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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Immunology

Cockeran, R

BSc(Hons)(RAU) MSc(Pret) PhD (Pret) - Honorary Lecturer

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Telephone number: 012 319 2624
Fax number: 012 323 0732
E-mail address: rcockera@medic.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Pharmacological regulation of phagocyte activation in chronic inflammatory disorders

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Feldman C, Cockeran R, Jedrzejas MJ, Mitchell TJ, Anderson R: 2007. Hyaluronidase augments pneumolysin-mediated injury to human ciliated epithelium. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 11, pp 11-15, Full Text

Anderson R, Steel HC, Cockeran R, von Gottberg A, de Gouveia L, Klugman KP, Mitchell TJ, Feldman C: 2007. Comparison of the effects of macrolides, amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, doxycycline, tobramycin and flouroquinolones, on the production of pneumolysin by Streptococcus pneumoniae in vitro. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 60 / Sep, pp 1155-1158, Full Text

Anderson R, Steel HC, Cockeran R, Smith AM, von Gottberg A, de Gouveia L, Brink A, Klugman KP, Mitchell TJ, Feldman C: 2007. Clarithromycin alone and in combination with ceftriaxone inhibits the production of pneumolysin by both macrolide-susceptible and macrolide-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 59, pp 224-229, Full Text

 

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