Introduction Meningitis is a major cause of mortality in southern Africa. We aimed to describe
the aetiologies and frequencies of laboratory-confirmed fungal and bacterial meningitis …

Objectives Providing country-specific estimates of case fatality and sequelae from bacterial
meningitis (BM) is important to evaluate and monitor progress toward the World Health …

Introduction Bacterial meningitis is a major cause of death, with an approximate case fatality
rate of 37% across all age groups in South Africa. This study aimed to describe the …

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) remains an important cause of morbidity and
mortality. Pneumococcal vaccination is part of the South African pediatric public …

It is important to monitor β-lactam antimicrobial nonsusceptibility trends for Streptococcus
pneumoniae to inform empirical treatment guidelines. In this study, we describe penicillin …

A 34-year-old HIV-positive man with a history of chronic substance abuse was admitted with
dual infection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Listeria monocytogenes. Combined …

SCHUTTE, CM et al. Life-threatening Listeria meningitis: Need for revision of South African
acute bacterial meningitis treatment guidelines. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j.[online]. 2019, vol. 109 …

Background Delayed or incorrect treatment of meningitis may result in adverse patient
outcomes. However, laboratory testing in resource-limited settings is often limited to …

Objective: Quality of neurologic emergency management in an under-resourced country
may be improved by standard operating procedures (SOPs). Methods: Neurologic SOPs …

Non-typhoidal salmonellae are important pathogens causing bacteraemia especially in
immunocompromised patients, but there are limited data explicitly describing the clinical …