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A young healthy woman presenting with acute meningitis and a large pleural-based mass
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Acute extrapyramidal dysfunction in two HIV-infected children
(2011)Involvement of the basal ganglia is well documented in children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) encephalopathy, often with calcification. High concentrations of HIV protein have been detected in affected basal ... -
Biomarkers and diagnostics for tuberculosis: progress, needs, and translation into practice
(2010)Human infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis can progress to active disease, be contained as latent infection, or be eradicated by the host response. Tuberculosis diagnostics classify a patient into one of these categories. ... -
False-positive rifampicin resistance on Xpert® MTB/RIF: Case report and clinical implications
(2012)The World Health Organization had endorsed Xpert®MTB/RIF (Xpert) as the initial diagnostic for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) or TB suspects co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. We investigated an ... -
Paradoxical tuberculosis associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome presenting with chylous ascites and chylothorax in a HIV-1 infected child
(2010)We present a case of tuberculosis (TB) paradoxical immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) complicated by chylous ascites and chylothorax in a HIV-infected child. There are few descriptions of TB IRIS in children. ... -
Principal component analysis applied to Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for the design of calibration sets for glycerol prediction models in wine and for the detection and classification of outlier samples
(2004)Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to identify the main sources of variation in the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of 329 wines of various styles. The FT-IR spectra were gathered using a specialized ... -
Substances of abuse - Demand for their determinations in the Western Cape
(2004)Background. Drug abuse is as relevant today as ever Management of such cases on a primary health care level may be challenging, particularly when laboratory facilities are unavailable. Futhermore, substance abuse and its ... -
Sydenham's chorea - Analysis of 27 patients and a review of the literature
(1997)The first documented epidemic of Sydenham's chorea was in 1418. In 1686 Thomas Sydenham was the first to describe the condition, but it was Richard Bright who in 1831 first made the association between chorea and rheumatic ... -
The implications of copper fungicide usage in vineyards for earthworm activity and resulting sustainable soil quality
(2005)To investigate the impact of copper-containing fungicides (copper oxychloride) on earthworms in South African vineyards, field inventories of earthworms in and between vine rows were carried out and compared to directly ... -
Transmission of tuberculosis within households [2] (multiple letters)
(2004)[No abstract available]