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Comparison of a real-time multiplex PCR and sequetyping assay for pneumococcal serotyping

Author: Dube, Felix S ; van Mens, Suzan P ; Robberts, Lourens ; Wolter, Nicole ; Nicol, Paul ; Mafofo, Joseph ; Africa, Samantha ; Zar, Heather J ; Nicol, Mark P Date: 2015 BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal serotype identification is essential to monitor pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness and serotype replacement. Serotyping by conventional serological methods are costly, labour-intensive, and require significant technical ... Read more c b
Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from different types of nasopharyngeal swabs in children

Author: Dube, Felix S ; Kaba, Mamadou ; Whittaker, Elizabeth ; Zar, Heather J ; Nicol, Mark P Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae is important to assess the impact of vaccination and the pathogenesis of pneumococcal disease. We compared the recovery of S. ... Read more c b
Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in African children from rural and urban communities with atopic dermatitis

Author: Ndhlovu, Gillian O N ; Abotsi, Regina E ; Shittu, Adebayo O ; Abdulgader, Shima M ; Jamrozy, Dorota ; Dupont, Christopher L ; Mankahla, Avumile ; Nicol, Mark P ; Hlela, Carol ; Levin, Michael E ; Lunjani, Nonhlanhla ; Dube, Felix S Date: 13 Apr 2021 Abstract Background Staphylococcus aureus has been associated with the exacerbation and severity of atopic dermatitis (AD). Studies have not investigated the colonisation dynamics of S. aureus ... Read more
Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of respiratory microbial flora in African children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease

Author: Abotsi, Regina E ; Nicol, Mark P ; McHugh, Grace ; Simms, Victoria ; Rehman, Andrea M ; Barthus, Charmaine ; Mbhele, Slindile ; Moyo, Brewster W ; Ngwira, Lucky G ; Mujuru, Hilda ; Makamure, Beauty ; Mayini, Justin ; Odland, Jon Ø ; Ferrand, Rashida A ; Dube, Felix S Date: 25 Feb 2021 Background HIV-associated chronic lung disease (CLD) is common among children living with HIV (CLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa, including those on antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, the pathogenesis of CLD and its possible ... Read more c b
Respiratory microbes present in the nasopharynx of children hospitalised with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Dube, Felix S ; Kaba, Mamadou ; Robberts, F J Lourens ; Tow, Lemese A ; Lubbe, Sugnet ; Zar, Heather J ; Nicol, Mark P Date: 24 Oct 2016 Background: Lower respiratory tract infection in children is increasingly thought to be polymicrobial in origin. Children with symptoms suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) may have tuberculosis, other respiratory tract infections or ... Read more c b
Visualisation of quadratic discriminant analysis and its application in exploration of microbial interactions

Author: Gardner-Lubbe, Sugnet ; Dube, Felix S Date: 25 Feb 2015 Background: When comparing diseased and non-diseased patients in order to discriminate between the aspects associated with the specific disease, it is often observed that the diseased patients have more variability than the non-diseased ... Read more

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