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Risk factors and outcomes of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in intensive care units in Johannesburg, South Africa

Mweene, M D; Richards, G A; Paget, G; Banda, J; Dickens, C.
S. Afr. med. j. (Online); 112 (12), 2022
Background. Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) has been shown to be a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in both children and adults with critical illness. In sub-Saharan Africa, there is a lack of information on factors associated with development of SA-AKI and outcomes after...
Acute Kidney Injury, Diagnosis, Critical Illness, Sepsis, Intensive Care Units
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Aspergillus-specific IgM/IgG antibody serostatus of patients hospitalized with moderate-critical COVID-19 in Uganda

Bongomin, Felix; Kwizera, Richard; Mande, Emmanuel; Aloyo, Sharley Melissa; Achan, Beatrice; Namusobya, Martha; Sereke, Senai Goitom; Batte, Charles; Kiguli, Sarah; Baluku, Joseph Baruch; Joloba, Moses L; Kirenga, Bruce J.
African Health Sciences; 22 (3), 2022
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is known to complicate the coronavirus diseases-2019 (COVID-19), especially those with critical illness. We investigated the baseline anti Aspergillus antibody serostatus of patients with moderate-critical COVID-19 hospitalized at 3 COVID-19 Treatment Units in Uganda. All...
COVID-19, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Critical Illness, Patients, Uganda
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Evaluation of the antimicrobial susceptibility testing process in clinical microbiology laboratories at Niamey, Niger

Idrissa, H; Abdoulaye, O; Yacouba, A; Alhousseini Maiga, D; Moumouni Sambo, H; Doutchi, M; Chaibou, S; Sani, O; Mamadou, S; Sangare, L.
Afr. J. Clin. Exp. Microbiol; 22 (4), 2021
Background: Risk assessment is the means of identifying and evaluating potential errors or problems that may occur in testing process. The aim of this study was to perform risk assessment of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) process in clinical microbiology laboratories of Niamey, Niger Republic...
Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Microbiology, Medical Laboratory Science, Critical Illness, Quality Control, Niger
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