Publications by authors named "Mongezi Tau"
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- - A 26-year-old woman, postpartum, experienced acute flaccid quadriparesis due to atypical HIV-associated vacuolar myelopathy (HIV-VM), despite ruling out other causes.
- - Her condition involved severe cord atrophy in both the thoracic and cervical regions, leading to severe symptoms and high CD4 counts, but treatment with IV-immunoglobulin and antiretrovirals was ineffective.
- - The patient ultimately succumbed to complications, including pneumonia, highlighting the challenges in managing atypical presentations of HIV-VM.
We report a 29-year-old, HIV-positive woman being treated with antipsychotic medication for psychosis (Clopixol 200mg intramuscularly monthly, Risperidone 2mg orally daily Haloperidol 2.5mg twice a day), who presented with neuroleptic malignant syndrome. She was also receiving lorazepam and sodium valproate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHIV infection has a major impact on the health of children in South Africa because the current prevention programs are ineffective. We evaluated the knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission at a level-two hospital in the Free State Province of South Africa. A descriptive study was done using interviews of postpartum mothers during a 1-month period.
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