ABOUT THE JOURNAL
The Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases (SAJID) publishes topics on all aspects of infectious diseases, particularly those of importance to the FIDSSA societies. Topics around infection include clinical and epidemiological aspects of communicable diseases, laboratory diagnosis of infections, characterisation of infective agents by molecular techniques and the study of transmission patterns of pathogens in institutional and community settings. View our Editorial Team.


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LATEST ARTICLES

Original Research

 
Helicobacter Pylori antibiotic sensitivity pattern in dyspeptic patients in Kano, Nigeria  
Ahmad K. Bello, Mohammad M. Borodo, Ahmad M. Yakasai, Abubakar D. Tukur
17 October 2019

Guideline

 
Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa guideline: Recommendations for the detection, management and prevention of healthcare-associated Candida auris colonisation and disease in South Africa  
Nelesh P. Govender, Theunis Avenant, Adrian Brink, Vindana Chibabhai, Joy Cleghorn, Briette du Toit, Chetna Govind, Elsie Lewis, Warren Lowman, Hleziphi Mahlangu, Caroline Maslo, Angeliki Messina, Mervyn Mer, Kim Pieton, Sharona Seetharam, Charlotte Sriruttan, Karin Swart, Erika van Schalkwyk
26 September 2019

Original Research

 
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of antibiotic use and resistance among patients in South Africa: A cross-sectional study  
Elise Farley, Dena van den Bergh, Renier Coetzee, Annemie Stewart, Tom Boyles
28 August 2019

Original Research

 
Predictors of time to sputum culture conversion in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in patients at Tshepong-Klerksdorp Hospital  
Relebohile Ncha, Ebrahim Variava, Kennedy Otwombe, Mary Kawonga, Neil A. Martinson
26 August 2019

Original Research

 
The accuracy of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase detection in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in South African laboratories using the Vitek 2 Gram-negative susceptibility card AST-N255  
Andrea L. Young, Mark P. Nicol, Clinton Moodley, Colleen M. Bamford
07 August 2019
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