Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Nocturnal enuresis
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Management of Haemorrhoids
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Characteristic Radiological and Histological Patterns of Fibrous Dysplasia and Ossifying Fibroma of the Jaws at University of Nairobi Dental Teaching Hospital
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2012)Objective: To characterize the diagnostic features of ossifying fibroma (OF) and fibrous dysplasia (FD) of the jaw bones. Study Design: A histopathological and radiological analysis with full clinical documentation. Setting: ... -
Urolithiasis
(1990)Inguinal varicocelectomy was performed on 27 selected infertile males with Grade III varicoceles. Follow up was effected for eighteen months. 18 (66%) patients recorded improvement in sperm count to above (20 X 10(6)/ML). ... -
Cancer of the male genital tract
(1995)Partial penectomy is effective in the treatment of T1 and T2 penile carcinoma with 80% five-year survival rates in the absence of inguinal metastases, and the residual stump is serviceable for upright micturition and sexual ... -
The antibiotic sensitivity pattern of coagulase negative staphylococci; a major ocular normal flora; East African Journal of Ophthalmology
(School of Medicine, 2007)Objectives: To describe the pattern of ocular abnormalities, their correlation with the physical disorders and describe associated risk factors in children attending the Occupational therapy clinic at Kenyatta National ... -
Prevalence of signifi cant refractive errors in primary school children of a rural district of Kenya
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Telavancin in the treatment of invasive Gram-positive infections
(Department of Medical Microbiology, 2012)Telavancin is a newer once-daily lipoglycopeptide with activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including those that are resistant to conventional antibiotics like beta-lactams. The results of recent clinical trials led ... -
Validity of random blood glucose as a predictor of the quality of glycaemic control by glycated haemoglobin in out-patient diabetic patients at kenyatta national hospita
(School of Medicine, 2002)Background: Patients with diab etes mellitus in Kenya come to the hospital for followup visits very infrequently. For most of these patients their blood glucose monitoring is done only on the day of visit to the ... -
Suicidal behaviour among youths associated with psychopathology in both parents and youths attending outpatient psychiatric clinic in Kenya
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi,Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF),, 2013)BACKGROUND: Suicide is a major cause of death among youths particularly with psychiatric, alcohol abuse and substance abuse disorders. There are relatively few studies on the relationship between psychiatric and substance ... -
Pattern of occurrence of jaw cysts and cyst-like lesions at the University of Nairobi Dental Hospital: A 10-year histopathologic audit
(Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral medicineOral Pathology School of Dental Sciences, 2012)Background: Jaw cysts and cyst-like lesions cause facial deformity, destruction of dental tissues and af-fect masticatory and phonation functions. These ad-versely erode patients’ psycho-social status; create low self-esteem ... -
Anti-HIV-1 Activity of Elafin Is More Potent than Its Precursor's, Trappin-2, in Genital Epithelial Cells
(Department of Medical Microbiology, 2012)Cervicovaginal lavage fluid (CVL) is a natural source of anti-HIV-1 factors; however, molecular characterization of the anti-HIV-1 activity of CVL remains elusive. In this study, we confirmed that CVLs from HIV-1-resistant ... -
Herpes simplex virus type 2 and risk of intrapartum human immunodeficiency virus transmission.
(Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of Washington,Department of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi,, 2007)OBJECTIVE: To determine whether herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection was associated with risk of intrapartum human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission and to define correlates of HSV-2 infection ... -
Breast milk alpha-defensins are associated with HIV type 1 RNA and CC chemokines in breast milk but not vertical HIV type 1 transmission
(Department of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi,, 2007)Alpha-defensins are proteins exhibiting in vitro anti-HIV-1 activity that may protect against mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 via breast milk. Correlates of alpha-defensins in breast milk and transmission risk were ... -
Early response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected Kenyan children
(Department of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi,, 2007)OBJECTIVES: To describe the early response to World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-1-infected ... -
A comparative study of two antispasmodic products: Buscopan and NO-Spa
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Association of Levels of HIV-1–Infected Breast Milk Cells and Risk of Mother-to-Child Transmission
(Department of Pediatrics, 2004)Understanding how the level of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)–infected breast milk cells (BMCs) affects HIV transmission via breast-feeding can shed light on the mechanism of infection and aid in establishing ... -
Persistently HIV-1 seronegative Nairobi sex workers are susceptible to in vitro infection
(Department of Medical Microbiology, 2000)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether resistance to HIV-1 infection in a subset of highly exposed sex workers correlates with resistance at the cellular level. DESIGN: In vitro evaluation of susceptibility to infection by ...
