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Incidence of wound infection after caesarean delivery in a district hospital in central Kenya.
(2005)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the incidence of post-caesarean wound infection.
DESIGN:
Prospective descriptive study.
SETTING:
Maternity unit of Kiambu District Hospital in Central Province of Kenya.
SUBJECTS:
All ...
Predictors of mortality in HIV-1 exposed uninfected post-neonatal infants at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi., 2005-09)
OBJECTIVES:
To identify potential predictors of mortality, to determine mortality rate and to identify prevalent causes of death in a cohort of HIV-1 exposed uninfected infants.
DESIGN:
Prospective cohort study.
SETT ...
CC and CXC chemokines in breastmilk are associated with mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission.
(University of Nairobi., 2005-10)
INTRODUCTION:
CC and CXC chemokines may play a role in mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission by blocking HIV-1 binding to chemokine receptors and impeding viral entry into cells.
METHODS:
To define correlates of breastmilk ...
[Ocular changes in tropical malaria with cerebral involvement--results from the Blantyre Malaria Project].
(2005)
INTRODUCTION:
Malaria is a tropical disease causing an estimated 300 million infections and one million deaths per year. In sub-Saharan Africa, most infections are due to Plasmodium falciparum. The hallmark of the clinical ...
Development of improved method for isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from bulk tank milk: Effect of age of milk, centrifugation, and decontamination
(2005)
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causative agent of Johne’s disease in cattle and it has been suggested
that this organism may be associated with Crohn’s disease in humans. Cows at the advanced ...
The phenotype of in vitro reconstituted normal human oral epithelium is essentially determined by culture medium
(2005)
To evaluate the role of various culture media and serum supplement on growth of oral cells in monolayer, and on morphogenesis of in vitro reconstituted normal human oral epithelium.
Primary keratinocytes and fibroblasts ...
Early Bactericidal Activity Of A Moxifloxacin And Isoniazid Combination In Smear-positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Background: In vitro and animal studies have shown that moxifloxacin-containing combinations may improve the bactericidal efficacy of antituberculosis regimens.
Patients and methods: We measured the decline in the sputum ...
Patterns of upper gastrointestinal diseases based on endoscopy in the period 1998-2001
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Upper gastrointestinal complaints are common in Kenya. Though these have remained unchanged over the last 20 years, the pattern of upper gastrointestinal disease on endoscopic examination seems to be changing. There appears ...
Anti-HIV-1 activities in extracts from some medicinal plants as assessed in an in vitro biochemical HIV-1 reverse transcriptase assay.
(Wiley, 2005)
An in vitro HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) assay was used for screening of anti-HIV activity of extracts obtained from some Kenyan medicinal plants. The assay utilises [3H]-methyl thymidine triphosphate (dTTP) as the ...
Diuretics
(University of Nairobi,, 2005)
Diuretics enhance the rate of excretion of sodium ions (Na+) and water. They are usually taken in the morning so that diuresis does not intrude upon sleep. Diuretics are divided into groups based on their mechanism and ...