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Hypercalcaemia in pulmonary tuberculosis
(1983)
Tuberculosis can affect calcium metabolism, mainly through an enhanced production of active vitamin D. The incidence of hypercalcemia among unselected patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis was investigated, ...
Antimicrobial therapy of chancroid: an evaluation of five treatment regimens correlated with in vitro sensitivity
(University of Nairobi,, 1983-03)
One hundred fifty-one men with genital ulcer disease were assigned randomly to treatment with one of five oral antimicrobial regimens: (1) sulfadimidine (1 g four times daily for seven days); (2) tetracycline (500 mg four ...
Epidemiology of chancroid and Haemophilus ducreyi in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1983-12)
Of 300 men in Nairobi, Kenya, with culture-proven chancroid, 57% had acquired infection from prostitutes. The majority of infections were acquired in the city of Nairobi. All 10 female source contacts examined had genital ...
Field methodology for ocular surveys in rural Africa.
(1983)
A series of nine on-site ocular surveys has been carried out in rural Kenya. This article summarizes the organizational and logistical experiences of these site surveys.
Pharmacokinetics of pindolol in Kenyan Africans.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
The pharmacokinetics of pindolol was studied in 8 normal Africans following administration of a single oral 10 mg dose. The mean peak concentration was 30.2 +/- 5.0 ng X ml-1, the mean half-life (t1/2) of the elimination ...
Menstrual blood loss (MBL) in nulliparous Kenyan women
(1983-03)
Menstrual blood loss (MBL) was evaluated in 74 nulliporous Kenyan women aged between 20 and 27 years. The hemoglobin levels were all in normal range with the mean of 13.65 +or- 0.8, 13.84 +or- 1.2 and 13.04 +or- 1.2 g/100 ...
Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in a Referral Hospital in a Tropical Developing Country
(University of Nairobi, 1983)
Diabetes mellitus has previovsly been said to be uncommon in the tropics1). Clinicians in these reginos are, however, treating a rapidly increasing number of diabetic patients, thus necessitating establishment of diabetic ...
Comparison of glycolysis in intact and digitonin-permeabilized bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei
(1983)
Digitonin has been used to permeabilize bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei. Such permeabilized parasites revealed a fully-functional glycolytic pathway which catabolized glucose and some phosphorylated ...
Ocular injuries in Africa
(1983)
Injuries to the eye can cause severe damage because of the delicate structure of ocular tissues. Such injuries may often cause impaired vision or sometimes total loss of vision, in addition to other incapacities. Traumatic ...
Jejunal function and pathology in visceral Leishmaniasis
(University of Nairobi, 1983-08)
Small-intestinal function was studied in 10 patients with visceral leishmaniasis. Vitamin-A absorption was impaired in 7 and d-xylose in 1. In 5 of the 10 patients Leishmania were demonstrated in biopsy specimens of ...