Search Results - "Richardson, D M"

ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: diagnostic procedures by Cuenca‐Estrella, M., Verweij, P. E., Arendrup, M. C., Arikan‐Akdagli, S., Bille, J., Donnelly, J. P., Jensen, H. E., Lass‐Flörl, C., Richardson, M. D., Akova, M., Bassetti, M., Calandra, T., Castagnola, E., Cornely, O. A., Garbino, J., Groll, A. H., Herbrecht, R., Hope, W. W., Kullberg, B. J., Lortholary, O., Meersseman, W., Petrikkos, G., Roilides, E., Viscoli, C., Ullmann, A. J.

“…Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 7): 9–18 As the mortality associated with invasive Candida infections remains high, it is important to make optimal use…”
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A retrospective TBNET assessment of linezolid safety, tolerability and efficacy in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by Migliori, G. B, Eker, B, Richardson, M. D, Sotgiu, G, Zellweger, J-P, Skrahina, A, Ortmann, J, Girardi, E, Hoffmann, H, Besozzi, G, Bevilacqua, N, Kirsten, D, Centis, R, Lange, C, TBNET Study Group

“…Linezolid is used to treat patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR)/extensively drug-resistant (XDR)-tuberculosis (TB) cases, although clinical data on its…”
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Epidemiology and clinical management of XDR-TB: a systematic review by TBNET by Sotgiu, G, Ferrara, G, Matteelli, A, Richardson, M. D, Centis, R, Ruesch-Gerdes, S, Toungoussova, O, Zellweger, J-P, Spanevello, A, Cirillo, D, Lange, C, Migliori, G. B

“…Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is present in all regions and poses serious challenges for public health and clinical management. Laboratory…”
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An Assessment of the Potential Economic Impacts of the Invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South Africa by de Wit, M. P., Crookes, D. J., Blignaut, J. N., de Beer, Z. W., Paap, T., Roets, F., van der Merwe, C., van Wilgen, B.W., Richardson, D. M.

“…Studies addressing the economic impacts of invasive alien species are biased towards ex-post assessments of the costs and benefits of control options, but…”
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ESCMID and ECMM joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of systemic phaeohyphomycosis: diseases caused by black fungi by Chowdhary, A., Meis, J.F., Guarro, J., de Hoog, G.S., Kathuria, S., Arendrup, M.C., Arikan-Akdagli, S., Akova, M., Boekhout, T., Caira, M., Guinea, J., Chakrabarti, A., Dannaoui, E., van Diepeningen, A., Freiberger, T., Groll, A.H., Hope, W.W., Johnson, E., Lackner, M., Lagrou, K., Lanternier, F., Lass-Flörl, C., Lortholary, O., Meletiadis, J., Muñoz, P., Pagano, L., Petrikkos, G., Richardson, M.D., Roilides, E., Skiada, A., Tortorano, A.M., Ullmann, A.J., Verweij, P.E., Cornely, O.A., Cuenca-Estrella, M.

“…The aetiological agents of many invasive fungal infections are saprobes and opportunistic pathogens. Some of these fungi are darkly pigmented due to melanin…”
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Quantifying Turfgrass Cover Using Digital Image Analysis by Richardson, M. D., Karcher, D. E., Purcell, L. C.

“…Accurate cover estimates in turfgrass research plots are often difficult to obtain because of the time involved with traditional sampling and evaluation…”
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Riparian scrub recovery after clearing of invasive alien trees in headwater streams of the Western Cape, South Africa by Galatowitsch, S., Richardson, D.M.

“…Headwater rivers are the predominant kind of aquatic ecosystem in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region. Invasion by alien woody taxa (especially Acacia…”
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Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Invasion in Riparian Zones Reveals Few Significant Effects on Soil Physico‐Chemical Properties by Tererai, F, Gaertner, M, Jacobs, S. M, Richardson, D. M

“…Many invasive alien plants alter soil‐nutrient regimes of invaded ecosystems, affecting management outcomes. We assessed the effects of Eucalyptus…”
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Setup Following Installation of Dynamic Anchors in Normally Consolidated Clay by Richardson, M. D, O’Loughlin, C. D, Randolph, M. F, Gaudin, C

“…This paper describes a series of centrifuge model tests designed to assess the increase in capacity of dynamic anchors due to setup in normally consolidated…”
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A biome-scale assessment of the impact of invasive alien plants on ecosystem services in South Africa by van Wilgen, B.W., Reyers, B., Le Maitre, D.C., Richardson, D.M., Schonegevel, L.

