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Clinical evaluation of rosoxacin for the treatment of chancroid
(1986)
One hundred seven men with Haemophilus ducreyi-positive chancroid were assigned to receive 300 mg of rosoxacin as a single dose or 150 mg twice daily for 3 days. Ulcers and buboes were followed clinically and bacteriologicaily ...
Three day oral course of Augmentin to treat chancroid.
(1986)
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid (Augmentin; Beecham Research Laboratories) was used to treat patients with bacteriologically proved chancroid in three different dose regimens. A single dose of Augmentin (amoxycillin 3 g, ...
Treating chancroid with enoxacin
(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 ...
Cefotaxime treatment of Haemophilus ducreyi infection in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 1984-12)
The authors conducted a double-blind randomized clinical trial comparing single-dose cefotaxime (1 g im) plus daily placebo injections with cefotaxime (1 g im on each of three days). Each regimen was given with probenicid ...
Antibacterial activity of Omani honey alone and in combination with gentamicin
(University of Nairobi., 2005-05)
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the anti-Staphylococcal activity of Omani honey, gentamicin and combination of the 2.
METHODS:
This study was conducted in the Laboratories of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, ...
Group A streptococcal throat colonization is a dynamic phenomenon
(University of Nairobi., 2000-03)
In order to gain knowledge about the nature of group A streptococcal throat colonization of asymptomatic children, we studied a cohort of healthy children selected at random. Those with throat cultures positive for group ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and phenotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from patients with ophthalmia neonatorum in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1985-09)
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping-serotyping, and plasmid analysis were performed on 41 ocular isolates, 7 nasopharyngeal isolates, and 18 cervical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae obtained during a recent ...
AUVDT recommendations for management of gonorrhoea and genital ulcers in Africa
(University of Nairobi,, 1984-03)
PIP:
The African Union Against Venereal Diseases and Treponematoses (AUVDT), inaugurated in 1979, held its 3rd biannual conference in Nairobi in March 1983 with local participants and participants from 15 English and ...
Problems and approaches in the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted agents associated with pelvic inflammatory disease in Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 1980-12)
The problems in surveillance of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Africa are numerous and are based mainly on socioeconomic barriers. Policies for controlling STD are either inadequate or nonexistent in many African ...
Single-dose therapy of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum with ceftriaxone
(1986)
We conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing a single intramuscular dose of 125 mg of ceftriaxone with a single intramuscular dose of 75 mg of kanamycin followed by topical gentamicin for seven days, and with a single ...