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Tetracycline resistance genes in Kenyan hospital isolates of Salmonella typhimurium.
(1992)
All 97 strains of Salmonella typhimurium isolated from patients at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, during 1988-90 were resistant to tetracycline. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) showed a large distribution range ...
Inhibition profiles of sodium cromoglycate and nedocromil sodium on mediator release from mast cells of human skin, lung, tonsil, adenoid and intestine
(1992)
We have studied an aspect of the functional heterogeneity of human mast cells, namely responsiveness to the inhibitory effects of sodium cromoglycate and nedocromil sodium. The effects of these drugs were examined on the ...
Change in serum cholinesterase activity in Jamaican diabetics
(1992)
This study investigates the alteration of serum cholinesterase levels in diabetics and its possible relationship to blood glucose, insulin, triglyceride, and cholesterol levels. Fourteen phasic insulin-dependent diabetes ...
Studies on tsetse midgut factors that induce differentiation of blood-stream Trypanosoma brucei brucei in vitro
(1992)
An in vitro system for studying the transformation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei into procylic (midgut) forms is described. In this system, transformation of the parasites was stimulated by Glossina ...
Relationship between nurses opinion on nursing care for HIV infected/AIDS patients and socio-economic factors in Nyeri District, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 1992)
The main objective of the study was to relate the attitudes of nursing staff towards HIV positive and AIDS patients to the nurses' age, sex, religious affiliation and marital status. 211 nurses were randomly selected for ...
Playground behaviors of school-age children in relation to nutrition, schooling, and family characteristics.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
Food intake measured over the course of a year, duration of schooling, and family SES were related to playground behaviors in a sample of 111 Kenyan school-age children. Better nourished children were more active, happy, ...
Constituents of the stem bark and twigs of Croton macrostachy(u)s.
(University of Nairobi., 1992)
Croton macrostachys is used in East Africa to treat infestations, malaria and venereal diseases and as a blood coagulant. Analyses of stem bark and twigs yielded lupeol, betulin and 5 fatty acids as new components. In ...
Discussion: mortality, malnutrition and synergies: determinants and interventions.
(University Of Nairobi, 1992)
Considerable evidence shows an association between malnutrition and child mortality. Some research supports the widely held belief that malnutrition has a synergistic effect on mortality. Specifically, it kills children ...
Fibrous dysplasia of the jaws: a review of literature.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
This communication reviews the literature on fibrous dysplasia of the jaws particularly the available published reports on this condition from Africa. It reveals that few cases appear to have been reported from Africa, ...
Financing health care in Kenya: background and framework for strategic planning. - See more at: http://www.popline.org/node/337816#sthash.NItTizLv.dpuf
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
The authors adapt the strategic planning process to the public health sector with the goal of providing advisory policy support to the Government of Kenya on healthcare financing reform. This document is not a strategic ...