Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions

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    • Retinal detachment in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 

      Geier, SA; Klauss, V; Bogner, JR; Schmidt-Kittler, H; Sadri, I; Goebel, FD (University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1994-01)
      Cytomegalovirus retinopathy is the most frequent opportunistic infection of the eye in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We studied 71 patients with cytomegalovirus retinopathy (n = 69) or acute ...

    • Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Infection In The Quail-chicken Hybrid 

      Greenfield, CL; Dohms, JE; Dietert, RR (University Of NairobiFaculty Of Medicine, 1968)
      Hybrids produced from crossing Cornell K-strain white leghorn chickens and Line II Japanese quails were studied for susceptibility to infection with infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). Quail-chicken hybrids were infected ...

    • Cheaper Immunization Against Hepatitis B: A Follow-up Report. 

      Greenfield, C; Osidiana, VO; Owino, N; Nyangao, J; Okoth, F; Tukei, PM; Fritzell, B (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1986-09)

    • [Eye involvement in Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). 1996/1997 studies in Paraguay] 

      Fröhlich, SJ; Miño de Kaspar, H; Perán, R; Rojas de Arias, A; Sanchez, Insfran N; Moreno, Azorero R; Klauss, V (Augenklinik, Klinikum Innenstadt der LMU MünchenDepartment of Opthalmology, University of Nairobi, 1998)
      Last year's pilot study, which examined for the first time a representative group of patients with Chagas disease, showed that in this parasitosis changes in the ocular fundus can be expected in the form of defects of the ...

    • A report on two year of ophthalmological work in Kenya (author's transl)]. 

      Klauss, V; Dechant, W (Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Surgery, 1982-02)
      After two years' work as lecturers in ophthalmology at the University of Nairobi we report on our experiences in both teaching as well as outpatient and inpatient-care at the Kenyatta National Hospital. Special emphasis ...

    • Vitreoretinal dirofilariasis 

      Frieling, E; Fritz, E; Schmidt, U; Klauss, V; Schütte, E. (Augenabteilung des Bundeswehrkrankenhauses Ulm., 1990)
      The present paper reports on a 41-year-old patient who complained of moving shadows and impaired vision after vacations in southern Europe and central Africa. On ophthalmoscopic examination the cause was found to be an ...

    • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors In Lung Tumours 

      Berger, MS; Gullick, WJ; Greenfield, C; Evans, S; Addis, BJ; Waterfield, MD (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1987-08)
      Immunocytochemical analysis of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor expression was carried out on frozen sections of 109 primary lung tumours resected at the Brompton Hospital from February 1984 to May 1985. Tumours with ...

    • Fundus hemorrhage in malaria tropica 

      Klauss, V; Löscher, T; Kollmann, M; Zarth, A. (Universitätsaugenklinik München., 1997)
      The case is presented of a 20-year-old tourist with mild falciparum malaria and bilateral preretinal and intraretinal hemorrhage, including a macular hemorrhage with reversible visual loss, which developed during his return ...

    • Endothelin-1 immunoreactivity in plasma is elevated in HIV-1 infected patients with retinal microangiopathic syndrome 

      Rolinski, B; Geier, SA; Sadri, I; Klauss, V; Bogner, JR; Ehrenreich, H; Goebel, FD (University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1994-03)
      Endothelin-1 is a recently identified cytokine with potent vasoconstrictor activity which is associated with various diseases involving blood vessels. HIV-1 related retinal microangiopathic syndrome is a frequent finding ...

    • Reports on the ophthalmic situation in the Comoro Islands 

      Klauss, V; Klauss, C (Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Surgery, 1982-07)

    • Electro-ophthalmologic studies in HIV patients 

      Mueller, AJ; Berninger, TA; Matuschke, A; Klauss, V; Goebel, FD (Universitäts-Augenklinik, München, Bundesrepublik Deutschland., 1991)
      We examined 44 HIV-positive patients in different disease stages with electroretinogram (ERG), pattern-electroretinogram (PERG), and visually evoked cortical potentials (VECP). Sixty-eight of the 88 eyes examined had a ...

    • [International initiatives for the prevention of blindness]. 

      Klauss, V; Schaller, UC (Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007)
      Since 1974, when the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) was founded, international campaigns for blindness prevention have gained tremendous momentum in collaboration with the WHO's blindness ...

    • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and type 2 seroprevalence in cornea donors. 

      Geier, SA; Klauss, V; Gürtler, L (University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1994-05)
      Routine screening of cornea donors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been established and has reduced the risk of HIV-1 transmission to a minimum. Screening for HIV-2 is less common. We evaluated 100 ...

    • Round table discussion: ophthalmology in the 3d World 

      Klauss, V; Lund, OE; Dekkers, N; Jones, B; Kodilinye, HC; Mburu, F; Stein, W (Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Surgery, 1983)

    • A prospective randomized study to determine the efficacy of preoperative topical levofloxacin in reducing conjunctival bacterial flora. 

      Miño de Kaspar, H; Kreutzer, TC; Aguirre-Romo, I; Ta, CN; Dudichum, J; Bayrhof, M; Klauss, V; Kampik, A (Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., 2008)
      PURPOSE: To compare the efficacy of topical levofloxacin in combination with povidone-iodine irrigation vs povidone-iodine (PVI) alone in reducing conjunctival bacteria. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, controlled ...

    • A case of external ophthalmomyiasis 

      Keller, E; Kalvelage, H; Schaal, ST; Klauss, V ([A case of external ophthalmomyiasis]. Keller E, Kalvelage H, Schaal ST, Klauss V. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 1991 Feb;198(2):121-3. German., 1991)
      A 9 year old patient with a right ophthalmomyiasis is presented. The infestation happened in Greece during vacation. The symptoms consisted of conjunctivitis and rinitis. The larvaes were removed from the conjunctiva and ...

    • Ocular tumors in Africa. 

      Klauss, V; Chana, HS (Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Surgery, 1983)
      This paper is an analysis of 470 cases of oculo-orbital tumors in Kenya. The present series is compared with the major works conducted in other African and Western countries. We refer to age, sex and geographic characteristics ...

    • Training program for vitreoretinal surgery in Nairobi, Kenya from 2000 - 2006 

      Schönfeld, CL; Kollmann, M; Nyaga, P; Onyango, OM; Klauss, V; Kampik, A (Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008)
      BACKGROUND: After the U. S. Embassy bombing in 1998 in Nairobi, Kenya, a relief operation was immediately initiated by the Department of Ophthalmology of the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich, Germany. Surgical ...

    • Bacterial colonization of conjunctiva with Propionibacterium acnes before and after polyvidon iodine administration before intraocular interventions] 

      Binder, C; de Kaspar, HM; Engelbert, M; Klauss, V; Kampik, A (Augenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenDepartment of Opthalmology, University of Nairobi, 1998)
      Propionibacterium acnes has been described as a causative agent of postoperative endophthalmitis. This gram-positive, immotile, non-spore-forming bacterium is highly pleomorphic and grows under conditions of low to no ...

    • 2.5 years survival with sequential ganciclovir/foscarnet treatment in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus retinitis. 

      Geier, SA; Klauss, V; Matuschke, A; Kronawitter, U; Goebel, FD (Universitäts-Augenklinik, München, Federal Republic of Germany., 1992)
      The case with the longest survival time (30 months) after the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus retinitis in a group of 53 patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus retinitis (median survival ...