Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Comparison of Sheffield media with standard media for the isolation of Haemophilus ducreyi
(Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1989)Isolation of Haemophilus ducreyi is the only method for the definitive diagnosis of chancroid. Culture on supplemented gonococcal base (GCHgs) or on supplemented Muller-Hinton agar (MHHb) has yielded the best isolation ... -
Quality of record keeping in the intrapartum period at the Provincial General Hospital, Kakamega, Kenya.
(2007)To assess the quality of recording critical events in the intrapartum period in Kakamega Provincial General Hospital (PGHK). DESIGN: Retrospective comparative study. SETTING: Provincial General Hospital, Kakamega, ... -
Socio-demographic characteristics of patients admitted with gynaecological emergency conditions at the provincial general hospital, Kakamega, Kenya.
(2006)To determine the magnitude of gynaecological emergencies and the socio demographic characteristics of patients admitted at Provincial General Hospital Kakamega (PGHK). DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. SE ... -
Evaluation of fleroxacin (RO 23-6240) as single-oral-dose therapy of culture-proven chancroid in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of NairobiDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1989)Chancroid is gaining importance as a sexually transmitted disease because of its association with transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Effective, simply administered therapy for chancroid is necessary. ... -
Multifoetal pregnancies at a maternity hospital in Nairobi.
(2009): To review some of the aspects of multiple pregnancies. DESIGN: A retrospective review of multiple pregnancy deliveries. SETTING: Pumwani Maternity Hospital- Nairobi Kenya, between 1st January and 31st December ... -
Contraceptive use among HIV infected women attending Comprehensive Care Centre.
(2008)To determine contraceptive use among HIV infected women attending Comprehensive Care Centre at Kenyatta National Hospital. Hospital based cross-sectional descriptive study. Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC), Kenyatta ... -
Microbial aetiology and diagnostic criteria of postpartum endometritis in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, University of Brussels, Belgium., 1988)Using a protected triple lumen device, Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis, or both, were isolated from the endometriums of five out of 35 women with clinical postpartum endometritis compared with none of a ... -
Female to male transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1: risk factors for seroconversion in men
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1989)To determine the frequency and risk factors for female to male sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), a prospective study was carried out in 422 men who had acquired a sexually transmitted ... -
Peptic ulcer disease at Kenyatta National Hospital: an endoscopic experience
(1987)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive patients frequently experience upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) symptoms that cause considerable morbidity and are due to multiple aetiologies. The role of Helicobacter ... -
A survey on the knowledge and attitudes of men in Machakos town towards vasectomy.
(1995)In November and December, 1993, a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to men in the town of Machakos and to nonmedical hospital workers of Machakos General Hospital. The purpose of the study was to assess their ... -
Isolation of human immunodeficiency virus from genital ulcers in Nairobi prostitutes.
(Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98104Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1989)Recent epidemiologic studies have implicated genital/anorectal ulcer disease as an important cofactor for acquisition and transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during sexual intercourse. To better understand ... -
Treating chancroid with enoxacin
(Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, 1988)Increasing resistance of Haemophilus ducreyi to antimicrobials necessitates further trials of new antimicrobial agents for treating chancroid. Enoxacin has excellent in vitro activity against H ducreyi, and a randomised ... -
Cryptococcal hepatitis and meningitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report.
(1989)A case of cryptococcal hepatitis is described in a patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. There has been no previous reports of this in the East African literature. A review of world literature showed ... -
The pattern of chronic gastric ulcer at Kenyatta National Hospital (K.N.H.).
(1989)Thirty consecutive patients with gastric ulcer diagnosed during upper gastrointestinal fibreoptic panendoscopy at both Kenya Medical Research Institute and Kenyatta National Hospital endoscopy rooms were studied. The ... -
Human immunodeficiency virus, genital ulcers and the male foreskin: synergism in HIV-1 transmission.
(University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1990)Epidemiologic studies in Nairobi and elsewhere in Africa, have shown that men infected with HIV-1 more commonly have a history of genital ulcer disease compared to uninfected men. In one study, HIV infected men were three ... -
The clinical pattern of duodenogastric bile reflux in the Kenyan Africans.
(1989)Forty consecutive African patients found to have duodenogastric bile reflux at endoscopy were studied. Bile reflux was found more commonly among males than females, giving a male/female ratio of 2.3:1, with a peak age at ...
