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    • A 10-year review of fatal community assault cases at a regional forensic pathology facility in Cape Town, South Africa 

      Herbst, Celeste Ingrid; Tiemensma, Marianne; Wadee, Shabir Ahmed (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015)
      Background. An increase in autopsied community assault (CA) fatalities was observed at the Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Services (FPS), Cape Town, South Africa (SA). There is a paucity of information on the incidence and ...

    • 1000 Genomes-based metaanalysis identifies 10 novel loci for kidney function 

      Gorski, Mathias; Van Der Most, Peter J.; Teumer, Alexander; Chu, Audrey Y.; Li, Man; Mijatovic, Vladan; Nolte, Ilja M.; Cocca, Massimiliano; Taliun, Daniel; Gomez, Felicia; Li, Yong; Tayo, Bamidele; Tin, Adrienne; Feitosa, Mary F.; Aspelund, Thor; Attia, John; Biffar, Reiner; Bochud, Murielle; Boerwinkle, Eric; Borecki, Ingrid; Bottinger, Erwin P.; Chen, Ming-Huei; Chouraki, Vincent; Ciullo, Marina; Coresh, Josef; Cornelis, Marilyn C.; Curhan, Gary C.; d’Adamo, Adamo Pio; Dehghan, Abbas; Dengler, Laura; Ding, Jingzhong; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Endlich, Karlhans; Enroth, Stefan; Esko, Tonu; Franco, Oscar H.; Gasparini, Paolo; Gieger, Christian; Girotto, Giorgia; Gottesman, Omri; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Gyllensten, Ulf; Hancock, Stephen J.; Harris, Tamara B.; Helmer, Catherine; Hollerer, Simon; Hofer, Edith; Hofman, Albert; Holliday, Elizabeth G.; Homuth, Georg; Hu, Frank B.; Huth, Cornelia; Hutri-Kahonen, Nina; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Imboden, Medea; Johansson, Asa; Kahonen, Mika; Konig, Wolfgang; Kramer, Holly; Kramer, Bernhard K.; Kumar, Ashish; Kutalik, Zoltan; Lambert, Jean-Charles; Launer, Lenore J.; Lehtimaki, Terho; De Borst, Martin H.; Navis, Gerjan; Swertz, Morris; Liu, Yongmei; Lohman, Kurt; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Lu, Yingchang; Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka; McEvoy, Mark A.; Meisinger, Christa; Meitinger, Thomas; Metspalu, Andres; Metzger, Marie; Mihailov, Evelin; Mitchell, Paul; Nauck, Matthias; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Olden, Matthias; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Pistis, Giorgio; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Raitakari, Olli T.; Rettig, Rainer; Ridker, Paul M.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Robino, Antonietta; Rosas, Sylvia E.; Ruderfer, Douglas; Ruggiero, Daniela; Saba, Yasaman; Sala, Cinzia; Schmidt, Helena; Schmidt, Reinhold; Scott, Rodney J.; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Smith, Albert V.; Sorice, Rossella; Stengel, Benedicte; Stracke, Sylvia; Strauch, Konstantin; Toniolo, Daniela; Uitterlinden, Andre G.; Ulivi, Sheila; Viikari, Jorma S.; Volker, Uwe; Vollenweider, Peter; Volzke, Henry; Vuckovic, Dragana; Waldenberger, Melanie; Wang, Jie Jin; Yang, Qiong; Chasman, Daniel I.; Tromp, Gerard; Snieder, Harold; Heid, Iris M.; Fox, Caroline S.; Kottgen, Anna; Pattaro, Cristian; Boger, Carsten A.; Fuchsberger, Christian (Nature Research, 2017)
      HapMap imputed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed >50 loci at which common variants with minor allele frequency >5% are associated with kidney function. GWAS using more complete reference sets for imputation, ...

