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Publications

WITS Mycology has published and co-published research papers across reputable platforms.

Publications

WITS Mycology has published and co-published research papers across reputable platforms.

Mycoses Publications

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High Mortality in HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis Patients Treated With Amphotericin B–Based Therapy Under Routine Care Conditions in Africa

Accelerated Increase in Candida auris Bloodstream Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, South Africa

Cryptococcal Antigenemia In South African Children Living With HIV

Tools for genetic manipulation of the endemic fungal pathogen, Emergomyces africanus, and the application of a fluorescent reporter strain in infection models

Recent Systemic Antifungal Exposure and Nonsusceptible Candida in Hospitalized Patients, South Africa, 2012-2017

Genomic epidemiology of Histoplasma in Africa

Comparative Analysis of Glucuronoxylomannogalactan and Glucuronoxylomannan Antibody Responses and Their Associations With Cryptococcal Disease Status in People With HIV

Exploring polyamine metabolism of the yeast-like fungus, Emergomyces africanus

Features and global impact of invasive fungal infections caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii: A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization fungal priority pathogens list

Candida albicans-A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization Fungal Priority Pathogens List

Case Report of Nasal Rhinosporidiosis in South Africa

Bacterial and Candida Colonization of Neonates in a Regional Hospital in South Africa

High Prevalence of Candida auris Colonization during Protracted Neonatal Unit Outbreak, South Africa

Fluconazole plus flucytosine versus fluconazole alone for adults with HIV-associated cryptococcal antigenaemia identified through screening: a multi-centre phase III randomised-controlled trial

Cryptococcal antigen titers and semi-quantitative assay scores among people with HIV-associated cryptococcal antigenemia

Molecular detection of Histoplasma capsulatum in environmental samples collected from South African caves

First report of infections due to Candidozyma (formerly Candida) auris in Botswana, 2022-2024

The Burden of Neonatal Invasive Candidiasis in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Effectiveness of a National Reflex Laboratory Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Program for People With Advanced HIV Disease in South Africa: A Nationwide-Sampled Cohort Study (CAST-NET)

Favourable outcome of Fusarium prosthetic valve endocarditis in a patient with an Ebstein anomaly

Lived experience of people with cryptococcal meningitis: A qualitative study

Candida parapsilosis: A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization fungal priority pathogens list

Histoplasmosis: A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization of a fungal priority pathogens list

The pathogenesis of experimental Emergomycosis in mice

Candida auris Clinical Isolates Associated with Outbreak in Neonatal Unit of Tertiary Academic Hospital, South Africa

Epidemiology and susceptibility of Nakaseomyces (formerly Candida) glabrata bloodstream isolates from hospitalised adults in South Africa

Diagnostic capacity for invasive fungal infections in advanced HIV disease in Africa: a continent-wide survey

The global burden of HIV-associated cryptococcal infection in adults in 2020: a modelling analysis

Outcomes of flucytosine-containing combination treatment for cryptococcal meningitis in a South African national access programme: a cross-sectional observational study

Retrospective Assessment of a National Reflex Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Program in South Africa Through Interlaboratory Comparison of Lateral Flow Assay Results

Prior Pulmonary Tuberculosis Is a Risk Factor for Asymptomatic Cryptococcal Antigenemia in a Cohort of Adults With Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease

Cryptococcus gattii Species Complex as an Opportunistic Pathogen: Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with the Infection

Clade distribution of Candida auris in South Africa using whole genome sequencing of clinical and environmental isolates

Genotype, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Virulence of Clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans Strains from National Surveillance, 2005-2009

HIV Infection as Risk Factor for Death among Hospitalized Persons with Candidemia, South Africa, 2012–2017

Skin and mucosal manifestations of an AIDS-related systemic mycosis

Opportunistic fungal infections in persons living with advanced HIV disease in Lagos, Nigeria; a 12-year retrospective study

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Biosynex CryptoPS Cryptococcal Antigen Semiquantitative Lateral Flow Assay in Patients with Advanced HIV Disease

