SETTING
Thirteen primary health care (PHC) facilities in the Stellenbosch District, South Africa.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the use of a sputum register to evaluate the tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic… (More)
A study in 11 primary health care facilities in and around Cape Town determined the proportion of bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis (TB) cases who did not start treatment (initial default) and… (More)
We use the TOUGH+HYDRATE code to assess the production potential of challenging hydrate deposits, i.e., deposits that are characterized by any combination of the following factors: absence of… (More)
BACKGROUND
Although tuberculosis (TB) treatment registers and laboratory records are essential tools for recording and reporting in TB control programmes, the accuracy and completeness of routinely… (More)
BACKGROUND
Reliable surveillance is essential for any tuberculosis (TB) control programme; however, under-registration of TB cases due to under-notification of patients on treatment or failure to… (More)
BACKGROUND
Occupational tuberculosis (TB) in hospital-based health care workers is reported regularly, but TB in community-based health care researchers has not often been addressed.
OBJECTIVE
To… (More)
Background
Increasing antimicrobial resistance among pathogens that cause complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) supports the development of new antimicrobials. Eravacycline, a novel member of… (More)
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has prompted the development of new therapies. Zoliflodacin is a new antibiotic that inhibits DNA biosynthesis. In this multicenter, phase 2… (More)
Flywheels are applied in storing inertial energy in rotating machine engines and to limit speed fluctuations. In Dual Mass flywheel (DMF) the rotating mass is split into two and is joined by a… (More)