Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Mycobacterium spp. in the United Arab Emirates: a retrospective analysis of 12 years of national antimicrobial resistance surveillance data

Autor: Jens Thomsen, Najiba M. Abdulrazzaq, Peter S. Nyasulu, Farida Al Hosani, Maya Habous, Stefan Weber, Fouzia Jabeen, The UAE AMR Surveillance Consortium, Godfred Antony Menezes, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Abiola Senok, Dean B. Everett, Adnan Alatoom, Agnes Sonnevend-Pal, Ahmed Abdulkareem Al Hammadi, Ahmed Elhag Ahmed, Ahmed F. Yousef, Alaa MM Enshasy, Amal Mubarak Madhi, Amna AlBlooshi, Andreas Podbielski, Anju Nabi, Anup Shashikant Poddar, Arun Kumar Jha, Ayesha Abdulla Al Marzooqi, Bashir Aden, Dean Everett, Deeba Jafri, Duckjin Hong, Emmanuel Fru Nsutebu, Farah Ibrahim Al-Marzooq, Fatima Al Dhaheri, Francis Amirtharaj Selvaraj, Ghada Abdel Wahab, Ghalia Abdul Khader Khoder, Gitanjali Avishkar Patil, Godfred A. Menezes, Muhammad Ghulam Hadayatullah, Hafiz Ahmad, Hala Ahmed Fouad Ismail, Hazim Khalifa, Husein Alzabi, Ibrahim Alsayed Mustafa Alhashami, Imene Lazreg, Irfaan Akthar, John Stelling, Kaltham Ali Kayaf, Kavita Diddi, Krishnaprasad Ramabhadran, Laila Al Dabal, Laura Thomsen, Chamani-Tabriz Leili, Madikay Senghore, Manal Abdel Fattah Ahmed, Moeena Zain, M. Sheek-Hussein Mohamud, Monika Maheshwari, Mubarak Saif Alfaresi, Mushtaq Khan, Najiba Abdulrazzaq, Nehad Nabeel Al Shirawi, Nesrin Helmy, Pamela Fares Murad, Pascal Frey, Peter Nyasulu, Prashant Nasa, T. A. Patil Rajeshwari, Rania El Lababidi, Ratna A. Kurahatti, Riyaz Amirali Husain, Robert Lodu Serafino Wani Swaka, Saeed Hussein, Sameh Soliman, Savitha Mudalagiriyappa, Seema Oommen, Shaikha Ghannam Alkaabi, Simantini Jog, Siobhan O‘Sullivan,, Somansu Basu, Sura Khamees Majeed, Syed Irfan Hussein Rizvi, Tibor Pal, Timothy Anthony Collyns, Yassir Mohammed Eltahir Ali, Yousuf Mustafa Naqvi, Zahir Osman Babiker, Omar Al Deesi Zulfa

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024)

IntroductionThe Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) region accounts for almost 8% of all global Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) cases, with TB incidence rates ranging from 1 per 100,000 per year in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to 204 per 1

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Perspectives on development and advancement of new tuberculosis vaccines

Autor: Christopher da Costa, Christine S. Benn, Thomas Nyirenda, Evans Mpabalwani, Harleen M.S. Grewal, Rizwan Ahmed, Nathan Kapata, Peter S. Nyasulu, Markus Maeurer, David S. Hui, Delia Goletti, Alimuddin Zumla

Publikováno v: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 141, Iss , Pp 106987- (2024)

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death worldwide and is estimated to have caused 1.3 million deaths worldwide in 2022. Approximately one quarter of the world's population are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, of whom up to 10% wil

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/bbf4a9e5b89e4b7b93ef2b98b083c3ba

Long-term effects of aromatase inhibitors on body mass index among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors in Africa: observational cohort study

Autor: Jean Paul Muambangu Milambo, Peter S Nyasulu, John M Akudugu, James Ndirangu

Publikováno v: BMC Research Notes, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2023)

Abstract Purpose this study was conducted to assess the impact of AIs on body mass index and high sensitivity as prognostic predictors to be incorporated into point of care technology (POCT) testing in postmenopausal breast cancer women after a 24 mo

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/d99d5ce2c8d442f2ab2f1fd8631f5fe3

Machine learning algorithms for predicting determinants of COVID-19 mortality in South Africa

Autor: Emmanuel Chimbunde, Lovemore N. Sigwadhi, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Elphas L. Okango, Olawande Daramola, Veranyuy D. Ngah, Peter S. Nyasulu

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, Vol 6 (2023)

BackgroundCOVID-19 has strained healthcare resources, necessitating efficient prognostication to triage patients effectively. This study quantified COVID-19 risk factors and predicted COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in South Africa based

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/bcc7d265d813424dbb0be8465e2750a4

Feasibility of point of care testing for prevention and management of breast cancer therapy associated comorbidities in 6 African countries: short communication

Autor: Jean Paul Muambngu Milambo, James Ndirangu, Peter S Nyasulu, John M Akudugu

Publikováno v: BMC Research Notes, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2022)

Abstract Objective: Obesity and mediators of inflammation have been identified as the most important risk and predictive factors in postmenopausal breast cancer (BC) survivors using aromatase inhibitors (AIs). This study was conducted to assess the i

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/89023fc4bda54ed5b91a3043d34460fd