“…This paper reports an assessment of the current and potential impacts of invasive alien plants on selected ecosystem services in South Africa. We used data on…”
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Performance of two Aspergillus IgG EIA assays compared with the precipitin test in chronic and allergic aspergillosis by Baxter, C.G., Denning, D.W., Jones, A.M., Todd, A., Moore, C.B., Richardson, M.D.

“…Detection of Aspergillus IgG antibodies is important in the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis…”
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The status of arboreta in South Africa and the taxa they contain by Cheek, MD, Wilson, JRU, Richardson, DM, Procheş, Ş

“…Collections of living trees (hereafter arboreta) are important for conservation, research on species selection for forestry, and as sentinel sites for…”
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Futures for invasive alien species management: using bottom-up innovations to envision positive systemic change by van Velden, J. L., Biggs, R., Hichert, T., Booth, P., Büchner-Marais, C., Esler, K. J., Lewarne, M., Potgieter, L. J., Rahlao, S. J., Rebelo, A. J., Robinson, T. B., van Wilgen, N. J., Richardson, D. M.

“…Invasive alien species (IAS) pose a key threat to biodiversity, the economy and human well-being, and continue to increase in abundance and impact worldwide…”
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Movement, impacts and management of plant distributions in response to climate change: insights from invasions by Caplat, P., Cheptou, P.-O., Diez, J., Guisan, A., Larson, B. M. H., Macdougall, A. S., Peltzer, D. A., Richardson, D. M., Shea, K., van Kleunen, M., Zhang, R., Buckley, Y. M.

“…A major challenge in this era of rapid climate change is to predict changes in species distributions and their impacts on ecosystems, and, if necessary, to…”
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Resistance to second-line injectables and treatment outcomes in multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis cases by Migliori, G. B, Lange, C, Centis, R, Sotgiu, G, Mutterlein, R, Hoffmann, H, Kliiman, K, De Iaco, G, Lauria, F. N, Richardson, M. D, Spanevello, A, Cirillo, D. M, TBNET Study Group

“…No information is currently available on the influence of injectable second-line drugs on treatment outcomes of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively…”
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Multidrug resistance in new tuberculosis patients: burden and implications [Short communication] by Royce, S., Falzon, D., van Weezenbeek, C., Dara, M., Hyder, K., Hopewell, P., Richardson, M. D., Zignol, M.

“…In 2010, 30 countries with anti-tuberculosis drug resistance surveillance data were each estimated to have more than 700 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis…”
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Forestry trees as invasive aliens by Richardson, D.M

“…Some alien tree species used in commercial forestry and agroforestry cause major problems as invaders of natural and seminatural ecosystems. The magnitude of…”
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Installation and capacity of dynamically embedded plate anchors as assessed through centrifuge tests by O’Loughlin, C.D., Blake, A.P., Richardson, M.D., Randolph, M.F., Gaudin, C.

“…A dynamically embedded plate anchor (DEPLA) is a rocket or dart shaped anchor that comprises a removable central shaft and a set of four flukes. Similar to…”
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Ecosystem Level Impacts of Invasive Acacia saligna in the South African Fynbos by Yelenik, S. G., Stock, W. D., Richardson, D. M.

“…Recent efforts to clear invasive plants from the fynbos of South Africa forces managers to think about how N2‐fixing invasives have altered ecosystem processes…”
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Invasive alien plants infiltrate bird-mediated shrub nucleation processes in arid savanna by MILTON, S.J, WILSON, J.R.U, RICHARDSON, D.M, SEYMOUR, C.L, DEAN, W.R.J, IPONGA, D.M, PROCHEŞ, Ş

“…1 The cultivation and dissemination of alien ornamental plants increases their potential to invade. More specifically, species with bird-dispersed seeds can…”
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