| dc.contributor.author | Nazir, BM | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wamola, IA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-25T13:53:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-25T13:53:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nazir, B. M., & Wamola, I. A. (1980). Trends in meningococcal meningitis over the past thirteen years at Kenyatta National Hospital 1967-1979. East African Medical Journal, 57(12), 883-890. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19812901978.html;jsessionid=40C840CD7F1213AC1FBE850931A32216 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/39837 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A retrospective study was made of 419 cases of meningococcal meningitis admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, during the 13 years from 1967 to 1979. These were only 1.6% of the 26 505 cases admitted as meningitis in that time. From 1967 to 1974 an average of 3.4 cases a year occurred, but numbers rose progressively afterwards, to an average of 78 cases a year. The male to female ratio was 3 to 1, and incidence was greatest in the age group 15-24 years. The occurrence of cases was greatest in the winter months, June to October. Case mortality was less than 5%, on treatment mainly with crystalline penicillin. The organisms isolated were all serogroup A. They were sensitive to penicillin G and to most antibiotics, but only 52% were sensitive to sulphafurazole.
[Apart from the bare mention of an outbreak in Machakos district in 1974, no information is given about the sources of the cases under review.] | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Trends in meningococcal meningitis over the past thirteen years at Kenyatta National Hospital 1967-1979. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | College of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi | en |
