All Stories

  1. Healthcare utilization during the first two waves of the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa: A cross-sectional household survey

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2023, PLOS

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  2. Epidemiology of Viral-associated Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Among Children <5 Years of Age in a High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa, 2009–2012

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, January 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  3. Population Snapshot of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in South Africa Prior to Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2014, PLOS

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  4. Challenges of Using Molecular Serotyping for Surveillance of Pneumococcal Disease

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  5. High Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density, Increased by Viral Coinfection, Is Associated With Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  6. Meningococcal serogroup Y lpxL1 variants from South Africa are associated with clonal complex 23 among young adults

    Article • Journal of Infection, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  7. Molecular detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae among patients with severe respiratory and influenza-like illness in South Africa, 2012-2013

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  8. Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Hospitalizations Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected South African Children, 2010-2011

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  9. Severe Influenza-associated Respiratory Infection in High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa, 2009–2011

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  10. HIV and Influenza Virus Infections Are Associated With Increased Blood Pneumococcal Load: A Prospective, Hospital-Based Observational Study in South Africa, 2009-2011

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  11. Sequential Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detecting 21 Pneumococcal Capsular Serotypes That Account for a High Global Disease Burden

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter, Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  12. Clinical Validation of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for Detection of Bacterial Meningitis Pathogens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  13. Single report of β-lactam resistance in an invasive Haemophilus influenzae isolate from South Africa mediated by mutations in penicillin-binding protein 3, 2003–2008

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  14. Antimicrobial susceptibility of pneumococcal isolates causing bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia: analysis using current breakpoints and fluoroquinolone pharmacodynamics

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  15. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pneumococcal Isolates Causing Bacteremic Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Gauteng, South Africa.

    Article • April 2009, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  16. Molecular Characterization of Emerging Non-Levofloxacin-Susceptible Pneumococci Isolated from Children in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  17. Molecular basis and clonal nature of increasing pneumococcal macrolide resistance in South Africa, 2000–2005

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  18. Emergence of levofloxacin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in South Africa: a cohort observational surveillance study

    Article • The Lancet, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  19. Telithromycin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Conferred by a Deletion in the Leader Sequence of erm(B) That Increases rRNA Methylation

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  20. High-Level Telithromycin Resistance in a Clinical Isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  21. Heterogeneous Macrolide Resistance and Gene Conversion in the Pneumococcus

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter

  22. Novel Mechanism of Resistance to Oxazolidinones, Macrolides, and Chloramphenicol in Ribosomal Protein L4 of the Pneumococcus

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter