Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Subject "Mycobacteria tuberculosis"
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Characterisation of Resistance Associated Variants (RAVs) to the newly approved anti-tuberculosis drugs Delamanid, Pretomanid, Bedaquiline, Clofazimine and Linezolid in isolates from a 2016/2017 Tanzanian Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey
(Makerere University, 2022)Background: Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) undermines the effort to curb TB disease. It is associated with higher treatment costs, longer treatment periods and more adverse effects (Jeon, 2015). Recently, three new ... -
Developing a real-time PCR technique for Mycobacteria Tuberculosis strain typing using 15-Loci MIRU-VNTR based on high resolution melting - Step one
(Makerere University, 2015-08)Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern worldwide, with more than 2 billion people with latent infection. The precise identification of bacterial pathogens at the strain level is essential for ... -
Treatment of severe sepsis with Artemether-Lumefantrine Is associated with decreased mortality in Ugandan patients without malaria
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009)We enrolled 382 patients at two hospitals in Uganda in a prospective observational study of severe sepsis. Because artemisinins improve survival in murine sepsis models, we performed a post hoc analysis of the association ...