Assessment at antiretroviral clinics during TB treatment reduces loss to follow-up among HIV-infected patientsDominique J Pepper
Department of Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa
PLoS ONE 7:e37634. 2012
..A South African township clinic where loss to follow-up during TB treatment may prevent HIV-infected TB patients from receiving life-saving ART...
Hyperglycaemic emergency admissions to a secondary-level hospital - an unnecessary financial burdenD J Pepper
Department of Medicine, G F Jooste Hospital, Cape Town
S Afr Med J 97:963-7. 2007
..3 million Cape Town residents, showed that hyperglycaemic emergencies comprised 25.6% of high-care unit admissions. A study was undertaken to determine the reasons for, and financial cost of, these admissions...
Clinical deterioration during antitubercular treatment at a district hospital in South Africa: the importance of drug resistance and AIDS defining illnessesDominique J Pepper
Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
PLoS ONE 4:e4520. 2009
..We undertook this study among tuberculosis (TB) patients referred to an adult district level hospital situated in a high HIV-1 prevalence setting to determine the frequency, reasons and outcome for such clinical deterioration...
Neurologic manifestations of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case seriesDominique J Pepper
Infectious Diseases Unit, GF Jooste Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Clin Infect Dis 48:e96-107. 2009
..The reports in the published literature are anecdotal, and the prevalence and outcomes of neurologic TB-IRIS are unknown...
Clinical deterioration during antituberculosis treatment in Africa: incidence, causes and risk factorsDominique J Pepper
Infectious Diseases Unit, GF Jooste Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
BMC Infect Dis 10:83. 2010
..We therefore determined the incidence, causes and risk factors for clinical deterioration...
Barriers to initiation of antiretrovirals during antituberculosis therapy in AfricaDominique J Pepper
Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
PLoS ONE 6:e19484. 2011
..The initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during TB therapy significantly improves survival, however it is not known which barriers prevent eligible TB patients from initiating life-saving ART...
Neuroradiological features of the tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromeS Marais
Department of Medicine, GF Jooste Hospital, Manenberg, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 14:188-96. 2010
..Neurological manifestations occur in more than 10% of TB-IRIS cases. Apart from a few case reports, the radiological features of neurological TB-IRIS have not been described...
Warfarin-induced skin necrosis in HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis and venous thrombosisF Bhaijee
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
S Afr Med J 100:372-7. 2010
..WISN is a rare but potentially fatal complication of warfarin therapy. There are no published reports of WISN occurring in patients with HIV-1 infection or tuberculosis (TB)...