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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study.
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Lancet
|
2011
|
16.49
|
|
2
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Selective head cooling with mild systemic hypothermia after neonatal encephalopathy: multicentre randomised trial.
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Lancet
|
2005
|
11.41
|
|
3
|
Moderate hypothermia to treat perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2009
|
7.94
|
|
4
|
Undiagnosed tuberculosis in a community with high HIV prevalence: implications for tuberculosis control.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
5.73
|
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5
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Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence setting.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
5.25
|
|
6
|
Screening for HIV-associated tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance before antiretroviral therapy using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay: a prospective study.
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PLoS Med
|
2011
|
5.06
|
|
7
|
Neurological outcomes at 18 months of age after moderate hypothermia for perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: synthesis and meta-analysis of trial data.
|
BMJ
|
2010
|
4.73
|
|
8
|
Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in high burden countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
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PLoS Med
|
2011
|
4.21
|
|
9
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Assessment of brain tissue injury after moderate hypothermia in neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy: a nested substudy of a randomised controlled trial.
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Lancet Neurol
|
2009
|
2.96
|
|
10
|
Does training in obstetric emergencies improve neonatal outcome?
|
BJOG
|
2006
|
2.78
|
|
11
|
Determinants of outcomes after head cooling for neonatal encephalopathy.
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Pediatrics
|
2007
|
2.64
|
|
12
|
Resuscitation at birth and cognition at 8 years of age: a cohort study.
|
Lancet
|
2009
|
2.57
|
|
13
|
Characteristics and early outcomes of patients with Xpert MTB/RIF-negative pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed during screening before antiretroviral therapy.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
2.56
|
|
14
|
Effects of hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia on childhood outcomes.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2014
|
2.41
|
|
15
|
Mild hypothermia and the distribution of cerebral lesions in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
|
Pediatrics
|
2005
|
2.26
|
|
16
|
Clinical utility of a commercial LAM-ELISA assay for TB diagnosis in HIV-infected patients using urine and sputum samples.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
2.03
|
|
17
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The TOBY Study. Whole body hypothermia for the treatment of perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy: a randomised controlled trial.
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BMC Pediatr
|
2008
|
1.91
|
|
18
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Emergence of levofloxacin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in South Africa: a cohort observational surveillance study.
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Lancet
|
2008
|
1.82
|
|
19
|
Culture-confirmed childhood tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a review of 596 cases.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.72
|
|
20
|
Improving neonatal outcome through practical shoulder dystocia training.
|
Obstet Gynecol
|
2008
|
1.67
|
|
21
|
Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a South African community with high HIV prevalence.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.59
|
|
22
|
Long-term cognitive outcomes of infants born moderately and late preterm.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
2012
|
1.56
|
|
23
|
Comparison of Bayley-2 and Bayley-3 scores at 18 months in term infants following neonatal encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
2013
|
1.56
|
|
24
|
Randomized trial of a parenting intervention for very preterm infants: outcome at 2 years.
|
J Pediatr
|
2009
|
1.55
|
|
25
|
Therapeutic hypothermia changes the prognostic value of clinical evaluation of neonatal encephalopathy.
|
J Pediatr
|
2007
|
1.50
|
|
26
|
High incidence of antimicrobial resistant organisms including extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nasopharyngeal and blood isolates of HIV-infected children from Cape Town, South Africa.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.48
|
|
27
|
Antiretroviral program associated with reduction in untreated prevalent tuberculosis in a South African township.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
1.42
|
|
28
|
Clinical diagnostic utility of IP-10 and LAM antigen levels for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions in a high burden setting.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
1.34
|
|
29
|
Seven- to eight-year follow-up of the CoolCap trial of head cooling for neonatal encephalopathy.
|
Pediatr Res
|
2011
|
1.21
|
|
30
|
Comparison of quantitative techniques including Xpert MTB/RIF to evaluate mycobacterial burden.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.19
|
|
31
|
Randomised trial of a parenting intervention during neonatal intensive care.
|
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
|
2007
|
1.12
|
|
32
|
The pathogenesis of neonatal post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
|
Brain Pathol
|
2004
|
1.06
|
|
33
|
Classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in images of ZN-stained sputum smears.
|
IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed
|
2009
|
1.06
|
|
34
|
Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in the pre-conjugate vaccine era: South Africa, 2003-2008.
|
Vaccine
|
2013
|
1.04
|
|
35
|
Randomised controlled trial of early frenotomy in breastfed infants with mild-moderate tongue-tie.
|
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
|
2013
|
1.04
|
|
36
|
Predictors of serum ferritin and serum soluble transferrin receptor in newborns and their associations with iron status during the first 2 y of life.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2007
|
1.00
|
|
37
|
Improved detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in upper and lower respiratory tract specimens from children with suspected pneumocystis pneumonia using real-time PCR: a prospective study.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.99
|
|
38
|
Does interleukin-6 genotype influence cerebral injury or developmental progress after preterm birth?
|
Pediatrics
|
2004
|
0.95
|
|
39
|
A neonatal piglet model of intraventricular hemorrhage and posthemorrhagic ventricular dilation.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2007
|
0.95
|
|
40
|
Variation in the interleukin-6 gene is associated with impaired cognitive development in children born prematurely: a preliminary study.
