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Compliance with infection control recommendations in South African dental practices: a review of studies published between 1990 and 2007

Oosthuysen, J.; Potgieter, E; Blignaut, E (International Dental Journal, 2010)

In a country where the prevalence of infectious diseases ranks among the highest in the world, infection control in health care facilities should not be debatable. This unfortunately does not seem to be the case in South ...
INCIDENCE OF AEROBIC SPOILAGE- AND PSYCHROTROPHIC BACTERIA IN NON-PASTEURISED AND PASTEURISED BOVINE MILK FROM MASERU

Moshoeshoe, SL; Olivier, D (Medical Technology SA, 2012)

The presence of pathogenic bacteria in milk is a possible source of food-borne diseases. One hundred and sixty non-pasteurised and forty pasteurised milk samples from the Maseru area were analysed for the presence of ...
Short communication Dairy farm borehole water quality in the greater Mangaung region of the Free State Province, South Africa

Esterhuizen, L; Fossey, A; Lues, JFR (Water S.A., 2012)

Most dairy farm effluent is discharged onto pastures and land by irrigation and poses a risk of enriching groundwater including borehole drinking water. Nitrate, coliforms and Escherichia coli (E. coli), in particular, may ...
Microbial levels on the food preparation areas of a typical district hospital in South Africa

Setlhare, G.G.; Malebo, N.J.; Shale, K.; Lues, J.F.R. (African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2013)

The role of hospital surfaces (including surfaces in food preparation areas) in the transmission of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) has been long recognized; however, evidence regarding this critical information is ...
Salinity Effects on External and Internal Morphology of Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolensL.) Leaf

Sedibe, Moosa Mahmood; Khetsha, Zenzile Peter; Malebo, Ntsoaki (Life Science Journal, 2013)

Salinity is an environmental condition that induces stress on plants especially under high soil salts levels. It limits crop metabolic activities, hampers plant growth and synthesis of secondary metabolites. It also ...
The anticancer, antioxidant and phytochemical screening of Philenoptera violacea and Xanthocercis zambesiaca leaf, flower & twig extracts

Ntsoelinyane, P. H.; Mashele, S. S.; Manduna, I. T. (International Journal of Pharmacological ResearchInternational Journal of Pharmacological Research, 2014)

The aim of this study was to investigate the antioxidant potential, anticancer activity, phytochemical constituents and total phenolic content of Philenoptera violacea and Xanthocercis zambesiaca leaves, flower & twig ...
Phytochemical screening, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of asparagus laricinus leaf and stem extracts

Ntsoelinyane, Polo-Ma-Abiele Hildah; Mashele, Samson (A Journal of the Bangladesh Pharmacological SocietyA Journal of the Bangladesh Pharmacological Society, 2014)

The aim of this study was to investigate antioxidant activities, antibacterial activities and a phytochemical constituent of Asparagus laricinus stem and leaf extracts. Determination of antibacterial activity of extracts ...
Influence of Sanitizers on the Lipopolysaccharide Toxicity of Escherichia coli Strains Cultivated in the Presence of Zygosaccharomyces bailii

Mogotsi, Lerato; De Smidt, Olga; Venter, Pierre; Groenewald, Willem (Scientific World Journal, 2014)

The influence of sublethal concentrations of two sanitizers, liquid iodophor and liquid hypochlorite (LH), on the growth rates and toxicity of food-borne pathogenic Escherichia coli strains grown in the presence of spoilage ...
Expectations and perceptions of customers in mall restaurants in an East London shopping mall using the DINESERV approach

MHLANGA, O; HATTINGH, Z; MOOLMAN, H.J (African journal for physical health education, recreation, and dance, 2014)

Shopping malls have become distressed in South Africa, with statistics showing a decline of 5.3% in tenant mix in 2013 compared to 2012, as retail stores in malls decline due to online shopping and the changing consumer ...
PROMOTING PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BACKGROUNDING OF BEEF CALVES: THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION.

Fourie, P. J.; Matli, K. P. (South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2014)

There are indications that the backgrounding of beef calves will become more important in future as heavier beef carcasses are required. To increase the profitability of beef systems, backgrounding prepare weaned calves ...
The profitability and production of a beef herd on transitional Cymbopogon- Themeda veld, receiving three different levels of lick supplementation - Preliminary results

Foster, L.A.; Fourie, P.J.; Neser, F.W.C. (South African Journal of Animal Science, 2014)

The importance of containing costs through the optimal utilization of feed emphasizes the need to optimize, rather than maximize, the rate of reproduction. It is, however, unknown which lick supplementation regimen, provided ...
THE EFFECT OF TENOFOVIR ON RENAL FUNCTION IN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS IN LESOTHO

Mugomeri, E.; van den Heever, WMJ (Medical Technology SA, 2014)

Lesotho introduced tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) for first-line antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 2008. The use of TDF has been associated with renal toxicity. The study utilised an analytical design to compare ...
Compliance with infection prevention and control in oral health-care facilities: a global perspective

Oosthuysen, Jeanne; Potgieter, Elsa; Fossey, Annabel (International Dental Journal , 2014)

Many publications are available on the topic of compliance with infection prevention and control in oral health-care facilities all over the world. The approaches of developing and developed countries show wide variation, ...
Identification of airborne microbiota in selected areas in a health-care setting in South Africa

Setlhare, Gaofetoge; Malebo, Ntsoaki; Shale, Karabo; Lues, Ryk (BMC Microbiology, 2014)

The role of bio-aerosols in the spread of disease and spoilage of food has been described in numerous studies; nevertheless this information at South African hospitals is limited. Attributable to their size, bio-aerosols may ...
Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase CYP53 Family in Fungi: Comparative Structural and Evolutionary Analysis and Its Role as a Common Alternative Anti-Fungal Drug Target

Jawallapersand, Poojah; Mashele, Samson Sitheni; Kovacic, Lidija; Stojan, Jure; Komel, Radovan; Pakala, Suresh Babu; Krasevec, Nada; Syed, Khajamohiddin (PLOS, 2014)

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs/P450s) are heme-thiolate proteins whose role as a drug target against pathogenic microbes has been explored because of their stereo- and regio-specific oxidation activity. We aimed to ...
Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Analysis of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases in Fungal Subphylum Saccharomycotina

Kgosiemang, Ipeleng Kopano Rosinah; Mashele, Samson Sitheni; Syed, Khajamohiddin (JOURNAL OF PURE & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 2014)

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are heme-thiolate enzymes and play an important role in the primary and secondary metabolism of living organisms. Genome sequencing analysis of fungal organisms revealed the presence ...
Efficacy of low-pressure foam cleaning compared to conventional cleaning methods in the removal of bacteria from surfaces associated with convenience food

Lambrechts, A.A.; Human, I.S; Doughari, J.H.; Lues, J.F.R. (African Health Sciences, 2014)

Food borne illnesses and food poisoning are cause for concern globally. The diseases are often caused by food contamination with pathogenic bacteria due largely to poor sanitary habits or storage conditions. Objectives: ...
Bacterial contamination of the hands of food handlers as indicator of hand washing efficacy in some convenient food industries

Lambrechts, A.A.; Human, I.S.; Doughari, J.H.; Lues, JFR (Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014)

Hands of ready-to-eat food service employees have been shown to be vectors in the spread of foodborne disease, mainly because of poor personal hygiene and accounting for approximately 97% of food borne illnesses in food ...
Comparative analysis of P450 signature motifs EXXR and CXG in the large and diverse kingdom of fungi: identification of evolutionarily conserved amino acid patterns characteristic of P450 family

Syed, Khajamohiddin; Mashele, Samson Sitheni (PLoS One, 2014)

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are heme-thiolate proteins distributed across the biological kingdoms. P450s are catalytically versatile and play key roles in organisms primary and secondary metabolism. Identification ...
Tick-borne pathogens in the blood of wild and domestic ungulates in South Africa: interplay of game and livestock

Berggoetz, M.; Schmid, M.; Ston, D.; Wyss, V.; Chevillon, C.; Pretorius, A.M.; Gern, L. (Elsevier GmbH: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 5, 2014)

We screened for tick-borne pathogens blood samples from 181 wild and domestic ungulates belonging to 18 host species in 4 South African Provinces. Polymerase chain reaction followed by reverse line blotting and sequencing ...

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