South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde.
Publisher:
Medical Association of South Africa,. Cape Town : South African Medical Association (1998)
Frequency: Monthly,
Country: South Africa
Language: English
Author(s):
Medical Association of South Africa., South African Medical Association (1998- )
Start Year:1932 -
ISSN:
0256-9574 (Print)
2078-5135 (Electronic)
2078-5135 (Electronic)
Impact Factor
1.5
| NLM ID: | 0404520 |
| (OCoLC): | 03582234 |
| (DNLM): | S31920000(s) |
| Coden: | SAMJEJ |
| LCCN: | 45053744 |
| Classification: | W1 SO906H |
First report of an imported case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in South Africa. Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is caused by hantavirus infection. Hantaviruses are not endemic to South Africa, and we report the first detection of an imported case of HFRS in the country. The case involved a traveller from Croatia who presented to a Johannesburg hospital with an acute febrile illness with renal dysfunction. The patient reported visiting rurally located horse stables in Croatia before falling ill, and that a worker in the stables with similar illness was diagnosed with HFRS. Given the exposure history and clinical findings of the case, a clinical diagnosis of H...
Occurrence of Clostridium tetani in soil and horses. The annual incidence of tetanus in the RSA is up to 300 cases with more than 50% of these coming from Natal/KwaZulu. The condition of playing fields and the excretion of Clostridium tetani by horses was therefore investigated. The overall contamination rate of soils in the Durban area is lower than that of published data from other parts of the world, for instance 28% for Durban in comparison with 31-42% for Japan and Quebec. A rugby field in the Transvaal showed 40% contamination and a pasture used for horses for more than 20 years 65%. No case of human or equine tetanus has ever been reporte...