Table of Contents
Cover
Cover | |
Contents
Contents | |
312-313 |
From the Editor
Where are we now? | |
Bridget Farham | 314 |
From the CEO
A new vision for the SAMJ – and a call for papers | |
Hannah Kikaya | 315 |
Correspondence
Amoxicillin for the secondary prevention of rheumatic fever in children not allergic to penicillin | |
Ken Sprenger, Medeshni Annamalai, Jeroen van Lobenstein, Ebrahim G M Hoosen | 317 |
The simple bread tag – a menace to society? More warnings in our digital era | |
Arjan Bastiaan van As, Richard J England, Alp Numanoglu | 316 |
Izindaba
Vaccines: SA’s immunisation programme debunked | |
318-319 |
PE hospital turmoil: CEO leaves, nurses snore in patient beds | |
320 |
Budget squeeze: Cutting clinicians hurts patients | |
321 |
My advice was evidence based – Noakes | |
322 |
Editorial
Where are the males? Diversity, proportionality and Health Sciences admissions | |
David Benatar | 323-324 |
Unpacking the new proposed regulations for South African traditional health practitioners | |
Renee Anne Street | 325-326 |
Continuing Medical Education
Acute viral bronchiolitis in South Africa: Diagnosis and current management | |
Robin J Green, Heather J Zar | 327 |
Acute viral bronchiolitis in South Africa: Diagnostic flow | |
Debbie A White, Heather J Zar, Shabir A Madhi, Prakash Jeena, Brenda Morrow, Refiloe Masekela, Samuel Risenga, Robin Green | 328-329 |
Acute viral bronchiolitis in South Africa: Strategies for management and prevention | |
Heather J Zar, Shabir A Madhi, Debbie A White, Refiloe Masekela, Samuel Risenga, Humphrey Lewis, Charles Feldman, Brenda Morrow, Prakash Jeena | 330-332 |
In Practice
A call to action: Addressing the reproductive health needs of women with drug-resistant tuberculosis | |
Kathryn Schnippel, Norbert Ndjeka, Francesca Conradie, Rebecca Berhanu, Zerilda Claasen, Shabir Banoo, Cynthia Firnhaber | 333-334 |
A multifaceted hospital-wide intervention increases hand hygiene compliance | PDF PDF |
B Patel, H Engelbrecht, H McDonald, V Morris, W Smythe | 335-341 |
Intracranial complications of Serratia marcescens infection in neonates | |
Ayanda Madide, Johan Smith | 342-344 |
Biofilms associated with bowel necrosis: A newly recognised phenomenon in infants | |
Giulia Brisighelli, Sharon Cox, Andre Theron, Komala Pillay, Heinz Rode | 345-347 |
A child’s potential claim for negligent misdiagnosis: The case of H v Fetal Assessment Centre | |
Prinslean Mahery | 348-349 |
The impact of the Medicines Control Council backlog and fast-track review system on access to innovative and new generic and biosimilar medicines of public health importance in South Africa | |
Henry Martin John Leng, Allyson M Pollock, David Sanders | 350-353 |
Oribital apex syndrome caused by aspergilloma in an immunocompromised patient with cutaneous lymphoma: A case report of a rare entity | |
Azad Cheko, Suzin Jung, Sarah Teuber-Hanselmann, Abidemi Wasiu Oseni, Anastasios Tsogkas, Martin Scholz, Athanasios K Petridis | 354-355 |
Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis: Case report with history of urticaria, petechiae and palpable pinpoint purpura triggered by medical abortion | |
Lumuli Mbonile | 356-358 |
Research
Where do children die and what are the causes? Under-5 deaths in the Metro West geographical service area of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2011 | |
Amy Elizabeth Reid, Michael K Hendricks, Pam Groenewald, Debbie Bradshaw | 359-364 |
Antiretroviral therapy programme outcomes in Tshwane district, South Africa: A 5-year retrospective study | |
Nosimilo Mlangeni, Flavia Senkubuge | 365-368 |
Clinician compliance with laboratory monitoring and prescribing guidelines in HIV-1-infected patients receiving tenofovir | |
Renee de Waal, Karen Cohen, Matthew P Fox, Kathryn Stinson, Gary Maartens, Andrew Boulle, Mary-Ann Davies | 369-371 |
The S’Khokho ‘bushcan’ initiative: Kick a bush and condoms fall out | |
Jacqueline Pienaar | 372-373 |
Piloting a national laboratory electronic programme status reporting system in Ekurhuleni health district, South Africa | |
N Cassim, L M Coetzee, D K Glencross | 374-377 |
A deadly combination - HIV and diabetes mellitus: Where are we now? | |
Somasundram Pillay, Colleen Aldous, Fazleh Mahomed | 378-383 |
The burden of diabetes mellitus in KwaZulu-Natal’s public sector: A 5-year perspective | |
Somasundram Pillay, Elizabeth Lutge, Colleen Aldous | 384-388 |
Distribution, incidence, prevalence and default of patients with diabetes mellitus accessing public healthcare in the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Nikita Sahadew, Veena S Singaram, Susan Brown | 389-393 |
The other side of surveillance: Monitoring, application, and integration of tuberculosis data to guide and evaluate programme activities in South Africa | |
L J Podewils, L Bronner Murrison, C Bristow, N Bantubani, L D Mametja | 394-398 |
A randomised controlled trial comparing oxytocin and oxytocin + ergometrine for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage at caesarean section | |
Sandy Koen, Leon Cornelius Snyman, Robert C Pattinson, Jennifer A Makin | 399-402 |
Evaluating current knowledge of legislation and practice of obstetricians and gynaecologists in the management of fetal remains in South Africa | |
Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Camilla Pickles, Hennie Lombaard | 403-406 |
Socioeconomic factors associated with asthma prevalence and severity among children living in low-income South African communities | |
Alexa Rachel Yakubovich, Lucie Dale Cluver, Robert Gie | 404-412 |
Parasitaemia and haematological changes in malaria-infected refugees in South Africa | |
Uchenna E Okafor, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Andrei Bibirigea, Alexandru Irimie, Ciprian Tomuleasa | 413-416 |
Use of the nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Toxoplasma gondii in slaughterhouse workers in Thika District, Kenya | |
S K Thiong’o, J M Ichagichu, M Ngotho, G O Aboge, J M Kagira, S M Karanja, N N Maina | 417-419 |
CPD
CPD questionnaire | |