There are limited data on region-specific drug susceptibility of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. We performed resistance testing on specimens collected from treatment-naive patients with pu...
Bebell LM, Ngonzi J, Bazira J, Fajardo Y, Boatin AA, et al.
2017-04-13 • PLOS One
2017-04-13 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION Puerperal sepsis causes 10% of maternal deaths in Africa, but prospective studies on incidence, microbiology and antimicrobial resistance are lacking.
We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PAN...
2016-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2016-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING Although it is now widely used for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, Xpert® MTB/RIF availability remains inadequate in low-resource settings. Moreover, its accuracy in testing sto...
Kassaza K, Long AC, McDaniels JM, Andre M, Fredrickson W, et al.
2021-02-25 • Malaria Journal
2021-02-25 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Chloroquine (CQ) resistance is conferred by mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum CQ resistance transporter (pfcrt). Following CQ withdrawal for anti-malarial treatment, ...
Ngonzi J, Bebell LM, Bazira J, Fajardo Y, Nyehangane D, et al.
2018-09-20 • International Journal of Microbiology
2018-09-20 • International Journal of Microbiology
INTRODUCTION The proportion of women with severe maternal morbidity from obstructed labor is between 2 and 12% in resource-limited settings. Maternal vaginal colonization with group ...
Orikiriza P, Rojas-Ponce G, Riera-Montes M, Atwine D, Nansumba M, et al.
2013-05-08 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2013-05-08 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Despite recent advances, tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains imperfect in resource-limited settings due to its complexity and costs, poor sensitivity of available tests, or long times to...
Kamwine M, Orikiriza P, Taseera K, Iramiot JS, Ojuka P, et al.
2017-09-08 • BMC Research Notes
2017-09-08 • BMC Research Notes
OBJECTIVES The purpose and objective of this research was to explore the prevalence of antibodies against Brucella species in raw milk samples collected in Southwestern Uganda, one o...
