Internal Medicine

List of Publications

• Naiker, I P, Assounga, AGH and Meyers, A M Diagnostic approach to chronic kidney disease. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j., Mar 2015, vol.105, no.3, p.236-236.
• Ndlovu KC, Assounga AGH. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis in Patients with HIV and End-Stage Renal Failure. Perit Dial Int 2016, InPress
• Ndlovu KCZ, Sibanda W, Assounga AGH. Peritonitis outcomes in patients with HIV and end-stage renal failure on peritoneal dialysis: a prospective cohort study. BMC Nephrology 2017;18(1):48

• Ndlovu KCZ, Sibanda W, Assounga AGH. Detection of human immunodeficiency virus-1 ribonucleic acid in the peritoneal effluent of renal failure patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2017;32(4):714-721
• Locko C, Mafouta G, Malonga G, Nkiwabonga G, Assounga A,

Rivière-Cazeaux H, Silou JM:Ulcère gastro-duodénal et  grossesse (à propos d’un cas observé à Brazzaville). Rev.  Méd. Brux. 7:104-107,1986.

• Bouramoué C, Assounga A: La maladie de Takayashu à propos de 4 cas

observés à l’Hôpital Général de Brazzaville.  Cardiologie Tropicale, 12:41-51,1986.

• Assounga A, Canaud B, Flavier JL, Slingeneyer A, Robinet-Levy M,

Aznar R: Que signifie la B2 microglobuline chez l’urémique en traitement de suppléance. Néphrologie, 8:301-306, 1987.

• Canaud B, Assounga A, Flavier JL, Slingeneyer A, Aznar R, Robinet-Levy M, Mion C: B-2 microglobulin serum levels in maintenance dialysis: What does it mean? Trans. Am. Soc.  Artif. Intern Organs. 34: 923-929, 1988.
• Assounga AGH, Bascoul S, Canaud B,Bouya PA,Vendrel JP, Sciolla JP,  Mourad G, Baldet P, Serre A, Mion C: A study of beta 2 microglobulin skin   deposits in dialysed patients and healthy controls. Am. J. Kidney Dis. 15:556-561, 1990.
• Canaud B, Imbert E, Kaaki M, Assounga A, Nguyen QV, Stec F, Garred LJ, Bostrom M, Mion C: Clinical and microbiological evaluation of a postdilutional hemofiltration system with in-line production of substitution    fluid. Blood Purif. 8:160-170, 1990.
• Canaud B, Assounga A, Kerr P, Aznar R, Mion C: Failure of daily haemofiltration programme using a highly permeable membrane to return beta-2-microglobulin concentrations to normal in haemodialysis patients. Dial.Transplant. 7:924-930, 1992
• Assounga AGH, Yala F., Mongo Y., Assambo C., Mpio I. HIV and nephropathy in the Congo: a comparative study of HIV-positive vs. HIV negative patient.  Saudi J. kidney Dis. Transplant., 7: Suppl 1:S30-S32, 1996.
• Assounga AG., Jones G.S. In-vitro Immunosuppression with phosphorylated 2  aminothiazoles.  Saudi J. Kidney Dis. Transplant., 7: Suppl 1:S152-S153, 1996.
• Assounga A.G.,Assambo-Kieli C., Mafoua A., Moyen G., Nzingoula S  Etiology and Outcome of Acute Renal Failure in Children in  Congo-Brazzaville. Saudi J.Kidney Dis. Transplant., 11:40-43, 2000.

• Assounga AGH, Dezoumbé-Djoré, Itoua-Ngaporo A: Causes of chronic renal failure in Congo-Brazzaville. Botselo 28:7- 14, 2002.
• Assounga AGH, Yacoubou Y, Makosso E, Ibara JR, Gombet T.

Liver cysts in Congolese patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease follow a family pattern.   SAMJ 93:542-544, 2003.

• Thin M Han, Kevin Nankissor, Adrian Pearce, Alain H Assounga. Hemodialysis and ultrafiltration.  A bridge to cardiac surgery. Saudi Med. J. 2004, 25: 1301 – 1303.
• Alain G Assounga, Carol M Warner. Transcription of major histocompatibility complex class 1 (K^b) and transporter associated with antigen processing 1 and 2 genes is up-regulated with age. Immunology, 2004, 113:378-383.
• Alain G Assounga,Carol M Warner. Memory lymphocytes of young and old C57BL/6 mice express high levels of class 1   major histocompatibility complex (H-2 K^b) protein.

Growth Dev. Aging. 2005, 69:59-66.

