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Pharmacokinetics and clinical effects of phenytoin in children with malaria and convulsions
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Vitamin A supplementation and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 shedding in women: results of a randomized clinical trial.
(2002)
Observational studies have associated vitamin A deficiency with vaginal shedding of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-infected cells and mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. To assess the effect of vitamin A ...
Plasmodium falciparum: in vitro activity of sulfadoxine and dapsone in field isolates from Kenya: point mutations in dihydropteroate synthase may not be the only determinants in sulfa resistance
(University of Nairobi., 2002-07)
We have determined the relationship between point mutations in the gene that encodes the sulfa target, dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) and the chemosensitivity profile to sulfadoxine and dapsone in 67 isolates from Kilifi, ...
Prevalence of tardive dyskinesia among psychiatric in-patients at Mathari Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi., 2002)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia among psychiatric in-patients. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, the main psychiatric referral hospital in Kenya. SUBJECTS: ...
Characterization of protective antigens from the midgut of Amblyomma variegatum ticks
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Separation of midgut membrane proteins from the tick, Ambylomma variegatum, using a nonionic detergent (Triton X-114), resulted in two protein fractions, namely DET (detergent) and AQ (aqueous). In immunoblotting analysis ...
Phenytoin pharmacokinetics and clinical effects in African children following fosphenytoin and chloramphenicol co-administration
(University of Nairobi., 2002-12)
AIMS:
Some children with malaria and convulsions also have concurrent bacterial meningitis. Chloramphenicol is used to treat the latter whereas phenytoin is used for convulsions. Since chloramphenicol inhibits the ...
Non-typhi salmonella in children with severe malaria
(University of Nairobi., 2002-12)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the association between Plasmodium falciparum malaria and non-typhi Salmonella in children.
DESIGN:
Cross-sectional hospital based study.
SETTING:
Kilifi District Hospital (KDH) between ...
Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer--collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58,515 women with breast cancer and 95,067 women without the disease.
(2002)
Alcohol and tobacco consumption are closely correlated and published results on their association with breast cancer have not always allowed adequately for confounding between these exposures. Over 80% of the relevant ...
Anatomy and pathology of coronary artery in adult black Kenyans
(University of Nairobi, 2002-06)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of coronary arterial anatomy and prevalence of postmortem coronary pathology in adult Kenyan Africans. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: The Nairobi City Mortuary and the Department ...