D J Pepper

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Publications

  1. ncbi Assessment at antiretroviral clinics during TB treatment reduces loss to follow-up among HIV-infected patients
    Dominique 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
  2. ncbi Hyperglycaemic emergency admissions to a secondary-level hospital - an unnecessary financial burden
    D J Pepper
    Department of Medicine, G F Jooste Hospital, Cape Town
    S Afr Med J 97:963-7. 2007
  3. ncbi Clinical deterioration during antitubercular treatment at a district hospital in South Africa: the importance of drug resistance and AIDS defining illnesses
    Dominique J Pepper
    Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    PLoS ONE 4:e4520. 2009
  4. ncbi Neurologic manifestations of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case series
    Dominique J Pepper
    Infectious Diseases Unit, GF Jooste Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
    Clin Infect Dis 48:e96-107. 2009
  5. ncbi Clinical deterioration during antituberculosis treatment in Africa: incidence, causes and risk factors
    Dominique J Pepper
    Infectious Diseases Unit, GF Jooste Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
    BMC Infect Dis 10:83. 2010
  6. ncbi Barriers to initiation of antiretrovirals during antituberculosis therapy in Africa
    Dominique J Pepper
    Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    PLoS ONE 6:e19484. 2011
  7. ncbi Neuroradiological features of the tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
    S Marais
    Department of Medicine, GF Jooste Hospital, Manenberg, South Africa
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 14:188-96. 2010
  8. ncbi Warfarin-induced skin necrosis in HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis and venous thrombosis
    F Bhaijee
    Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
    S Afr Med J 100:372-7. 2010

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Assessment at antiretroviral clinics during TB treatment reduces loss to follow-up among HIV-infected patients
    Dominique 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...
  2. ncbi Hyperglycaemic emergency admissions to a secondary-level hospital - an unnecessary financial burden
    D 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...
  3. ncbi Clinical deterioration during antitubercular treatment at a district hospital in South Africa: the importance of drug resistance and AIDS defining illnesses
    Dominique 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...
  4. ncbi Neurologic manifestations of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case series
    Dominique 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...
  5. ncbi Clinical deterioration during antituberculosis treatment in Africa: incidence, causes and risk factors
    Dominique 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...
  6. ncbi Barriers to initiation of antiretrovirals during antituberculosis therapy in Africa
    Dominique 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...
  7. ncbi Neuroradiological features of the tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
    S 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...
  8. ncbi Warfarin-induced skin necrosis in HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis and venous thrombosis
    F 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)...