Short communication: appropriate and alternative methods to determine viable bacterial counts in cow milk samples (Publications)
Farm milk consumption is reported to be inversely related to the development of asthma and atopy in children and it has been hypothesized that microorganisms in milk might contribute to this protectiv
Factors impacting on length of stay and mortality of community-acquired pneumonia (Publications)
A 1-year retrospective multicentre study was performed to identify factors influencing hospital length of stay (LOS) and mortality of patients (n = 3233) admitted to hospital because of community-acqu
LC-MS/MS method for the determinatin of two metabolites of tribendimidine, deacylated amidantel and its acetylated metabolite in plasma, blood and... (Publications)
Tribendimidine has emerged as potential alternative to praziquantel in the treatment of Opisthorchis viverrini infections. To support its clinical development program, a quantitative high performance
Efficiency and safety of the combination of moxifloxacin, pretomanid (PA-824), and pyrazinamide during the first 8 weeks of antituberculosis... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: New antituberculosis regimens are urgently needed to shorten tuberculosis treatment. Following on from favourable assessment in a 2 week study, we investigated a novel regimen for efficacy
Clinical features for diagnosis of pneumonia in children younger than 5 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the biggest cause of deaths in young children in developing countries, but early diagnosis and intervention can effectively reduce mortality. We aimed to assess the diagnostic
Detection of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> by EasyNAT diagnostic kit in sputum samples from Tanzania (Publications)
EasyNAT was evaluated for detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears of presumptive pulmonary TB patients in an African high TB and HIV setting. The sensitivity of EasyNAT was 66.7%, specificity and p