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Nosocomial infection of the urinary tract: pattern of antibiotic use and drug resistance
(1997-03)
Nosocomial infection of the urinary tract is a long standing problem that pre-dates the antibiotic era. Hospitals have remained veritable reservoirs of bacteria with increased numbers and types resistant to antibiotic ...
Haematological changes in human immunodeficiency virus infection Part II.
(1997)
Prior to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, one or two cases of adult Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) were seen annually at the Kenyatta National Hospital, the national referral medical center in Nairobi, ...
Coma scales for children with severe falciparum malaria
(1997-03)
The Blantyre coma scale (BCS) is used to assess children with severe falciparum malaria, particularly as a criterion for cerebral malaria, but it has not been formally validated. We compared the BCS to the Adelaide coma ...
Proteinuria, other selected urinary abnormalities and hypertension among teenage secondary school students in Nairobi, Kenya
(1997)
our hundred and three teenage secondary school students (50.6% males) from two girls' and two boys' Nairobi City Schools, selected by stratified sampling, were screened to determine the prevalence of proteinuria, haematuria, ...
Treatment of hyperkalaemia by altering the transcellular gradient in patients with renal failure: effect of various therapeutic approaches
(1997)
Ten patients with acute and 60 with chronic renal failure (both groups having hyperkalaemia), were managed at Kenyatta National Hospital in the medical wards and Renal Unit between August, 1995 and January, 1996. They were ...
Elderly patients should receive all forms of medical treatment: a philosophical argument.
(1997)
The use of old age as a criterion for rationing in medicine seems initially appealing. This is because many of the criteria currently being used for deciding the distribution of funds depend on subjective judgements. Age, ...
Risk factors for genital ulcerations in Kenyan sex workers. The role of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
(1997)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Genital ulcer disease (GUD) is a major risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. Cross-sectional studies have suggested that HIV infection may itself predispose to genital ...
The present and future status of municipal solid waste management in Nairobi
(Carfax Publishing Ltd, 1997)
Over the years, the quality of social services rendered by the Nairobi City Council (Nf.C) have gradually been deteriorating, particularly management of domestic so I id waste. Despite the fact that residents pay for the ...
Prevention and control of tuberculosis
(1997)
Tuberculosis is again becoming a major public health problem. In order to control this complex disease, case-management, chemoprophylaxis and vaccination are used. The aim of case-management is to virtually stop transmission ...
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and the human immunodeficiency virus
(1997)
This review looks at the clinical performance of Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) treated using continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). It also considers the ...