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Microbiology and molecular epidemiology of multiresistant haemophilus influenza type B in Durban, South Africa.
(1988)
Microbiological and molecular epidemiological studies were conducted on 36 multi-resistant Haemophilus influenzae strains, isolated from paediatric patients, over a 26 month period (April 1986 to May 1988). The majority ...
Evaluation of laboratory methods for susceptibility testing of staphylococcus aureus.
(1988)
The susceptibility of 80 StaphyIococcus aureus isolated to oxacillin was investigated using microtitre, agar dilution and Stokes' disc diffusion methods. There was a bimodal distribution of the isolates according to the ...
A profile of children admitted to a rehydration unit.
(1988)
The first twelve months operation of a five-bed rehydration unit at Osindisweni Hospital is described and data related to admissions presented. Osindisweni hospital is situated in a rural area north of Durban and has ...
The effect of alcohol, isoniazid, rifampicin, paracetamol and hexane on hepatic gluconeogenesis and bromosulphthalein clearance.
(1988)
The first workers to use the isolated perfused rat liver for the study of gluconeogenesis
were Corey and Britton (1941). Subsequently, other investigators found the modified
method of Miller et al (1951) to be more ...
Characteristics of insulin receptors in a human lymphoblastoid cell line (Raji).
(1988)
The notion that insulin binds to a specific site on the cell membrane was first proposed many years ago. However, experimental proof of a membrane bound insulin receptor did not come until the early 1970s when biologically ...
A study of the prevalence of campylobacter pylori in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms, and an evaluation of various laboratory methods to detect its presence.
(1988)
Antral mucosal biopsies were examined microbiologically and histologically for the presence of Campylobacter pylori in 224 patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms. One hundred and eighty three (83%) patients were ...
Inpatient catchment populations of public sector hospitals in Natal/KwaZulu.
(1988)
The Natal/KwaZulu Health Services Liaison Committee (HSLC) has been established to co-ordinate health care delivery in Natal and KwaZulu. This body has defined eight geographical Health Planning SubRegions (HPSRs) (Annexure ...
Management problems in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
(1988)
A retrospective review was made of the case records, angiograms and computed tomography (CT) relating to a total of 263 patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) due to ruptured berry aneurysms who were admitted to the ...
The incidence and distribution of ametropia in blacks in Umlazi.
(1988)
Age, sex, race, heredity, environment and nutrition have been
found to influence ametropia. In this study, the distribution of
refractive errors has been investigated in relation to age, sex,
race, education and near ...
Endotoxaemia in intestinal dysfunction in experimental animals : intestinal ischaemia and hyperthermia.
(1988)
Endotoxins or lipopolysaccharides (LPS), highly toxic component of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria, are normally present in the mammalian gut lumen.In this thesis, I investigated, in laboratory animals, whether ...