| dc.contributor.author | Kariuki, Rachel F | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T13:58:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T13:58:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Master In Medicine (Paediatrics) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24988 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Percutaneous needle aspiration of the lung was performed on 45 children admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital, over a 3 month period, to determine aetiology of pneumonia.
Positive bacterial cultures were obtained from 49% of the lung aspirates. The commonest bacteria was coagulase negative staphylococcus,
52% followed by Escherichia coli, 16%, Klebsiella, 12%. Haemophilus influenzae contributed to 8% of the isolates, the pneumococcus was not isolated.Positive viral isolates were obtained-in 47% of the lung aspirates. Respiratory syncytial virus, RSV was the most commonly encountered virus. No measles virus was found.
A combined bacterial and viral aetiology was found in 22% of the 23 lung aspirates that underwent complete bacterial and viral studies. Bacteria alone were found in 39% and viruses in 17%.
The coagulase negative staphylococcus was resistant to the penicillins. Gram negative organisms were fairly sensitive to the aminoglycosides.
Minor complicationsoccured in 5(11.9%) of the children, all of whom recovered spnontaneously. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University Of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Microbiologlcal aetiology of pneumonia in quldren under five years at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |
