Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Is Pseudomembranous Colitis Infectious?
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1981-02)A cluster of eight patients in two adjacent hospital wards acquired acute diarrhoea within a period of 11 days. All their stool samples contained Clostridium difficile toxin and C. difficile was isolated in every case. ... -
New blindness incidents in Württemberg-Hohenzollern
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1997-03)Blindness causes human suffering and high social costs. Preventive measures are necessary. Virtually all blind people are registered with the social services. Data from these institutions may help in (long-term) planning ... -
Does Continuity Equal Quality In The Assessment Of Well-child Care?
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1982-06) -
Eosinophilic granuloma of the orbit in an adult woman.
(Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany, 2000)No abstract available -
Is Credé's prophylaxis for ophthalmia neonatorum still valid?
(Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Mathildenstrasse 8, 80336 Munich, Germany, 2001)No abstract available -
[Ophthalmia neonatorum].
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2001)No abstract available -
Ophthalmia neonatorum in developing countries
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 1995)No abstract available -
Risk factors for development of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 1994)No abstract available -
Sicca syndrome in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1995-09)PURPOSE: To investigate an association of the severity of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease with decreased tear production in a controlled setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy-two patients (144 eyes) ... -
Study of the retinal fiber layer in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 1994)No abstract available -
Coagulase-negative staphylococci in normal and chronically inflamed conjunctiva
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1995-12)This study examines the prevalence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species in normal and mildly inflamed conjunctiva, their sensitivity to antibiotics, and their relationship to the remaining flora. PATIENTS AND ... -
[No detection of mycoplasma in 205 conjunctival swabs]
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 1994)Mycoplasma is known to cause pulmonary and urogenital infections in humans. A pathogenicity for the human eye never has been assessed, although they have been observed in the peripheral eye in a few cases of acute and ... -
Keratoconjunctivitis epidemica. Diagnosis, therapy and prevention
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002)No abstract available -
Epidemiology of blindness and eye disease
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1996) -
Ocular microangiopathic syndrome in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and its relationship to alterations in cell adhesion and in blood flow
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 1994)Ocular microangiopathic syndrome is the most frequent ophthalmic finding in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Ocular microvascular changes, including cotton-wool spots, are closely associated with ... -
Intravenous imipenem prophylaxis in experimental endophthalmitis.
(Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, California, USA, 2002)PURPOSE: To determine the effect of prophylactic intravenous imipenem on experimental Staphylococcus aureusendophthalmitis. METHODS: The right eyes of 36 New Zealand albino rabbits received an intraocular injection ... -
Factors Affecting Rehabilitation Following Aortocoronary Bypass Procedures.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1982-11)Two hundred and ten men were referred consecutively to a rehabilitation program following aortocoronary bypass surgery. The program involved exercise tolerance testing 8 and 20 weeks postoperatively, with an intervening ... -
Comparison of ciprofloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.3% to fortified tobramycin-cefazolin in treating bacterial corneal ulcers. Ciprofloxacin Bacterial Keratitis Study Group
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1996-11)PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.3% (Ciloxan) with a standard therapy regimen (fortified tobramycin, 1.3%-cefazolin, 5.0%) for ... -
Early pars plana vitrectomy without buckling procedure in cytomegalovirus retinitis-induced retinal detachment
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 1995)BACKGROUND: Retinal detachments induced by cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis can often be treated successfully with a buckling procedure combined with vitrectomy and silicone oil instillation, but this technique yields ... -
Importance and epidemiology of infectious eye diseases.
(Department of Ophthalmology, Mathildenstrasse 8, D-80336 Munich, Germany. vklauss@ak-i.med.uni-muenchen.de, 2002)No abstract available
