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Graeme Meintjes is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a primary focus on Infectious Diseases. Within this broad area, their research covers several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Surgery, Virology, and Emergency Medicine.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

The scientist's frequent co-authors are Gary Maartens, Robert J. Wilkinson, Sean Wasserman, Charlotte Schutz, and David Barr.

Publications by Graeme Meintjes have appeared regularly in several respected venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Wellcome Open Research

Some of the recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Meintjes are:

  • "The 2021 WHO catalogue of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex mutations associated with drug resistance: a genotypic analysis", 2022, The Lancet Microbe
  • "Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of the endemic mycoses: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology", 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "The utility of high-flow nasal oxygen for severe COVID-19 pneumonia in a resource-constrained setting: A multi-centre prospective observational study", 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • "Vaccine Efficacy of ALVAC-HIV and Bivalent Subtype C gp120-MF59 in Adults", 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Outcomes of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Omicron-driven fourth wave compared with previous waves in the Western Cape Province, South Africa", 2022, Tropical Medicine & International Health

Best Publications

  • Tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: case definitions for use in resource-limited settings.

    Graeme Meintjes;Stephen D Lawn;Stephen D Lawn;Fabio Scano;Gary Maartens

  • Timing of antiretroviral therapy after diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis

    David R Boulware;David B. Meya;David B. Meya;Conrad Muzoora;Melissa A. Rolfes

  • Randomized placebo-controlled trial of prednisone for paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

    Graeme Meintjes;Robert J Wilkinson;Chelsea Morroni;Dominique J Pepper

  • Determinants of Mortality in a Combined Cohort of 501 Patients With HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Implications for Improving Outcomes

    Joseph N. Jarvis;Tihana Bicanic;Angela Loyse;Daniel Namarika

  • Fungal Burden, Early Fungicidal Activity, and Outcome in Cryptococcal Meningitis in Antiretroviral-Naive or Antiretroviral-Experienced Patients Treated with Amphotericin B or Fluconazole

    Tihana Bicanic;Graeme Meintjes;Robin Wood;Madeleine Hayes

  • A neglected epidemic: fungal infections in HIV/AIDS

    Darius Armstrong-James;Graeme Meintjes;Gordon D. Brown;Gordon D. Brown

  • Causes of hospital admission among people living with HIV worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Nathan Ford;Zara Shubber;Graeme Meintjes;Beatriz Grinsztejn

  • Evaluation of a Novel Point-of-Care Cryptococcal Antigen Test on Serum, Plasma, and Urine From Patients With HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

    JN Jarvis;A Percival;S Bauman;J Pelfrey

  • Cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-1-infected individuals: proposed clinical case definitions

    Lewis J Haddow;Lewis J Haddow;Robert Colebunders;Robert Colebunders;Graeme Meintjes;Stephen D Lawn;Stephen D Lawn

  • Multisite validation of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay and quantification by laser thermal contrast.

    David R. Boulware;Melissa A. Rolfes;Radha Rajasingham;Maximilian von Hohenberg

  • Adjunctive Interferon-γ Immunotherapy for the Treatment of HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Joseph N. Jarvis;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe;Gertrude Ntombomzi Williams

  • Adult meningitis in a setting of high HIV and TB prevalence: findings from 4961 suspected cases

    Joseph N Jarvis;Graeme Meintjes;Anthony Williams;Yolande Brown

  • Complications of antiretroviral therapy in patients with tuberculosis: drug interactions, toxicity, and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.

    Helen McIlleron;Graeme Meintjes;William J Burman;Gary Maartens

  • High-Dose Amphotericin B with Flucytosine for the Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients: A Randomized Trial.

    Tihana Bicanic;Robin Wood;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe

  • Benefits and risks of rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy.

    Nathan Ford;Chantal Migone;Alexandra Calmy;Bernhard Kerschberger

  • Effect of HIV-1 Infection on T-Cell–based and Skin Test Detection of Tuberculosis Infection

    Molebogeng Xheeda Rangaka;Katalin A. Wilkinson;Ronnett Seldon;Gilles Van Cutsem

  • Symptomatic Relapse of HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis after Initial Fluconazole Monotherapy: The Role of Fluconazole Resistance and Immune Reconstitution

    Tihana Bicanic;Thomas Harrison;Alina Niepieklo;Nontobeko Dyakopu

  • Effect of bedaquiline on mortality in South African patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study

    Kathryn Schnippel;Norbert Ndjeka;Gary Maartens;Graeme Meintjes

  • Independent Association between Rate of Clearance of Infection and Clinical Outcome of HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Analysis of a Combined Cohort of 262 Patients

    Tihana Bicanic;Conrad Muzoora;Annemarie E. Brouwer;Graeme Meintjes

  • Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective study.

    Tihana Bicanic;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe;Anthony Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Wilkinson
Robert J. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
Gary Maartens
Gary Maartens University of Cape Town
Katalin A. Wilkinson
Katalin A. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
Thomas S. Harrison
Thomas S. Harrison St George's, University of London
Stephen D. Lawn
Stephen D. Lawn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Tihana Bicanic
Tihana Bicanic St George's, University of London
Mark P. Nicol
Mark P. Nicol University of Western Australia
Robin Wood
Robin Wood University of Cape Town
Nelesh P. Govender
Nelesh P. Govender National Health Laboratory Service
Robert Colebunders
Robert Colebunders University of Antwerp

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