Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Serum pepsinogen I in relation to some clinical features and complications of duodenal ulcer disease
(1989)Fasting serum pepsinogen 1 was assayed in 60 patients seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital with endoscopy - confirmed active duodenal ulceration. Pepsinogen 1 values were also correlated with some clinical features and ... -
Prophylaxis of gonococcal and chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum. A comparison of silver nitrate and tetracycline
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1988)We evaluated the use of silver nitrate drops and tetracycline ointment for the prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum in a controlled trial involving 2732 newborns in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall rates of prevalence of ... -
HBV markers (HBsAg, HBSAb, HBCAb in 160 medical students at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1989)In an exercise to study the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of the Engerix B vaccine, 160 medical students were screened for Hepatitis B Markers (HBsAg, HBsAb and HBcAb) with a view to vaccinating those that were negative. ... -
Maternal gonococcal infection as a preventable risk factor for low birth weight.
(Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1990)With the objective of determining if specific sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are associated with prematurity (birth weight less than or equal to 2500 g and gestational age less than or equal to 36 weeks), a case-control ... -
Life-threatening bacteraemia in HIV-1 seropositive adults admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
(1990)During 6 months, 506 consecutive adult emergency admissions to hospital in Nairobi were enrolled in a study of bacteraemia and HIV infection. 19% were HIV-1 antibody positive. Significantly more HIV-seropositive than ... -
Evaluation of a rapid membrane-based assay (HIV-CHEK) for detection of antibodies to HIV in serum samples from Nairobi.
(Department of Medicine, University of Washington, SeattleDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1990)We evaluated a rapid membrane-based assay (HIV-CHEK) for detection of antibodies to HIV using 737 serum samples in Nairobi, Kenya. The rapid assay had a sensitivity of 96.3% and specificity of 99.8% when compared with ... -
Cholelithiasis in the Kenyan African.
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi., 1990)A prospective and retrospective review of 20 cases of cholelithiasis diagnosed at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and June 1989 was done. Females were more often affected (6 times) than their male ... -
Extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis in HIV-1-seropositive patients presenting to the acute medical services in Nairobi.
(1990)We studied 506 consecutive adult acute medical admissions to hospital in Nairobi; 95 (18.8%) were seropositive for HIV-1, and 43 new cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were identified. TB was clearly associated with HIV ... -
Prevalence of resistance of N. gonorrhoeae to penicillin and three other antibiotics in a rural area in Kenya.
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands., 1991)Of 90 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a rural area in Kenya, 44 (48.9%) produced beta-lactamase (penicillinase). Testing for susceptibility of 35 penicillinase producing N. gonorrhoeae (PPNG) strains to four antibiotics ... -
Helicobacter pylori in peptic ulcer disease in Kenya
(1991)Sixty six patients with dyspeptic symptoms underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsies for Helicobacter pylori culture. The number of H. pylori isolated increased with age reaching a peak at 51 to 60 years of ... -
Association of cervical ectopy with heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: results of a study of couples in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 1991)To identify risk factors involved in heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a cross-sectional study of HIV-seropositive men and their spouses was conducted in Nairobi, Kenya. Of 70 spouses, 40 ... -
Gastric carcinoma in the Kenyan African population
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairob, 1991)Fifty three consecutive patients with histological evidence of gastric carcinoma were studied between June 1987 and June 1989 at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). The male to female ration was 3.4:1 and the peak age of ... -
Evaluation of culture media and antimicrobial susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori.
(1991)Isolation of Helicobacter pylori on artificial culture is hampered by the lack of reliable and cheap media. In this study, three different types of culture media were evaluated for isolation of H. pylori from clinical ... -
A review of ethical issues in AIDS research
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1991)Much of the past research in AIDS concentrated in the epidemiology, virology, immunology and pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, current research activities incorporates aspects intended ... -
The presentation and outcome of HIV-related disease in Nairobi
(1992)The range of clinical presentations of HIV-related disease in Africa has not been adequately described, despite the fact that many hospitals have to rely heavily on clinical diagnosis. Six hundred adult medical patients ... -
Famotidine in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux.
(1994)Famotidine has been used for the treatment of peptic ulcers and Zollinger Ellison syndrome and is also useful in reflux and erosive oesophagitis. To evaluate the effects of Famotidine 20 mg given twice daily in the symptomatic ... -
The Nairobi STD program. An international partnership.
(Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1991)Since 1980, Canadian, Belgian, and American scientists have been working together with colleagues in Kenya to understand the epidemiology and biology of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Africa. The rapid spread of ... -
Factors that influence the short term outcome of upper gastrointestinal bleeding at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1994)Between April 1990 to January 1991, a prospective study of 97 consecutive patients admitted to the medical wards of Kenyatta National Hospital with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage was done. All the patients studied under ... -
Cofactors in male-female sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1
(Kenya Medical Research InstituteDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1991)In a study of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-uninfected African prostitutes, 83 (67%) of 124 seroconverted to HIV-1. Oral contraceptive use (odds ratio [OR], 3.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1-8.6; P less ... -
Colonoscopic findings in Kenyan African patients
(1998)To determine the types and prevalence of colonic diseases in Kenyan African patients referred for colonoscopy with lower gastrointestinal tract symptoms. DESIGN: A cross sectional survey conducted over a two year ...