    • 10Kin1day : a bottom-up neuroimaging initiative 

      Van den Heuvel, Martijn P.; Scholtens, Lianne H.; Van der Burgh, Hannelore K.; Agosta, Federica; Alloza, Clara; Arango, Celso; Auyeung, Bonnie; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Basaia, Silvia; Benders, Manon J. N. L.; Beyer, Frauke; Booij, Linda; Braun, Kees P. J.; Filho, Geraldo Busatto; Cahn, Wiepke; Cannon, Dara M.; Chaim-Avancini, Tiffany M.; Chan, Sandra S. M.; Chen, Eric Y. H.; Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto; Crone, Eveline A.; Dannlowski, Udo; De Zwarte, Sonja M. C.; Dietsche, Bruno; Donohoe, Gary; Du Plessis, Stefan; Durston, Sarah; Diaz-Caneja, Covadonga M.; Díaz-Zuluaga, Ana M.; Emsley, Robin; Filippi, Massimo; Frodl, Thomas; Gorges, Martin; Graff, Beata; Grotegerd, Dominik; Gąsecki, Dariusz; Hall, Julie M.; Holleran, Laurena; Holt, Rosemary; Hopman, Helene J.; Jansen, Andreas; Janssen, Joost; Jodzio, Krzysztof; Jancke, Lutz; Kaleda, Vasiliy G.; Kassubek, Jan; Masouleh, Shahrzad Kharabian; Kircher, Tilo; Koevoets, Martijn G. J. C.; Kostic, Vladimir S.; Krug, Axel; Lawrie, Stephen M.; Lebedeva, Irina S.; Lee, Edwin H. M.; Lett, Tristram A.; Lewis, Simon J. G.; Liem, Franziskus; Lombardo, Michael V.; Lopez-Jaramillo, Carlos; Margulies, Daniel S.; Markett, Sebastian; Marques, Paulo; Martinez-Zalacaín, Ignacio; McDonald, Colm; McIntosh, Andrew M.; McPhilemy, Genevieve; Meinert, Susanne L.; Menchon, Jose M.; Montag, Christian; Moreira, Pedro S.; Morgado, Pedro; Mothersill, David O.; Merillat, Susan; Muller, Hans-Peter; Nabulsi, Leila; Najt, Pablo; Narkiewicz, Krzysztof; Naumczyk, Patrycja; Oranje, Bob; De la Foz, Victor Ortiz-Garcia; Peper, Jiska S.; Pineda, Julian A.; Rasser, Paul E.; Redlich, Ronny; Repple, Jonathan; Reuter, Martin; Rosa, Pedro G. P.; Ruigrok, Amber N. V.; Sabisz, Agnieszka; Schall, Ulrich; Seedat, Soraya, 1966-; Serpa, Mauricio H.; Skouras, Stavros; Soriano-Mas, Carles; Sousa, Nuno; Szurowska, Edyta; Tomyshev, Alexander S.; Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Diana; Valk, Sofie L.; Van den Berg, Leonard H.; Van Erp, Theo G. M.; Van Haren, Neeltje E. M.; Van Leeuwen, Judith M. C.; Villringer, Arno; Vinkers, Christiaan H.; Vollmar, Christian; Waller, Lea; Walter, Henrik; Villringer, Arno; Vinkers, Christiaan H.; Vollmar, Christian; Waller, Lea; Walter, Henrik; Whalley, Heather C.; Witkowska, Marta; Witte, A. Veronica; Zanetti, Marcus V.; Zhang, Rui; De Lange, Siemon C. (Frontiers Media, 2019)
      Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a well-known neurodegenerative disease with a strong association established with systemic inflammation. Recently, the role of the gingipain protease group from Porphyromonas gingivalis was ...

    • The 12-month period prevalence and cardiac manifestations of HIV in patients with acute coronary syndrome at a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa : a retrospective cross-sectional study 

      Pennefather, Camilla; Esterhuizen, Tonya; Doubell, Anton; Decloedt, Eric H. (BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2021)
      Background: HIV-positive patients are increasingly being affected by non-communicable diseases such as coronary artery disease (CAD). Data from high-income countries (HICs) indicate that HIV-positive patients have different ...

    • The 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases workshop on developing infection prevention and control resources for low - and middle-income countries 

      Sastry, Sangeeta; Masroor, Nadia; Bearman, Gonzalo; Hajjeh, Rana; Holmes, Alison; Memish, Ziad; Lassmann, Britta; Pittet, Didier; Macnab, Fiona; Kamau, Rachel; Wesangula, Evelyn; Pokhare, Paras; Brown, Paul; Daily, Frances; Amer, Fatma; Torres, Jaime; O’Ryan, Miguel; Gunturu, Revathi; Bulabula, Andre; Mehtarp, Shaheen (Published by Elsevier on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2017)
      Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a major concern to healthcare systems around the world. They are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, in addition to increased hospitalization costs. Recent outbreaks, ...

