Regan Solomons

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Regan Solomons is a scholar working on Surgery, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Regan Solomons has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Surgery, 29 papers in Infectious Diseases and 28 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Regan Solomons's work include Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (49 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (28 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (23 papers). Regan Solomons is often cited by papers focused on Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (49 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (28 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (23 papers). Regan Solomons collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Regan Solomons's co-authors include Ronald van Toorn, A. Marceline van Furth, Shayne Mason, Ursula K. Rohlwink, Robert J. Wilkinson, Anthony Figaji, Kelly E. Dooley, U. K. Misra, Guy Thwaites and Maxine Caws and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Regan Solomons

74 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Tuberculous meningitis

2017 287 citations Ursula K. Rohlwink, Reinout van Crevel et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Regan Solomons South Africa	21	841	599	457	317	142	78	1.3k
Ursula K. Rohlwink South Africa	16	514 0.6×	341 0.6×	298 0.7×	287 0.9×	87 0.6×	39	937
J. F. Schoeman South Africa	19	633 0.8×	377 0.6×	333 0.7×	197 0.6×	24 0.2×	36	895
Brian Wispelwey United States	15	144 0.2×	247 0.4×	265 0.6×	400 1.3×	207 1.5×	44	1.2k
Lothar Wiese Denmark	19	86 0.1×	258 0.4×	145 0.3×	284 0.9×	79 0.6×	66	865
Rajniti Prasad India	20	133 0.2×	134 0.2×	94 0.2×	188 0.6×	131 0.9×	120	1.1k
M J Tarlow United Kingdom	21	179 0.2×	164 0.3×	238 0.5×	490 1.5×	146 1.0×	66	1.4k
L. Minoli Italy	25	174 0.2×	685 1.1×	39 0.1×	708 2.2×	110 0.8×	78	1.6k
P. M. Udani India	11	437 0.5×	266 0.4×	154 0.3×	119 0.4×	23 0.2×	28	682
Cristina Baker United States	6	494 0.6×	344 0.6×	158 0.3×	182 0.6×	29 0.2×	6	714
Kuang-Lin Lin Taiwan	11	92 0.1×	572 1.0×	71 0.2×	185 0.6×	181 1.3×	16	1.1k

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Smith, Mariette, Regan Solomons, Ronald van Toorn, et al.. (2025). Incidence, Disease Spectrum, and Outcomes of Tuberculous Meningitis in South African Children: The Initial Impact of COVID-19. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 10(5). 127–127.

Loots, Du Toit, Mari van Reenen, Regan Solomons, et al.. (2024). Urinary metabolic characterization of advanced tuberculous meningitis cases in a South African paediatric population. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 11. 1253983–1253983. 4 indexed citations

Kruger, Mariana, et al.. (2024). Variables included in cerebral palsy registries globally: A scoping review. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 66(9). 1148–1156. 3 indexed citations

Kruger, Mariana, et al.. (2024). Paediatric cerebral palsy in South Africa: Prevention and care gaps at hospital level. African Journal of Disability. 13. 1449–1449. 2 indexed citations

Loots, Du Toit, et al.. (2024). An exploratory investigation of the CSF metabolic profile of HIV in a South African paediatric cohort using GCxGC-TOF/MS. Metabolomics. 20(2). 33–33. 3 indexed citations

Loots, Du Toit, et al.. (2024). 1H-NMR metabolomics investigation of CSF from children with HIV reveals altered neuroenergetics due to persistent immune activation. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1270041–1270041. 4 indexed citations

Toorn, Ronald van & Regan Solomons. (2023). Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculous Meningitis in Children- an Update. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. 47. 101071–101071. 2 indexed citations

Solomons, Regan, et al.. (2022). Epileptic spasms: A South African overview of aetiologies, interventions, and outcomes. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 65(4). 526–533. 4 indexed citations

Solomons, Regan, et al.. (2022). Validation of host cerebrospinal fluid protein biomarkers for early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in children: a replication and new biosignature discovery study. Biomarkers. 27(6). 549–561. 2 indexed citations

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Sulis, Giorgia, Geneviève Gore, Andrea Benedetti, et al.. (2022). Comparative Effectiveness of Regimens for Drug-Susceptible Tuberculous Meningitis in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Aggregate-Level Data Meta-Analysis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(6). ofac108–ofac108. 7 indexed citations

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Toorn, Ronald van, James A. Seddon, Martijn van der Kuip, et al.. (2021). The use of thalidomide to treat children with tuberculosis meningitis: A review. Tuberculosis. 130. 102125–102125. 16 indexed citations

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Solomons, Regan, et al.. (2021). Acquired unilateral upper limb hypertrophy as a late complication of tuberculous meningitis complicated by Chiari 1 malformation and syringomyelia. BMJ Case Reports. 14(5). e240413–e240413. 1 indexed citations

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Solomons, Regan, et al.. (2021). Transient acetylcholine receptor-related myasthenia gravis, post multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) temporally associated with COVID-19 infection. BMJ Case Reports. 14(8). e244102–e244102. 16 indexed citations

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Tucker, Elizabeth W., Suzaan Marais, James A. Seddon, et al.. (2020). International Survey Reveals Opportunities to Improve Tuberculous Meningitis Management and the Need for Standardized Guidelines. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7(11). ofaa445–ofaa445. 5 indexed citations

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Kuip, Martijn van der, Sabine van Elsland, Bernadette S. de Bakker, et al.. (2020). The immunological architecture of granulomatous inflammation in central nervous system tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. 125. 102016–102016. 27 indexed citations

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Loots, Du Toit, et al.. (2020). Metabolic characterization of tuberculous meningitis in a South African paediatric population using 1H NMR metabolomics. Journal of Infection. 81(5). 743–752. 22 indexed citations

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Solomons, Regan, Hygon Mutavhatsindi, Belinda Kriel, et al.. (2019). Application of Cerebrospinal Fluid Host Protein Biosignatures in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis in Children from a High Burden Setting. Mediators of Inflammation. 2019. 1–11. 20 indexed citations

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Preez, Karen Du, H. Simon Schaaf, Rory Dunbar, et al.. (2018). Complementary surveillance strategies are needed to better characterise the epidemiology, care pathways and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in children. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 397–397. 11 indexed citations

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Solomons, Regan, Douwe H. Visser, Sven O. Friedrich, et al.. (2014). Improved diagnosis of childhood tuberculous meningitis using more than one nucleic acid amplification test. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 19(1). 74–80. 37 indexed citations

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Solomons, Regan, Helena Rabie, Etienne Nel, & Mark F. Cotton. (2008). An overview of hepatitis A at Tygerberg Children s Hospital.. South African Journal of Child Health. 2(2). 43–45. 3 indexed citations

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