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Microbiology of urinary tract infections in Gaborone, Botswana
(Public Library Science, https://phys.org/partners/public-library-of-science/, 2013-03)
Objective: The microbiology and epidemiology of UTI pathogens are largely unknown in Botswana, a high prevalence HIV setting. Using laboratory data from the largest referral hospital and a private hospital, we describe the ...
Rapid enteric testing to permit targeted antimicrobial therapy, with and without Lactobacillus reuteri probiotics, for paediatric acute diarrhoeal disease in Botswana: a pilot, randomized, factorial, controlled trial
(Public Library of Science, www.plos.org/, 2017-10-09)
Introduction
Diarrhoeal disease is the second-leading cause of death in young children. Current guidelines recommend treating children with acute non-bloody diarrhea with oral rehydration solutions and zinc, but not ...
We did not know what was wrong-barriers along the care cascade among hospitalized adolescents with HIV in Gaborone, Botswana
(Public Library of Science,www.plos.org/, 2018-04-09)
High mortality among adolescents with HIV reflects delays and failures in the care cascade. We sought to elucidate critical missed opportunities and barriers to care among adolescents hospitalized with HIV at Botswana's ...
A cross-sectional study of HPV vaccine acceptability in Gaborone, Botswana
(Public Library of Science, http://www.plosone.org/, 2011-10-25)
Background
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in Botswana and elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. We sought to examine whether HPV vaccine is acceptable among parents in Botswana, which recently licensed ...