Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis.
Prevalence and Predictors of Tuberculosis in Adults and Adolescents With Sputum Trace Ultra Results in 2 High-Burden Clinical Settings.
Diagnostic accuracy of tongue swab testing in persons with sputum Xpert Ultra Trace results
Real-world diagnostic accuracy of lipoarabinomannan in three non-sputum biospecimens for pulmonary tuberculosis disease.
No extraction? No problem. Direct to PCR processing of tongue swabs for diagnosis of tuberculosis disease as an alternative to sputum collection.
Isolation and purification of lipoarabinomannan from urine of adults with active TB.
Impact of prior cryptococcal antigen screening on in-hospital mortality in cryptococcal meningitis or fungaemia among HIV-seropositive individuals in South Africa: a cross-sectional observational study.
Urine and sputum tuberculosis tests: defining the trade-offs in endemic HIV and tuberculosis settings.
Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
Complementary Nonsputum Diagnostic Testing for Tuberculosis in People with HIV Using Oral Swab PCR and Urine Lipoarabinomannan Detection.
Outcomes of flucytosine-containing combination treatment for cryptococcal meningitis in a South African national access programme: a cross-sectional observational study.
Complementary non-sputum diagnostic testing using oral swabs and urine LAM testing for TB in people with HIV
Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Using Sequence-Specific Purification of Urine Cell-Free DNA.
Early Empirical Tuberculosis Treatment in HIV-Positive Patients Admitted to Hospital in South Africa: An Observational Cohort Study
Prognostic value of the Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score among critically ill medical and surgical patients with suspected infection in a resource-limited setting.
Characterizing the molecular composition and diagnostic potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis urinary cell-free DNA using next-generation sequencing.
Early Empirical Tuberculosis Treatment in HIV-Positive Patients Admitted to Hospital in South Africa: An Observational Cohort Study.
Diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis using sequence-specific purification of urine cell-free DNA
Unbiased sequencing of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> urinary cell-free DNA reveals extremely short fragment lengths
Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infection prevalence, diagnosis, and mortality risk in seriously ill adults with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data
Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infection prevalence, diagnosis, and mortality risk in seriously ill adults with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.
Risk factors for recurrent tuberculosis after successful treatment in a high burden setting: a cohort study.
Tuberculosis in Hospitalized Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Clinical Characteristics, Mortality, and Implications From the Rapid Urine-based Screening for Tuberculosis to Reduce AIDS Related Mortality in Hospitalized Patients in Africa.
Impact of chemokine C-C ligand 27, foreskin anatomy and sexually transmitted infections on HIV-1 target cell availability in adolescent South African males.
Time to embrace access programmes for medicines: lessons from the South African flucytosine access programme.
Diagnostic outcomes of bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsies performed at a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update
Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries.
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update.
Cost-effectiveness of urine-based tuberculosis screening in hospitalised patients with HIV in Africa: a microsimulation modelling study
Cost-effectiveness of urine-based tuberculosis screening in hospitalised patients with HIV in Africa: a microsimulation modelling study.
Structure of Oceanic Crust Formed at 200 mm/yr. Spreading Rate
Recalibration of the Eocene through Late Cretaceous Polarity Time Scale
Neogene Plate Kinematics of the Eastern Pacific
Recalibration of the Cenozoic Polarity Time Scale
Finite-Element Modeling of Deformation of Young Oceanic Lithosphere
Finite Rotations of the Cocos-Nazca Pacific Plate Circuit
Kinematics and Animation of OSCs and Propagators
Plate Motion Statistics and Relation of Propagation and Overlap for the Juan de Fuca Ridge