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Publikováno v:
Acta Tropica. 69:165-173
In an attempt to evaluate various clinical and laboratory features available within 24 h of admission, prior to the Widal test and bacteriological culture results as potential diagnostic aids in typhoid fever, we undertook a retrospective unit-based
Autor:
M. Y. S. Moosa, Y. M. Coovadia
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 24:131-134
We retrospectively compared the clinical manifestations, laboratory features, and outcome of cryptococcal meningitis in 44 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and 21 HIV-negative patients in Durban, South Africa, and contrasted our findings w
Publikováno v:
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 41:81-85
The clinical and microbiological data of 60 neonates, 23 from the Neonatal Unit (Group I) and 37 (Group II) from the General Paediatric Wards with meningitis are presented. The overall prevalence/1000 was significantly lower in Group I (0.36) than in
Publikováno v:
Foodborne pathogens and disease. 8(6)
Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis is a universally recognized cause of foodborne disease. In South Africa, outbreaks of foodborne disease are generally under reported. We investigated the etiology of acute gastroenteritis in 216 patients who p
Publikováno v:
Journal of Infection. 22:225-231
In this, the first report of group B streptococcal (GBS) infections in Asian neonates in South Africa, the incidence was 2.65/1000 live births over a period of 3.5 years. Early onset disease (EOD), defined as arising less than or equal to 5 days afte
Autor:
P. N. Soni, S. A. H. Moola, Y. M. Coovadia, F. Makumbi, A. E. Simjee, Mahomed A. Sathar, B. Insam
Publikováno v:
Gut. 36:419-421
The gamma interferon (gamma-IFN) concentration and the adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity were evaluated in 30 patients with tuberculous peritonitis, 21 patients with ascites due to a malignant disorder, and 41 patients with cirrhosis. The gamma-IFN
Autor:
M A John, Y M Coovadia
Publikováno v:
Tropical doctor. 31(3)
Publikováno v:
Tropical and geographical medicine. 45(4)
A case of disseminated strongyloidiasis in an Indian diabetic patient who was not receiving any immunosuppressive therapy, is reported. Strongyloides stercoralis was detected in peritoneal fluid, stools and blood. To our knowledge this represents the
Publikováno v:
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde. 81(4)
Nine cases, 3 adults and 6 children, with Listeria monocytogenes meningitis were seen over a 10-year period at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban. These cases accounted for 0.8% (3/374) and 0.6% (6/1,210) of all culture-positive cases of acute bacteri
Publikováno v:
Tropical and geographical medicine. 44(1-2)
Leucopenia with neutropenia and a relative lymphocytosis are believed to be common findings in patients with typhoid fever. This paper reviews 191 adult patients with typhoid. The total and differential leucocyte counts done on admission were analyse