Articles

• Thieves of the state and the South African Medical Association (SAMA)

  RI Caldwell, M Grootboom, M Sonderup, P Ramathuba

  354-354

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7008

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• Excuse me, there is an ‘elephant in the room’

  P Porteous

  354-355

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• A new algorithm for the diagnosis of all forms of tuberculosis is required for South Africa

  A Black

  355-356

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• Continuing danger of glucose point-ofcare test devices in the neonatal setting

  TS Pillay, MJ Turzyniecka

  356-356

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• Chesed Children’s Clinic: A nonprofit, paediatric primary care outreach clinic in the Eastern Cape created by junior doctors and volunteers

  DM Favara, L Makin

  356-357

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• Starch safety in resuscitation – when will we ever learn?

  A Parrish, M Blockman

  365-367

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7283

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• Surveillance alone plays a key role in curbing the overuse of antimicrobials: The major role of antibiotic stewardship

  KSS Han, Y Ramsamy

  368-368

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7017

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• Latex allergy: ‘Plight, rights and fights’

  PC Potter

  369-370

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7015

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• Microbiological surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship minimise the need for ultrabroad-spectrum combination therapy for treatment of nosocomial infections in a trauma intensive care unit: An audit of an evidence-based empiric antimicrobial policy

  Y Ramsamy, DJJ Muckart, KSS Han

  371-376

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6459

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• Antimicrobial susceptibility of organisms causing community-acquired urinary tract infections in Gauteng Province, South Africa

  DA Lewis, LYE Gumede, LA van der Hoven, GN de Gita, EJE de Kock, T de Lange, V Maseko, V Kekana, FP Smuts, O Perovic

  377-381

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6722

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• Extremely high prevalence of multi-resistance among uropathogens from hospitalised children in Beira, Mozambique

  BT van der Meeren, KD Chhaganlal, A Pfeiffer, E Gomez, JJ Ferro, M Hilbink, C Macome, FJ van der Vondervoort, K Steidel, PC Wever

  382-386

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• Bacterial contamination of re-usable laryngoscope blades during the course of daily anaesthetic practice

  W Lowman, L Venter, J Scribante

  386-389

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6385

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• The pharmacokinetics of enteral antituberculosis drugs in patients requiring intensive care

  CFN Koegelenberg, A Nortje, U Lalla, A Enslin, EM Irusen, B Rosenkranz, HI Seifart, CT Bolliger

  394-398

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• AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML): A retrospective study from Pretoria, South Africa

  C-M Schutte, N Ranchhod, M Kakaza, M Pillay

  399-401

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6386

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• Burden of fetal alcohol syndrome in a rural West Coast area of South Africa

  L Olivier, M Urban, M Chersich, M Temmerman, D Viljoen

  402-405

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6249

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• Factors associated with contraceptive use in a rural area in Western Cape Province

  N Peer, N Morojele, L London

  406-412

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• Acute kidney injury risk factor recognition in three teaching hospitals in Ethiopia

  L Phillips, N Allen, B Phillips, A Abera, E Diro, S Riley, Y Tadesse, J Williams, A Phillips

  413-418

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6424

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• Spinal cord stimulation for the management of pain: Recommendations for best clinical practice

  M Raff, R Melvill, G Coetzee, J Smuts

  423-430

  DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6323

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