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Detection of putative adduct with fluorescence characteristics identical to 2,3-dihydro-2-(7'-guanyl)-3-hydroxyaflatoxin B1 in human urine collected in Murang'a district, Kenya.
(Oxford Journals, 1983)
Food samples collected in Murang'a district, Kenya are known to be contaminated with a mycotoxin, aflatoxin B1 (AFB), and a positive correlation exists between the dietary intake of AFB and the incidence of liver cancer. ...
Hallucinations in Kenyan schizophrenic patients.
(1983-03)
Eighty Kenyan 'psychotic' patients were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI) and were all studied for hallucinations using standardised definitions. Fifty-one of the patients were NHSI positive and the ...
Kaposi's sarcoma associated with hairy cell leukaemia
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983-04)
The case is described of a patient with hairy cell leukaemia who later developed Kaposi's sarcoma. This association has not been reported before and the coexistence of hairy cell leukaemia with another tumour is very rare. ...
The Nairobi birth survey. II. Antenatal care in Nairobi
(1983)
Antenatal care is now universally accepted as an essential part of obstetric care and most health authorities in developing countries are trying to offer this service to their populations. This study, part of the Nairobi ...
Traumatic pneumatoceles of the lung. apropos of a case.
(1983)
Pneumatocele, a special form of lung injury, is characterized by intrathoracic images of cavities detected on X-ray films. These cavities develop immediately after a trauma of the thorax, disappear rapidly and have a ...
Antimicrobial therapy of chancroid: effectiveness of erythromycin
(University of Nairobi,, 1983-10)
The emergence of Haemophilus ducreyi resistant to multiple antibiotics has limited the effectiveness of sulfonamides and tetracycline for the therapy of chancroid. A randomized, double-blind study compared 10-day courses ...
Treatment of chancroid. A comparison of sulphamethoxazole and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole.
(University of Nairobi,, 1983-10)
Since sulphonamides are no longer predictably effective in the treatment of chancroid the combination of trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) was evaluated to identify other effective regimens. One hundred and nine ...
A comparison of timolol plus hydrochlorothiazide plus amiloride and methyldopa in essential hypertension in Black Africans
(1983)
The antihypertensive effect of the fixed combination of timolol, a beta-blocking agent, hydrochlorothiazide, a thiazide diuretic, and amiloride, a potassium sparing agent, was compared against that of methyldopa in an open ...
Isolation of Mycoplasma hominis from genital ulcerations of patients in Eastern and Southern Africa
(University of Nairobi,, 1983-12)
In three separate surveys involving 413 patients in Mbabane (Swaziland), Nairobi (Kenya), and Carletonville (South Africa), Mycoplasma hominis was isolated from the base of ulcers in 41 (16%) of 251 men with genital ulcer ...
Antibodies against haemorrhagic fever viruses in Kenya populations.
(1983)
Human sera from Lodwar (77 sera), Nzoia (841 sera), Masinga (251 sera), Laisamis (174 sera) and the Malindi/Kilifi area (556 sera) in Kenya were tested by indirect immunofluorescence for antibodies against Marburg, Ebola ...