Impact of prior cryptococcal antigen screening on in-hospital mortality in cryptococcal meningitis or fungaemia among HIV-seropositive individuals in South Africa: a cross-sectional observational study

Endemic mycoses in South Africa, 2010-2020: A decade-long description of laboratory-diagnosed cases and prospects for the future

Association of Antibody Immunity With Cryptococcal Antigenemia and Mortality in a South African Cohort With Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease

The current state of clinical mycology in Africa: a European Confederation of Medical Mycology and International Society for Human and Animal Mycology survey

Molecular type distribution and fluconazole susceptibility of clinical Cryptococcus gattii isolates from South African laboratory-based surveillance, 2005-2013

Rapid urine-based screening tests increase the yield of same-day tuberculosis diagnoses among patients living with advanced HIV disease

Association of semi-quantitative cryptococcal antigen results in plasma with subclinical cryptococcal meningitis and mortality among patients with advanced HIV disease

Induction-phase treatment costs for cryptococcal meningitis in high HIV-burden African countries: New opportunities with lower costs

Epidemiology of Culture-confirmed Candidemia among Hospitalized Children in South Africa, 2012-2017

Spinal epidural abscess caused by Aspergillus spp masquerading as spinal tuberculosis in a person with HIV

Cross-reactivity of a Histoplasma capsulatum antigen enzyme immunoassay in urine specimens from persons with emergomycosis in South Africa

Blastomycosis in Africa and the Middle East: A Comprehensive Review of Reported Cases and Reanalysis of Historical Isolates Based on Molecular Data

Evaluation of a Novel Semiquantitative Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay in Patients with Advanced HIV Disease

Screening for invasive fungal disease using non-culture-based assays among inpatients with advanced HIV disease at a large academic hospital in South Africa

Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates over a decade

Multilocus sequence typing of azole-resistant Candida auris strains, South Africa

Epidemiologic Shift in Candidemia Driven by Candida auris, South Africa, 2016-2017

Candida auris in South Africa, 2012–2016

Phylogeny, ecology and taxonomy of systemic pathogens and their relatives in Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales): Blastomyces, Emergomyces, Emmonsia, Emmonsiellopsis

Cryptococcal antigen positivity combined with the percentage of HIV-seropositive samples with CD4 counts <100 cells/μl identifies districts in South Africa with advanced burden of disease

The Continuing Burden of Advanced HIV Disease Over 10 Years of Increasing Antiretroviral Therapy Coverage in South Africa

Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa

Invasive fungal infections in critically ill children: epidemiology, risk factors and antifungal drugs

Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

AIDS-Related Endemic Mycoses in Western Cape, South Africa, and Clinical Mimics: A Cross-Sectional Study of Adults With Advanced HIV and Recent-Onset, Widespread Skin Lesions

Genetic Heterogeneity of Australian Candida auris Isolates: Insights From a Nonoutbreak Setting Using Whole-Genome Sequencing

Fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis strains with a Y132F substitution in the ERG11 gene causing invasive infections in a neonatal unit, South Africa

Human Blastomycosis in South Africa Caused by Blastomyces percursus and Blastomyces emzantsi sp. nov., 1967 to 2014

Pathways to care and outcomes among hospitalised HIV-seropositive persons with cryptococcal meningitis in South Africa

Cryptococcus neoformans: Diagnostic Dilemmas, Electron Microscopy and Capsular Variants

District and sub-district analysis of cryptococcal antigenaemia prevalence and specimen positivity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Brief Report: Point of Care Cryptococcal Antigen Screening: Pipetting Finger-Prick Blood Improves Performance of Immunomycologics Lateral Flow Assay

Cryptococcal-related Mortality Despite Fluconazole Preemptive Treatment in a Cryptococcal Antigen Screen-and-Treat Program

Paradoxical worsening of Emergomyces africanus infection in an HIV-infected male on itraconazole and antiretroviral therapy

High Cryptococcal Antigen Titers in Blood Are Predictive of Subclinical Cryptococcal Meningitis Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients

Global burden of disease of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: an updated analysis