• Han T.M., Naicker S., Ramdial P.K, Assounga A.G.H. A cross-sectional study of HIV-seropositive patients with varying degrees of proteinuria in South Africa. Kidney Int. 2006, 69: 2243 – 2250
• Assounga AGH, Mpio I, Assambo-Kieli C, Gakosso N, Hommet-Ondziet A.  Peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of acute renal failure: a Congolese experience. Afr. J. Nephrol. 2006, 10:115-117.
• Assounga AGH, Yu G, Naydenova P, Maeda I, Lebelonyane R.  Peritoneal dialysis in the management of multiple organ failure: a Botswana experience. Botselo, 2006.
• Assounga A G, Conrads MA, Han TM, Ramdial SV. Hemodialysis access by inferior vena cava catheterisation. SAMJ, 2008, 98:866-870.
• Participants in the International summit on transplant tourism and organ trafficking. The declaration of Istanbul on organ trafficking and transplant tourism. Clin J. Am. So. Nephrol. 2008, 3:1227-1231.
• Hutchison AJ, Barnett ME, Krause RJ, Siami GA Lanthanum Carbonate groupLanthanum carbonate treatment for up to 6 years is not associated with adverse effects on the liver in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 receiving haemodialysis. Clin Nephrol. 2009, 71:286-295.
• Hariparshad SP, Madala ND, Assounga AG. Statin therapy ameliorates renal allograft function. Transplant Proc. 2009; 41:4178-4180.
• Maharaj S, Assounga AG Conversion of cyclosporine to sirolimus before 12 months is associated with marked improvement in renal function and low proteinuria in a South African renal transplant population. Exp Clin Transplant. 2010, 8:14-18.
• Ngcobo N, Gqaleni N, Chelule PK, Serumula M, Assounga A. The immunomodulatory effects of  Sutherlandia Frutescens extracts in human normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells. AJTCAM, 2012;9:73-80.

 

• Adam J.K, Benjamin S.C, Assounga A.G. An assessment of Erythropoietin levels in haemodialysis patients in Addington Hospital Durban, South Africa.

International Journal of Biomedical and Healthcare Science, vol 3 (1) 2013, 57-65.

• Assounga AGH, Schreiber V, Allen V, Anley D. Diversity in NHL class I and class II in kidney donors and recipients according to race in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) – Implications for transplantation.  African Journal of Nephrology (2013) 16 (1) 14-19.
• Madala ND, Thusi G P, Assounga AGH, and Naicker Sarala. Characteristics of South African patients presenting with kidney disease in rural KwaZulu-Natal: a cross sectional study. BMC Nephrology 2014, 15:61  doi:10.1186/1471-2369-15-61
• Naiker, I P, Assounga, AGH and Meyers, A M Diagnostic approach to chronic kidney disease. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j., Mar 2015, vol.105, no.3, p.236-236.
• Ndlovu KC, Assounga AGH. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis in Patients with HIV and End-Stage Renal Failure. Peritoneal Dialysis International 2017, 37 (3), 321-330
• Ndlovu KCZ, Sibanda W, Assounga AGH. Peritonitis outcomes in patients with HIV and end-stage renal failure on peritoneal dialysis: a prospective cohort study. BMC Nephrology 2017;18(1):48
• Ndlovu KCZ, Sibanda W, Assounga AGH. Detection of human immunodeficiency virus-1 ribonucleic acid in the peritoneal effluent of renal failure patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2017;32(4):714-721
• Madala Nomandla Daphne, Dubula Thozama, Assounga AGH, Naicker Saraladevi. Association of Kidney Function and Waist Circumference with Uric Acid Levels in South Africa. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, 1 Dec 2017 https://doi.org/10.1089/met.2017.0025
• Mitesh Singh, Nombulelo P Magula , Sudesh Hariparshad , Alain GH Assounga. A comparison of urban and rural patients with chronic kidney disease referred to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban, South Africa.African Journal of Nephrology, 2017 Volume 20, No 1, 2017, 34-38.
• PG Mody, GM Mody and A Assounga. The clinical manifestations and response to treatment in South Africans with lupus nephritis. Lupus, 2018, 27, 1207–1217.
• Ndlovu KCZ, Swe Swe-Han K, Assounga A. Association of Staphylococcus nasal colonization and HIV in end-stage renal failure patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Ren Fail. 2019 Nov; 41(1):303-313. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2019.1598433.
• Ndlovu KCZ, Chikobvu P, Mofokeng T, Gounden V, Assounga A. Serum albumin and mortality in patients with HIV and end-stage renal failure on peritoneal dialysis. PLoS One. 2019 Jun 10;14(6): e0218156. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218156. eCollection 2019
• Ndlovu KCZ, Swe Swe-Han K, Assounga A. Association of Staphylococcus nasal colonization and HIV in end-stage renal failure patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Ren Fail. 2019 Nov;41(1):303-313. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2019.1598433.

• Ndlovu KCZ, Chikobvu P, Mofokeng T, Gounden V, Assounga A. Serum albumin and mortality in patients with HIV and end-stage renal failure on peritoneal dialysis. PLoS One. 2019 Jun 10; 14(6):e0218156. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218156. eCollection 2019.
• Benjamin S, Adam JK, Krishna SBN, Assounga AG. Antibodies to Erythropoietin Are Associated to Erythropoietin Resistance in

Haemodialysis Patients in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). SJKDT 2020 ;30(5) : 917-926.doi :10 :4103/1319-2442.301198.

• Assounga AGH. Beta 2 microglobulin in kidney failure : “A Review and a algorithm for kidney replacement Therapy ” SJKDT 2021 ;32(5) :1214-1220
• Peter A. Popoola, Jules-Raymond Tapamo, Alain G. Assounga. Custer Analysis of mixed and missing chronic kidney Disease data in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3069684
• Onke R Nonkala, Mahomed I. Haffejee, Marius Van de Walt, Ameshin Moodley, Sudesh P. Hariparshad, Alain G.H. Assounga. Paradoxical Perforating Folliculitis in a Newly Transplanted Kidney Recipient : Case Study: doi :10.6002/ect.202.0533