    • 2'-5'-Oligoadenylate synthetase-like protein inhibits intracellular M. tuberculosis replication and promotes proinflammatory cytokine secretion 

      Leisching, G.; Ali, A.; Cole, V.; Baker, B. (Elsevier, 2019-12)
      Host cytoplasmic surveillance pathways are known to elicit type I interferon (IFN) responses which are crucial to antimicrobial defense mechanisms. Oligoadenylate synthetase-like (OASL) protein has been extensively ...

    • The 2-deoxy-d-glucose-neutral red test and vagotomy : an experimental study 

      Van Rensburg, L. C. J. (HMPG, 1977-09)
      The 2-deoxy-D-glucose neutral red test proved to be successful in assessing completeness of vagotomy in the baboon both intra- and postoperatively. There were no deleterious side-effects and we found that both products ...

    • 2020 WSES guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy 

      de Angelis, Nicola; Catena, Fausto; Memeo, Riccardo; Coccolini, Federico; Martínez-Pérez, Aleix; Romeo, Oreste M.; De Simone, Belinda; Di Saverio, Salomone; Brustia, Raffaele; Rhaiem, Rami; Piardi, Tullio; Conticchio, Maria; Marchegiani, Francesco; Beghdadi, Nassiba; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.; Alikhanov, Ruslan; Allard, Marc-Antoine; Allievi, Niccolò; Amaddeo, Giuliana; Ansaloni, Luca; Andersson, Roland; Andolfi, Enrico; Azfar, Mohammad; Bala, Miklosh; Benkabbou, Amine; Ben-Ishay, Offir; Bianchi, Giorgio; Biffl, Walter L.; Brunetti, Francesco; Carra, Maria C.; Casanova, Daniel; Celentano, Valerio; Ceresoli, Marco; Chiara, Osvaldo; Cimbanassi, Stefania; Bini, Roberto; Coimbra, Raul; Luigi de’Angelis, Gian; Decembrino, Francesco; De Palma, Andrea; de Reuver, Philip R.; Domingo, Carlos; Cotsoglou, Christian; Ferrero, Alessandro; Fraga, Gustavo P.; Gaiani, Federica; Gheza, Federico; Gurrado, Angela; Harrison, Ewen; Henriquez, Angel; Hofmeyr, Stefan; Iadarola, Roberta; Kashuk, Jeffry L.; Kianmanesh, Reza; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Kluger, Yoram; Landi, Filippo; Langella, Serena; Lapointe, Real; Le Roy, Bertrand; Luciani, Alain; Machado, Fernando; Maggi, Umberto; Maier, Ronald V.; Mefire, Alain C.; Hiramatsu, Kazuhiro; Ordoñez, Carlos; Patrizi, Franca; Planells, Manuel; Peitzman, Andrew B.; Pekolj, Juan; Perdigao, Fabiano; Pereira, Bruno M.; Pessaux, Patrick; Pisano, Michele; Puyana, Juan C.; Rizoli, Sandro; Portigliotti, Luca; Romito, Raffaele; Sakakushev, Boris; Sanei, Behnam; Scatton, Olivier; Serradilla-Martin, Mario; Schneck, Anne-Sophie; Sissoko, Mohammed L.; Sobhani, Iradj; Ten Broek, Richard P.; Testini, Mario; Valinas, Roberto; Veloudis, Giorgos; Vitali, Giulio C.; Weber, Dieter; Zorcolo, Luigi; Giuliante, Felice; Gavriilidis, Paschalis; Fuks, David; Sommacale, Daniele (BioMed Central, 2021-06-10)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bile duct injury (BDI) is a dangerous complication of cholecystectomy, with significant postoperative sequelae for the patient in terms of morbidity, mortality, and long-term quality of life. BDIs have ...

    • 2020-12-11 Global transcriptomic investigation of the human macrophage response towards pathogenic/non-pathogenic mycobacteria 

      Mishra, Abhilasha Madhvi (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)
      Background:Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of infection-related mortalityworldwide. In 2017 an estimated 1.3 million people who were HIV-negative died of TB. An estimated 5-10% of infected individual develop active ...