First report of urease activity in the novel systemic fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus: a comparison with the neurotrope Cryptococcus neoformans

Attempted molecular detection of the thermally dimorphic human fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus in terrestrial small mammals in South Africa

Microevolution of Serial Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and C. gattii

Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Low CD4 Counts for Cryptococcal Antigenemia prior to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Screening Strategies in South Africa

Evaluation of a Public-sector, Provider-initiated Cryptococcal Antigen Screening and Treatment Program, Western Cape, South Africa

Cryptococcal Antigen Screening in Patients Initiating ART in South Africa: A Prospective Cohort Study

Disseminated fungal infection in an HIV-infected patient due to Aureobasidium pullulans

Evaluation of screening and treatment of cryptococcal antigenaemia among HIV-infected persons in Soweto, South Africa

Very low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are not associated with immunologic changes or clinical outcome in South African patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

Multilocus sequence typing of serially collected isolates of Cryptococcus from HIV-infected patients in South Africa

Disseminated fatal Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection in a returning HIV-infected traveller

A comparison of cases of paediatric-onset and adult-onset cryptococcosis detected through population-based surveillance, 2005-2007

Evidence that the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii may have evolved in Africa

Analyses of Pediatric Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from South Africa

Novel taxa of thermally dimorphic systemic pathogens in the Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales)

Comparison of species-level identification and antifungal susceptibility results from diagnostic and reference laboratories for bloodstream Candida surveillance isolates, South Africa, 2009-2010

Prevalence and Hospital Management of Amphotericin B Deoxycholate-Related Toxicities during Treatment of HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis in South Africa

Evidence of genotypic diversity among Candida auris isolates by multilocus sequence typing, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and amplified fragment length polymorphism

Laboratory-based surveillance for Pneumocystis pneumonia in South Africa, 2006 through 2010

Clinical Characteristics, Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes of Disseminated Emmonsiosis: A Retrospective Case Series

HIV-Associated Disseminated Emmonsiosis, Johannesburg, South Africa

Candida auris–Associated Candidemia, South Africa

A case of emmonsiosis in an HIV-infected child

A dimorphic fungus causing disseminated infection in South Africa

A rare, fatal case of invasive spinal aspergillosis in an antiretroviral-naive, HIV-infected man with pre-existing lung colonization

Long-term follow-up and survival of antiretroviral-naive patients with cryptococcal meningitis in the pre-antiretroviral therapy era, Gauteng Province, South Africa

Estimation of the current global burden of cryptococcal meningitis among persons living with HIV/AIDS

Antimicrobial Resistance Publications

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Distribution of capsule and O types in Klebsiella pneumoniae causing neonatal sepsis in Africa and South Asia: A meta-analysis of genome-predicted serotype prevalence to inform potential vaccine coverage

In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Manogepix and Other Antifungal Agents against South African Candida auris Isolates from Bloodstream Infections

Etest ECVs/ECOFFs for Detection of Resistance in Prevalent and Three Nonprevalent Candida spp. to Triazoles and Amphotericin B and Aspergillus spp. to Caspofungin: Further Assessment of Modal Variability

Method-Dependent Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Detection of Triazole Resistance in Candida and Aspergillus Species for the Sensititre YeastOne Colorimetric Broth and Etest Agar Diffusion Methods

Multicenter, International Study of MIC/MEC Distributions for Definition of Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Sporothrix Species Identified by Molecular Methods

Multicenter Study of Method-Dependent Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Detection of Resistance in Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. to Amphotericin B and Echinocandins for the Etest Agar Diffusion Method

Multicenter study of epidemiological cutoff values and detection of resistance in Candida spp. to anidulafungin, caspofungin, and micafungin using the Sensititre YeastOne colorimetric method

Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex: an international study of wild-type susceptibility endpoint distributions and epidemiological cutoff values for fluconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole

Trends in antifungal drug susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates obtained through population-based surveillance in South Africa in 2002-2003 and 2007-2008

Clusters of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in neonatal intensive care units in Gauteng

Bacterial and fungal pathogens causing neonatal sepsis and associated antimicrobial resistance in South African neonatal units-a systematic review

