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Thuraya Isaacs

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Articles 12
Citations 43
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Dermatology
Allergy & Immunology
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Rannakoe J Lehloenya
Sipho Dlamini
Rudzani Muloiwa
Rannakoe Lehloenya
Jonny Peter
Aneliswa Mpungose
Nonhlanhla P Khumalo
Reginald Mduzumile Ngwanya
Mzudumile R Ngwanya
Nadine Teixeira
Published In
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
J Antimicrob Chemother
F1000Res
JAAD Case Rep
Eur J Med Res
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Recent Articles
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Patients with severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions have extremely high hair cortisol concentrations that do not correlate with the presence of depression
Zitha E, Oputu O, Mevana S, Thwala B, Mapahla L, Mpungose A, et al.
JAAD Int . 2024 Nov; 17:163-166. PMID: 39525840
No abstract available.
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Comment on: Proposal for a new diagnostic classification of photodistributed Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis
Thwala B, Teixeira N, Zitha E, Mpungose A, Isaacs T, Peter J, et al.
Eur J Med Res . 2024 Jan; 29(1):83. PMID: 38287381
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and SJS/TEN overlap (SJS/TEN), collectively referred to SJS/TEN, form a spectrum of severe life-threatening adverse drug reactions whose pathomechanism is not fully understood....
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Integrated sun protection advice for the South African population
Tod B, Whitaker D, Visser W, Isaacs T, Jacobs T, Wiid K, et al.
Int J Dermatol . 2023 Dec; 63(3):277-287. PMID: 38124402
Exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is associated with several cutaneous adverse effects. However, to the best of our knowledge, in South Africa there are no formal guidelines on sun...
4.
HIV-associated photodermatitis in African populations
Isaacs T, Lehloenya R
Front Allergy . 2023 May; 4:1159387. PMID: 37216149
Photosensitive dermatoses are seen in 5% of HIV-infected persons. These include drug- and chemical-induced photoallergic and phototoxic reactions, chronic actinic dermatitis of HIV, photo lichenoid drug eruptions, and porphyria. Data...
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Early high-dose intravenous corticosteroids rapidly arrest Stevens Johnson syndrome and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms recurrence on drug re-exposure
Lehloenya R, Isaacs T, Nyika T, Dhana A, Knight L, Veenstra S, et al.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract . 2020 Aug; 9(1):582-584.e1. PMID: 32835874
No abstract available.
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Nail changes in acro-osteolysis: A case report and review of the literature
Gray N, Scott C, Ngwanya R, Pillay K, Isaacs T
JAAD Case Rep . 2019 Nov; 5(12):1033-1036. PMID: 31763428
No abstract available.
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Treatment can be continued for mild cutaneous reactions associated with efavirenz
Isaacs T, Ngwanya R, Dlamini S, Peter J, Lehloenya R
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract . 2018 Dec; 7(5):1676-1678. PMID: 30529062
No abstract available.
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Arteriovenous malformation after punch biopsy clinically mimicking a basal cell carcinoma: Case report and review of literature
Van der Worm L, Roberts R, Isaacs T, Ngwanya R
Clin Case Rep . 2018 Nov; 6(11):2213-2216. PMID: 30455924
Arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) of the skin can be acquired post blunt or penetrating trauma. They may clinically mimic basal cell carcinomas and other lesions with overlying telangiectasia. Specific clinical, dermoscopic,...
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Case Report: Stevens-Johnson syndrome following a single double dosing of nevirapine-containing regimen once in an HIV-infected woman on long-term antiretroviral therapy
Kakande B, Isaacs T, Muloiwa R, Dlamini S, Lehloenya R
F1000Res . 2015 Dec; 4:175. PMID: 26629333
A 31-year old HIV-infected African woman on nevirapine, tenofovir and lamivudine for more than 4 years presented with an 8-day history of symptoms and signs of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. She was...
10.
Genetic diversity of HHV8 subtypes in South Africa: A5 subtype is associated with extensive disease in AIDS-KS
Isaacs T, Abera A, Muloiwa R, Katz A, Todd G
J Med Virol . 2015 Jul; 88(2):292-303. PMID: 26174882
Human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) is the etiological agent of all forms of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Six major subtypes (A-F), based on genetic variability of open reading frame (ORF)-K1, have...