|
Pediatr Res
|
2005
|
0.94
|
|
41
|
Maternal folate and cobalamin status predicts vitamin status in newborns and 6-month-old infants.
|
J Nutr
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
42
|
Pneumocystis pneumonia in South African children with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
43
|
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia at a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.91
|
|
44
|
Systemic shigellosis in South Africa.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.90
|
|
45
|
Angiotensin-converting enzyme DD genotype is associated with worse perinatal cardiorespiratory adaptation in preterm infants.
|
J Pediatr
|
2003
|
0.90
|
|
46
|
Guideline for the optimal use of blood cultures.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
47
|
Bacterial disease and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in HIV-infected, hospitalized children: a retrospective cohort study.
|
PLoS One
|
2008
|
0.90
|
|
48
|
Is interleukin-6 -174 genotype associated with the development of septicemia in preterm infants?
|
Pediatrics
|
2003
|
0.89
|
|
49
|
Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype b ten years after routine vaccination, South Africa, 2003-2009.
|
Vaccine
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
50
|
Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in children investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis.
|
PLoS One
|
2006
|
0.89
|
|
51
|
Folate and cobalamin status in relation to breastfeeding and weaning in healthy infants.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2008
|
0.88
|
|
52
|
Prevalence and outcome of cytomegalovirus-associated pneumonia in relation to human immunodeficiency virus infection.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2011
|
0.87
|
|
53
|
Maternal infection with toxoplasma gondii in pregnancy and the risk of hearing loss in the offspring.
|
Int J Audiol
|
2010
|
0.87
|
|
54
|
National sentinel site surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in South Africa, 2010 - 2012.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2014
|
0.85
|
|
55
|
ICU-associated Acinetobacter baumannii colonisation/infection in a high HIV-prevalence resource-poor setting.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.85
|
|
56
|
Do drugs that block transforming growth factor beta reduce posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in a neonatal rat model?
|
Acta Paediatr
|
2008
|
0.85
|
|
57
|
Cerebral Resistance Index is less predictive in hypothermic encephalopathic newborns.
|
Acta Paediatr
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
58
|
Bacteremia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Cape Town, South Africa.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2011
|
0.83
|
|
59
|
Therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in the newborn infant.
|
Curr Opin Neurol
|
2005
|
0.83
|
|
60
|
Using Xpert MTB/RIF.
|
Curr Respir Med Rev
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
61
|
Quadruplet pregnancy following transfer of two embryos: Case report.
|
Hum Reprod
|
2003
|
0.83
|
|
62
|
The association between birth condition and neuropsychological functioning and educational attainment at school age: a cohort study.
|
Arch Dis Child
|
2010
|
0.82
|
|
63
|
Risk of low Apgar score and socioeconomic position: a study of Swedish male births.
|
Acta Paediatr
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
64
|
Quantitative cranial ultrasound prediction of severity of disability in premature infants with post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation.
|
Arch Dis Child
|
2012
|
0.82
|
|
65
|
Differentiating developmental outcome between infants with severe disability in research studies: the role of Bayley Developmental Quotients.
|
J Pediatr
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
66
|
Wake up South Africa! The antibiotic 'horse' has bolted.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
67
|
A genetic cause for neonatal encephalopathy: incontinentia pigmenti with NEMO mutation.
|
Acta Paediatr
|
2008
|
0.80
|
|
68
|
Impaired brain growth and neurodevelopment in preterm infants with posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation.
|
Acta Paediatr
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
69
|
Movement outcomes of infants born moderate and late preterm.
|
Acta Paediatr
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
70
|
Decorin and colchicine as potential treatments for post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in a neonatal rat model.
|
Neonatology
|
2011
|
0.78
|
|
71
|
Predicting developmental outcomes in very preterm infants: validity of a neonatal neurobehavioral assessment.
|
Acta Paediatr
|
2012
|
0.77
|
|
72
|
Folate and cobalamin status in relation to diet in healthy 2-y-old children.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2011
|
0.77
|
|
73
|
Prevalence of gastrointestinal pathogenic bacteria in patients with diarrhoea attending Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2015
|
0.77
|
|
74
|
Maternal Colonization with Group B Streptococcus Is Associated with an Increased Rate of Infants Transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
|
Neonatology
|
2015
|
0.76
|
|
75
|
Pneumocystis pneumonia in South African children diagnosed by molecular methods.
|
BMC Res Notes
|
2014
|
0.76
|
|
76
|
Does angiotensin-1 converting enzyme genotype influence motor or cognitive development after pre-term birth?
|
J Neuroinflammation
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
77
|
At least one systematic reviewer must be a disease expert.
|
BMJ
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
Leaving the party -- withdrawal of South African essential medicines.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
The pros, cons, and unknowns of search and destroy for carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae.
|
Curr Infect Dis Rep
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
80
|
Xpert MTB/RIF on Stool is Useful for the Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Young Children with Severe Pulmonary Disease.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
Postnatal phenobarbital for the prevention of intraventricular haemorrhage in preterm infants.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2013
|
0.75
|