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A prevalence study of ear problems in school children in Kiambu district, Kenya, May 1992
(1995-11)
Information on the prevalence of hearing impairment and related ear pathologies in children in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. A pilot study for a clinical trial of simple treatments for chronic suppurative otitis media ...
Short term clinical outcome of children with rotavirus infection at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2010)
Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. Rotavirus gastroenteritis has a high morbidity and mortality in children in Kenya.
To determine the short ...
Cost analysis of care for children admitted to kenyatta national hospital with rotavirus gastroenteritis.
(2011)
Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. The costs of care and treatment for rotavirus gastroenteritis are high. The objective was to compute average ...
Standardization of an enzyme immunoassay for human antibody to Haemophilus ducreyi.
(1992)
We standardized a serologic enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for human immunoglobulin G and M antibodies against Haemophilus ducreyi. We evaluated the performance of this test with respect to the time from acute chancroid and ...
Antibody to Rmp (outer membrane protein 3) increases susceptibility to gonococcal infection
(1993)
The severe adverse effects of gonococcal infection on human fertility suggests that Neisseria gonorrhoeae would exert powerful selection for the development of a protective immune response in humans. N. gonorrhoeae is an ...
A review of safety, efficacy, and utilization of erythropoietin, darbepoetin, and peginesatide for patients with cancer or chronic kidney disease: a report from the Southern Network on Adverse Reactions (SONAR).
(2012)
The erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) erythropoietin and darbepoetin prevent transfusions among chemotherapy-associated anemia patients. Clinical trials, meta-analyses, and guidelines identify mortality, tumor ...
Human immunodeficiency virus, genital ulcers and the male foreskin: synergism in HIV-1 transmission.
(1990)
Epidemiologic studies in Nairobi and elsewhere in Africa, have shown that men infected with HIV-1 more commonly have a history of genital ulcer disease compared to uninfected men. In one study, HIV infected men were three ...
Cleft lip and palate: A descriptive comparative, retrospective, and prospective study of patients with cleft deformities managed at 2 hospitals in Kenya
(2009-09)
This was a combined retrospective and prospective study in which 2 sets of results from 2 hospitals in Nairobi were analyzed and compared. The retrospective study was conducted at Kenyatta National Hospital, whereas the ...
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in women attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in Kenya.
(1992)
A cross-sectional study was conducted among women attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in Nairobi, kenya, to determine the prevalence of and associated risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type ...
Pregnancy care and delivery management for patients with rheumatic heart diseases
(1979)
cute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an illness caused
by a reaction to a bacterial infection with group
A streptococcus. It causes an acute, generalised
inflammatory response and an illness that targets
specific parts of the ...