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The effect of CPT-1 inhibition on myocardial function and resistance to ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rodent model of the metabolic syndrome
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Obesity is associated with dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and glucose intolerance and together these components characterise the metabolic syndrome (Dandona et al. 2005). In the state of ...
Childhood intra-thoracic tuberculosis : addressing the diagnostic dilemma
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Children contribute little to disease transmission and the maintenance of the tuberculosis epidemic, but they constitute a significant proportion of the total tuberculosis (TB) caseload and experience ...
Diagnostic utility of the line probe assay for the detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The epidemic levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in high-burden countries such as South Africa, which is currently ranked as third highest in the world, is the result of a synergistic relationship ...
Investigating the localisation of the ESX-3 secretion system in Mycobacterium smegmatis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a pathogenic organism that infects a third of the world’s population and
causes approximately 2 million deaths per year. Extensive research has been done on this pathogen,
however ...