Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Traumatic pneumatoceles of the lung. apropos of a case.
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)Pneumatocele, a special form of lung injury, is characterized by intrathoracic images of cavities detected on X-ray films. These cavities develop immediately after a trauma of the thorax, disappear rapidly and have a ... -
Role of Bone marrow examination in patient management.
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Aortic-pulmonary chemodectoma (non-chromaffin paraganglioma). Apropos of a case which followed an adrenal pheochromocytoma
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990)The authors present the 61st published case of an aorticopulmonary chemodectoma diagnosed in patient of 59 years who had been operated on 7 years previously for a right sided adrenal pheochromocytoma. The diagnosis was ... -
A rare tumor of the mediastinum: benign hemangioma
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990)Mediastinal hemangiomas are rare tumours occurring more often in children and young adults. A new case is reported in a 21 years old male who had an anterior mediastinal mass detected on a routine chest roentgenogram. ... -
Regulation of transcription of the human T cell antigen receptor delta chain gene. A T lineage-specific enhancer element is located in the J delta 3-C delta intron
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990-01)We have defined transcriptional enhancing sequences inside the TCR-delta gene locus, using transient transfections with constructs containing DNA fragments cloned upstream to a reporter gene fused to a heterologous promoter. ... -
Burkitt , versus diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a practical approach Bellan
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Correlation between T cell receptor gamma delta isotypic forms and cytotoxic activity: analysis with human T cell clones and lines
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990-02)Three biochemically distinct isotypic forms of the human T cell receptor (TcR) gamma delta structure can be expressed at the cell membrane. This unique variation in structure of TcR, which is due to C gamma gene segments ... -
Primary tumor of the thoracic wall unusual in aged patients: costal osteosarcoma.
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)Service de Pneumologie, Hopital d'Instruction des Armees Desgenettes, Lyon. Osteosarcoma is a tumour that is encountered in children and young adults but is exceptional in elderly people. Moreover, it is very rarely located ... -
Rabies-specific production of interleukin-2 by peripheral blood lymphocytes from human rabies vaccinees
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991-08)Cell-mediated immunity induced by rabies vaccination was studied in humans by the determination of specific interleukin-2 (IL-2) production in a large number of donors (postexposure immunized patients and pre-exposure ... -
A modified rapid enzyme immunoassay for the detection of rabies and rabies-related viruses
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology,, 1992-03)This paper presents a modification of the previously described Rapid Rabies Enzyme Immuno-Diagnosis test (RREID) by using biotinylated antibodies, streptavidin conjugate and a mixture of monospecific polyclonal antibodies ... -
An analysis of blood and body fluid exposures sustained by house officers, medical students, and nursing personnel on acute-care general medical wards: a prospective study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)OBJECTIVE: To prospectively examine the epidemiology of blood and body fluid exposures sustained by medicine housestaff, medical school students, registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and nurses' aides ... -
A new immunostimulatory complex (PICKCa) in experimental rabies: antiviral and adjuvant effects.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology,, 1993)The activity of an immunostimulatory complex (PICKCa) which is widely used against several human diseases in China was tested in experimental rabies prophylaxis. PICKCa protected mice against peripheral infection with both ... -
Bronchiectasis following colectomy for hemorrhagic rectocolitis.
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993-05)Pulmonary disease is an uncommon extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. We report the case of a patient in whom colectomy for ulcerative colitis was followed by development of bronchiectasis. A ... -
Beta-propiolactone treatment impairs the biological activity of residual DNA from BHK-21 cells infected with rabies virus
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology,, 1993)The effects of beta-propiolactone (BPL), an alkylating and virus inactivating agent, on the structural and in vitro biological properties of different DNA preparations from BHK-21 cells were investigated. Both uninfected ... -
Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infections in hospitalized patients.
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)We report a study of 8 patients with acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection of the respiratory tract admitted to the Army Hospital Desgenettes over a 10 months period. Our clinical observations are compared with a review ... -
Pulmonary legionellosis disclosing HIV infection in a 75-year-old man
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Subacute idiopathic eosinophilic pneumopathy with favorable outcome without corticotherapy
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1995)The authors report a case of acute idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonia, a recently described entity of unknown etiology. The patients develop a rapidly progressive respiratory failure which is reversible following steroid ... -
Benefits of a thickened infant formula with lactase activity in the management of benign digestive disorders in newborns
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004-12)This study aimed at evaluating the interest of a thickened infant formula with lactase activity by comparison with a standard infant formula in the management of benign digestive disorders in infants. Infants of both sex ... -
Patterns of variation in waterbird numbers on four Rift Valley lakes in Kenya, 1991–1999
(2001)Waterbird populations were censused each January from 1991 to 1999 at Lakes Naivasha, Elmenteita and Nakuru and from 1992 at Lake Bogoria. These shallow lakes in the Kenyan Rift Valley fluctuate greatly in water level and ... -
Free radical scavenging activity and immunomodulatory effect of Stachytarpheta angustifolia leaf extract
(2010)Plant extracts with antioxidant activity could also have immunomodulatory ability. The free radical scavenging activity of an ethanol extract of the leaves of Stachytarpheta angustifolia was assessed by measuring its ...
