals with comorbid conditions and the elderly have been at risk of significant inflammatory c ...
  • Severe pneumonia in HIV-infected and exposed infants in a paediatric ICU 
    Cloete, Jeane; Becker, Piet J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Pentz, Adele; Wijnant, Wim; De Campos, R.; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-08)
    BACKGROUND. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is still a common cause of severe disease in HIV-infected infants <5 months of age. Despite attention to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme in South Africa ...
  • What are we doing to the children of South Africa under the guise of COVID-19 lockdown? 
    Van Bruwaene, Lore; Mustafa, Fatima; Cloete, Jeane; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07)
    In response to rising numbers of cases of COVID-19, which had been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the President of South Africa imposed a nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020, effective on 27 March ...