    • A 3-year survey of acute poisoning exposures in infants reported in telephone calls made to the Tygerberg Poison Information Centre, South Africa 

      Marks, Carine J.; Van Hoving, D. J. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2016-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background. Infants undergo rapid development changes and are particularly vulnerable to toxic chemicals. Identifying and evaluating the toxic risks that exist in this age group could be very valuable ...

    • 38 years after its discovery, Ebola virus spins out of control 

      Preiser, Wolfgang (South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), 2014-09)
      The evolutionary origin of Ebolaviruses is not very clear. The simple notion that these viruses have been circulating for many millennia in wildlife in tropical parts of Africa, occasionally spilling over into human ...

    • 3D measurement of cervical and thoracic postural dynamism in sitting : a pilot study 

      Fourie, Sarie Marissa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to improve the measurement of postural dynamism in the sitting position using a three-dimensional (3D) motion analysis system. The primary objective was to describe pilot data ...

    • A 5-year analysis of the helicopter air mercy service in Richards Bay, South Africa 

      D'Andrea, Patrick Andrew; Van Hoving, Daniel Jacobus; Wood, Darryl; Smith, Wayne Patrick (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014-02)
      Background. A helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) was established in 2005 in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to provide primary response and inter-facility transfers to a largely rural area with a ...

    • 7-Year experience of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) in a Western Cape private healthcare setting 

      Weich, Hellmuth; Liebenberg, Jacques; Van Wyk, Jacques; Vivier, Rocco; Barnard, Barry; Abelson, Mark; Phillips, Andre; Mabin, Tom (South African Heart Association, 2019)
      Introduction: We describe the largest South African transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) outcome report of a single team in the Western Cape, over a 7-year period from 2009 - 2016. Methods: All patients who ...

    • An 8-year retrospective study of adult and paediatric Burkitt’s lymphoma at Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa 

      Musekwa, Ernest; Chapanduka, Zivanai C.; Bassa, Fatima; Kruger, Mariana (AOSIS, 2020-04-30)
      Background: Burkitt lymphoma(BL) is a high grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which may be underdiagnosed in South Africa, due to a high burden of infectious diseases such as HIV and TB which may present with similar clinical ...

    • An 8-year retrospective study of adult and paediatric Burkitt’s lymphoma at Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa 

      Musekwa, Ernest; Chapanduka, Zivanai C.; Bassa, Fatima; Kruger, Mariana (AOSIS, 2020-04-30)
      Background: Burkitt lymphoma(BL) is a high grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which may be underdiagnosed in South Africa, due to a high burden of infectious diseases such as HIV and TB which may present with similar clinical ...

    • A 3-year cytogenetic survey of 9661 patients in South Africa 

      Bester, Rina; Benjamin, Mercy (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1983)
      During the period 1 January 1977 - 31 December 1979, 9661 patients underwent cytogenetic investigation at seven participating laboratories in South Africa. The chromosome data were coded using a standard protocol and the ...

    • A Medical audit of the management of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV patients in the Cape Winelands (East) district, Western Cape, South Africa 

      Von Pressentin, Klaus Botho (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: This thesis summarises the findings of a medical audit on the management of Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM). The study population of HIV positive adults (N = twenty five) were admitted during ...

    • Abacavir Exposure in Children Cotreated for Tuberculosis with Rifampin and Superboosted Lopinavir-Ritonavir 

      Rabie, Helena; Tikiso, Tjokosela; Lee, Janice (2020-05)
      ABSTRACT In children requiring lopinavir coformulated with ritonavir in a 4:1 ratio (lopinavir-ritonavir-4:1) and rifampin, adding ritonavir to achieve a 4:4 ratio with lopi-navir (LPV/r-4:4) overcomes the drug-drug ...

    • Abdominal ultrasound for diagnosing abdominal tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis with abdominal involvement in HIV-positive adults 

      Van Hoving, Daniel J.; Meintjes, Graeme; Takwoingi, Yemisi; Griesel, Rulan; Maartens, Gary; Ochodo, Eleanor A. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. on behalf of The Cochrane Collaboration, 2017)
      This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Diagnostic test accuracy). The objectives are as follows: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of abdominal ultrasound as a standalone test for detecting abdominal TB or disseminated ...