Initial loss to follow up among tuberculosis patients: the role of Ward-Based Outreach Teams and short message service (SMS) technology (research proposal)

by Judith R. M. Mwansa-Kambafwile, Charles Chasela, Nazir Ismail, Colin Menezes
Published 2019-11-01

Frequency of Circulating CD4+Ki67+HLA-DR− T Regulatory Cells Prior to Treatment for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Can Differentiate the Severity of Disease and Predict Time to C...

by Selena Ferrian, Melinda Ross, Francesca Conradie, Shaheed Vally Omar, Nazir Ismail, Nazir Ismail, Francesca Little, Gilla Kaplan, Dorothy Fallows, Clive M. Gray, Clive M. Gray
Published 2018-10-01

Initial loss to follow up of tuberculosis patients in South Africa: perspectives of program managers

by Judith R. M. Mwansa-Kambafwile, Sara Jewett, Charles Chasela, Nazir Ismail, Colin Menezes
Published 2020-05-01

Feasibility of using postal and web-based surveys to estimate the prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in South Africa.

by Pinky N Manana, Lazarus Kuonza, Alfred Musekiwa, Hendrik Koornhof, Ananta Nanoo, Nazir Ismail
Published 2018-01-01

Data quality of drug-resistant tuberculosis and antiretroviral therapy electronic registers in South Africa

by Lise Jamieson, Denise Evans, Rebecca Berhanu, Nazir Ismail, Samantha Aucock, Kristina Wallengren, Lawrence Long
Published 2019-12-01

Drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa: Current status, gaps and opportunities

by Nazir Ismail, Farzana Ismail, Shaheed V. Omar, Linsay Blows, Yasmin Gardee, Hendrik Koornhof, Philip C. Onyebujoh
Published 2018-12-01

Treatment outcomes among children, adolescents, and adults on treatment for tuberculosis in two metropolitan municipalities in Gauteng Province, South Africa

by Kaitlyn M. Berry, Carly A. Rodriguez, Rebecca H. Berhanu, Nazir Ismail, Lindiwe Mvusi, Lawrence Long, Denise Evans
Published 2019-07-01

A combination of baseline plasma immune markers can predict therapeutic response in multidrug resistant tuberculosis.

by Selena Ferrian, Claudia Manca, Sugnet Lubbe, Francesca Conradie, Nazir Ismail, Gilla Kaplan, Clive M Gray, Dorothy Fallows
Published 2017-01-01

Cost-Effectiveness of Automated Digital Microscopy for Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis.

by Swati Jha, Nazir Ismail, David Clark, James J Lewis, Shaheed Omar, Andries Dreyer, Violet Chihota, Gavin Churchyard, David W Dowdy
Published 2016-01-01

Comparative accuracy of the REBA MTB MDR and Hain MTBDRplus line probe assays for the detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A multicenter, non-inferiority study.

by Joshua Havumaki, Doris Hillemann, Nazir Ismail, Shaheed Vally Omar, Sophia B Georghiou, Samuel G Schumacher, Catharina Boehme, Claudia M Denkinger
Published 2017-01-01

Using mHealth to improve tuberculosis case identification and treatment initiation in South Africa: Results from a pilot study.

by Noriah Maraba, Christopher J Hoffmann, Violet N Chihota, Larry W Chang, Nazir Ismail, Sue Candy, Edwin Madibogo, Marc Katzwinkel, Gavin J Churchyard, Kerrigan McCarthy
Published 2018-01-01

Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

by Jennifer R Lim, Neel R Gandhi, Thuli Mthiyane, Koleka Mlisana, Julie Moodley, Prenika Jaglal, Neeshan Ramdin, James C M Brust, Nazir Ismail, Roxana Rustomjee, N Sarita Shah
Published 2015-01-01

