Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 2
July 2023
ISSN 2618-0189 is for the print version.
ISSN 2618-0197 is for the online version.
Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal created to share scientific research from the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and from Clinical Medicine departments at other institutions in South Africa and internationally. Our objective is to be the primary diffusion portal for Clinical Medicine scientists from southern Africa, using standards that accredit the process of scientific publication.
Published by Wits University Press
5th Floor, University Corner, Braamfontein 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-mail: Pravin.Manga@123456wits.ac.za
web: https://journals.co.za/content/journal/wjcm
Editor: Prof Pravin Manga
Associate Editors: Prof Raquel Duarte
Prof Saraladevi Naicker
Dr Caroline Dickens
Prof Deirdre Kruger
Editorial Board:
| Prof Daynia Ballot | University of Witwatersrand |
| Dr Dwomoa Adu | University of Ghana |
| Prof Ashraf Coovadia | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Keertan Dheda | University of Cape Town |
| Prof Zodwa Dlamini | University of Pretoria |
| Prof Girish Modi | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Rafique Moosa | University of Stellenbosch |
| Prof Martin Smith | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Mboyo-di-tamba Vangu | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Cheryl Winkler | National Institute of Health, Maryland, USA |
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
1 Editorial 77
Pravin Manga
2 Effect of Climate Change on Health in Older Persons 79
Abraham Anu, Greenstein Lara Sonia and Kalla Ismail
3 Evaluation of Paediatric Chest X-ray Quality in the Pneumonia Aetiology Research for Child Health (PERCH Study), a Prospective International Multicentre Study in 7 Developing Countries 85
Nasreen Mahomed, Veronica Manduku, Linda Hlabangana, Wenfeng Gong, David Moore, Nicholas Fancourt, Christine Prosperi, Ebruke Bernard, Lokman Hossain, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Micah Silaba, Milagritos Tapia, Somsak Thamthitiwat, Maria Knoll and Shabir Madhi
4 COVID-19 and health care worker exposure at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital 97
Sara Glatt, Lai Winchow, Merika Tsitsi, Eustasius Musenge and Colin Menezes
5 Tertiary Hospital ED Turnover: The Key Drivers 105
Yvonne Jonker, Feroza Motara and Muhammed Moolla
6 Porphyric neuropathy in black South Africans: a case series 119
A. Koufos and G. Modi
7 Menstrual health in South Africa 125
Nida Siddiqui and Adam Mahomed
8 Management of a Jehovah’s Witness patient with Associated Vasculitis Following Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine 129
Wilhelm Herbst and Graham Paget
9 Severe lactic acidosis after re-exposure to linezolid in a person living with HIV and multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a case report 133
Poobalan Naidoo, Strinivasen Gounden, Jayneetha Maharaj, Virendra Rambiritch, Rory Leisegang, Sumanth Karamchand, Alain GH Assounga and Mahomed Y Moosa