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- ItemEconomy class syndrome(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2003) Cameron, N.On the flight from Accra to Johannesburg a fellow passenger collapsed in the aisle as he passed my seat. It was about 2 hours into the flight, which had left Accra just before midnight, with the aircraft about two-thirds full.
- ItemThe Namibian poliomyelitis outbreak and its consequences for South Africa(Medpharm Publications, 2006) Taljaard, J.; Cameron, N.; Cotton, M.; Van Zyl, G.; Vurgarellis, P.; Preiser, WolfgangThis editorial is based on a Public Health Forum presented by the Centre for Infectious Diseases at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, on 22 June 2006. It summarises the most important facts about polio in the context of the 2006 outbreak of the disease in Namibia and aims to provide the practitioner with the necessary information to face the unexpected re-emergence in the sub-region of an almost forgotten disease.
- ItemSerogrouping and sulphonamide sensitivity of Neisseria meningitidis isolates from the south-western Cape(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1989-10) Donald, P. R.; Quan, E.; Burger, P. J.; Coetzee, G. J.; Cameron, N.Neisseria meningitidis infections were first reported from the south-western Cape Province in 1883. Since then, against a backdrop of a relatively low incidence with winter exacerbation, epidemic periods have occurred at 10 - IS-year intervals. During the 1978 - 1979 epidemic more than 95% of isolates at Tygerberg Hospital were of serogroup B and only 5% were resistant to sulphonamides. Seventy-seven per cent of patients notified as suffering from meningococcal infections were under 4 years of age.3 In this report we briefly describe the pattern of serogrouping and sulphonamide resistance of N. meningitidis for the period 1980 - 1987.
- ItemUnexplained HIV-1 infection in children : documenting cases and assessing for possible risk factors(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2004-03) Hiemstra, R.; Rabie, H.; Schaaf, H. Simon; Eley, B.; Cameron, N.; Mehtar, Shaheen; Janse van Rensburg, A.; Cotton, M. F.Background. In the year 2000 we reported possible horizontal transmission of HIV-1 infection between two siblings. An investigation of three families, each with an HIV-infected child but seronegative parents, permitted this finding. Sexual abuse and surrogate breast-feeding were though unlikely. The children had overlapping hospitalisation in a regional hospital. Since then several cases of unexplained HIV infection in children have been reported. A registry was established at Tygerberg Children's Hospital for collection of data on the extent of horizontal or unexplained transmission of HIV in children. Study design. Retrospective chart review. Results. Fourteen children were identified, 12 from the Western Cape and 1 each from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Thirteen (92%) had been hospitalised previously. In the Western Cape, children had been hospitalised in 8 hospitals. Ten of 13 (77%) were admitted as neonates and 9 of 13 (69%0 had 2 or more admissions. Intravascular cannulation and intravenous drug administration occurred in all but 2 children before HIV diagnosis. Conclusion. We have confirmed HIV infection in a number of cases where the source of infection has been inadequately explained. Circumstantial evidence supports but does not prove nosocomial transmission. Further studies and identification of medical procedures conducive to the spread of HIV are urgently needed.