Correlation of rpoB mutations with minimal inhibitory concentration of Rifampin and Rifabutin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an HIV/AIDS endemic setting, South Africa

by Ivy - Rukasha, Halima Mohammed Said, Halima Mohammed Said, Shaheed Vally Omar, Hendrik - Koornhoof, Andries W Dreyer, Alfred - Musekiwa, Harry Moultrie, Anwar A Hoosen, Gilla Kaplan, Dorothy Fallows, Nazir Ismail
Published 2016-12-01

Distribution and Clonality of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

by Halima Said, John Ratabane, Linda Erasmus, Yasmin Gardee, Shaheed Omar, Andries Dreyer, Farzana Ismail, Zaheda Bhyat, Tiisetso Lebaka, Minty van der Meulen, Thabisile Gwala, Adeboye Adelekan, Karidia Diallo, Nazir Ismail
Published 2021-05-01

A subset of circulating blood mycobacteria-specific CD4 T cells can predict the time to Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture conversion.

by Catherine Riou, Clive M Gray, Masixole Lugongolo, Thabisile Gwala, Agano Kiravu, Pamela Deniso, Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood, Shaheed Vally Omar, Martin P Grobusch, Gerrit Coetzee, Francesca Conradie, Nazir Ismail, Gilla Kaplan, Dorothy Fallows
Published 2014-01-01

Prevalence and genetic profiles of isoniazid resistance in tuberculosis patients: A multicountry analysis of cross-sectional data.

by Anna S Dean, Matteo Zignol, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Dennis Falzon, Philippe Glaziou, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Claudio U Köser, Lice Y Gonzalez-Angulo, Olga Tosas-Auget, Nazir Ismail, Sabira Tahseen, Maria Cecilia G Ama, Alena Skrahina, Natavan Alikhanova, S M Mostofa Kamal, Katherine Floyd
Published 2020-01-01

An outbreak of cutaneous abscesses caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among gold mine workers, South Africa, November 201...

by Husna Ismail, Nelesh P. Govender, Ashika Singh-Moodley, Erika van Schalkwyk, Liliwe Shuping, Itumeleng Moema, Gal Feller, Ruth Mogokotleng, Wilhelmina Strasheim, Michelle Lowe, Ruth Mpembe, Serisha Naicker, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Cecilia De Abreu, Farzana Ismail, Nazir Ismail, Mushal Allam, Arshad Ismail, Tanusha Singh, Onnicah Matuka, Thabang Duba, Olga Perovic
Published 2020-08-01

Correction: Corrigendum: Rapid antibiotic-resistance predictions from genome sequence data for Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

by Phelim Bradley, N. Claire Gordon, Timothy M. Walker, Laura Dunn, Simon Heys, Bill Huang, Sarah Earle, Louise J. Pankhurst, Luke Anson, Mariateresa de Cesare, Paolo Piazza, Antonina A. Votintseva, Tanya Golubchik, Daniel J. Wilson, David H. Wyllie, Roland Diel, Stefan Niemann, Silke Feuerriegel, Thomas A. Kohl, Nazir Ismail, Shaheed V. Omar, E. Grace Smith, David Buck, Gil McVean, A. Sarah Walker, Tim E. A. Peto, Derrick W. Crook, Zamin Iqbal
Published 2016-04-01

Antibiotic resistance prediction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from genome sequence data with Mykrobe [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

by Martin Hunt, Phelim Bradley, Simon Grandjean Lapierre, Simon Heys, Mark Thomsit, Michael B. Hall, Kerri M. Malone, Penelope Wintringer, Timothy M. Walker, Daniela M. Cirillo, Iñaki Comas, Maha R. Farhat, Phillip Fowler, Jennifer Gardy, Nazir Ismail, Thomas A. Kohl, Vanessa Mathys, Matthias Merker, Stefan Niemann, Shaheed Vally Omar, Vitali Sintchenko, Grace Smith, Dick van Soolingen, Philip Supply, Sabira Tahseen, Mark Wilcox, Irena Arandjelovic, Tim E. A. Peto, Derrick W. Crook, Zamin Iqbal
Published 2019-12-01