Vol 106, No 4 (2016)

Table of Contents

Cover

Cover PDF
 

Contents

Contents PDF
  312-313

From the Editor

Where are we now? PDF
Bridget Farham 314

From the CEO

A new vision for the SAMJ – and a call for papers PDF
Hannah Kikaya 315

Correspondence

Amoxicillin for the secondary prevention of rheumatic fever in children not allergic to penicillin PDF
Ken Sprenger, Medeshni Annamalai, Jeroen van Lobenstein, Ebrahim G M Hoosen 317
The simple bread tag – a menace to society? More warnings in our digital era PDF
Arjan Bastiaan van As, Richard J England, Alp Numanoglu 316

Izindaba

Vaccines: SA’s immunisation programme debunked PDF
  318-319
PE hospital turmoil: CEO leaves, nurses snore in patient beds PDF
  320
Budget squeeze: Cutting clinicians hurts patients PDF
  321
My advice was evidence based – Noakes PDF
  322

Editorial

Where are the males? Diversity, proportionality and Health Sciences admissions PDF
David Benatar 323-324
Unpacking the new proposed regulations for South African traditional health practitioners PDF
Renee Anne Street 325-326

Continuing Medical Education

Acute viral bronchiolitis in South Africa: Diagnosis and current management PDF
Robin J Green, Heather J Zar 327
Acute viral bronchiolitis in South Africa: Diagnostic flow PDF
Debbie A White, Heather J Zar, Shabir A Madhi, Prakash Jeena, Brenda Morrow, Refiloe Masekela, Samuel Risenga, Robin Green 328-329
Acute viral bronchiolitis in South Africa: Strategies for management and prevention PDF
Heather J Zar, Shabir A Madhi, Debbie A White, Refiloe Masekela, Samuel Risenga, Humphrey Lewis, Charles Feldman, Brenda Morrow, Prakash Jeena 330-332

In Practice

A call to action: Addressing the reproductive health needs of women with drug-resistant tuberculosis PDF
Kathryn Schnippel, Norbert Ndjeka, Francesca Conradie, Rebecca Berhanu, Zerilda Claasen, Shabir Banoo, Cynthia Firnhaber 333-334
A multifaceted hospital-wide intervention increases hand hygiene compliance PDF PDF
B Patel, H Engelbrecht, H McDonald, V Morris, W Smythe 335-341
Intracranial complications of Serratia marcescens infection in neonates PDF
Ayanda Madide, Johan Smith 342-344
Biofilms associated with bowel necrosis: A newly recognised phenomenon in infants PDF
Giulia Brisighelli, Sharon Cox, Andre Theron, Komala Pillay, Heinz Rode 345-347
A child’s potential claim for negligent misdiagnosis: The case of H v Fetal Assessment Centre PDF
Prinslean Mahery 348-349
The impact of the Medicines Control Council backlog and fast-track review system on access to innovative and new generic and biosimilar medicines of public health importance in South Africa PDF
Henry Martin John Leng, Allyson M Pollock, David Sanders 350-353
Oribital apex syndrome caused by aspergilloma in an immunocompromised patient with cutaneous lymphoma: A case report of a rare entity PDF
Azad Cheko, Suzin Jung, Sarah Teuber-Hanselmann, Abidemi Wasiu Oseni, Anastasios Tsogkas, Martin Scholz, Athanasios K Petridis 354-355
Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis: Case report with history of urticaria, petechiae and palpable pinpoint purpura triggered by medical abortion PDF
Lumuli Mbonile 356-358

Research

Where do children die and what are the causes? Under-5 deaths in the Metro West geographical service area of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2011 PDF
Amy Elizabeth Reid, Michael K Hendricks, Pam Groenewald, Debbie Bradshaw 359-364
Antiretroviral therapy programme outcomes in Tshwane district, South Africa: A 5-year retrospective study PDF
Nosimilo Mlangeni, Flavia Senkubuge 365-368
Clinician compliance with laboratory monitoring and prescribing guidelines in HIV-1-infected patients receiving tenofovir PDF
Renee de Waal, Karen Cohen, Matthew P Fox, Kathryn Stinson, Gary Maartens, Andrew Boulle, Mary-Ann Davies 369-371
The S’Khokho ‘bushcan’ initiative: Kick a bush and condoms fall out PDF
Jacqueline Pienaar 372-373
Piloting a national laboratory electronic programme status reporting system in Ekurhuleni health district, South Africa PDF
N Cassim, L M Coetzee, D K Glencross 374-377
A deadly combination - HIV and diabetes mellitus: Where are we now? PDF
Somasundram Pillay, Colleen Aldous, Fazleh Mahomed 378-383
The burden of diabetes mellitus in KwaZulu-Natal’s public sector: A 5-year perspective PDF
Somasundram Pillay, Elizabeth Lutge, Colleen Aldous 384-388
Distribution, incidence, prevalence and default of patients with diabetes mellitus accessing public healthcare in the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa PDF
Nikita Sahadew, Veena S Singaram, Susan Brown 389-393
The other side of surveillance: Monitoring, application, and integration of tuberculosis data to guide and evaluate programme activities in South Africa PDF
L J Podewils, L Bronner Murrison, C Bristow, N Bantubani, L D Mametja 394-398
A randomised controlled trial comparing oxytocin and oxytocin + ergometrine for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage at caesarean section PDF
Sandy Koen, Leon Cornelius Snyman, Robert C Pattinson, Jennifer A Makin 399-402
Evaluating current knowledge of legislation and practice of obstetricians and gynaecologists in the management of fetal remains in South Africa PDF
Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Camilla Pickles, Hennie Lombaard 403-406
Socioeconomic factors associated with asthma prevalence and severity among children living in low-income South African communities PDF
Alexa Rachel Yakubovich, Lucie Dale Cluver, Robert Gie 404-412
Parasitaemia and haematological changes in malaria-infected refugees in South Africa PDF
Uchenna E Okafor, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Andrei Bibirigea, Alexandru Irimie, Ciprian Tomuleasa 413-416
Use of the nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Toxoplasma gondii in slaughterhouse workers in Thika District, Kenya PDF
S K Thiong’o, J M Ichagichu, M Ngotho, G O Aboge, J M Kagira, S M Karanja, N N Maina 417-419

CPD

CPD questionnaire PDF