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When this paper was first published the following ethical statement was omitted in error: The experiment was approved by Institutional Animal Ethical committee (IAEC) with an approval number (KSRCT/BT/IAEC/2017/20) and the experiment was conducted at Animal House facility, KS Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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While many countries are preparing to face the COVID-19 pandemic, the reported cases in Africa remain low. With a high burden of both communicable and non-communicable disease and a resource-constrained public healthcare system, sub-Saharan Africa is preparing for the coming crisis as best it can. We describe our early response as a designated COVID-19 provincial hospital in Cape Town, South Africa (SA).While the first cases reported were related to international travel, at the time of writing there was evidence of early community spread. The SA government announced a countrywide lockdown from midnight 26 March 2020 to midnight 30 April 2020 to stem the pandemic and save lives. However, many questions remain on how the COVID-19 threat will unfold in SA, given the significant informal sector overcrowding and poverty in our communities. There is no doubt that leadership and teamwork at all levels is critical in influencing outcomes
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COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Delivery of Health Care , Pandemics , Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus , South AfricaABSTRACT
The first critically ill patient admitted to our hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, during the COVID-19 pandemic was co-infected with HIV and SARS-CoV-2. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) and other respiratory opportunistic infections share many clinical features with severe COVID-19. Our understanding of the nuances of co-management of HIV and COVID-19 is evolving. We describe the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges presented by this case
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COVID-19 , Coinfection/diagnosis , South AfricaSubject(s)
Cauda Equina/pathology , Female , Histocytochemistry , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Ki-67 Antigen/analysis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meningioma/diagnosis , Meningioma/pathology , Microscopy , Middle Aged , Mucin-1/analysis , Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/diagnosis , Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/pathology , Spinal Cord/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
We report a 5-year-old girl who presented with acute onset paraparesis with differential loss of sensation. Magnetic resonance imaging of spine revealed exophytic intramedullary mass lesion from T12 to L1. Peroperatively, the diagnosis was confirmed as abscess. The patient recovered following decompression and antibiotic treatment.