Joycelyn AssimengUniversity of Ghana | Legon · College of Health Sciences
Joycelyn Assimeng
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This study describes the disease burden, clinical characteristics, antibiotic management, impact of multidrug resistance and outcome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection (PABSI) among children admitted to a tertiary referral hospital for children in Cape Town, South Africa.
Methods:
A retrospective descriptive study was co...
Background: This study describes the disease burden, clinical characteristics, antibiotic management, impact of multidrug resistance and outcome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection (PABSI) among children admitted to a tertiary referral hospital for children in Cape Town, South Africa.
Methods: A retrospective descriptive cohort study wa...
Background This study describes the disease burden, clinical characteristics, antibiotic management, impact of multidrug resistance and outcome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection (PABSI) among children admitted to a tertiary referral hospital for children in Cape Town, South Africa.
Methods A retrospective descriptive study was conduct...
Chédiak Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a disorder of immune dysregulation characterised by oculocutaneous albinism. This report describes a 10-week old female with clinical and laboratory features of CHS. Genetic analysis confirmed a novel mutation in the LYST gene, predicted to skip exon 42 of the gene and result in a truncated protein product. To the...
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy common in the tropics and subtropics. The aetiology of EMF is unknown but helminth infestations such as schistosomiasis have been implicated. Two boys aged 8 and 10 years with EMF associated with Schistosoma haematobium, are described. The schistosomes in both cases may have been...