Impact of Erg11 Amino Acid Substitutions Identified in Candida auris Clade III Isolates on Triazole Drug Susceptibility

In Vitro Antifungal Resistance of Candida auris Isolates from Bloodstream Infections, South Africa

A small proportion of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, compared to healthcare-associated cases, in two South African provinces

In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility of Yeast and Mold Phases of Isolates of Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Emergomyces africanus (Formerly Emmonsia sp.) from HIV-Infected South African Patients

Emergence of azole-resistant Candida parapsilosis causing bloodstream infection: results from laboratory-based sentinel surveillance in South Africa

Two echinocandin-resistant Candida glabrata FKS mutants from South Africa

Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Gauteng academic hospitals, South Africa

Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex: an international study of wild-type susceptibility endpoint distributions and epidemiological cutoff values for amphotericin B and flucytosine

Emergence of levofloxacin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in South Africa: a cohort observational surveillance study

Infectious Disease Surveillance and Outbreaks Publications

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Causative pathogens and antibiotic resistance in community-acquired urinary tract infections in central South Africa

Use of minimally invasive tissue sampling to determine the contribution of diarrheal diseases to under-five mortality and associated co-morbidities and co-infections in children with fatal diarrheal diseases in Africa and Bangladesh

Prospective antimicrobial stewardship interventions by multidisciplinary teams to reduce neonatal antibiotic use in South Africa: The Neonatal Antimicrobial Stewardship (NeoAMS) study

Pathogen aetiology and risk factors for death among neonates with bloodstream infections at lower-tier South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Culture-confirmed neonatal bloodstream infections and meningitis in South Africa, 2014-19: a cross-sectional study

Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection and SARS-CoV-2 positive hospital admissions among children in South Africa

Clinical Characteristics and Histopathology of Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Deaths in African Children

Risk Factors for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Death in a Population Cohort Study from the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Outbreak of Listeriosis in South Africa Associated with Processed Meat

Detection of neonatal unit clusters of Candida parapsilosis fungaemia by microsatellite genotyping: Results from laboratory-based sentinel surveillance, South Africa, 2009-2010

An Outbreak of Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis among Mine-Workers in South Africa

Increased prevalence of severe malaria in HIV-infected adults in South Africa

Maternal-infant Characteristics of Preterm and Term Neonates With Bloodstream Infections in Lower-tier Hospitals in South Africa: A Cross-sectional Study

Defining and responding to the contextual drivers for implementation of antimicrobial stewardship in 14 neonatal units in South Africa

Demographic and pathogen characteristics of incident bacterial meningitis in infants in South Africa: A cohort study

Outbreak of NDM-1- and OXA-181-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa

Study protocol for a population-based observational surveillance study of culture-confirmed neonatal bloodstream infections and meningitis in South Africa: Baby GERMS-SA

The importation and establishment of community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the first eight weeks of the South African COVID-19 epidemic

An outbreak of cutaneous abscesses caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among gold mine workers, South Africa, November 2017 to March 2018

A multisectoral investigation of a neonatal unit outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia at a regional hospital in Gauteng Province, South Africa

Large Outbreaks of Fungal and Bacterial Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa, 2012-2016

The Epidemiology of Meningitis among Adults in a South African Province with a High HIV Prevalence, 2009-2012

Increased incidence of meningococcal disease in HIV-infected individuals associated with higher case-fatality ratios in South Africa

Refereed Journals: Reviews/ Editorials/ Guidelines

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Closing the gap on antifungal resistance

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update

Barriers to and strategies for diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis in people living with HIV in low-income countries

Resolving the CD4-testing crisis to help end AIDS-related deaths

The pathobiology of human fungal infections

Optimizing the Treatment of Invasive Candidiasis-A Case for Combination Therapy

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM

The Nairobi Declaration 2023: A commitment to address deadly yet neglected fungal diseases in Africa

Cryptococcal Antigenemia in Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, and Clinical Implications

Establishing targets for advanced HIV disease: A call to action

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of rare yeast infections: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of the endemic mycoses: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology

Ending deaths from HIV-related cryptococcal meningitis by 2030

New 2030 Global Targets for Histoplasmosis from International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) 2025 Histoplasmosis Working Group

Reflexed cryptococcal antigenaemia detection rates in the Western Cape, South Africa

AIDS-related mycoses: advances, challenges, and future directions

Beyond bacteria: the growing threat of antifungal resistance

Children and fungal priority pathogens

Invasive candidiasis

Fungal diseases in Africa: Closing the gaps in diagnosis and treatment through implementation research and advocacy

HIV and fungal priority pathogens

Emergomycosis, an Emerging Systemic Mycosis in Immunocompromised Patients: Current Trends and Future Prospects

A global call for talaromycosis to be recognised as a neglected tropical disease

Editorial: Genomic Characterization of Emerging Human Fungal Pathogens

Ibrexafungerp: A First-in-Class Oral Triterpenoid Glucan Synthase Inhibitor

AIDS-Related Mycoses: Updated Progress and Future Priorities

Bridging the knowledge gap on mycoses in Africa: Setting up a Pan-African Mycology Working Group

Emergomyces: The global rise of new dimorphic fungal pathogens

Emergomyces africanus: The Mimicking Fungus

Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries

Histoplasma capsulatum antigen detection tests as an essential diagnostic tool for patients with advanced HIV disease in low and middle income countries: A systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies

National coverage of reflex cryptococcal antigen screening: A milestone achievement in the care of persons with advanced HIV disease

Improvement of fungal disease identification and management: combined health systems and public health approaches

Looking for fungi in all the right places: screening for cryptococcal disease and other AIDS-related mycoses among patients with advanced HIV disease

Candida auris: The recent emergence of a multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen

50 Years of Emmonsia Disease in Humans: The Dramatic Emergence of a Cluster of Novel Fungal Pathogens

Access to flucytosine for HIV-infected patients with cryptococcal meningitis – an urgent need

Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries

Time to embrace access programmes for medicines: lessons from the South African flucytosine access programme

SAHCS Guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among persons living with HIV: Update to induction treatment for cryptococcal meningitis

Emergomycosis (Emergomyces africanus) in Advanced HIV Disease

Essential in vitro diagnostics for advanced HIV and serious fungal diseases: international experts’ consensus recommendations

Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa guideline: Recommendations for the detection, management and prevention of healthcare-associated Candida auris colonisation and disease in South Africa

Global guidelines and initiatives from the European Confederation of Medical Mycology to improve patient care and research worldwide: New leadership is about working together

Emergomyces: The global rise of new dimorphic fungal pathogens

Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?

Recent advances in AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis treatment with an emphasis on resource limited settings

Cryptococcosis in apparently immunocompetent patients

SAHCS Guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among persons living with HIV: Update to induction treatment for cryptococcal meningitis

AIDS-related mycoses: the way forward

Guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal meningitis among HIV-infected persons: 2013 update

Phased implementation of screening for cryptococcal disease in South Africa

Routine cryptococcal antigen screening for HIV-infected patients with low CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts–time to implement in South Africa?

Guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal meningitis among HIV-infected persons: 2013 update

The infectious diseases specialty in South Africa is in crisis

Effective antimicrobial therapies needed for treatment of severe infections in African newborns

Infectious diseases as ‘a colourful universe of possibilities’

Initiatives from the Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) to tackle infectious diseases in South Africa and the region

Contribution of malnutrition to infant and child deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Implementation research for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections; 2017 Geneva infection prevention and control (IPC)-think tank (part 1)

Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS) Program

Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS): Manhiça site description, Mozambique

Deaths Attributed to Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Young Children in High-Mortality Rate Settings: Report from Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)

Cryptococcal antigen screening and preemptive therapy in patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: a proposed algorithm for clinical implementation

Primary prophylaxis of cryptococcal disease with fluconazole in HIV-positive Ugandan adults: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Fungal diseases in Africa: Closing the gaps in diagnosis and treatment through implementation research and advocacy

