Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Plasma Lipid And Lipoprotein Response To Fat Feeding In Alcoholic Liver Disease.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1983-05)Serum lipids and lipoproteins were analyzed after an overnight fast, and following a fatty meal in 10 patients with cirrhosis, 5 with fatty liver, and 5 normal subjects. Cirrhotic patients were divided into two groups of ... -
A tourist with dengue fever and visual loss.
(Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336, Munich, Germany., 2002)No abstract availabe -
Local therapy of CMV retinitis: a new therapeutical approach
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Severe Ulcerative Colitis During Successful Pregnancy
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1983-07)A 31-year-old patient presented with fulminant colitis during the 27th week of her first pregnancy. Despite failed medical treatment, colectomy was delayed because of the gravid uterus. A healthy child was delivered at 32 ... -
Blindness and visual impairment in a region endemic for onchocerciasis in the Central African Republic
(University Eye Clinic LMU, Munich, Germany, 1997)AIMS: A population based survey of blindness and visual impairment was conducted in the district of Bossangoa, Central African Republic. METHODS: A total of 48 communities were randomly selected, and 6086 people ... -
Ocular alterations in patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2003)Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis with high prevalence and increasing epidemiologic relevance. Ocular manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) have been well studied, but less is known about ocular alterations in ... -
Intravenous treatment of experimental Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis: imipenem versus the combination of ceftazidime and amikacin.
(Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Mathildenstrasse 8, 80336 Munich, Germany., 2003)BACKGROUND: To compare the efficacy of intravenous (IV) imipenem (IPM) and a combination of IV ceftazidime (CAZ) and amikacin (AN) in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis in a rabbit model. METHODS: ... -
Clostridium Difficile And Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1983-08)tools from 109 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (13.4%) contained Clostridium difficile or its toxin, an incidence similar to the stools of 99 control patients with diarrhoea (11.9%), but significantly higher than ... -
Epidemiological characteristics of microbiological results on patients with infectious corneal ulcers: a 13-year survey in Paraguay.
(Research Institute of Health-Science (IICS), National University of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay, 2004)BACKGROUND: This is a retrospective, chart-reviewed study of patients diagnosed with infectious corneal ulcers at the Ophthalmology Department of the National University of Asunción in Paraguay. The microbiological culture ... -
Intravitreal vancomycin and amikacin versus intravenous imipenem in the treatment of experimental Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis.
(Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Mathildenstrasse 8, 80336, Munich, Germany., 2004)BACKGROUND: Controversy still surrounds the intravenous (IV) treatment of endophthalmitis. The purpose of this study was to compare IV and intraocular (IO) treatment in experimental Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis: ... -
Local therapy in treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS. The ganciclovir implant (pellet)].
(College of Health Sciences, 1997)BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis with AIDS has been treated either systemically or locally by weekly intravitreous injections. An intraocular device now offers a new therapeutic approach. We investigated its ... -
Tropical ophthalmology--prevention and therapy"Vision 2020--the right to sight"
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)Worldwide 45 million people are blind, 180 million people are visually handicapped, 90% of all blind people are living in developing countries and 80% of blindness is preventable. The global economic productivity loss due ... -
Normal ocular flora in newborns delivered in two hospital centers in Argentina and Paraguay
(Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany., 2005)PURPOSE: To determine the spectrum of normal conjunctival flora in newborns in two hospital centers in North Argentina and Paraguay. METHODS: In this prospective observational study, conjunctival specimens were obtained ... -
[Ocular changes in tropical malaria with cerebral involvement--results from the Blantyre Malaria Project].
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2005)INTRODUCTION: Malaria is a tropical disease causing an estimated 300 million infections and one million deaths per year. In sub-Saharan Africa, most infections are due to Plasmodium falciparum. The hallmark of the clinical ... -
Post-traumatic endophthalmitis after penetrating eye injuries. Risk factors, microbiological diagnosis and functional outcome.
(Augenklinik, Klinikum Innenstadt der LMU München.College of Health Sciences, 1998)BACKGROUND: Endophthalmitis associated with penetrating injury represents a distinct kind of intraocular infection. The preceding trauma, infective agents and inflammatory changes determine the functional outcome. MATERIALS ... -
Frosted branch angiitis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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Value of dacryocystography in diagnosis of lacrimal duct diseases
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992-10)The paper compares the preoperative localization of stenosis in the lacrimal passage after digital dacryocystography with the operative findings in 23 eyes of 22 patients in the years 1988 to 1991 at the Munich University ... -
Frosted branch angiitis associated with cytomegalovirus retinitis
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Social costs of visual handicap and blindness. Rehabilitation resources for blind patients
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992-12)The number of blind and partially sighted persons in Germany is growing. Increasing social cost and human suffering are related. Measures to counteract this development (e.g. prevention, rehabilitation) are needed. This ... -
Detection Of Serum Hbv-dna By Molecular Hybridisation. Correlation With Hbeag/anti-hbe Status, Racial Origin, Liver Histology And Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
(University Of NairobiFaculty Of Medicine, 1985)The relationship of the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in serum, a measure of HBV-replication, to HBeAg/anti-HBe status has been examined. In Northern Europe, there is a strong positive correlation between the ...
