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Strategies for Control of AIDS in Africa: Clinical Tropical Medicine and Communicable Diseases
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
Infection and disease after perinatal exposure to Chlamydia trachomatis in Nairobi, Kenya
(1988)
A cohort of 49 infants exposed to maternal chlamydial infection and 40 nonexposed infants was studied after birth for a mean of 3.3 +/- 1.5 and 3 +/- 1.7 mo, respectively. Eighteen (37%) exposed infants had at least one ...
Evaluation of fleroxacin (RO 23-6240) as single-oral-dose therapy of culture-proven chancroid in Nairobi, Kenya
(1989)
Chancroid is gaining importance as a sexually transmitted disease because of its association with transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Effective, simply administered therapy for chancroid is necessary. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lack of correlation of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection with neonatal malformations
(1989-10)
A malformation syndrome has been proposed in infants with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex secondary to congenital infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...
Prophylaxis of gonococcal and chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum. A comparison of silver nitrate and tetracycline
(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 ...
Field testing of Modified Bieling Media for the Isolation of H. ducreyi in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1987)
Laboratory diagnosis of chancroid in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1986)