Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Single-dose therapy with trimethoprim-sulfametrole for chancroid in females
(University of Nairobi,Department of Medicine, 1986-09)Women with genital ulcer disease who were culture-positive for Haemophilus ducreyi were treated with a single dose of the drug combination trimethoprim-sulfametrole; the dosage was 640 mg of trimethoprim and 3,200 mg of ... -
Simple Clinical Evaluation Of Cephalexin In The Treatment Of Uncomplicated Gonococcal Urethritis In Ma
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Image--reality cleavage in development goals.
(1986)Within a relatively short time since its inception a lot has been said on the concept of 'Health for All' (HFA). Its meaning and implications have been explored from various angles. Some have praised the idea as the very ... -
Biliary tract dilatation without jaundice demonstrated by ultrasound.
(Department of Radiology and Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1985-03)Upper abdominal ultrasonic examination demonstrated dilated bile ducts in eight patients with no history of jaundice and a normal serum bilirubin. All were proven subsequently to have extrahepatic biliary obstruction. It ... -
Isolation and identification of Haemophilus ducreyi in a clinical laboratory
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1986-09)Routine procedures used to isolate Haemophilus ducreyi in a busy laboratory are reported. Identification was based on colony morphology and nutritional and biochemical properties of 120 fresh isolates of H. ducreyi. These ... -
The African social periphery.
(1986)There are special population groupings in Africa which constitute a social periphery of great magnitude. The groups include women and children, the urban and rural poor, and a youthful labour force that is relatively ... -
[4th Study Of Short Term Chemotherapy By The African And British Medical Research Councils]
(University of NairobiiDiseases Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 1978-12) -
Indications for ultrasound in the evaluation of the pathological scrotum
(Department of Radiology and Surgery, 1986)Scrotal ultrasound scans carried out on 156 patients were reviewed in a retrospective study and the sonographic findings and indications evaluated. Ultrasound was able accurately to distinguish the normal from the pathological ... -
Changes in sources of treatment occurring after inception of a community-based malaria control programme in Saradidi, Kenya.
(Community Health, University of Nairobi, 1987)To determine the changes in source of antimalarial treatment and perceptions about malaria after the initiation of a community-based malaria control programme in Saradidi, Kenya, two identical surveys were carried out; one ... -
Single-dose ceftriaxone for chancroid
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1987-01)Men with genital ulcers that were culture positive for Haemophilus ducreyi were treated with intramuscular ceftriaxone and randomized to three different dose regimens. All but 1 of 50 men treated with 1 g of intramuscular ... -
The metacarpal index in homozygous sickle-cell anaemia.
(Department of Radiology and Surgery, 1988-11) -
A Second Study Of The Use Of Community Leaders In Case-finding For Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1978-12)This is the second study of case-finding activities for tuberculosis suspects undertaken in 2 locations of Machakos District. Three methods were investigated, namely (1) the requestioning of the Community Elders 1 year or ... -
A comparison of single-dose spectinomycin with five days of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the treatment of chancroid
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1987-06)In a controlled trial 32 patients with ulcers culture-positive for Haemophilus ducreyi were treated with a single 2-g dose of spectinomycin, and 20 patients were treated with a five-day course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ... -
Seminal vesicle fistula.
(Department of Radiology and Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2000-04) -
The prevalence of sexually transmitted disease agents in pregnant women in Suva
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1987-08)Routine testing of 440 women (257 Fijians, 183 Indians) at the first antenatal attendance identified Chlamydia trachomatis in 50% of Fijians and 38% of Indians; the seropositivity rates for syphilis were 14.2% and 1.7% ... -
Practical Application Of Short-course (6 Month) Regimens Of Chemotherapy For Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Kenyan Nomads
(University of NairobiiRespiratory Diseases Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 1979-03) -
Umbilical catheter-related resistant Klebsiella septicaemia in a pre-term infant successfully treated with imipenem via the catheter
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1992-09) -
Effect of malaria infection and endotoxin-induced fever on the metabolism of antipyrine and metronidazole in the rat
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health,University of Nairobi, 1993-03)Antipyrine and metronidazole were administered as a cocktail to young (4 weeks old) male Wistar rats (N = 12 for each treatment) to investigate the effect of malaria infection due to the rodent parasite Plasmodium berghei ...