HIV-associated opportunistic fungal infections: A guide to using the clinical microbiology laboratory

mGem: Sepsis and antimicrobial resistance in the context of advanced HIV disease

Neonatal sepsis: Challenges in data access, harmonisation and analysis to inform empirical antibiotic recommendations in South African neonatal units

National Neonatal Sepsis Task Force launch: Supporting infection prevention and surveillance, outbreak investigation and antimicrobial stewardship in neonatal units in South Africa

Adherence to Perinatal Asphyxia or Sepsis Management Guidelines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Long-term effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease incidence among people of all ages from national, active, laboratory-based surveillance in South Africa, 2005-19: a cohort observational study

Global research agenda for antimicrobial resistance in human health

Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1-59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study

Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths Caused by Group B Streptococcus in Africa and South Asia Identified Through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)

Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study

Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Clinical and Microbiological Features of Salmonella Meningitis in a South African Population, 2003-2013. Clin Infect Dis. 2015;61 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S272-S282

Effects of vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa

2023 GERMS-SA: Annual surveillance review—Key findings

Keddy KH, Sooka A, Crowther-Gibson P, Quan V, Meiring S, Cohen C, Nana T, Sriruttan C, Seetharam S, Hoosen A, Naicker P, Elliott E, Haffejee S, Whitelaw A, Klugman KP; Group for Enteric, Respiratory, and Meningeal Disease Surveillance in South Africa (GERMS-SA). Systemic shigellosis in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;54(10):1448-1454

An unusual pneumococcal sequence type is the predominant cause of serotype 3 invasive disease in South Africa

Serotype 6C is associated with penicillin-susceptible meningeal infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults among invasive pneumococcal isolates previously identified as serotype 6A in South Africa

Declining Incidence of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in South Africa: 2003–2016

Laboratory-acquired infections of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in South Africa: phenotypic and genotypic analysis of isolates

Increased risk for and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants aged <1 year in South Africa, 2009-2013

Clonal Analysis of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Strains in South Africa, 2002 to 2006: Emergence of New Clone ST-4240/6688

Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype b ten years after routine vaccination, South Africa, 2003-2009

Analysis of a temporal cluster of Shigella boydii isolates in Mpumalanga, South Africa, November to December 2007

Technical Reports

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Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Prevention, Testing, Treatment, Service Delivery and Monitoring: Recommendations for a Public Health Approach

WHO fungal priority pathogens list to guide research, development and public health action

Prematurity and Neonatal Conditions

Rapid Advice: Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of Cryptococcal Disease in HIV-Infected Adults, Adolescents and Children

Rapid advice: Diagnosis, prevention and management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolescents and children

Report from the scoping consultation on severe bacterial infections among people with advanced HIV disease

Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV

Guidelines for Diagnosing and Managing Disseminated Histoplasmosis among People Living with HIV; 2020

Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

National Consolidated Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Adults, Adolescents, Children and Infants and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

Book Chapters

Emergomycosis, an Emerging Thermally Dimorphic Fungal Infection: A Systematic Review

Govender NP, Maphanga T and Schwartz I. Emergomycosis (Chapter 22). Essentials of Human Mycoses (Fundamentos de las micosis humanas). Editors: González Á,. Hernández O, Rúa ÁL, Gomez BL, Tobón Á, Restrepo Moreno Á. First edition: 2018. Corporación para Investigaciones Biologicas (ISBN 9789588843995).

Magnitude of Cryptococcosis among HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Govender NP, Litvintseva A, Miglia K and Mitchell TG. Cryptococcosis in sub-Saharan Africa. Cryptococcus: from Human Pathogen to Model Yeast. Editors: Heitman J, Kozel T, Kwon-Chung J, Perfect J, and Casadevall A. Second edition: 2011. American Society for Microbiology Press.

Fungal Infections (Mycosis)

Govender NP. Fungal Infections in General Practice. MIMS Handbook of Infectious Diseases (South Africa). Editor: Blumberg L. First edition: 2011. MIMS (Arena Holdings (Pty) Ltd)

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