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A one health framework to estimate the cost of antimicrobial resistance

Author: Morel, Chantal M ; Alm, Richard A ; Årdal, Christine ; Bandera, Alessandra ; Bruno, Giacomo M ; Carrara, Elena ; Colombo, Giorgio L ; de Kraker, Marlieke E A ; Essack, Sabiha ; Frost, Isabel ; Gonzalez-Zorn, Bruno ; Goossens, Herman ; Guardabassi, Luca ; Harbarth, Stephan ; Jørgensen, Peter S ; Kanj, Souha S ; Kostyanev, Tomislav ; Laxminarayan, Ramanan ; Leonard, Finola ; Hara, Gabriel L ; Mendelson, Marc ; Mikulska, Malgorzata ; Mutters, Nico T ; Outterson, Kevin ; Baňo, Jesus R ; Tacconelli, Evelina ; Scudeller, Luigia Date: 26 Nov 2020 Abstract Objectives/purpose The costs attributable to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remain theoretical and largely unspecified. Current figures fail to capture the full health and economic burden caused by AMR across human, animal, and ... Read more
Blood cultures taken from patients attending emergency departments in South Africa are an important antibiotic stewardship tool, which directly influences patient management

Author: Boyles, Tom H ; Davis, Kelly ; Crede, Thomas ; Malan, Jacques ; Mendelson, Marc ; Lesosky, Maia Date: 06 Oct 2015 Abstract Background Febrile illness with suspected blood stream infection (BSI) is a common reason for admission to hospital in Africa and blood cultures are therefore an important investigation. ... Read more
Burden of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author: Wasserman, Sean ; Engel, Mark E ; Griesel, Rulan ; Mendelson, Marc Date: 09 Sep 2016 Abstract Background Seroprevalence data and clinical studies in children suggest that the burden of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in Africa may be underestimated. We performed a systematic ... Read more
Burden of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review

Author: Wasserman, Sean ; Engel, Mark E ; Mendelson, Marc Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: Reports from Africa have suggested that pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a less important cause of morbidity than in the developed world. However, more recent studies have shown high seroprevalence rates of P. jirovecii in healthy ... Read more c b
C-reactive protein and procalcitonin to discriminate between tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, and bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected inpatients meeting WHO criteria for seriously ill: a prospective cohort study

Author: Mendelson, Fiona ; Griesel, Rulan ; Tiffin, Nicki ; Rangaka, Molebogeng ; Boulle, Andrew ; Mendelson, Marc ; Maartens, Gary Date: 14 Aug 2018 Background Tuberculosis, bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) are the three commonest causes of hospitalisation in HIV-infected adults. Prompt diagnosis and treatment ... Read more
Colonisation with pathogenic drug-resistant bacteria and Clostridioides difficile among residents of residential care facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional prevalence study

Author: September, Jason ; Geffen, Leon ; Manning, Kathryn ; Naicker, Preneshni ; Faro, Cheryl ; Mendelson, Marc ; Wasserman, Sean Date: 19 Nov 2019 Abstract Background Residential care facilities (RCFs) act as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). There are scarce data on colonisation with MDROs in Africa. We aimed to determine the prevalence of MDROs and C. difficile and ... Read more
Complications of antiretroviral therapy initiation in hospitalised patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis

Author: van der Plas, Helen ; Meintjes, Graeme ; Schutz, Charlotte ; Goliath, Rene ; Myer, Landon ; Baatjie, Dorothea ; Wilkinson, Robert J ; Maartens, Gary ; Mendelson, Marc Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: HIV-associated tuberculosis is a common coinfection in Sub-Saharan Africa, which causes high morbidity and mortality. A sub-set of HIV-associated tuberculosis patients require prolonged hospital admission, during which antiretroviral ... Read more c b
Failure to eradicate Isospora belli diarrhoea despite immune reconstitution in adults with HIV--a case series

Author: Boyles, Tom H ; Black, John ; Meintjes, Graeme ; Mendelson, Marc Date: 2012 Isospora belli causes diarrhoea in patients with AIDS. Most respond to targeted therapy and recommendations are that secondary prophylaxis can be stopped following immune reconstitution with ART. We report eight cases of chronic isosporiasis ... Read more c b
Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author: Rogers Van Katwyk, Susan ; Grimshaw, Jeremy M ; Mendelson, Marc ; Taljaard, Monica ; Hoffman, Steven J Date: 13 Dec 2017 Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a recognized threat to global public health. Increasing AMR and a dry pipeline of novel antimicrobial drugs have put AMR in the international spotlight. One strategy to combat AMR is to reduce ... Read more c b
Migrant and refugee populations: a public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis

Author: Abbas, Mohamed ; Aloudat, Tammam ; Bartolomei, Javier ; Carballo, Manuel ; Durieux-Paillard, Sophie ; Gabus, Laure ; Jablonka, Alexandra ; Jackson, Yves ; Kaojaroen, Kanokporn ; Koch, Daniel ; Martinez, Esperanza ; Mendelson, Marc ; Petrova-Benedict, Roumyana ; Tsiodras, Sotirios ; Christie, Derek ; Saam, Mirko ; Hargreaves, Sally ; Pittet, Didier Date: 20 Sep 2018 The 2015–2017 global migratory crisis saw unprecedented numbers of people on the move and tremendous diversity in terms of age, gender and medical requirements. This article focuses on key emerging public health issues around migrant populations ... Read more
Prognostic indicators in the World Health Organization’s algorithm for seriously ill HIV-infected inpatients with suspected tuberculosis

Author: Griesel, Rulan ; Stewart, Annemie ; van der Plas, Helen ; Sikhondze, Welile ; Mendelson, Marc ; Maartens, Gary Date: 12 Feb 2018 Background: Criteria for the 2007 WHO algorithm for diagnosing tuberculosis among HIV-infected seriously ill patients are the presence of one or more danger signs (respiratory rate > 30/min, heart rate > 120/min, temperature > 39 °C, and being ... Read more
Prolonged tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: characteristics and risk factors

Author: Bana, Tasnim M ; Lesosky, Maia ; Pepper, Dominique J ; van der Plas, Helen ; Schutz, Charlotte ; Goliath, Rene ; Morroni, Chelsea ; Mendelson, Marc ; Maartens, Gary ; Wilkinson, Robert J ; Meintjes, Graeme Date: 27 Sep 2016 Background: In a proportion of patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis who develop paradoxical immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), the clinical course of IRIS is prolonged necessitating substantial health care utilization ... Read more c b

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