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'Antibiotic footprint' as a communication tool to aid reduction of antibiotic consumption

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

'Antibiotic footprint' as a communication tool to aid reduction of antibiotic consumption-authors' response

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

'Antibiotic footprint' as a communication tool to aid reduction of antibiotic consumption-authors' response

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

'Antibiotic footprint' as a communication tool to aid reduction of antibiotic consumption-authors' response

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

'We don't see that in South Africa'.

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

A dimorphic fungus causing disseminated infection in South Africa.

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A global call for action to combat antimicrobial resistance: can we get it right this time?

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

A global call from five countries to collaborate in antibiotic stewardship: united we succeed, divided we might fail.

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A situational analysis of current antimicrobial governance, regulation and utilisation in South Africa.

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

AIDS-Related Endemic Mycoses in Western Cape, South Africa, and Clinical Mimics: A Cross-Sectional Study of Adults With Advanced HIV and Recent-Onset, Widespread Skin Lesions.

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Abdominal Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Inpatients With World Health Organization Danger Signs

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Acute porphyria precipitated by nevirapine.

scientific article published on October 2010

Analysis of Human Cytomegalovirus Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Antibiotic resistance has a language problem.

scientific article published on May 2017

Antibiotic stewardship hits a home run for patients.

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Antibiotic stewardship ward rounds and a dedicated prescription chart reduce antibiotic consumption and pharmacy costs without affecting inpatient mortality or re-admission rates

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Be AWaRe: new metrics for paediatric antibiotic stewardship

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Blood cultures taken from patients attending emergency departments in South Africa are an important antibiotic stewardship tool, which directly influences patient management

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Burden of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Burden of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review.

scientific article published on 12 December 2013

Can the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark blaze a new trail?

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Clinical Characteristics, Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes of Disseminated Emmonsiosis: A Retrospective Case Series.

scientific article published on 09 June 2015

Colonisation with pathogenic drug-resistant bacteria and Clostridioides difficile among residents of residential care facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional prevalence study

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Detection of tuberculosis in HIV-infected and -uninfected African adults using whole blood RNA expression signatures: a case-control study

scientific article (publication date: October 2013)

Detection on four continents of dengue fever cases related to an ongoing outbreak in Luanda, Angola, March to May 2013

scientific article published on May 23, 2013

Developing core elements and checklist items for global hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a consensus approach.

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Development of a clinical prediction rule to diagnose pneumonia in the World Health Organization's algorithm for seriously ill HIV-infected patients

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

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EPHA2 sequence variants are associated with susceptibility to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and Kaposi's sarcoma prevalence in HIV-infected patients

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Effect of Piperacillin-Tazobactam vs Meropenem on 30-Day Mortality for Patients With E coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infection and Ceftriaxone Resistance: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Encouraging AWaRe-ness and discouraging inappropriate antibiotic use-the new 2019 Essential Medicines List becomes a global antibiotic stewardship tool

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Etiology of Pulmonary Infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Inpatients Using Sputum Multiplex Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Failure to eradicate Isospora belli diarrhoea despite immune reconstitution in adults with HIV--a case series.

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False-positive Xpert(®) MTB/RIF assays and previous treatment.

scientific article published in April 2015

False-positive Xpert® MTB/RIF assays in previously treated patients: need for caution in interpreting results.

scientific article published on July 2014

Fever, sore throat and myalgia

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: A systematic review and evidence map.

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Guideline for the optimal use of blood cultures.

scientific article published on December 2010

HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive kidney transplantation--results at 3 to 5 years

scientific article published on February 2015

High prevalence of comorbidity and need for up-referral among inpatients at a district-level hospital with specialist tuberculosis services in South Africa: the need for specialist support

scientific article published on July 25, 2011

How should we respond to the emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance in humans and animals?

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How to start an antimicrobial stewardship programme in a hospital

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Human fascioliasis in South Africa.

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

Human resources estimates and funding for antibiotic stewardship teams are urgently needed.

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Incremental yield and cost of urine Determine TB-LAM and sputum induction in seriously ill adults with HIV

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International Society for Infectious Diseases: Position statement on the March for Science, April 22, 2017.

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

International cooperation to improve access to and sustain effectiveness of antimicrobials

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Introducing new point-of-care tests for common infections in publicly funded clinics in South Africa: a qualitative study with primary care clinicians

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Is it time for an antibiotic prenuptial agreement?

scientific article published on 17 November 2014

Migrant and refugee populations: a public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Opportunities for system level improvement in antibiotic use across the surgical pathway.

scientific article published on 5 May 2017

Optimizing Tuberculosis Diagnosis in HIV-Infected Inpatients Meeting the Criteria of Seriously Ill in the WHO Algorithm.

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Passing the baton to pharmacists and nurses: New models of antibiotic stewardship for South Africa?

scientific article published on 6 September 2016

Practical solutions to the antibiotic resistance crisis.

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Prognostic indicators in the World Health Organization's algorithm for seriously ill HIV-infected inpatients with suspected tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Progressive human immunodeficiency virus-associated vasculopathy: time to revise antiretroviral therapy guidelines?

scientific article published in July 2011

Prolonged deferral of antiretroviral therapy in the SAPIT trial: did we need a clinical trial to tell us that this would increase mortality?

scientific article published on 7 September 2010

Prolonged tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: characteristics and risk factors

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Prospects for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines in Africa

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Putting your money where your mouth is: Scotland's attack on MRSA pays off.

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Rapidly progressive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease following withdrawal of sirolimus

scientific article published on August 24, 2012

Regional variation in travel-related illness acquired in Africa, March 1997-May 2011.

scientific article published on April 2014

Renal transplantation between HIV-positive donors and recipients justified

scientific article published on 02 March 2012

Role of antibiotic stewardship in extending the age of modern medicine.

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

South African medical students' perceptions and knowledge about antibiotic resistance and appropriate prescribing: Are we providing adequate training to future prescribers?

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Sustained reduction in antibiotic consumption in a South African public sector hospital; Four year outcomes from the Groote Schuur Hospital antibiotic stewardship program.

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

The 2010 FIFA World Cup: communicable disease risks and advice for visitors to South Africa.

scientific article published in May 2010

The World Health Organization Global Action Plan for antimicrobial resistance.

scientific article published on 6 April 2015

The infectious diseases specialty in South Africa is in crisis

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

The management and outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia at a South African referral hospital: A prospective observational study

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

The role of appropriate diagnostic testing in acute respiratory tract infections: An antibiotic stewardship strategy to minimise diagnostic uncertainty in primary care.

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

The role of the infectious diseases unit at Groote Schuur Hospital in addressing South Africa's greatest burden of disease.

scientific article published on 23 May 2012

The scramble for influenza vaccine in 2010

scientific article published on July 2, 2010

Twitter to engage, educate, and advocate for global antibiotic stewardship and antimicrobial resistance

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Wake up South Africa! The antibiotic 'horse' has bolted

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

What's in a name?