dc.contributor.author | Ochieng, I E A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T06:36:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T06:36:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Master of Medicine | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24590 | |
dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted In Part Fulfillment For
the Degree of Master of Medicine (Medicine) of
the University of Nairobi | en |
dc.description.abstract | Over an eight-month period between the months of June 1988
and January 1989, 42 adult patients; 24 males and 18 females
were studied at the Kenyatta National Hospital. The study was
conducted to find out the bacterial causes of community acquired
pneumonia, the antibiotic sensitivity of the causative organisms
and the relationship between HIV infection and respiratory
infections at Kenyatta National Hospital.
The results showed that a bacteriological diagnosis was made
in 40.5% of the cases with Streptococcus pneumoniae accounting
for 23.8% and Mycobacterium tuberculosis accounting for 9.5%
of the cases. Staphylococcus aureus. Escherichia coli and
Acinetobacter anitratus each accounted for 2.4% of the cases,
while Branhamella catarrhalis accounted for 4.8% of the cases.
76.2% of the patients studied improved on treatment with benzyl
penicillin given as initial drug therapy. 9.5% improved on a
combination of benzyl penicillin and gentamycin after failing
to improve on benzyl penicillin alone. 11.9% did not improve
on benzyl penicillin and gentamycin, but improved on streptomycin
and thiazina.
19.1 % of the patients studied were found to have HIV infection.
There was no association between the HIV status of the patients
and their employment status, neither was there any association
between the HIV status and response to antibiotic therapy. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | A descriptive study of community acquired pneumonia as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |