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SASOCP position statement on the pharmacist’s role in antibiotic stewardship 2018
(AOSIS Publishing, 2018)
Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed medicines in global healthcare practice today. Their effectiveness is crucial and often life-saving in humanity’s battle against pathogens and infectious diseases. Antibiotic/ ...
Clostridium difficile infection perceptions and practices: a multicenter qualitative study in South Africa
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is understudied in limited resource settings. In addition, provider
awareness of CDI as a prevalent threat is unknown. An assessment of current facilitators and barriers ...
Multi-targeted directed ligands for Alzheimer’s disease: design of novel lead coumarin conjugates
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by central nervous system insults with progressive cognitive (memory, attention) and non-cognitive (anxiety, depression) impairments. Pathophysiological ...
What if students could be transformational resources for pharmacy practice?
(Medpharm Publications, 2017)
The pharmacists’ role in the healthcare
system is expanding internationally
beyond the traditional roles of
compounding and medicine supply
management, to providing patientcentred
care and updating health care
workers ...
Small molecule efflux pump inhibitors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a rational drug design perspective
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2018)
Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) complicates management of tuberculosis. Efflux pumps contribute to low level resistance and acquisition of additional high level resistance mutations through ...
Synthesis and biological evaluations of NO-donating oxa- and aza-pentacycloundecane derivatives as potential neuroprotective candidates
(MDPI, 2018)
In order to utilize the neuroprotective properties of polycyclic cage compounds, and explore
the NO-donating ability of nitrophenyl groups, an array of compounds was synthesized where the
different nitrophenyl groups ...
Nanomedicines for infectious diseases
(Springer Nature, 2019)
Infectious diseases continue to pose a significant threat to global health. Over 200 infectious diseases are currently known to man. Fortunately, only a handful are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. ...
Re-engineering of South Africa’s primary health care system: where is the pharmacist?
(South African Academy of Family Physicians, 2016)
South Africa’s transition towards a district-based health system (DHS) aims to offer health promotion and prevention services
at community level, through re-engineered primary health care (PHC) services. Along with pharmacy ...
Allergic rhinitis: To sneeze or to wheeze. Pollen is the question, what is the answer?
(Medpharm Publications, 2018)
Allergic rhinitis, also known colloquially as hay fever, is the most common among the allergic diseases. Recent literature reports that it affects up to a tenth of the world population. Atopic diseases have a particularly ...
A "site" for sore eyes
(South African Academy of Family Physicians, 2018)
It is known that not all red eyes are caused by infections. Furthermore, not all eye infections will react to antibiotic eye drops. Most
cases of conjunctivitis are due to viral causes, do not require antibiotic eye drops ...