dc.contributor.author | Manguyu, F W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-12T06:31:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-12T06:31:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1982 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/107109 | |
dc.description.abstract | This is a prospective study of eighteen
cni Idr-e n with kala azar (Visceral- Le ishmanias is)
seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital~ Nairobi.
The clinical and haematological data before and for each
week during treatment is presented and discussed.
Sixteen patients were given the standard dose
of pentostam. The treatment was continued daily
without interruption until the patients were
parasitologically_ negative on splenic aspirates.
Only one out of these sixteen patients failed to respond
after twelve weeks of pentostam. Two patients known to be
resistant to pentostam were treated with a combination
of pentostam and allopurinol.
From this study~ it is apparent that patients
respond differently to treatment with pentostam.
The duration of treatment ranged from four to eleven
weeks. Each case of kala azar should therefore be
viewed on its own merits as far as duration of treatment
is concerned ~. Complete .cur e can only be determined
with time~ it is recommended that patients should
I be closely followed up after discharge from hospital. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | The Clinical and Haematological Response to Treatment in Children With Kala Azar. | en_US |
dc.title | The Clinical and Haematological Response to Treatment in Children With Kala Azar. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |